Home » Trend Waves: How Dance Music Trends Rise, Peak and Fade

I have watched a lot of dance music trends come through the booth in more than 25 years, and they rarely arrive or leave the way people remember. Big beat felt permanent in 1997. Tropical house felt unavoidable in 2015. So I mapped eighteen of them as waves on one timeline, using dates the sources agree on, with no made-up scores. Hover or tap a wave for the sound, the story, one official track and where it stands in 2026, or jump straight to what is rising now.

All 18 waves as a plain list

City Pop Revival

Revival. Mid 1970s to 1980s, revived online from the 2010s. Peak: 1980s, then 2017 to 2021. Origin: Japan.

Glossy Japanese pop from the bubble years: slap bass, electric piano, horn sections and a disco or boogie groove. Easy to mix into a warm disco or house set.

City pop peaked in 1980s Japan. From the early 2010s, blogs and reissues found it a following abroad, then a 2017 fan upload of Plastic Love was pushed by the YouTube algorithm to millions of viewers.

In 2026: Plastic Love only reached streaming in November 2020, and a 2021 vinyl reissue went top five in Japan. The online revival sent listeners back to the original records.

Key artists: Mariya Takeuchi, Tatsuro Yamashita, Miki Matsubara, Haruomi Hosono, Yellow Magic Orchestra. Track: Mariya Takeuchi, Plastic Love (1984).

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Jungle and Drum and Bass

Revival. Early 1990s to now. Peak: Mid 1990s, again in the 2020s. Origin: United Kingdom.

Fast, chopped breakbeats over bass that moves at half the speed. Your head races with the drums while your body rides the bass.

Jungle grew out of the UK breakbeat hardcore scene, with a strong pull from Jamaican dub and reggae sound systems. By 1994 it was part of mainstream UK youth culture, and from 1995 producers began calling the sleeker style drum and bass.

In 2026: A younger crowd has pushed it back up. Spotify counted a 94 percent rise in UK drum and bass streams between 2021 and 2024, with 68 percent of listeners under 34.

Key artists: Goldie, Roni Size and Reprazent, Chase and Status, Sub Focus, Nia Archives. Track: Goldie, Inner City Life (1994).

Drum and Bass: Six Seconds That Changed Music · Drum and Bass in the family tree

Trance

Peaked. Early 1990s to now. Peak: Late 1990s to early 2000s. Origin: Frankfurt, Germany.

Long rolling arpeggios over a steady kick, a breakdown where the drums fall away, and a big melody that returns with everything behind it. Built for the moment a whole room lifts its hands.

The genre grew out of the Frankfurt techno and EBM scene around labels such as Eye Q (1991) and Harthouse (1992), then spread across Europe and into the superclubs.

In 2026: Its commercial peak ran from the late 1990s into the early 2000s. The big brands never left: A State of Trance took a whole stage at Ultra Miami in March 2026.

Key artists: Sven Väth, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto. Track: System F, Out of the Blue (1999).

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Big Beat

Faded. Early 1990s to 2001. Peak: 1995 to 1999. Origin: London and Brighton, UK.

Chunky breakbeats slowed to a swagger, fat distorted bass, rock riffs and hip hop samples looped until they turn into a chant. It is dance music built like a rock record, and it hits hard in a small room.

London labels such as Junior Boy's Own and Heavenly put slower breakbeat records next to house, and the Chemical Brothers played The Sunday Social. In Brighton, Skint Records and the Big Beat Boutique at the Concorde gave the sound its name and home from 1995.

In 2026: The scene started to decline from 2001 as the formula lost its novelty. The records still work as a change of pace in a warm-up or a late set.

Key artists: The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Prodigy, The Crystal Method. Track: The Chemical Brothers, Block Rockin' Beats (1997).

The Chemical Brothers: Block Rockin' Beats and Beyond · Big Beat in the family tree

French House

Faded. Mid 1990s to early 2000s. Peak: Late 1990s. Origin: Paris, France.

