New electronic styles added

Hi folks, I have added the following styles under the Electronic genre:

Berlin-School
Eurodance
Tech Trance
Donk
Doomcore
Electro House
Schranz
Hard Techno
Skweee
Minimal Techno
Bassline
Electroclash
Beatdown
Euro-Disco
Baltimore Club
Ghettotech
Ghetto House
Juke

If you would like to request another style for electronic, please post here, following this template:

* Style Name (required). The style must be internationally accepted - no regional names for styles if possible. No micro-styles. There are some styles that are too specific or denote a minor style element. Adding these styles at this point would clog up the system. These micro-styles oftem denote only a small change from similar styles, for example, a specific lyrical or musical theme, or simply add an adjective onto an existing style. Some examples of this can be found in the metal and electronic genres.

* Alternative Names

* Genres (required). Genre/s that the style falls under must be included.

* Description (required). The style request must come with a full description of the style. Look at http://wiki.discogs.librosgratis.biz/index.php/Style_Guide for examples. Include a musical description, common instruments and sounds, dates, example artists etc.

* Examples (links to at least 3 releases) (required)

* Associated Styles (this should make links to existing styles). Other styles that relate the the requested style must be listed.

* External citations - The style request must come with at least three trustworthy external citations of it's use.

* Notes

Style requests that do not include the required information or go against the above rules will not be added, and may be deleted from this thread. I reserve the final say in whether a style is added or not.

Thanks!

Yeaa. Thanks.

Superb, Eurodance at last!

Thanks guys.

Nice one. Just waiting for the expansion on rock now...

irionman
Just waiting for the expansion on rock now...

Would be great, but for some obscure reasons it looks like beeing very complicated, no?

Thank you, nik. I'd like to see a second expansion of folk, world and country as well.

timetogo
I'd like to see a second expansion of folk, world and country as well.

Yes, please.

I've often wondered about Jackin House. Is it a definitive style that should be on discogs? Im guessing not though.

nik

Eurodance
Electro House
Schranz
Hard Techno
Minimal Techno
Electroclash

uhrraaaa!

After years of battles and we have "Eurodance" !!!!! :D

Thanks!

yes! time to update all those euro dance releases :) thanks nik!

Style Name: Eurobeat

Alternative Names: It's sometimes erroneously refered as "ParaPara" music but other faster music styles can also be ParaPara music. Para Para is Japanese originating dance style* which is closely associated with Eurobeat.

Genre: Electronic

Description: Eurobeat started in late 80's, after Italo-Disco started to disappear, and is still produced. It mainly produced in Italy and then licensed by Avex Trax** and nearly exclusive sold in Japan. Those who haven't follow either Italian or Japanese music scene have usually never heard of Eurobeat before.

There don't exist proper style term in the list. So Eurobeat releases has been marked for years in Discogs as Italo-Disco/Hi-NRG. This double-style term would be alright for the early productions but upon reaching 1992 these styles just doesn't fit anymore with the sound but there isn't anything better people can tag the releases with.

ADDED (by Super Eurobeat came out then and all the other labels (Time, Flea, Asia, etc.) were definitely only interested in the Japanese market by then. The most important thing about 1990 being the start is because the songs made from that time on were made almost entirely in the Eurobeat formula (intro - synth riff - verse - bridge - chorus - synth riff - verse 2 - bridge - chorus, etc.).

ADDED2: Eurobeat term was firstly used in 1986. That's Eurobeat or Eurobeat Fantasy may have been the first were the name appears in... http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/search?type=all&title=eurobeat&credit=&artist=&genre=&label=&style=&track=&country=&catno=&year=1986&barcode=&submitter=&anv=&contributor=&format=

Examples: I have added extensive list of audio to the request format to describe the differences with audio as I couldn't describe the differences in words. One of them being artist Rose (2) which shows a good example how the sound evolved with time.

(all release links contain an embed youtube audio link inside release)
Margaret - Mine Is Your Love ('93)

...now compare to older Eurobeat to hear noticeable difference. For these stuff Italo-Disco/Hi-NRG is not that bad tag but Eurobeat would be better. Also notice the older they get, the more they start to sound like Italo-Disco.
Philip - Dream Of Me ('89)

Same artist
Various - Super Eurobeat Vol. 70 - Anniversary Non-Stop Mix Request Count Down 70. And here is Billboard notification that 200,000 records had been shipped of it in Aug 1996: http://tinyurl.com/d69bxpv
... and here is Billboard notification that volume 100 has sold over half million copies: http://tinyurl.com/cudb3h9 . As you can see from the sale numbers Eurobeat is not a "micro-style".

Some Eurobeat labels from the database: Vibration (3).

Associated Styles: Italo-Disco (early production), Hi-NRG, "Dance", J-Pop (when sang in Japanese)

External citations / Notes:
http://www.livemusicstudio.com (Eurobeat music company)
http://www.eurobeat-prime.com/history.php (ok summarization but there are some bad parts)
http://forum.eurobeat-prime.com/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=79d0e1ec4f6403b96031c4bb1d52fd08 (active forum for the style)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobeat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Para
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Eurobeat
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/groups/topic/365821
- Billboard article, couple Italian labels referred to be Eurobeat labels: http://tinyurl.com/ce95lv3 (all three mentioned by me earlier)
- http://www.dimamusic.net (introduction text from one Eurobeat producer's homepage)
"My name is David Dima and I’m a producer of the music genre: Eurobeat.
My label is called Dima Music and is currently stated
in Thailand and Italy. I create music since 1993 for Japanese labels.

Eurobeat, as the name implies, is a music genre from Europe.
It is a sub-genre of 80s italo disco (a.k.a. 80s Eurodisco). In the USA,
it was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this
term with the very early freestyle music hits."

Youtube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvIep9qtKc (Eurobeat + ParaPara dance, Disney performance inside)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpoR_xlslLI (Eurobeat + ParaPara dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iIwJdQDcSA (Eurobeat + ParaPara dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2Ow1AiySE (Eurobeat + ParaPara dance)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzYaI5qBck (Eurobeat + ParaPara dance, Disney performance outside)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW1GWH1XVFo (Eurobeat + ParaPara dance)

*There appareantly also exist Techpara (danced to Hyper Techno) and TraPara (danced to Trance) dance styles. Hyper Techno is way too micro style and don't deserve to be added in as a style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh5O_45GofM (Hyper Techno + TechPara dance)
**Not sure if there are other large licensors.

