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 Eurobeat is a subgenre of Electronic Music, initially developed in the mid-late 1980s as an evolution of Hi-NRG with elements derived from Italo Disco and Synth-Pop. The genre's sound is generally defined by high tempos, ranging from as low as 138 BPM to as high as 160-185 BPM, a steady, booming 4/4 beat with pitched, offbeat bass, a huge emphasis on melody, and a distinctive synth style that makes heavy use of distorted and detuned sawtooth waveforms, more commonly known as supersaw waves.
Originally a European scene (hence the name), the style has gained a cult following in many electronic music scenes around the world, most notably Japan. In the United States, Eurobeat was historically marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with early freestyle music, trance and Italo disco.
Eurobeat began as independent developments in the UK in the 1980s, when DJs began making Electronic Music in recognition to Hi-NRG releases from mainland Europe. Later on the label was applied to any and all similarly-styled Synth-Pop and dance music releases coming from European producers in the late 1980s. By the 1990s, the British strain of Eurobeat evolved into Eurodance, which gained popularity in the 1990s and paved the way for future electronic music subgenres.
The variant of Eurobeat most people are familiar with, however, is the fast and melodic Japanese iteration of the genre, which evolved from Italian and German Italo Disco imports in the late 1980s and later became associated with the so-called Para Para dance culture which hugely influenced many song and business decisions within the scene. Japan experienced Italo disco through the success of the now-defunct German group Arabesque. When German producers shifted to newer genres such as Trance, Italians created a new sound for the Japanese electronic music scene, developing the style in parallel with the rise of harder styles of dance music. The producer Giancarlo Pasquini, better-known by his stage name Dave Rodgers, is frequently associated with the establishment of the genre. Eurobeat remained popular in Japan in the 1990s and early-mid 2000s, thanks in part to the Super Eurobeat franchise, which is currently one of the longest-running music compilations (at over 250 volumes). The anime adaptation of Shuichi Shigeno's Initial D prominently featured Eurobeat tracks, further increasing its popularity and bringing the genre closer to anime fans in Japan and overseas. Eurobeat songs are also mainstays of Japanese rhythm games, beginning with DanceDanceRevolution.
Beginning in the mid-2000s, however, Eurobeat had decreased significantly in popularity, due to the then-recent rise in popularity of genres such as Trance, Hardstyle and Dubstep. Its association with Japanese Pop Music, however, allowed it to maintain its popularity among fans, though it has largely stagnated as a standalone genre and has nearly died out, at least for some. Para Para dancing, while still popular in Japan, has been pushed into underground scenes elsewhere and is considered a passing fad. Many Eurobeat producers have shifted into newer music styles...
Despite its decrease in popularity, Eurobeat managed to avoid dying out due to its significance as a highly influential electronic music subgenre. The sound it has popularized, which primarily consists of fast, uptempo beats, pulsing rhythms, loud and aggressive synths, dynamic song structures and melody-driven compositions has been replicated in other subgenres such as trance and Synth-Pop. In underground and indies circles, most notably in Japan, Eurobeat continued to evolve into the melody-driven variants of Hardcore Techno. The mainstream branch, meanwhile, continues to overlap with Japanese Pop Music. With the rise of Internet meme culture and the global EDM boom generating demand for all sorts of Electronic Music subgenres, Eurobeat has once again risen in popularity and a whole new generation of enthusiasts from different subcultures have been introduced to the genre.
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