Old disco loops run through filters and phasers, so the whole record seems to breathe open and shut. A guitar lick or a vocal line repeats until the filter lets it all the way in.

French producers built house tracks from filtered loops of late 1970s and early 1980s disco. Motorbass released Pansoul in 1996, Daft Punk broke out, and commercial success followed from 1997.

In 2026: The wave is long over, and most of its acts moved on to other sounds. The filter tricks it made famous are still standard DJ technique.

Key artists: Daft Punk, Cassius, Stardust, Motorbass, Bob Sinclar, Modjo. Track: Stardust, Music Sounds Better With You (1998).

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UK Garage

Revival. Mid 1990s to mid 2000s, back in the 2020s. Peak: Around 2000, then the 2020s. Origin: London, UK.

Skippy, swung drums where the kick and snare dodge the grid, rubbery bass, chopped R&B vocals and a lot of shine. It swings more than it pounds.

Garage found its early crowds in the second rooms of London jungle events. Speed garage and then 2-step took it into the charts; by 2002 part of the scene turned darker and became grime.

In 2026: After fading into bassline, grime and dubstep in the mid 2000s, garage came back hard in the 2020s. Its rhythms even turn up in K-pop, where KiiiKiii built its early sound on UK house and garage.

Key artists: MJ Cole, DJ EZ, So Solid Crew, Sammy Virji, Interplanetary Criminal, PinkPantheress. Track: MJ Cole, Sincere (1998).

UK Garage: The Sound That Split Into Everything · UK Garage in the family tree

Grime

Peaked. Early 2000s to now. Peak: 2003 to 2004, again in 2016. Origin: East London, UK.

Cold, square synths and stabbing bass, with MCs trading bars fast over the top. Sparse, loud and built for pirate radio.

It came out of the darker end of UK garage around 2002, with records such as Wiley's Eskimo. Dizzee Rascal's Boy in da Corner won the Mercury Prize in 2003.

In 2026: Grime dipped in the late 2000s, then returned when Skepta's Konnichiwa won the 2016 Mercury Prize and reached a new generation.

Key artists: Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Lethal Bizzle, Skepta. Track: Dizzee Rascal, I Luv U (2003).

Every UK Electronic Genre, Explained · Grime in the family tree

Berlin Minimal

Faded. Early to late 2000s. Peak: Mid 2000s. Origin: Germany, with Berlin as its hub.

Very little on the surface: a clicky kick, small percussion, a shifting bassline and tiny details that change over ten minutes. It works by pulling you in rather than pushing you.

Labels such as Kompakt, Perlon and Richie Hawtin's M_nus made minimal the word for a whole style of German techno and house, and Berlin's long weekend parties made it the sound of the city.

In 2026: By 2007 The Guardian noted that minimal had become an umbrella word for a huge swathe of house and techno. The mid 2000s boom has passed, and its producers moved on in their own directions.

Key artists: Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Mathew Jonson, M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade. Track: M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade, Body Language (2005).

Berlin, Chicago, Detroit, London: The Cities That Built Electronic Music · Minimal Techno in the family tree

Dubstep

Faded. Early 2000s to mid 2010s. Peak: 2009 to 2014. Origin: Croydon and South London, UK.

Half-time drums, deep sub bass and a lot of space. The later brostep style swapped the space for loud, metal-like mid bass.

It grew from dark garage around Big Apple Records in Croydon, the FWD night at Plastic People and Rinse FM. It spread online from 2005, and the harder American brostep style led by Skrillex boosted it in the US.

In 2026: Its chart years ran from about 2009 to 2014. The wave has passed, while the original deep, spacious sound still has its own dedicated nights.

Key artists: Skream, Benga, Digital Mystikz, Kode9, Skrillex. Track: Skream, Midnight Request Line (2005).

Dubstep: The Sound That Started in South London · Brostep in the family tree

Nu-Disco

Peaked. Early 2000s, back in the 2010s. Peak: 2020 (disco pop). Origin: Europe, with a strong Norwegian scene.