On database:
I checked every 2nd page of Italy and Japan entries and the stuff were very largely Eurobeat or the earlier more "Hi-NRG sounding Eurobeat".

http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/explore?style=Hi+NRG&style=Italo-Disco
Countries:
Italy - 2,721
Japan - 1,396
= 4117

Let's be convertive and let's say 3400 of them would deserve the Eurobeat tag. This amount may seem little but if you check out Explore -> All Styles.
You'll see that there are other styles in few thousand range too.

There seems to be also British ones Beaver Records Ltd. and Loading Bay Records which seem to have licensed a few songs.

On sale:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/sell/list?style=Italo-Disco&style=Hi+NRG
8,972 items
Wrote to search field:
Italy - (5,534 items)
Japan - (955 items)

YEAH!! thanks nik

Electroclash!!

IMO Electroclash is not a style, I like it and even I'd like it but Not A style.
Is This Electroclash? http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Tiga--Zyntherius-Sunglasses-At-Night/master/70950

Just curious, but we got donk but not frenchcore?

triv
..now compare to older Eurobeat to hear noticeable difference. For these stuff Italo-Disco/Hi-NRG is not that bad tag.

but still not as appropriate as a Eurobeat tag would be.

irionman
Just curious, but we got donk but not frenchcore?

i know, i thought donk was more of a joke from Vice magazine than an actual music style and scene. do punters still make/listen to that?

I think it's time for Turbo-folk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk

...donk?

Tech Trance. At last!! I feel some Style edits coming on!

Schranz is a SOUND, no style. Chris Liebing said himself. It must/should be replaced with Progressive Techno. Anyway, a good update, very overdue, thanks. We still need Uplifting Trance, Industrial Hardcore and some others. ;-)

Ghetto House?

So we've now got Berlin-School to tag all Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, etc. titles. I bet it'll get widely misused. And maybe there'll be a clamour of people doing style updates? First I knew was when I got notification that someone had added Berlin-School to one of my submissions.

So can we tag 70's era Jarre / Vangelis as Berlin-School too?

Albums like Oxygene & Albedo 0.39.

Jarren
So can we tag 70's era Jarre / Vangelis as Berlin-School too?

Albums like Oxygene & Albedo 0.39.

Absolutely not. They are not sequencer driven Berlin School music. Non-German examples of artists who have done what clearly is Berlin School would include Cybernium.

can we make a list of the new styles as links to the intial style proposal that was approved? the definitions given there along with the examples will help guide s in deciding when and when not to add the new tags.

PabloPlato
can we make a list of the new styles as links to the intial style proposal that was approved? the definitions given there along with the examples will help guide s in deciding when and when not to add the new tags.

Fantastic idea. Go for it!

timetogo
PabloPlato
can we make a list of the new styles as links to the intial style proposal that was approved? the definitions given there along with the examples will help guide s in deciding when and when not to add the new tags.

Fantastic idea. Go for it!

That would be good!

I'm still trying to figure out what my people call "cold pulse" is categorized as on the electronic list -- early To Rococo Rot type stuff? Anybody know that band (just as a reference point for what I am alluding to)? I don't think this LP, for example, is "left field" or "experimental" by any means, but that's just me. Is it some variant of Berlin-school?

http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/To-Rococo-Rot-Veiculo/master/54391

timetogo
They are not sequencer driven Berlin School music.

Agreed (though some of Jarre's stuff is borderline IMHO... as for Vangelis, "Spiral" is the only album of his that even comes close). They are what is now called EM, which I was hoping would be added. Berlin School is a subset of EM.

EM is a broader term that encomes most instrumental, non-dance electronic music from the 70s and 80s. Artists like Vangelis, Wendy Carlos, Kitaro, Tomita, in addition to Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze et al. In of musical direction, these artists were quite different from one another, but they shared a common means of realizing their music.

Berlin-School
Eurodance
Tech Trance
Donk
Doomcore
Electro House
Schranz (scroll halfway through the post)
Hard Techno
Skweee
Minimal Techno
Bassline
Electroclash
Beatdown
Euro-Disco
Baltimore Club
Ghettotech
Ghetto House
Juke

could not find a post to link to for Ghettotech or Ghetto House, but they are mentioned in the juke and baltimore club posts, can anyone help find these styles? they are not in the electronic or hip hop requests.

brunorepublic

Agreed (though some of Jarre's stuff is borderline IMHO... as for Vangelis, "Spiral" is the only album of his that even comes close). They are what is now called EM, which I was hoping would be added. Berlin School is a subset of EM.

EM is a broader term that encomes most instrumental, non-dance electronic music from the 70s and 80s. Artists like Vangelis, Wendy Carlos, Kitaro, Tomita, in addition to Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze et al. In of musical direction, these artists were quite different from one another, but they shared a common means of realizing their music.

You know, I agree with everything you wrote, but Jean-Michel Jarre do qualify. I would have listed those two separately, but what do I know?

Anyway, there are a lot of artists who did Berlin School briefly and moved on. Steve Roach dabbled a little on "Now" and "Traveler". Most of Vangells' works? Not so much.

maybe Nu Disco?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu-disco

Since some years, a lot of labels/producers following this style, a "bridge" between old Disco/Funk/Italo Disco and House. Currently it's under Disco + House, but proper style would be fine IMHO.
Example: http://youtu.be/9xAvSvuOQDQ

timetogo
You know, I agree with everything you wrote, but nik used the broader EM definition for Berlin-School. I think it's wrong but, using that description, Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre do qualify.

