Maps and trees
Dance Music Tree
Every sound on a dance floor came from somewhere. Follow 176 genres, from soul, funk and cumbia through house, techno, hip hop and jungle to lo-fi, amapiano and rage, and see what grew from what.
Tap any genre to open its story, what it sounds like, a track to hear and where it came from.
Left to right is time
Each genre sits at the year it took shape, in the lane of its family. Scenes rarely start on one date, so treat the year as the moment a sound found its name or its first classic record.
Lines are family ties
A solid line runs from the sound a genre grew out of. A dashed line shows another sound that clearly shaped it.
Tap to trace the roots
Pick a genre and the tree lights up everything it came from and everything that came after. The panel gives you the story, the sound, the tempo, the artists and one track to start with.