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Dance & club style reference
House, techno, garage, drum and bass, trance, hardstyle and other floor-focused styles with working BPM ranges.
How to use this list
Each row pairs a style term with a cue line written in the same grammar: what the music is, what plays it, roughly how fast, and how it feels. Copy the cue, then change one thing at a time so you can tell which token moved the result.
Club styles live or die on tempo. Every entry carries a BPM that actually belongs to the genre, so keep that number when you adapt the line.
Combining entries
Name the drum character (four-on-the-floor kick, shuffled 2-step, rolling breaks) and the bass character; those two decide most of the result.
If a take drifts away from what you wanted, remove tokens rather than adding more. Long prompts dilute; short, specific ones steer.
| Big room house | big room house, huge supersaw drop, filtered build, festival kick, 128 BPM, anthemic hands-up energy |
| Progressive house | progressive house, long-evolving pad, rolling bassline, sidechained chords, 124 BPM, emotional night drive |
| Deep house | deep house, warm rounded bass, muted Rhodes chords, soft shaker, 122 BPM, smooth after-hours groove |
| Tech house | tech house, punchy tight kick, bouncy bass stab, chopped vocal sample, 126 BPM, hypnotic dancefloor push |
| Melodic techno | melodic techno, brooding arpeggio, deep kick, wide reverbed lead, 122 BPM, cinematic dark euphoria |
| Peak-time techno | peak-time techno, hard driving kick, metallic percussion loop, rising siren, 138 BPM, relentless warehouse pressure |
| Minimal techno | minimal techno, sparse clicks and dub chords, subtle groove shifts, 128 BPM, hypnotic restraint |
| Acid house | acid house, squelching 303 bassline, 909 drums, raw filter sweeps, 125 BPM, ecstatic retro rave |
| Disco house | disco house, filtered string loop, four-on-the-floor kick, funky bass, 122 BPM, joyous soulful vocal chops |
| French touch | french touch, phaser-filtered disco sample, crunchy compression, talkbox lick, 118 BPM, glossy nostalgic groove |
| Nu-disco | nu-disco, slap bass, chorused guitar, syncopated congas, 112 BPM, sunset rooftop shine |
| Garage house | garage house, gospel-tinged chords, swung hats, uplifting diva vocal, 124 BPM, hands-in-the-air warmth |
| UK garage | uk garage, shuffled 2-step drums, chopped vocal, sub bass wobble, 134 BPM, slick late-night bounce |
| Speed garage | speed garage, rolling organ bass, snappy breaks, vocal stabs, 136 BPM, cheeky club swagger |
| Bassline | bassline house, aggressive filtered bass hook, four-to-floor kick, 138 BPM, rowdy northern club energy |
| Drum and bass (liquid) | liquid drum and bass, rolling amen-derived breaks, lush pads, smooth vocal, 174 BPM, flowing night euphoria |
| Neurofunk | neurofunk, morphing reese bass, precise technical breaks, 174 BPM, dark machine aggression |
| Jungle | jungle, chopped breakbeats, ragga vocal sample, booming sub, 168 BPM, 90s rave chaos |
| Hardstyle | hardstyle, distorted reverse-bass kick, screeching lead, euphoric melody, 150 BPM, festival mayhem |
| Trance (uplifting) | uplifting trance, rolling 16th bass, sweeping supersaw melody, huge breakdown, 138 BPM, tearful euphoria |
| Psytrance | psytrance, rapid rolling bass triplets, acid squelch, tribal fills, 145 BPM, hypnotic forest trip |
| Electro house | electro house, gritty saw bass stabs, crunchy claps, 128 BPM, aggressive playful drop |
| Future house | future house, metallic pitched bass lead, snappy kick, 126 BPM, glossy club optimism |
| Afro-house club | afro-house, layered tribal percussion, deep sub, chanted vocal, 122 BPM, sunrise dancefloor spirit |
| Baile funk | baile funk, tamborzão beat, heavy 808 hits, shouted chants, 130 BPM, raw street-party energy |
| Moombahton | moombahton, halftime dembow groove, huge synth stabs, 108 BPM, sweaty tropical club heat |
| Ghetto house / juke | juke, stuttering vocal loop, rapid kick patterns, 160 BPM, footwork-ready intensity |
| Hard techno / industrial | industrial techno, distorted kick wall, metallic noise hits, 145 BPM, oppressive bunker atmosphere |
| Dub techno | dub techno, echo-drenched chord stab, soft kick, tape hiss, 120 BPM, submerged midnight drift |
| Eurodance | eurodance, bright synth hook, rap verse and sung chorus, 140 BPM, 90s neon nostalgia |
Raw data: /guide/reference/lists/dance-club-list.json · 30 entries
FAQ
Can I ask for a drop?
Yes — words like build, breakdown and drop shape the arrangement, but pair them with a structure tag section in your lyrics field for reliable placement.
Do I have to use the whole dance & club cue line?
No. The lines are built from independent tokens, so you can keep the two or three that matter and drop the rest without breaking the grammar.
Can I mix this list with another one?
Yes — keep one rhythm description, one lead instrument, one production word and a single tempo. Competing rhythm descriptions are the usual cause of muddled results.