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Question 1

What is House?

Answer 1

A genre that maintains more commonalities with disco than techno.

Question 2

What is the difference between techno and house?

Answer 2

Techno has a faster tempo and emphasis on incorporating elements of noise.

Question 3

___ became an umbrella term for all electronic dance music.

Answer 3

Techno.

Question 4

Numerous branches and subtypes of techno began to emerge. Hardcore emerged in the 1990’s in conjunction with the underground ___ scene.

Answer 4

Rave.

Question 5

What are some characteristics of hardcore techno?

Answer 5

-Industrial strength beats. -Syncopated beat patterns layered over the typical 4 beat group patterns. -Use of breakbeats from hip hop DJ’s. -Used buildups.

Question 6

What are some characteristics of ambient techno?

Answer 6

-Slower tempo. -Soft, spacier sounds. -Inspired by futuristic percussionless music. -Ambient music. -Thailand beach.

Question 7

What genre developed out of hardcore techno?

Answer 7

Jungle (Drum N’ Bass).

Question 8

What are some characteristics of Jungle?

Answer 8

-Fast tempo (160 vs. 125). -Sampled from dance-hall and reggae beats, often electronically scrambling them and altering the character of the sound electronically.

Question 9

Where did Jungle originate?

Answer 9

Black British community.

Question 10

Jungle was viewed in a similar way as ___ ___.

Answer 10

Gangsta rap.

Question 11

Why was the term Jungle replaced with Drum N’ Bass?

Answer 11

Jungle had certain racial connotations, and as a result, was renamed Drum N’ Bass in 1995.