Dance Evolution - A2 poster - Blue
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Dance Evolution maps the story of modern dance music across 99 genres, tracing its development from early 20th-century blues, jazz, Latin music, ska and experimental electronics through soul, funk, disco and synth-pop, and on to house, techno, trance, jungle, garage and beyond.
The poster follows the connections between genres, scenes and musical ideas across more than a century. How does acid house connect back to disco? What links northern soul, rave and club culture? How did psychedelic and electronic influences converge in psytrance?
Alongside familiar genres are plenty of more unusual branches of the family tree, from Krautrock and Miami bass to bitpop and extratone.
More than a year in the making, Dance Evolution is the result of extensive research and design, bringing an extraordinarily complex musical history together in a clear, visually engaging format. It is intended to be explored, debated and argued over — because the evolution of music is rarely as simple as a single straight line.
Packed with connections and detail, it makes a striking piece of wall art for a music studio, home, office or classroom, and a distinctive gift for DJs, producers, electronic musicians and dance-music enthusiasts.
Genres featured: 99
Size: A2 (420 × 594mm
Paper: High-quality 150gsm pH-neutral stock
Shipping: Worldwide
For more about the research behind Dance Evolution — including the challenges of mapping influence, chronology and the inevitable uncertainties of music history — see Oli’s accompanying article on the Synth Evolution website: https://www.synthevolution.net/blog/2020/10/6/new-poster-dance-evolution
Dear European customers - due to post-brexit customs, please order from my etsy shop to avoid paying extra import duties:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SynthEvolution
Additional Info
Dance Evolution is the brand new poster from Synth Evolution!
This new poster maps the story of today’s diverse dance music scene from its early 20th century roots in blues, rock, avante garde electronic music, ska and Latin music up through soul, funk, disco and synthpop, all the way to house, techno, trance, jungle, garage and beyond.
There are 99 genres mapped out - including such diverse styles as extratone, bitpop, Miami bass, Krautrock and many many more.
How did acid house evolve from disco?
How did rave evolve from northern soul?
How did psy-trance evolve from new age?
All these questions and more are answered!
Over a year in the making, it represents many hours of painstaking research and design to bring out the flow of music over the last 100 years in a simple - but deep - presentation.
A centrepoint for any room, studio or classroom, it will be sure to stimulate many a conversation, debate and passionate argument! :-)
The poster is a high quality, numbered, giclee print on 180gsm pH neutral paper.
Dimensions: 420 x 594 mm (A2)
Delivering globally (except Australia/NZ)
To read more about the poster, the ideas behind it and a discussion of accuracy and certainty of music history, please read Oli’s blog here which discusses all this:
https://www.synthevolution.net/blog/2020/10/6/new-poster-dance-evolution