The term "dance-punk" was first used in the early 80s (possibly in Great Britain) to describe punk groups with a more rhythmic tempo which made it easier to dance to. Dance-punk bands had influences from disco, funk, and other dance music styles popular at the time. As
EDM became popular in the 80s and 90s, some punk and post-punk bands became influenced by this genre. Around this time, the few (if any) dance punk like bands were labeled punk-funk. All of this lead to the dance punk of today, spearheaded by
LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and many others.
A recent British off-shoot of this branch is the newly-coined term "new rave." This genre includes such acts as
Klaxons and
New Young Pony Club. It has been suggested, however, that new rave is the invention of British publication NME (and others). Indeed, it is questionable whether or not there is an appreciable difference between new rave and dance-punk.
Examples
- Digitalism Is an electro-house group with strong influences of this.
- Franz Ferdinand is a mixture between this and standard dance-rock.
- The boy band Hot Chip is this fused with british pop.
- LCD Soundsystem is considered by many to be the modern defining artist of the genre.
- MSTRKRFT, like many recent edm groups, mixes this with electro-house music.
- The Rapture
- Sleigh Bells utilizes this genre quite often. This is particularly evident in songs such as "Riot Rhythm" and "Crown on the Ground".
- Some of Soulwax's albums could be considered this, particularly Any Minute Now and its remix album night versions
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs could take some credit for helping revitalize the genre in the 21st century.