Jarre was certainly inspired by the Berlin school on Oxygene. Broadly Berlin-School can encom anything from Peter Baumann's flitations with electro-pop to Agitation Free's "Last" through to the most experimental Conrad Schnitzler, but mostly it applies to Tangerine Dream "Phaedra" to "Hyperboprea" and virtually all earlier Klaus Schulze, plus the scene that grew out of that including related musicians like Michael Hoenig, Harald Grosskopf (not Berlin, but strongly involved), Ashra, and the younger musicians like Bernd Kistenmacher and Mario Schonwalder, and then all the scene that grew out of that and/or was influenced by it.
I would have preferred "Synth" - as we already have Synth-pop, but EM would have been fine too (although, as I've explained before, EM was previously applied to the avant-garde in the 1950's to 70's)

Matthew_King
maybe Nu Disco?

lady-B beat you to it, drafted the request properly, and wasn't selected.
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/help/forums/topic/206535?page=2#2579649

if you want to petition for it (or any other style previously requested that wasnt selected) i would recommend you provide more depth, more info and more examples to help illustrate the need to represent that realm of music.

PabloPlato
could not find a post to link to for Ghettotech or Ghetto House, but they are mentioned in the juke and baltimore club posts, can anyone help find these styles? they are not in the electronic or hip hop requests.

The best example I can think of is the kind of stuff Dance Mania were pushing out in the mid 90s. Artists like Traxmen & Parris Mitchell.

http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/label/Dance+Mania

I'll get something written up for Ghetto House and Ghettotech... you can check this short docu on Ghetto House (NSFW) as a start.

ultimathulerecords
I would have preferred "Synth" - as we already have Synth-pop, but EM would have been fine too (although, as I've explained before, EM was previously applied to the avant-garde in the 1950's to 70's)

Fair comment. I certainly wouldn't argue with either the Synth or EM labels based on current usage for EM. I also agree that you can make the connection to "Oxygene" and "Equinoxe" but it certainly doesn't fit most of his later releases. I don't think anyone would claim that "Zoolook" is Berlin School.

ultimathulerecords
I would have preferred "Synth"

+1

Synth would be far more useful. Usable for Jarre, Ian Boddy, Vangelis, later Tangerine Dream etc. etc. more widely applicable, less proscriptive. More useful in the database where things have been tagged as 'electro'. But that's just my take on it, and I've expressed these thoughts before.

Nice to see juke added!

swattan
After years of battles and we have "Eurodance" !!!!! :D

Joy :D

But...
http://wiki.discogs.librosgratis.biz/index.php/Style_Guide-Genre-Electronic#Euro_House

It looks like Euro House and Eurodance should be merged? (never heard of the term Euro House before I ed Discogs by the way) The description and artists mentioned are exactly the same.

timetogo
I don't think anyone would claim that "Zoolook" is Berlin School.

Depends on how wide you set the net. Compare for instance Johannes Schmoelling's "Zoo Of Tranquility" which is in a similar musical field. But I wouldn't tag it so.
Basically styles are here on Discogs to help you find other things that are in your taste range, and an extra aid for finding stuff on the marketplace.
I wonder what artists like Ian Boddy, Mark Shreeve, Radio Massacre International, etc. think. Do they consider their music "Berlin School" ?

ultimathulerecords
I would have preferred "Synth"

+2

"Synth" is a really really bad style name. 99% of the releases in the electronic genre contain synths. It would be like having a 'Guitar' style in the Rock genre. it would get massively misused, and therefore be redundant. That is why I added 'Berlin School', at least that is defined and well used.

little_alien
It looks like Euro House and Eurodance should be merged? (never heard of the term Euro House before I ed Discogs by the way) The description and artists mentioned are exactly the same.

that write up applies more to eurodance than to euro house.

euro house is stuff like Gigi Dagostino's Blah Blah Blah, 2 Eivissa Oh La La La, Novy vs. Eniac's Superstar, De Bos' On The Run, etc.

read the eurodance post i linked to above, the lower portion described the difference between the earlier Euro-Dance and the later Euro-House and Euro-Trance styles.

PabloPlato
euro house is stuff like Gigi Dagostino's Blah Blah Blah, 2 Eivissa Oh La La La, Novy vs. Eniac's Superstar, De Bos' On The Run, etc.

Ah ok, clear :)

Jarren
Albedo 0.39

Cetainly not Berlin School. Vangelis had been developing this style since 1970 or so, at first with organ, piano and percussion, moving on to synthesizers later. This was distinctly his own genre/style - instantly recognisable, and he started developing it before the well-known Berlin synth-sequencer school came along.

nik
"Synth" is a really really bad style name. 99% of the releases in the electronic genre contain synths. It would be like having a 'Guitar' style in the Rock genre.

Agreed.

The problems I foresee with "Berlin-School" as a style are people arguing over the narrower definition vs. the wider (EM) one, as well as people removing the style from suitable releases because the artist isn't German or based in Berlin, much like I have seen happen with the Italo-disco style.

little_alien
Ah ok, clear :)

No, no. Not clear at all.
There was no "later" eurohouse, there never was any eurohouse at all.
There was pizzicato, dreamhouse, scouse house and eurotrance.

*IF* I should tag anything as eurohouse then it would be something like the Bass Bumpers or Alex Party. Too euro to be considered 100% house, and too house-y compared to the classic eurodance style.

It only makes sense to replace eurohouse with eurodance.

* Style Name: Afro House

* Alternative Names: African House, Afro-Beat

* Genres: Electronic

* Description: Afro House is a type of house music produced mostly in South Africa. It sometimes contains lyrics in one of the local languages (of which there are 11 if you exclude English and Afrikaans), samples from real traditional instruments (drums, in particular, something integral to African music), and heavier basslines than you might find in House music from elsewhere. A track might use a harmony or melody from an old South African song, and the lyrics, minimal though they might be, will be about something people recognise, something political, humorous, traditional, celebratory, etc. It's party music, but it still ties in with South African identity and history, and has meaning beyond music.

* Examples:
Culture

* Associated Styles: Umm... possibly Tribal House but its not quite the same thing. As one of the links below says "Not to be confused with Tribal, Afro house is generally deeper, slower in tempo and not as hard driving as Tribal house." As such Deep House would also be appropriate in some cases.

* External citations:
thisisafrica.com
i(heart)afrohouse.com
ilovehousemusic.com

Note: The genre Folk, World, & Country and the style African could be used but im not sure that's entirely accurate. From what I can see most modern Afro House is all Electronic, with percussive elements, but not real instruments as such. I could be wrong on this though.