Late 1970s disco and early 1980s synth music slowed down and stretched out: live bass lines, space-age synths, a proper song shape with breakdowns and a chorus.

Disco edits and disco-flavoured house kept the sound alive. Metro Area's 2002 album set the tone, and Lindstrøm, Prins Thomas and Todd Terje built the Norwegian branch.

In 2026: The disco sound reached the top of pop in 2020 with Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia. Beatport has given nu-disco its own category since 2019.

Key artists: Metro Area, Lindstrøm, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje, Aeroplane, Dua Lipa. Track: Todd Terje, Inspector Norse (2012).

Get Down Vol. 2: a live disco and house mix · Nu-Disco in the family tree

Reggaeton Goes Global

Peaked. 2004 to now. Peak: 2017 to now. Origin: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The dembow rhythm: a boom-ch-boom-chick pattern with Spanish-language vocals and heavy low end. Simple, relentless and made for dancing close.

Daddy Yankee's Gasolina opened the door worldwide in 2004. Despacito in 2017 renewed US record labels' interest in Latin music.

In 2026: Still at the top. Bad Bunny was Spotify's most-streamed artist four times between 2020 and 2025, won Album of the Year with a Spanish-language album and headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2026.

Key artists: Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi, J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Nicky Jam. Track: Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee, Despacito (2017).

Reggaeton in the family tree · The Bad Bunny era

Afro House Goes Global

Rising. South African roots, global in the 2020s. Peak: Still rising. Origin: South Africa, then Berlin and the world.

Warm, rolling house percussion, chant-like vocals in African languages, piano and sax, and a long hypnotic groove.

South African house grew alongside kwaito, with labels such as House Afrika from 1994. Black Coffee's 2009 single Superman with Bucie became a classic, and Berlin's Keinemusik crew took the sound to a global audience.

In 2026: Black Coffee won a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2022, Keinemusik released Move in 2024, and in September 2026 Beatportal described Afro house as going global.

Key artists: Black Coffee, Bucie, Keinemusik, Adam Port, &ME, Rampa. Track: Black Coffee feat. Bucie, Superman (2009).

Afro House in the family tree

The EDM Festival Boom

Faded. About 2010 to 2016. Peak: Around 2013. Origin: USA, driven by European producers.

Big room builds, snare rolls and huge drops made for festival main stages, with pop vocals and bright lead synths.

In the early 2010s the US music business pushed the letters EDM to rebrand American rave culture. David Guetta's pop collaborations from 2009 opened the charts, and Billboard added a Dance/Electronic Songs chart in January 2013.

In 2026: The money rush ended when SFX Entertainment, the company built to buy up EDM, filed for bankruptcy in February 2016. The festivals carried on; the wave did not.

Key artists: Avicii, David Guetta, Skrillex, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki. Track: Avicii, Levels (2011).

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Tropical House

Faded. 2013 to the late 2010s. Peak: 2014 to 2015. Origin: Norway, Australia and online.

Mid-tempo house with marimba, pan flute and sax hooks, soft kicks and a pop vocal. Summer playlist music more than peak-time club music.

Kygo started posting remixes from his student room in Edinburgh in 2013, and Australian DJ Thomas Jack gave the style its name. It grew on SoundCloud, Spotify and YouTube rather than in clubs.

In 2026: By 2016 the sound had moved into chart pop, Thomas Jack said he no longer wanted to make it, and Kygo aimed his debut album beyond it. The wave passed, while its soft drops live on in pop.

Key artists: Kygo, Thomas Jack, Robin Schulz, Felix Jaehn, Klangkarussell, Lost Frequencies. Track: Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell, Firestone (2014).

Tropical House in the family tree

K-pop Turns to House

Rising. Mid 2010s to now. Peak: Still rising. Origin: Seoul, South Korea.

Four-on-the-floor house grooves, deep house chords and UK garage skips under K-pop vocals and choreography, in place of the big EDM drop.

f(x)'s 4 Walls in 2015 showed a title track could run on a house groove, and SHINee's View did the same for boy groups that year. Through the 2020s groups kept returning to house.

