Electronic
What Is UK Garage? The Genre Guide
UK garage is London's swinging, soulful 2-step sound — the genre that raised dubstep, grime and half of modern pop's drum language.
Electronic
House, techno, bass, trance and their offshoots traced through the machines that made them: drum machines, samplers, synth presets, studio habits.
Electronic
What Is Gabber? Hardcore, Explained
Gabber, the Rotterdam-born hardcore strain that runs past 180 BPM, is dance music at its most physical — and it is booming again.
Electronic
What Is Trance Music? The Complete Guide
Trance is dance music's cathedral sound — long builds, melodic payoffs and 138 BPM — and it never actually went away.
Electronic
What Is Dubstep? A History Explainer
Dubstep is the South London sound that went from a 100-capacity club night to global festival main stages — then split in two.
Electronic
What Is Drum and Bass? The Genre Guide
Drum and bass is UK dance music's fastest-living engine — here is how it works, who built it and which subgenres matter.