Eurodance music is heavily influenced by the utilization of rich melodic vocals, either exclusively by itself or inclusively with rapped verses. This, combined with cutting-edge synthesizer, strong bass rhythm and melodic hooks establishes the core foundation of Eurodance music.
While some use a much broader definition of what is considered "Eurodance", over time, the term particularly came to refer to an NRG-based genre from the 1990s which included a solo vocalist or a rapper/vocalist duet and is also used to describe later European dance acts such as Cascada.
Eurodance is nightclub-oriented music that is usually produced somewhere in Europe and sounds commercial enough to be played by radio stations and music television. Some of the more prominent Eurodance songs go international, especially if an act manages to score more than one hit.
Many projects utilized variations of the rapper-vocalist theme, such as a German rapper with American singers (Real McCoy), or the use of reggae rap as in Ice MC and Fun Factory, or scat singing as in Scatman John. Solo singing artists such as Alexia, Tess, Whigfield and Double You also contributed to the genre.
Eurodance lyrics are almost always sung in English, regardless of the artist's nationalities. However, some artists release their songs in both English and their native languages.
While Eurodance singles regularly went to Gold, Platinum or multi-Platinum status, it had been more difficult to get a full length album to get to the same level of success. Typical problems cited include the album as a whole not up to the strength of the singles, the performers not being charismatic enough to hold the attention of millions of people past a song or two, or weak promotion of the remainder of the album after the singles have become hits.
Eurodance shows a strong Hi-NRG influence, such as the high BPM and the strong use of female vocals. Eurodance can also be seen as a more technologically advanced form of Euro disco, just as Hi-NRG is the more technologically advanced form of Disco.
Italo Disco and its later evolution, Eurobeat, are sometimes thought to be sub-genres of Eurodance, but rather they are offshoots of the European version of Hi-NRG, called "Space Disco". Italo was influential on the production of Eurodance in general, while Italian-produced Eurodance artists, such as Alexia, Cappella, CO.RO, and Double You, tended to preserve features such as operatic female vocals. Later artists such as Eiffel 65 adopted a sort of "marching" beat in their productions. The term "Eurobeat" appears to be more common in Japan, where this style of music is featured in the video game Dance Dance Revolution, as well as in some Anime soundtracks, for example the street racing scenes in Initial D.
Some of the first songs with elements of what would later be called Eurodance are house music. For example, "C'mon and Get My Love" by D Mob (1989), "Strike It Up" by Black Box (1990), "Get Ready For This" by 2 Unlimited (1991) and "Rhythm is a Dancer" by Snap! (1992) all have the duet characteristic of Eurodance, and "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" by Rozalla (1991) has the characteristic synthesizer riff.
Not all European house music was absorbed into the Eurodance genre. By the early 2000s, it remained a style distinct from Eurodance with harder synthesis and a slower tempo, for example "Satisfaction" by Benny Benassi (2003).
Eurodance has, however, served to popularize rap music in Europe. While rap had been made in Europe at least as far back as Falco's ''Einzelhaft'' album (1982), the American variety only gained a more widespread acceptance when Technotronic landed their hit "Pump Up the Jam", followed by Snap's "The Power". The combination of house music with rap vocals in general came to be referred to as Hip house or "house rap".
Rapper Flo Rida's second album, ''R.O.O.T.S.'', is heavily influenced by the Eurodance genre.
These bands included emphasis of the combo female chorus together with male rap performances, leading directly to the duo revival. Each group featured their own signature sound, persona, visual imagery, and vocal approach.
Solo artists who performed Eurodance include Amber, Haddaway. Rozalla supported Michael Jackson during his European "Dangerous" tour. In 1994, Amber made history becoming the first singer in Eurodance history to be signed to a label as a solo artist, not a singer who is bound to a producer.
In late 90s, it also became a trend in Eurodance music to blend the element of Reggae. The origin was "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base. The hit of this song caused a lot of followers such as "Coco Jamboo" by Mr. President, "Sweet Sweet Smile" by Tatjana, "Help Me Dr.Dick" by E-Rotic, "Ole Ole Singin' Ole Ola" by Rollergirl,"Bamboleo" by Garcia etc.