In 2026: The Korea Times reported in February 2026 that house is gaining momentum in K-pop again, led by rookie groups KiiiKiii and Hearts2Hearts.

Key artists: f(x), SHINee, NewJeans, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, RIIZE. Track: Hearts2Hearts, Focus (2025).

The Seoul Sound: What Makes Korean Club Music Distinct · K-pop and House in the family tree

Amapiano

Peaked. Mid 2010s to now. Peak: 2022 to 2024. Origin: Gauteng, South Africa.

Deep house chords and jazzy piano over the log drum, a wide, woody bass hit that bounces between the beats. Slow enough to sway, heavy enough to move a floor.

Nobody agrees on one founder; Johannesburg and Pretoria townships both claim it. Bedroom producers shared tracks online, and Spotify tracked it taking off across South Africa from 2016.

In 2026: Beatport gave amapiano its own genre in May 2022, and Tyla's amapiano-pop song Water won the first Grammy for Best African Music Performance.

Key artists: Kabza De Small, MFR Souls, DJ Maphorisa, Focalistic, Tyla. Track: Focalistic feat. Vigro Deep, Ke Star (2020).

Amapiano in the family tree

Melodic Techno and Afterlife

Peaked. 2016 to now. Peak: 2024 to 2025. Origin: Berlin and Ibiza.

Dark, cinematic synth lines over a steady techno pulse, long builds and emotional breakdowns, usually paired with huge screen visuals.

The Italian duo Tale of Us, based in Berlin since 2009, launched Afterlife as a party at Space in Ibiza and a label in 2016. Matteo Milleri's Anyma project took the sound to arena scale.

In 2026: Anyma played a residency at Sphere in Las Vegas from late 2024 into 2025 and entered the DJ Mag Top 10. The duo has not played together since January 2025, and Afterlife now runs as a festival series.

Key artists: Tale of Us, Anyma, MRAK, Stephan Bodzin, Chris Avantgarde. Track: Anyma and Chris Avantgarde, Consciousness (Genesys, 2023).

Melodic Techno in the family tree

Hard Techno

Rising. Early 2020s to now. Peak: Still rising. Origin: European underground, breaking out in the USA.

Pounding kicks with a rumble tail at 140 to 160 BPM, sidechained pressure, chants and rave stabs. Often mixed with trance hooks and rap or pop edits.

Hard techno had lived in the Northern European underground since the early 1990s. Social media and Sara Landry's 2023 Boiler Room set pushed it out, and in July 2024 she became the first hard techno artist to headline Tomorrowland's main stage.

In 2026: Still climbing. Billboard reported in March 2026 that SoundCloud's 2025 report listed hard techno among its most active genres and that Splice named hard dance one of its fastest growing. Sara Landry played Coachella in 2025 and was on the Ultra Miami 2026 bill.

Key artists: Sara Landry, I Hate Models, Nico Moreno, TIAN. Track: Sara Landry and Mike Dean, Spiritual Driveby (2024).

Techno: From Detroit to the Dancefloor · Hard Techno Revival in the family tree

Sources

Every date, place, name and number in this tool comes from the sources below. Wave shapes follow those dates; heights are drawn, not measured. Videos are official uploads from the artist, label or licensed channel.

