Fifty years of electronic music does not fit in paragraphs. These are the interactive tools. Play with them, share them, argue with them. Start with the Dance Music Timeline if you are new here.
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Dance Music Timeline
127 genres, year by year, each with an official track. Press Play the history and it plays straight through.
Open the tool →NEWFind Your Sound
Eight questions match you to one of 127 genres, with a track to prove it.
Open the tool →NEWGenre Face-Offs
House vs techno and seven more pairs, side by side, with a blind ear test.
Open the tool →Trees and maps
Dance Music Tree
The family tree, animated: links draw in, nodes pop by year, click any genre to follow its line.
Open the tool →Dance Music Genealogy
All genres plotted by tempo and year, plus the machines and the films.
Open the tool →NEWDance Music Trends
18 sounds charted as they rose, peaked, faded or came back.
Open the tool →UK Electronic Tree
Britain mapped, from acid house to grime, dubstep and UK drill.
Open the tool →Play and listen
The Machines
The 808, 303, 909 and more, plus a step sequencer you can play.
Open the tool →NEWTempo Bridge
Plan a mix from one genre to another, BPM by BPM, with tap tempo.
Open the tool →BPM Explorer
The tempo of every genre, with a live metronome.
Open the tool →History and numbers
Moments That Changed Dance Music
45 verified moments from 1970 to now, eight from Korea.
Open the tool →Discovery Timeline
Every platform that changed how we find music, from MTV to TikTok.
Open the tool →Chart Hits
Chart peaks against YouTube legacy for 20 crossover moments.
Open the tool →NEWFestival Atlas
Fifty four festivals, eleven in Korea: past lineups, next dates, compare two.
Open the tool →Data Hub
The numbers behind the music, every data set in one place.
Open the tool →Press Library
The books, films and writing worth your time.
Open the tool →Reference
The written reference that sits behind all of this: The Genre Encyclopedia →