The more Hi-NRG-oriented artists were typically played during special "mix" shows if at all, and it was often necessary to go to a club to hear Eurodance music. While Eurodance did become popular with club DJ's in the United States, radio stations were cautious about playing anything that sounded too much like disco during most of the 1980s and 1990s. By the end of the 1990s, however, some of the later acts such as Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 and Barbie Girl by Aqua did receive extensive airplay.
Despite lack of widespread radio play, many Hi-NRG and Eurodance songs are popular at professional sporting events in the United States, especially basketball.
Compilation albums, such as the ''DMA Dance: Eurodance'' series of compilation albums (1995–1997) from Interhit Records and Dance Music Authority magazine, were popular and helped to define the genre as well as to make it accessible in the U.S. and Canada.
In 2011, Barbadian R&B; singer Rihanna had two number-one hits with her Eurodance influenced songs, "Only Girl (In the World)" and "S&M;".
Such groups as Basic Element (active in the 90’s as well), Alcazar, Scooter, Ian Van Dahl, O-Zone, Milk Inc., Merzedes Club, Infernal, Special D, Groove Coverage, Santamaria, Cascada, Sylver, Danijay, Colonia, and solo artists such as Madonna (e.g. Hung Up single), Kate Ryan, Gabry Ponte, DJ Aligator, Máni Svavarsson, Lucas Prata and Inna, represent some of the best of the second generation of Eurodance artists. Most of them have released hit singles and/or albums stateside.
The late 2000s saw a revival of the 90s Eurodance genre. Some US-based musicians are now heavily influenced by Eurodance, prominently Lady Gaga.
Some of the most recognized bands of the genre include artists such as the Dutch-Belgian group 2 Unlimited, Italian group Eiffel 65, Swedish group Alcazar and Danish group Infernal. Some of the more recent Eurodance artists to enjoy fame include Basshunter and Cascada, in Mexico Dj Stress Bass!.
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The illegality of the mixes was a result of the actual artists not receiving any royalties, for example by means of the GEMA fees in Germany. The ''Deep Dance'' is on record with the GEMA since 1993. Proponents argue that many of the individual songs only received public attention because of the popular mixes. By now, DJ Deep only produces legal mixes, see below. The successful series of mixes however attracted a number of illegal copycats that continue them. DJ Deep was decisively influenced by Dutch remixer Ben Liebrand. An important characteristic feature of all Deep Dance and Studio 33 episodes was to integrate new unreleased tracks (mostly from the Dance genre) into the mix. Many of these tracks subsequently acquired high rankings in the charts. This also applies to the illegal fake releases from the Deep Dance/Studio 33 series from 2000 onwards. Furthermore, additional secondary series, such as Deep Fox (Schlager and Disco genre), and Studio 33 "Party Compilation" were released, albeit these series were continued by other DJs.
That which started as a hobby with a double-deck for DJ Deep in a party cellar/garage at the end of the 1980s, grew into a very big commercial success for the scene in the 1990s. ''Peine'' already had prior experience with mixing through his DJ activity in the now-closed discothèque "Glaspalast" ("Glas Palace") in Dinslaken. With the financial plus, it was possible for DJ Deep to steadily improve his recording studio. The double-deck, and later octo-deck Revox audio tape machine was soon replaced by digital equipment, which then made the for Deep mixes characteristic keysampling possible.
As DJ Deep however continued to reuse copyrighted material without paying the GEMA fees, he came to attention to the federal/state prosecution authorities. Primarily, they suspected tax evasion rather than copyright violation. The same also applied to his colleague Studio 33. The GEMA assumed a yearly loss of 150,000 Deutsche Mark solely for the Deep Dance series.
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name | Ian Campbell |
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background | solo_singer |
birth name | Ian Campbell |
born | March 22, 1965Hyson Green, Nottingham, England |
genre | Hip-house |
occupation | Rapper, songwriter, painter |
years active | 1989–present |
label | DWA RecordsPolydor Records |
website | http://icemc.co.uk }} |
Ian Campbell aka ICE MC (born 22 March 1965, Nottingham, England) is a hip-house/eurodance rapper.
At the end of 2002, he decided to return to Italy and to contact Zanetti again. Together they started writing some new material and, at the beginning of 2004, they began recording a new album, ''Cold Skool''. Campbell is also a painter, and sells his paintings via his website.
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