Braindance

Jan 19

About

About:

Name of a musical genre, created by the UK electronic music label Rephlex Records in the 90's, in this time is when the term IDM also appears. inspired by acid techno and IDM. Braindance songs typically have a moderate-fast tempo, analogue-sounding synths (including the 303 or a clone of its sound), and analogue drum machine sounds or breakbeats.

Rephlex Records was founded in 1991 by Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge. They coined the term "braindance", which was described by Wilson-Claridge as "a way of life" rather than a musical style. The record label launched the careers of µ-Ziq, Luke Vibert, and Squarepusher; introduced Mike Dred, Cylob, and DMX Krew; and revived material from 808 State and Baby Ford. To celebrate the 10th anniversary and over 100 releases, Rephlex Records released a 16-track compilation album of back catalog releases, titled The Braindance Coincidence, in 2001.

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See also Intro, Pulse, Edge, ♀Filter or 2020; or the Sounds of Acid IDM, Drill and Bass, Intelligent Dance Music, Deep IDM, Finnish Electronic, Ambient House, Experimental Techno, Outsider House, Taiwan Electronic or Chinese Electronic; or much more at everynoise.com.