Euro House is (was) simply the Discogs word for (Euro) Dance. Where's Hands Up? ;-)

Gabbahead
Euro House is (was) simply the Discogs word for (Euro) Dance

Exactly. And I think after all these years we got used to it.
I wouldn't mind if it was somehow automatically replaced with eurodance, but now with the addition of this style it's going to be done manually - which means many, MANY messages just for a style update.

brunorepublic
The problems I foresee with "Berlin-School" as a style are people arguing over the narrower definition vs. the wider (EM) one, as well as people removing the style from suitable releases because the artist isn't German or based in Berlin, much like I have seen happen with the Italo-disco style.

I wholeheartedly agree. I think the best solution is to add EM as a style but to leave Berlin School in place. Berlin School could then be used for the narrower definition and EM for the wider one.

ultimathulerecords
Vangelis had been developing this style since 1970 or so, at first with organ, piano and percussion, moving on to synthesizers later. This was distinctly his own genre/style - instantly recognisable, and he started developing it before the well-known Berlin synth-sequencer school came along.

I agree completely. Some folks may that I did the original submission for the Sex Power soundtrack. Sure glad I sold that LP before the reissue appeared :) Anyway, the beginnings of the classic Vangelis sound could be heard even on that record. If you think about what Tangerine Dream sounded like on Electronic Meditation or Klaus Schulze sounded like on Irrlicht they certainly weren't doing Berlin School just yet.

Please consider adding frenchcore. There are too many frenchcore records here that have been tagged as hardcore and gabber and are the farthest thing from that.

triv
Style Name: Eurobeat

Yes. EUROBEAT please.

irionman
Please consider adding

please consider drafting up a proper request

nik
If you would like to request another style for electronic, please post here, following this template:

* Style Name (required). The style must be internationally accepted - no regional names for styles if possible. No micro-styles. There are some styles that are too specific or denote a minor style element. Adding these styles at this point would clog up the system. These micro-styles oftem denote only a small change from similar styles, for example, a specific lyrical or musical theme, or simply add an adjective onto an existing style. Some examples of this can be found in the metal and electronic genres.

* Alternative Names

* Genres (required). Genre/s that the style falls under must be included.

* Description (required). The style request must come with a full description of the style. Look at http://wiki.discogs.librosgratis.biz/index.php/Style_Guide for examples. Include a musical description, common instruments and sounds, dates, example artists etc.

* Examples (links to at least 3 releases) (required)

* Associated Styles (this should make links to existing styles). Other styles that relate the the requested style must be listed.

* External citations - The style request must come with at least three trustworthy external citations of it's use.

* Notes

Style requests that do not include the required information or go against the above rules will not be added, and may be deleted from this thread. I reserve the final say in whether a style is added or not.

emphasis mine.

Frenchcore missing

https://soundcloud.com/groups/frenchcore
http://corehistory.blogspot.cz/2009/12/frenchcore.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore

nik
"Synth" is a really really bad style name. 99% of the releases in the electronic genre contain synths. It would be like having a 'Guitar' style in the Rock genre. it would get massively misused, and therefore be redundant. That is why I added 'Berlin School', at least that is defined and well used.

That's why you have style descriptors, surely?
What is the most accurate style that links disparate artists like, say, Emeralds, Mark Shreeve, Ian Boddy, etc? (because here is a common ground that is not indicated in the current genres and styles)
Synth.
Because at the moment they are being tagged Ambient, Electro, etc. Ambient is misused, it isn't necessarily ambient just because it has no beats, electro is surely self explanatory. EM is not applicable for say the new wave of synth acts (spectrum spools type stuff), it is very much tied to an 'old guard' of synth musicians. All that stuff is not Berlin School, though, nor ambient, nor electro, nor EM. Synth is as I've said the most useful way of deliniating a major electronic music lineage that is not particularly dance based or rooted and has its own subdivisions that includes Berlin School, EM, etc. and furthermore, that is entirely un-indicated in the database at the moment.
Is people labeling Cybotron (australian) 'electro' Ashra 'electro' Conrad Schnitzler 'electro' (entirely misleading and innaccurate) less heinous than having a far more appropriate Synth option?
My main point is here that there is a stream of non-dance based electronic music that exists before during and after techno, electro, ambient etc. that it is impossible to clearly indicate in the current database.
Synth is also a widely used historically verifiable term for this broad area of electronic music.
My second 2 cents... :)

brunorepublic
"Synth" is a really really bad style name. 99% of the releases in the electronic genre contain synths.

Probably so, but that's what we called it in the 1970's/80's. Then Synth-pop came along (this is a style on Discogs), and then (obviously not wanting be associated with pop) the trend became EM. Another genre name was Synth-Sequencer, primarily for Tangerine Dream & Klaus Schulze type music, but that term became irrelevant with the advent of micro-composers and then computers.

ultimathulerecords
Probably so, but that's what we called it in the 1970's/80's.

I always saw it referred to as "Electronic" (or occasionally "Moog"), but as with "synth", the term is effectively meaningless today.

The thing ing like EM and Berlin-School is that they are less likely to be misunderstood and/or misapplied. I expect that if "synth" was added, we would see it being applied to anything that has a synth in it.

Barry_Crumbcheeks
My main point is here that there is a stream of non-dance based electronic music that exists before during and after techno, electro, ambient etc. that it is impossible to clearly indicate in the current database.

True, from the 1960's through to now!

When will Lounge be added?

When will the Style system be revised and changed into something better?

There have been suggestions of replacing it with a tag cloud. I think that would be an improvement.

brunorepublic
I expect that if "synth" was added, we would see it being applied to anything that has a synth in it.

