Electronic dance music is known for having many sub-genres and styles, but do you have a preference for one or two of them? And if so why?

 

For me, it's a tough decision but at the moment I love electro-house the most, probably because of Martin Garrix and the like. Progressive house comes very close though, and I also appreciate the others especially trance and house when they're done well. Not so big on the garage/trap/dubstep side of it but some good songs have come out of that too.

 

Gotta love a bit of drum n' bass and deep house too.

Deep house. It just has a lot more soul in it than the other sub genres. Gives me a total different feeling than the general hi-nrg electro track.

 

 

My least favourite would probably be Trance. Or Dubstep. It's all a bit too OTT for me.

Drum n bass! As if Thermo didn't even mention that. (Although I suppose it's pretty much lumped in with dubstep a lot of the time which is silly as they're nothing alike).

 

Big beat also gets a *.* for The Prodigy alone. And trip-hop if that counts as dance, possibly the most consistently amazing genre.

 

EDIT: I didn't even see the poll lol, I see drum n bass is indeed on it but still deemed unworthy of a mention in the opening post. Pah.

i'd say probs electronica. does that count?

I'm a huge fan of all things House! :dance: I'd say Electro and Progressive are my absolute faves at the moment :wub:, however I also have a lot of time for Deep, Tech (into Techno), Chicago/Detroit, Classic, Soulful, Jackin, Funky, Latin, and Afro variants :heart:.

 

i'd say probs electronica. does that count?

 

Yes. :)

Progressive house for me, well most of the dance songs I listen to are tagged as that genre so I assume it is progressive house! :kink:

Trance all the way for me :yahoo:

What would David Guetta, Avicii, HArdwell, etc come under? That is my favourite.

 

Second favourites would be trap, drum & bass, dubstep

 

Then deep house and garage

 

progressive house is the shittest type.

What would David Guetta, Avicii, HArdwell, etc come under? That is my favourite.

Guetta is a mixture of dance-pop/electro and Hardwell a mixture of progressive/electro, Avicii is more progressive although a lot of his songs recently have been dance-pop (Hey Brother, Wake Me Up, You Make Me). It depends on what songs of theirs you prefer. For example 'Shot Me Down' is electro-house, 'Dare You' is progressive [although I imagine you don't like Dare You if you think progressive is the worst type, either that or you don't know what progressive is]

 

I've added dance-pop to the list, I forgot about that initially.

Would it be too much of a generalisation to say that it depends on the genre that got you into dance in the first place?

 

Trance all the way for me, discovered it big time about a decade ago and haven't looked back since.

Would it be too much of a generalisation to say that it depends on the genre that got you into dance in the first place?

I'm sure that would apply for some people, but my favourites (progressive and electro house) were non-existent back in the 2004 mainstream dance music scene when the charts consisted of Eric Prydz/Boogie Pimps/Deep Dish/LMC etc.

I pretty much love a bit of everything, Katy B has made me fall in love with Electornic House music even more though, she can't do no wrong at the moment.

I used to like house / progressive house the most but this year my favourite has been French House / Disco House / nu-disco. Deep House is second to French House etc. I like most dance music genres though.