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Synthwave's neon turned blood-red, with metal-like bass and horror-film dread.

A steady four-on-the-floor keeps different people in the same room.

House swing with techno's tough kicks and bass: one of the most-played sounds in clubs today.

Machine loops can hold soul, community and another kind of tomorrow.

Faster, harder, more distorted techno: the defining sound of the 2020s youth rave revival.

Builds emotion through repetition and finds transcendence in unfolding melody.

Italian-made, Japan-loved high-speed dance music, the soundtrack of drifting and para para.

The standard '90s European dance-floor formula: a female singer belting the chorus, a male rapper's verse, wall-to-wall synths, everyone's hands up.

Kicks distorted into a punchy snap and epic melodies, written for tens of thousands to jump at once.

Distorted kicks above 170 BPM, roared vocals and tracksuits: the ultra-fast rave of 1990s Rotterdam.

Russian hard bass: very fast bouncing bass, simple synths and chanted slogans, danced by tracksuited youths in a squat.

Beneath fast breakbeats, the low end keeps the city's breathing steady.

Chopped, sped-up Amen breaks over reggae bass, the wild forerunner of drum & bass.

Takes the few seconds a drummer left behind and rebuilds them into new paths for the body.

A bouncing triplet kick and chopped-up vocals: club music that jumped from Newark block parties to short-video feeds.

The low end becomes the lead, the room shaking between half-time hits.

Bright synth chords swell in the drop like a colourful emotional firework.

Max out the hype in 89 seconds: fast guitars, a declarative chorus and a title you can shout.

Ultra-fast hardcore kicks, moe vocal samples and goofy effects, the frantic electronic music of Japan's doujin scene.

High-BPM electronic music designed for fingers and eyes: dense notes, sudden tempo shifts, the harder the better.

Tape hiss, eerie samples and slow, hazy rap: dark hip-hop grown from '90s Memphis underground rap.

Distorted cowbell melodies, blown-out 808s and relentless drive: the go-to soundtrack for drift edits and gym montages.

Brazilian funk's bouncing drums meet phonk's cowbell: hypnotic Portuguese vocal chops, dark yet danceable.

Chinese pop songs remixed into pounding slow-rock and car-stereo DJ edits, cheesy yet addictive.

Half-shouted, half-chanted bravado from livestream rooms: four syllables at a time, all swagger, so over-the-top it becomes addictive.

One guitar riff, a big drum kit and one voice can fill a whole stadium.

The sound of a guitar band with the melody of a pop song: singable choruses and moderate energy, the most common kind of band pop.

Three chords, two minutes, hurling anger and jokes at the wall together.

Faster, shorter, harder: songs barely over a minute, shouted vocals and full-speed drums exploding in a basement.

Fast, sweet and loud: three-chord punk with instantly singable pop choruses.

Distortion, speed and myth turned up to the maximum, making power itself the story.

Punk speed poured into metal weight, anger played as the fastest downpicking.

Fast double kick, soaring vocals and heroic sagas make metal bright and uplifting.

Death-metal growls with Nordic twin-guitar melodies: ferocious yet tragically beautiful.

Down-tuned grooves, rap and turntables brought metal to late-'90s streets and MTV.

Drum machines, noise samples and distorted guitars interlock, like a factory playing metal.

Screams tear the wound open; the clean-sung chorus pulls you back.

Death-metal gutturals plus metalcore breakdowns: guitars tuned to the floor, landing like a wall.

Metalcore breakdowns collide with EDM synths and drops, made for jumping on a rainy rooftop.

Gives a community, a person and a way of life a place to speak on their own beat.

Heavy low end slows time down while fine-grained rhythms keep speeding up between pressure and confidence.

A piercing synth loop, overdriven 808s and screamed vocals: trap written for the mosh pit.

Sliding 808s, syncopated hi-hats and cold delivery, the tense beat of dark estates.

London MCs spitting fast over cold 140 BPM electronic beats.

Everything on the one, every instrument turned into a drum.

Four-on-the-floor and shimmering strings, inviting everyone to be the star of the same night.

Pop built for both the dance floor and the charts: big hooks, four-on-the-floor and shiny production.

Modern pop led by synths: clean, cool-bright and a little futuristic.

Weaves melody, dance and vocal roles into a stage language the world can remember.

Guzheng, dizi and opera-style vocals meet electronic drums and drops: gufeng melodies sped up and bass-boosted into danceable C-style EDM.

Long-song melodies of the grasslands over a four-on-the-floor beat: high, wide open, all blue sky and galloping horses.

Street parties in Rio's hillside communities: bouncing drum-machine beats, a wall of speakers and an MC's chants.

One dembow rhythm, and the whole city sways together.

Light percussion and warm melodies turn a party into an easy, rolling groove.