Which is currently what happens with 'Electro'. That seems to be applied indiscriminately to anything that has 'electronic' elements in cases where it is applied to synth music as there is nothing else close to 'synth'. Just because a genre name might be misinterpreted isn't a case for not having it available.
I've seen, for example, 'freestyle' misapplied many times but that doesn't invalidate its historical and accurate use as a dance music genre and its necessary inclusion in Discogs.
In my view there is a large hole in Discogs styles which is a relic of the database's origins as a predominantly electronic dance music based discography site.
People skirt around the big hole with 'ambient' or 'electro' and Berlin-school or 'moog' don't fill those gaps, they are very specific , that are useful, but very specific nonetheless. What is needed is the umbrella term which is and has been used: 'Synth'.
It covers a wide range of music over 40 years or so of electronic music making that, as I have said, it is not possible to currently do with current styles and genres without being misleading.
And again, possible misinterpretation is not an argument against inclusion, things already are misapplied (again 'electro', 'ambient', 'synth-pop') because there is no adequate or accurate descriptor.
Anyway, I think it would be a useful term to have in. :)

barttrumba
Frenchcore missing

https://soundcloud.com/groups/frenchcore
http://corehistory.blogspot.cz/2009/12/frenchcore.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore

Exactly

barttrumba
Frenchcore missing

https://soundcloud.com/groups/frenchcore
http://corehistory.blogspot.cz/2009/12/frenchcore.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchcore

a bunch of links does not fulfill the requirements for a proper style request.

besides, it's just hardcore/gabber. don't hear how it's any different from what the dutch have done since the 90s. styles shouldnt be split based on regional origins of the artists or djs, especially when stylistically indistinguishable from an already existing style.

PabloPlato
besides, it's just hardcore/gabber. don't hear how it's any different from what the dutch have done since the 90s... when stylistically indistinguishable from an already existing style.

I don't care one way or the other, but saying you can't hear the difference doesn't mean that others cannot hear it.

PabloPlato
styles shouldnt be split based on regional origins of the artists or djs

Haven't you been going on about Eurodance and Eurobeat?
Wasn't Berlin School also introduced in this thread? And Baltimore Club?
Do we not also have styles such as Bollywood, Euro House, Euro-Disco, Europop, Italo-Disco, Italodance, J-Pop, Krautrock, Southern Rock and countless others under the genres of Blues, Latin, and Folk, World, & Country?

zipjezopje
No, no. Not clear at all.
There was no "later" eurohouse, there never was any eurohouse at all.
There was pizzicato, dreamhouse, scouse house and eurotrance.

*IF* I should tag anything as eurohouse then it would be something like the Bass Bumpers or Alex Party. Too euro to be considered 100% house, and too house-y compared to the classic eurodance style.

Hah, so I'm not the only one familiar with the term "Euro House" only through Discogs. Oh well, now that we have Eurodance I don't think I'll ever use Euro House again.

Exactly and we still need Hands Up for all that Rocco, Starsplash, The Real Booty Babes, Jan Wayne stuff listed here under Euro House and even Trance (!!!). And also we need Uplifting Trance for Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten etc., just too name a few "big playaz".

And please REMOVE Schranz. It's just a sound, no style! Chris Liebing explains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98aLqXTziMk (German)

Pablo, don't let you irritate from the name Frenchcore, as you know, it ain't a FR-only thing, there are many records from and Italy, too. I'm definately pro FC, it's a well-known term in the gabber scene.

0bleak
Haven't you been going on about Eurodance and Eurobeat?
Wasn't Berlin School also introduced in this thread? And Baltimore Club?
Do we not also have styles such as Bollywood, Euro House, Euro-Disco, Europop, Italo-Disco, Italodance, J-Pop, Krautrock, Southern Rock and countless others under the genres of Blues, Latin, and Folk, World, & Country?

these are all recognized throughout the world by those names, and have distinct sounds that help listeners identify them by those .

Frenchcore seems like it's a tag applied to french hardcore producers by french nationalists.

Gabbahead
Pablo, don't let you irritate from the name Frenchcore, as you know, it ain't a FR-only thing, there are many records from and Italy, too. I'm definately pro FC, it's a well-known term in the gabber scene.

if it is a distinct sound that has producers and recognition beyond french borders, and those producers recognize and market themselves as frenchcore and not hardcore or gabber or any for of hard dance styles, then definitely it can be looked into.
but you would need to write up a proper request following the template as required by management, otherwise you don't present much in term of evidence for those not familiar with the style to agree with the addition of the tag.

Gabbahead
we still need Hands Up for all that Rocco, Starsplash, The Real Booty Babes, Jan Wayne stuff listed here under Euro House and even Trance (!!!).

correct me if i am wrong, but wouldnt all that hands up be recognized as Euro-Trance elsewhere?

little_alien
Hah, so I'm not the only one familiar with the term "Euro House" only through Discogs. Oh well, now that we have Eurodance I don't think I'll ever use Euro House again.

here's a eurohouse comp that has eurohouse tracks and the term in the title
Various - Eurohouse Tres

and one that mistakenly applies it to a comp of euro-dance, but interestingly enough, is from the netherlands. like you.
Various - Eurohouse

PabloPlato
but still not as appropriate as a Eurobeat tag would be.

Yes, you're probably right. Discogs has altered my thinking regarding this. ;)

PabloPlato
euro house is stuff like 2 Eivissa Oh La La La

Yeah this is good example imo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0pCiCY31EM
I have considered Euro House as commercial orientated House music. Think like Eurodance + House = Euro House. I don't think it should be removed like someone suggested earlier.

little_alien
Hah, so I'm not the only one familiar with the term "Euro House" only through Discogs. Oh well, now that we have Eurodance I don't think I'll ever use Euro House again.

Here Euro House eg used in Billboard ('98) http://tinyurl.com/cxpxyz7 , ('97) http://tinyurl.com/d7zf7bo

PabloPlato
besides, it's just hardcore/gabber. don't hear how it's any different from what the dutch have done since the 90s

You just lost a lot of points in my eyes. You seriously think that modern Frenchcore sounds like post 90s Dutch Gabber? Wow....

It's funny because we use to just call it dance music and then techno.

"Euro House" on that Billboard article is only some sort of 'nickname' of "Dance" to the release "The Temperer Feat Maya - Feel It".
To be honest I never listen any radio in Italy calling it "Euro House" but simply (Euro) Dance or House. In fact it for that record the style should be Eurodance, House.