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_beat: Big beat: early 1990s London, Big Beat Boutique at Brighton Concorde 1995 to 2001, peak 1995 to 1999, decline from 2001, key artists
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Rockin%27_Beats: Block Rockin' Beats released March 1997, UK number one
  3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_house: French house: 1990s France, filter and phaser on disco samples, commercial success from 1997, hits into the 2000s, key acts
  4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Sounds_Better_with_You: Stardust single released 20 July 1998; Bangalter, Braxe, Diamond; Chaka Khan sample
  5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music: Trance: Frankfurt, late 1980s and early 1990s, Eye Q and Harthouse, commercial peak late 1990s to early 2000s, big brands stayed popular into the 2010s
  6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Blue_(System_F_song): System F, Out of the Blue, 1999, UK number 14
  7. djmag.com/news/ultra-miami-2026-full-stage-running-order-announced: DJ Mag, 6 March 2026: A State of Trance takes the Worldwide stage at Ultra Miami 2026; Sara Landry B2B Amelie Lens on Resistance
  8. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_garage: UK garage: speed garage and 2-step, the 2002 turn to grime, subsumed in the mid 2000s, 2020s revival and its artists
  9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MJ_Cole: MJ Cole, Sincere, 1998 (UK 38), remix 2000 (UK 13)
  10. djmag.com/longreads/new-school-ukg: DJ Mag, August 2019: new school UK garage scene, Conducta, Sammy Virji
  11. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_and_bass: Drum and bass: jungle in early 1990s UK, mainstream youth culture by 1994, Mercury Prize for New Forms 1997, 2020s renaissance
  12. mixmag.net/read/drum-n-bass-streams-94-spotify-figures-2021-since-thre: Mixmag, 17 December 2024: UK drum and bass streams up 94 percent since 2021 on Spotify, 68 percent of listeners under 34
  13. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_City_Life: Goldie, Inner City Life, released 21 November 1994
  14. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grime_music: Grime: early 2000s East London, Eskimo 2002, Boy in da Corner Mercury 2003, decline late 2000s, Konnichiwa Mercury 2016
  15. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Luv_U_(Dizzee_Rascal_song): Dizzee Rascal, I Luv U, XL Recordings, 26 May 2003
  16. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhouse: Microhouse: term coined 2001, Perlon, Kompakt, Force Tracks, the minimal techno boom of the mid 2000s
  17. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_techno: By the early 2000s minimal meant techno popularised in Germany by Kompakt, Perlon and M_nus
  18. theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/28/electronicmusic: The Guardian, September 2007: Berlin as hub, minimal grew over five years into a buzzword, Body Language the biggest 2005 hit, Villalobos, Jonson, Magda, Hawtin
  19. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep: Dubstep: South London early 2000s, Big Apple Records in Croydon, FWD and Rinse FM, mainstream from 2005 to 2006, 2009 to 2014 brostep years
  20. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu-disco: Nu-disco: popular early 2000s, decline mid 2000s, Norwegian scene, Beatport category 2008 and split 2019, mild resurgence in the 2010s
  21. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Nostalgia: Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia (2020): nu-disco and disco-pop record, Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album
  22. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music: EDM rebrand of US rave culture in the early 2010s, Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart January 2013, Guetta crossovers from 2009, SFX and Live Nation buying
  23. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFX_Entertainment: SFX Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 1 February 2016
  24. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levels_(Avicii_song): Avicii, Levels, released 28 October 2011
  25. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_house: Tropical house: term from Thomas Jack, a trend from 2013, big hits in 2014 and 2015, key artists
  26. theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/03/how-dreamy-escapism-tropical-house-t: The Guardian, March 2016: Kygo began in Edinburgh in 2013, born on SoundCloud, Spotify and YouTube, infiltrating pop, doubts it would last
  27. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kygo: Kygo: Firestone December 2014, a key figure bringing tropical house to the mainstream in the mid 2010s
  28. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggaeton: Reggaeton: Gasolina opened the door globally, Despacito 2017, Un Verano Sin Ti number one 2022
