Eurodance

Eurodance is an Electronic Dance Music style that was hugely popular in the 1990s. Emerging throughout Europe at the turn of the decade, artists spliced together elements of Euro-Disco, House, Techno, Hip Hop, Hi-NRG and general dance music culture trends that were prevalent at the time to create bright, radio-friendly dance hits. Eurodance quickly found mainstream exposure outside of Europe, becoming a massive commercial success in Australia and Canada (the latter even producing its own regional variant 'candance'). With a strong emphasis on rhythm, euphoric melodies and positive lyrics, the primary musical blueprint of eurodance consists of highly catchy, often arpeggiated synthesizer riffs backed by pulsing synth bass parts and throbbing beats. The latter is complimented with frequent on-beat kick, hi-hat and snare sounds and ranges from 110 to 150bpm. Simple choruses, sampling and melodic female vocals are commonly associated with the genre, whilst songs often also feature male rapping sections (sometimes overlapping with Hip House).