Ah, and those 3 examples (compilation) from Mexico are ridiculous compared to the number of results you get when you do a search with "Eurodance".
And if look well.... calling Ultra naté - Free as "Euro house" is totally wrong.... then let's call also Frankie Knucles - Your Love as "Euro House".......... brrrrr

Btw, it's true donkey + horse = mule :p

PabloPlato
here's a eurohouse comp that has eurohouse tracks and the term in the title

If styles are going to be defined by some cd-titles, then Frenchcore is...rock.
Various - FrenchCore

In that case I'd like to suggest a Yabba-dabba-dance style.
Various - Yabba-Dabba-Dance! 7

But seriously, I think we also need "handbag" or Nu/Retro NRG for all those fab dancemixes and coverversions from the UK labels like Almighty and Energise that were so popular in gay bars (a friend told me that).

irionman
You seriously think that modern Frenchcore sounds like post 90s Dutch Gabber?

no, most dutch gabber was much harder, darker, heavier, but this frenchcore stuff doesnt sound vastly different to me. i'm not saying it can never be added or even considered, but the attempts to convince us of the necessity is rather lacking - please write up a formal request as required, with examples, counter examples, a clear definition of what to expect, etc, and convince s like me that this is indeed a distinct style that is sorely lacking on discogs.

otherwise it is far to easy to dismiss a post with only a couple links and no wealth of information. btw, the soundcloud link did not work for me. could not get a track to work in that view - link to individual examples instead.

triv
Here Euro House eg used in Billboard ('98) http://tinyurl.com/cxpxyz7

another great example of a euro-house track.

Will the Discogs Bot start taking its round to auto-edit "Electro, House" releases to "Electro House", or would that be manual work?

mikkelhk
Will the Discogs Bot start taking its round to auto-edit "Electro, House" releases to "Electro House", or would that be manual work?

I sure hope it's the latter, as I can think of releases tagged with "Electro, House" which actually mean exactly that: e.g. Compilations which might contain pure "Electro" tracks, as well as "pure" House tracks. Those shouldn't be automatically changed to "Electro House" IMHO.

pano9000
Releases tagged with "Electro, House", e.g. Compilations which might contain pure "Electro" tracks, as well as "pure" House tracks shouldn't be automatically changed to "Electro House"

I agree, that's why I asked. The bot has earlier made some serious f**k-ups.

PabloPlato
besides, it's just hardcore/gabber. don't hear how it's any different from what the dutch have done since the 90s.

hehe funny, Frenchcore is based on drum and bass + some voice + snares etc.
Dutch main style hardcore and gabber is based on drums + melody + voice.
Frenchcore has almost no melody (synths - accords)
Frenchcore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASLA47hxUS8&list=PL4371804A3F7BD89B
Hardcore-gabber:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDTvES8XtY

Just why PabloPlato from Canada is allowed to said where is difference in hardcore styles?? Im sure no visit of any party. Didnt listen to any frenchcore CD etc.
I think these can be judged by people here:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/groups/70

Check http://www.gabbers-gegen-rassismus.de/diemusik-index.html for style examples and YouTube links.

Gabbahead
And please REMOVE Schranz. It's just a sound, no style! Chris Liebing explains

Even if Chris disagrees, it became a style.

Seems a lot of people don't like the use of theBerlin-School tag. Knew that would happen. Too specific to few, unknown to most, and too easy to use wrongly.
Thinking about it, much better catch-all could have been EM/Synth/Berlin-School - that would cover all bases in this field from Jarre to Schnitzler, Tangerine Dream to Radio Massacre International, Vangelis to ???

I've notice that Discogs still don't have Slowstyle in our style database.

Here is a list of some slowstyle releases:
Gigi D'Agostino ‎– At Altromondo Part II (mostly CD1)
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Gigi-DAgostino-At-Altromondo-Part-II/release/319247

Compilation - Benessere 1 (mostly CD1)
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Gigi-DAgostino-Compilation-Benessere-1/release/354144

Various ‎– Disco Tanz - Many Ways For DeeJay's... (mostly CD2)
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Various-Disco-Tanz-Many-Ways-For-DeeJays/release/579471

Gigi D'Agostino ‎– Some Experiments (mostly CD2)
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Gigi-DAgostino-Some-Experiments/release/596901

Gigi D'Agostino ‎– Lento Violento ...E Altre Storie (mostly CD2)
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Gigi-DAgostino-Lento-Violento-E-Altre-Storie/release/964034

Lento Violento Man ‎– La Musica Che Pesta
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Lento-Violento-Man-La-Musica-Che-Pesta/release/1028086

Gigi D'Agostino ‎– Suono Libero (mostly CD2)
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Gigi-DAgostino-Suono-Libero/release/1405802

Movimentolento series:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/label/MovimentoLento

DJ Matrix (2) vs Manuel Negrin ‎– Dimensione 4
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/DJ-Matrix-2-vs-Manuel-Negrin-Dimensione-4/release/1355571

Ottomix ‎Compilation series:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Ottomix-Compilation/release/1687624
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Various-Ottomix-Compilation-Vol-2/release/1687772
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Ottomix-Compilation-Vol-3/release/1687814
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Ottomix-Compilation-Vol-4/release/1687831

Luca Noise's releases:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/Luca+Noise

DJ Maxwell's releases:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/DJMaxwell-Trust-No-One/release/2352803
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/DJ-Maxwell-Trust-No-One-Part-II/release/2709683

etc...

It is not manner of tempo. Slowstyle is a unigue mix of afrobeat, new beat, tribal, techno, electro and hip-hop, sometimes with hardstyle influences. It sounds like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKQiXmIgKQA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBK98paA-P8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8vNvxiXaY

It is not techno, not electro, not afrobeat, not tribal but something new, whith elements of all this styles, and it's definitely not downtempo.
Sometimes is called Lento Violento, but this name is trademarked by Gigi D'Agostino to series of his compilation, so Slowstyle is more neutral name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lento_Violento

I'd still like to have Synth - a very widely used definition for decades. And there's no reason not to as Discogs already has Synth-Pop!

I'm still waiting for Rap as a style... Pop Rap just doesn't cut it for the majority of non-hip hop rapping records.

Futurepop
Dark Electro
Aggrotech or Hellektro or Harsh Electro
TBM or Harsh EBM

Please read the first post. Listing a bunch of styles isn't going to achieve anything.

I'll start with futurepop.

Style: Futurepop

Alternative Names: none

Genre: Electronic

Description: Futurepop is a form of electronic dance music that evolved in the late 1990s with groups like Covenant, VNV Nation and Apoptygma Berzerk.

The term "futurepop" was coined by VNV Nation lead singer Ronan Harris to describe their sound at the time, and that of similar groups. Other leading artists of the genre are Assemblage 23, Neuroticfish and XP8.

