Hard Dance is an umbrella term that refers to the grouping of modern electronic dance music genres including Hard House, Nu-NRG, Hard-NRG, Hard Trance, Hardstyle, Jumpstyle & Freeform Hardcore. UK Hardcore & UK Techno is often included in this capacity. The tempo within Hard Dance usually range from 135 BPM (Techno) to 180 BPM (Freeform Hardcore). Image File history File links Matt_Ricks_-_Home_Again. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... Hard house is a style of electronic music that evolved from mixing techno and house music in the 1990s. ... NU NRG are two Italian DJs, Andrea Ribeca and Giuseppe Ottaviani. ... Hard NRG is an electronic music genre similar in structure (with regards to sequencing & programming) to UK Hard House. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hardstyle, sometimes referred to as hardbass, is a sub-genre of trance music that is closely related to nu style gabber and hard trance. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Freeform Hardcore coming from its sister genre happy hardcore was introduced in 1999. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... The first two measures of Mozarts Sonata XI, which indicates the tempo as Andante grazioso and a modern editors metronome marking: = 120. “Andante” redirects here. ... Beats per minute (bpm) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of ones heart rate. ... Beats per minute (bpm) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of ones heart rate. ...

Alternative Meaning

Hard Dance has an alternative meaning to some, where the name is indicative of a sub-genre of electronic dance music. In this case, the style of music is one where the lines between some of the above mentioned genres are so blurred that it becomes near impossible to attribute it to one genre. A common example would be a Hard House / Hard Trance cross-over. However, this view is snubbed by many of the old guard within the scene and seen as an attempt to rebrand & repackage an established product. A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... Hard house is a style of electronic music that evolved from mixing techno and house music in the 1990s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• TrackItDown.net - Digital store with a list of Hard Dance record labels.
• Nuenergy.co.uk - The Nu Energy Collective. Hard Dance record label, sub-labels & related labels.
• Hard Dance.net - Bi-weekly live shows and Hard Dance club info.
• Tidy.com - Hard Dance record label & community.
• HardDance.info - Hard Dance portal.
• RPM Records - West Coast Hard Dance, JumpStyle & HardStyle Label
• Hardsound Italia Italian Hardstyle and Hard Dance portal with photos, events and much more!