The genre timeline maps every major electronic music genre by year of emergence, geographic origin, and genre family. It shows how house, techno, drum and bass, UK garage, and every major sound that followed connects back to the disco and funk scenes of the 1970s. The connections are documented through recordings, interviews, and the firsthand accounts of the people who were in the rooms when these sounds were being created.
This page is part of the Genres & History section. The full genre timeline and all 56 genre profiles are available there, along with the anchor essays covering the four foundational genre families in electronic dance music.