# What kind of music do I like?

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**Created:** [September 8, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-music-do-i-like/32451 "2000-09-08T03:20:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-music-do-i-like/32451/21 "2000-09-09T03:25:20Z")

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Electronica… too vague a term to define the genre. I’ll give you a couple that I tend to follow.

**Hardcore** : the general type of techno that tends to be more bass-heavy with many genres stemming from this.

**Gabber (or Gabba)**: techno with some form of heavy/black metal and a variation of rap. Tends to go into dark themes, drugs, etc.

**Terror** : similar to Gabber except gets very dark, oftentimes relating to the devil or demons. Gets high up on the BPMs.

**Speedcore** : the bastard child of Hardcore and Gabber. Tends to get very fast, going over 160 BPM. It spawned a subgenre in New York, a.k.a. NYC Speedcore. Disciples of Annihilation are a great example of this. There are some other small DJs who go by this.

**Jungle/Trip Hop** : slow in comparison to most techno. It sounds more like rap with a house beat.

**Trance** : 4 words to describe this -\> “the pop of techno.” That is to say, it seems nowadays that this is the only thing that is played at most raves. It has a dream-like sound that sounds like something out of a Tangerine Dream album with more bass.

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