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dance music

British  

noun

  1. music that is suitable for dancing

  2. Also called: dance.  pop music with a strong electronic rhythm

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Then again, it was better than hearing the oontz-oontz of European dance music every day in practice, Fabbri said—and he happens to know what he’s talking about.

From The Wall Street Journal

Almost all of the tracks here can be described as powerful, high-energy dance music in 4/4 swing-time, but even so there’s a very wide range of bands and performances.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tony McGuinness of electronic dance music group Above and Beyond got five correct results with one exact score, for a tally of 80 points.

From BBC

The first installation explored the black roots of dance music.

From BBC

“Labels that I had worked with in the past, and some other people that are making noise in the space right now, said, ‘Call us back when you’re doing dance music.’”

From Los Angeles Times