Futurepop incorporates influences from synthpop and uplifting trance to create a techno-beat-driven, club-oriented music. In addition, it includes heavy use of sampling and an absence of vocal modification that is popular in many other forms of electronic music.

Some songs in the genre have become popular in dance clubs, particularly in , where several bands in the genre, such as Covenant, Apoptygma Berzerk and VNV Nation, have enjoyed chart success. Futurepop music is popular in the Cyber youth culture and general alternative electronic music scenes.

Examples:
VnV Nation - Empires
Apoptygma Berzerk - Welcome To Earth
Assemblage 23 - Failure

Associated Styles: Synth-Pop, EBM

External citations:
Wikipedia
Rate Your Music
You Tube

I'll continue with Dark Electro.

Style: Dark Electro

Alternative Names: Electro-Industrial, Electrodark

Genre: Electronic

Description: Dark Electro started in the early 1990's in central Europe. The term describes groups such as yelworC and Placebo Effect, and was first used in December 1992 with the album announcement of Brainstorming, yelworC's debut. The style was inspired by the music of The Klinik and Skinny Puppy. Compositions included horror soundscapes, and grunts or distorted vocals.

Other groups to practice the style included amGod, Trial, early Evil's Toy, Mortal Constraint, Arcana Obscura, Splatter Squall, Seven Trees, Tri-State, GGFH (Disease), and Ice Ages.

In subsequent years (2004+), dark electro was displaced by techno-influenced styles such as aggrotech.

Examples:
yelworC ‎– Brainstorming
Evils Toy ‎- Human Refuse
amGod ‎- Half Rotten And Decayed

Associated Styles: Electro, Industrial

External citations:
Wikipedia
Bodycall
Last FM

Notes: Industrial is the godfather of dark electro, and dark electro is in turn the godfather of aggrotech or hellektro.

Industrial is more 80's, Dark Electro 90's to 2005, and Aggrotech/Hellektro early 2005 and up.

Style: Aggrotech

Alternative Names: Hellektro (aka Harsh Electro)

Genre: Electronic

Description: Aggrotech is a derivative form of electro-industrial with a strong influence from the hardstyle/hardtrance music (straight Techno bassdrum and oscilator sounds, especially SuperSaw leads from Roland JP-8000) that first surfaced in the mid-/late-1990s.

Aggrotech regularly consists of harsh song structures, aggressive beats, and explicit, pessimistic, often militant lyrics. Typically the vocals are distorted and pitch-shifted to sound harsh, and synthetic.

Aggrotech musicians include Aesthetic Perfection, Agonoize, Alien Vampires, Amduscia, Cygnosic, Dawn of Ashes, Detroit Diesel, Dulce Liquido, DYM, Freaky Mind, God Module, Grendel, Hocico, Nachtmahr, Nolongerhuman. Panic Lift, Psyborg Corp, Psyclon Nine, Reaper, Suicide Commando, Tactical Sekt, Tamtrum, Terrolokaust, The Retrosic, Unter Null, Virtual Embrace, Wings That Bliss and X-Fusion, among many.

Examples:
Agonoize ‎- Assimilation: Chapter One
Alien Vampires ‎- No One Here Gets Out Alive
Nolongerhuman - Depersonalization

Associated Styles: Industrial, EBM

External citations:
Wikipedia
Urban Dictionary
Last FM

I'll finnish with TBM

Style: TBM

Alternative Names: Terror EBM, Harsh EBM, Techno-Industrial, Techno EBM

Genre: Electronic

Description: TBM (Techno Body Music) also known as Industrial techno is a cross between power noise, traditional industrial, and techno . It quite frequently includes trance elements and often resembles rave music while keeping the harsh sounds, noises, and fast pacing of industrial. Sampled and processed guitars are common, as are lyrics often built with a verse-chorus-verse song structure. Artists within the Industrial Techno hybrid-genre often exhibit traits of dance music, pop music, and industrial music combined.

In 2005, Combichrist released their album titled, ‘Everybody Hates You’. Since that point in time, Andy LaPlegua, the lead singer, began calling his music “T.B.M.”, also known as Techno Body Music. T.B.M. is a mixture of power noise and rhythm noise.

Often mistaken for EBM, the main difference is in the elements of trance and techno, and heavy reliance on mechanisms well known from trance and techno music, rather than post-punk and NDW as is the case of EBM.

Examples:
Combichrist ‎- Everybody Hates You
Nachtmahr (2) ‎- Semper Fidelis
FGFC820 - Homeland Insecurity

Associated Styles: Techno, Industrial, EBM, Rhythmic Noise, Trance

External citations:
Facebook
Last FM

Notes: The lines between styles are often blurry, this is mainly the case with TBM. The vast majority of aggrotech artists include some TBM, either remixed by guess artists or they simply become more and more Techno-influenced.

boogaloo123
I'm still waiting for Rap as a style...

You are right. Rap as a style is neccesary. Now in place wheere should be pure Rap in style section, we have blank space. Only Hip-Hop in genre section.

Style Name: Bass Music

Alternative Names (already in database): Ghetto (Nobody uses this term, does not fit to all releases)

Alternative Names (not in database): Bass, UK Bass

Genre: Electronic

Description (From Wikipedia): »Bass music is an umbrella term that refers to various styles of music including drum and bass, bassline, dubstep and UK garage among others. The phrase began to be used in response to the blending of sounds between these genres. The key characteristic shared among these genres are an emphasis on basslines, groove and rhythm.«

Description (personal notes): The current releases labeled as »Bass Music« have elements in common with drum and bass, bassline, dubstep and UK garage, but they cannot be labeled as one of these. One of the mayor electronic music review sites is using the term »Bass«, see here e.g.: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=13823
So I would vote to add the style »Bass Music« which is the same as »Bass« and »UK Bass«.

