Russ music

Russ music
Native name
Russemusikk
Russelåt(er), Russesang(er)
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid 2000s (decade),
Eastern Norway
Typical instruments

Russ music (Norwegian: russemusikk) is a subgenre of electronic dance music and a music scene which originated from Norway during the mid-2000s.[1] Drawing inspiration from EDM, hip hop and techno. Russ music is characterized by its fast tempo, synthesizers, notable bass and explicit lyrics, often combined with rapping.

Usually, this type of music are produced on request by Norwegian high school graduates to promote their "russ concept" as a part of the russ celebration.[2]

Russ music has lately been labeled as a controversial genre as a part of an constantly growing market. Record producers are heavily criticized for their use of explicit lyrics, as the distribution of russ music has grown to be an independent music industry in Norway.[3]

  1. ^ "Russelåter". NRK. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ^ "5 Things you need to plan when releasing your music for the Norwegian Russ". Spinnup. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Så mye koster russelåtene". VG. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2018.