Alternative dance

For the genre also called indie dance, see Madchester.
Alternative dance
Other names
  • Indie dance
  • underground dance
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1980s, United Kingdom[3]
Typical instrumentsSynthesizers[1]
Derivative forms
Subgenres
Baggy
Regional scenes
Madchester
Other topics

Alternative dance (also known as indie dance[4] or underground dance in the United States[5]) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. Although largely confined to the British Isles, it has gained American and worldwide exposure through acts such as New Order in the 1980s and the Prodigy and in the 1990s.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Alternative Dance". AllMusic.
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  3. ^ "How New Order's 'Blue Monday' Changed Music Forever". NME. 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ SPIN, Vol. 6, No. 9 (Dec. 1990), p. 92: "U.K. Indie Dance".
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