Hands up

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Hands Up (also HandsUp or Dancecore ) is a style of electronic dance music that is geared towards mass suitability and danceability.

history

The style of music first developed in Germany from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s from various currents, mainly Eurodance , Happy Hardcore and Uplifting Trance . Eurodance representatives such as Starsplash ( Charly Lownoise & Franky Tunes ) and Mark 'Oh are sometimes seen as precursors to Hands Up. The music had its greatest commercial success until the mid-2000s, Scooter , for example , made it to number one in the single charts with Nessaja . Artists like Groove Coverage , Brooklyn Bounce and Cascada were also able to record some successes in the top chart positions.

Structure and characteristics

The techno magazine Raveline describes Hands Up as "140- BPM Dance Music, vorliebig with sawtooth - lead sounds , pop hooks , breakbeat loops and side-chain bass", calling among other things, Rocco & Bass-T , Manian , 89ers , Special D. and The Real Booty Babes as style-forming artists.

The synth - melodies are often built catchy and easy to find the most glaring SuperSaw -Klänge use. The vocal melody is often accompanied by a synthesizer. In contrast to the uplifting trance , rather short, powerful synthesizer tones are used. In terms of structure, Hands Up does not rely on building up tension, but is based on the typical stanza-refrain- pop music scheme. The main elements are the bassline , the drums and the catchy lead sound . A typical stylistic device of the hands-up is pitched female or the resulting feminine voices, male singing is also common. In addition, there are distorted, chopped up and repetitive spoken sentences as a characteristic (example: Jens O. - One More ). Jumpkicks from the Jumpstyle genre are occasionally used as a variation. Hardstyle , electro and dubstep elements or rap parts are integrated in some productions .

Dissemination and Commercial Success

Today, such productions can hardly be found in the top positions of the charts. However, dance compilations with a high proportion of hands-up titles appear regularly. The genre is currently mostly maintained by internet radio stations and projects like “Hands Up Will Never Die”.

Typical tracks

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f hardbase.fm: In Sight: Electronic Music - Part 1: Hands Up
  2. urbandictionary.com
  3. a b Bonebreakers World - What's Up ?! , Raveline November 2, 2010
  4. http://www.handsupwillneverdie.de