  29. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Bunny: Bad Bunny: Spotify most-streamed artist four times 2020 to 2025, Debi Tirar Mas Fotos first Spanish-language Album of the Year, Super Bowl LX halftime February 2026
  30. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amapiano: Amapiano: South Africa, disputed origin, log drum bass, popular in the early 2020s
  31. newsroom.spotify.com/2019-10-02/charting-the-meteoric-rise-of-south-af: Spotify, October 2019: amapiano took off in South Africa from 2016, Kabza De Small and MFR Souls, spreading to neighbouring countries
  32. billboard.com/music/music-news/beatport-south-africa-amapiano-genre-12: Billboard, 5 May 2022: Beatport adds amapiano as a genre with its own chart
  33. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(Tyla_song): Tyla, Water, July 2023, won the first Grammy for Best African Music Performance
  34. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke_Star: Focalistic, Ke Star, 25 April 2020, produced by Vigro Deep
  35. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_Us: Tale of Us: met in Milan 2008, moved to Berlin 2009, Afterlife party and label 2016 at Space Ibiza, no joint shows since January 2025, Afterlife relaunched as a festival series in 2025
  36. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyma: Anyma: Genesys 2023 with Consciousness, Sphere residency late 2024 to early 2025, DJ Mag Top 10 in 2025
  37. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_pop: City pop: mid 1970s Japan, peak in the 1980s, international online following from the early 2010s via blogs, reissues and YouTube
  38. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Love: Plastic Love: 1984, fan upload 2017 went viral 2017 to 2019, streaming from November 2020, 2021 vinyl reissue top 5
  39. billboard.com/music/music-news/sara-landry-hard-techno-spiritual-drive: Billboard, 29 October 2024: hard techno from the early 1990s Northern European underground, social media, 2023 Boiler Room, first hard techno mainstage at Tomorrowland 2024, 140 to 160 BPM
  40. rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sara-landry-boiler-room-coachell: Rolling Stone, 16 April 2025: Sara Landry at Coachella 2025, hard techno competing with commercial dance music
  41. billboard.com/music/features/sara-landry-dj-hard-dance-festivals-inter: Billboard, 6 March 2026: hard dance's American rise, subgenres from the 1990s European underground reaching newly massive US crowds; SoundCloud 2025 report and Splice 2025 report; artists Nico Moreno, I Hate Models, TIAN
  42. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Landry: Sara Landry: Hekate Records 2021, Amsterdam, DJ Mag Top 100 number 75 in 2024
  43. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro_house: Afro house: South African house subgenre, House Afrika label 1994, Black Coffee and Bucie Superman 2009
  44. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Coffee_(DJ): Black Coffee: Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 64th Grammys
  45. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keinemusik: Keinemusik: Berlin label founded 2009, Adam Port, &ME, Rampa, work on Drake's Honestly, Nevermind (2022), Move released June 2024
  46. beatportal.com/articles/1601941-kitty-amor-on-keeping-afro-house-roote: Beatportal, 11 September 2026: Kitty Amor on keeping Afro house rooted as it goes global
  47. koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260209/how-house-music-is-recla: Korea Times, 9 February 2026: house regaining momentum in K-pop, KiiiKiii and Hearts2Hearts, f(x) 4 Walls as the reference point, mid 2010s foothold
  48. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Walls_(song): f(x), 4 Walls, released 27 October 2015 by SM Entertainment

Frequently Asked Questions

What dance music genres are rising in 2026?

On current evidence, hard techno, Afro house and house-driven K-pop are still growing. Billboard reported in March 2026 that hard techno ranked among SoundCloud’s most active genres in 2025, and Beatportal described Afro house as going global in September 2026. Drum and bass and UK garage are also in strong revivals.

Is drum and bass coming back?

Yes. Spotify figures reported by Mixmag in December 2024 showed UK drum and bass streams up 94 percent since 2021, with 68 percent of listeners under 34.

When was the peak of big beat?

Big beat peaked between 1995 and 1999, the years of the Chemical Brothers’ Dig Your Own Hole and Fatboy Slim’s You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby. The scene started to decline from 2001.

What happened to tropical house?

Tropical house took off in 2013 and peaked around 2014 and 2015. By 2016 it had moved into chart pop, and Thomas Jack, who named it, said he no longer wanted to make it.

When did the EDM boom end?

The US EDM boom ran from about 2010 and peaked around 2013. The clearest end point is February 2016, when SFX Entertainment, the company built to buy up EDM businesses, filed for bankruptcy.