Examples---------------------------------------:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Jam-City-Club-Constructions-Vol-6/master/604223
stream: https://soundcloud.com/nightslugs/sets/nscc006-jam-city-club
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Pev-Kowton-End-Point-Vapours/release/4901648
stream: https://soundcloud.com/kowton/pev-kowton-end-point-vapours
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/Joe-Claptrap/release/2509828
stream: https://soundcloud.com/hessleaudio/joe-claptrap-hes014

Why the other genres don’t match---------------------------------------:
Techno: The beak is not as straight as techno, more rhythmic.
Dubstep: Is around 140 BPM and sounds like 70 BPM (halftime), groove is different
UK Garage: Specific groove, which cannot be compared to Bass Music as well
Drum’n’Bass: Much faster (160 BPM+)
All magazines / blogs / sites use either the term »Bass Music«, »Bass« or »UK Bass« for the style.

Examples for sites using the »Bass« or »Bass Music«---------------------------------------:
https://bleep.com/bass-dubstep (Digital store)
http://www.juno.com/bass/charts/bestsellers/this-week/releases/ (Digital store)
and many more…

Associated Styles---------------------------------------:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/search/?style_exact=House
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/search/?style_exact=Techno
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/search/?style_exact=Dubstep
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/search/?style_exact=Ghetto

External citations---------------------------------------:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=13823

http://www.arte.tv/de/uk-bass-music/6615312,CmC=6615294.html (Public German TV show)
Translated to English: »From the Petri dish on the music scene in London, a new style was bred in the 90s. To date, he is spreading like a virus. Worldwide he brings body swinging - UK Bass Music: Garage, Drum'n'Bass, Dubstep. Labels that do not need the scene. Instead of dissecting the genre, put the musicians on smooth transitions and the indomitable faith in the force of the bass«

http://www.sub.fm/
»More LIVE Dubstep, Garage and Bass Music than any other station.«

http://www.rood.fm/
»RoodFM has grown to become a popular choice for Bass Music fans around the world.«

http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/what-is-bass-music-574712
»Complextro, moombahton, moombahcore, post-dubstep, future garage, afro-bass, drumstep, trap, trapstep, brostep, metalstep… the list is dazzlingly varied and occasionally bizarre, but it's here, in the midst of this mass of mixed-up modern noise, that we'll find bass music.«

BOOGIE as a genre desperately required!

For all 'DISCO' releases, dated post 1980, i would guess, we should have the option of choosing 'BOOGIE' as genre when submitting new entries and updating existing ones.

YES? or NO?

iMiaowzik

Style Name Witch House

Alternative Names Drag, Ghost Drone, Haunted House

Genres Electronic

Description (copied from wikipedia)
Witch house is an occult-themed dark electronic music genre and visual aesthetic that emerged in the late 2000s. The music is heavily influenced by chopped and screwed hip-hop, dark ambient soundscapes, industrial and noise experimentation, and features use of synthesizers, drum machines, obscure samples, droning repetition and heavily altered, ethereal, indiscernible vocals. The witch house visual aesthetic includes occult, witchcraft, shamanism and horror-inspired artworks, collages and photographs as well as significant use of typographic elements such as Unicode symbols.

Witch house applies techniques rooted in chopped and screwed hip-hop – drastically slowed tempos with skipping, stop-timed beats – coupled with elements from genres such as noise, drone, and shoegaze. Witch house is also influenced by hazy 1980s goth bands, including Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Christian Death and Dead Can Dance, as well as being heavily influenced by certain industrial and experimental bands such as Psychic TV and Coil. The use of hip-hop drum machines, noise atmospherics, creepy samples, dark synthpop-influenced lead melodies, dense reverb, and heavily altered or distorted vocals are the primary attributes that characterize the genre's sound.

Examples
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/release/2444349
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/release/2469149
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/release/2187551
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/release/2300831
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/release/2471178

Associated Styles currently I use Darkwave, Experimental, Synth-pop, Drone, Industrial, sometimes Hip Hop

External citations
http://witch-house.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/aug/11/bands-names-symbols
http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7806-ghosts-in-the-machine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_house_(music_genre)
http://www.last.fm/group/Witch+house

Notes
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zin
Style Name Witch House

Alternative Names Drag, Ghost Drone, Haunted House

add Grave and Darkbeat to the list of alt-names.

and +1 for witch house - it's gone beyond inside jokes and internet mememery, it's an entire underground movement and should be properly represented here.

Style Name: Dance-pop

Alternative Names: Pop Dance

Genres: Electronic

Description:
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco and synth-pop, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Dance-pop music is generally characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. The genre, on the whole, tends to be producer-driven, despite some notable exceptions.
From Wikipedia.

Dance-Pop was an outgrowth of disco. Over a pounding, dance-club beat, there are simple, catchy melodies -- dance-pop has more fully-formed songs than pure dance music. Dance-pop is primarily a producer's medium. The producer writes the songs and constructs the tracks, picking an appropriate vocalist to sing the song. These dance divas become stars, but frequently the artistic vision is the producer's. Naturally, there are some major exceptions -- Madonna and Janet Jackson have had control over the sound and direction of their records -- but dance-pop is music that is about image, not substance.
From AllMusic.

Examples:
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds

Associated Styles: Synth-pop currently is the best alternative, although this is not the same as dance-pop (see description). Europop and House are also commonly used. Lately, the Eurodance style was added, but please note that this is not the same as Dance-pop!

External citations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance-pop
http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/dance-pop-ma0000004548
http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Dance-Pop/
http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5740702/the-top-10-dance-pop-collaborations-of-all-time

Notes:
I've been wondering for quite some time why there is no Dance-pop style on Discogs. Dance-pop is something different than Synth-pop, House and Eurodance - it's a style in its own right.

Ivo94
I've been wondering for quite some time why there is no Dance-pop style on Discogs. Dance-pop is something different than Synth-pop, House and Eurodance - it's a style in its own right.

They haven't wanted to add "Dance" tag due it's generic nature. It could be applied to such a wild amount of releases. What is exactly "Dance"? Quite many would have different meaning for it.

But I definitely the addition of Pop Dance (prefer that term). The type of releases you refer to have bugged me long... as there isn't a really been proper tag for those more recent musical ixtures of pop / "dance" / house type of releases.

I assumed Dance was not added for such reasons, I imagine there would be a lot of releases just labelled both Dance and House.

I'm glad you agree that Dance-pop should be added! I actually prefer the term Dance-pop because it's used (way) more often and there's also Synth-pop in the database, which was a developing base for Dance-pop.