Eurobeat


















Eurobeat
Stylistic origins
British Eurobeat:

  • Britpop

  • dance-pop

  • Euro disco


Contemporary Eurobeat:

  • Hi-NRG

  • house

  • Italo disco

  • dance-rock
Cultural origins
British Eurobeat:
Mid 1980s, United Kingdom
Contemporary Eurobeat:
Late 1980s, Italy
Regional scenes

  • United Kingdom

  • Italy

  • Japan

Other topics
Para Para




Super Eurobeat Vol.220 cover art - © Avex Trax, Japan.


Eurobeat is either a form of the British dance-pop variant of Eurodisco, or Hi-NRG-driven Italo disco music. Both developed in the 1980s.


In the United States, Eurobeat was sometimes marketed as Hi-NRG and for a short while shared this term with the very early freestyle music hits. Italo disco was often referred to as Eurobeat, probably due to the negative connotations of the word "disco" in the minds of the United States' population in the 1980s.


"Eurobeat" is also directly related to the Japanese Para Para dance culture as it influences many song and business decisions.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Renaissance: "By the Italians, for the Japanese"




  • 2 Characteristics


    • 2.1 Eurobeat from the Japanese point of view


    • 2.2 The Eurobeat formula (for the Japanese market)




  • 3 Italian Eurobeat Labels


    • 3.1 Time




  • 4 "J-Euro"


  • 5 Popular Eurobeat artists


  • 6 Eurobeat compilations


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links


    • 8.1 Eurobeat labels websites







History



Renaissance: "By the Italians, for the Japanese"




The majority of eurobeat labels have been based in Northern Italy, including Lugagnano, Brescia and Mantova (pictured).





Velfarre, a disco located in Tokyo, was considered a mecca of Eurobeat during the 1990s and 2000s.



Characteristics



Eurobeat from the Japanese point of view










The Eurobeat formula (for the Japanese market)





















Italian Eurobeat Labels



Time


Main article: Time Records


"J-Euro"


There have been three types of music called "J-Euro" (Japanese Eurobeat);


1. Eurobeat songs made in Italy, covered by Japanese artists with Japanese lyrics.
This type of "J-Euro" appeared first in the early 1990s. Notable artists of this type of "J-Euro" have included MAX, D&D, V6, Dream, and the "Queen of J-pop in the 1990s" Namie Amuro.[1]










2. J-pop songs made in Japan, remixed in the style of eurobeat by Italian eurobeat producers.
This type of "J-Euro" appeared first on the 1999 issue of Super Eurobeat, Vol. 100, with several tracks of this type of "J-Euro" by MAX, Every Little Thing, and the "J-Pop Empress" Ayumi Hamasaki.[2] This type of "J-Euro" has been popular in the para para scene since around 2000.[3]Avex Trax launched the Super Eurobeat Presents : J-Euro series in 2000; Ayu-ro Mix 1, 2 and 3, plus a fourth remix album missing the "Super Eurobeat" tag featuring Ayumi Hamasaki, Euro Every Little Thing featuring Every Little Thing, Hyper Euro MAX featuring MAX, Euro global featuring globe, Euro Dream Land featuring Dream, J-Euro Best, J-Euro Non-Stop Best,[4] ...


3. Eurobeat songs made in Japan, and sung by Japanese artists themselves.

This type of Eurobeat was always present since the 2000s, but only started recently to gain much attention with the para para scene promoting a lot of these songs. Most songs are anime remixes or J-Pop covers, which makes it an anime boom as some people call it.[tone]

Eurobeat labels to showcase this type of J-Euro are Akiba Koubou INC/Akiba Records, Plum Music, Fantasy Dance Tracks and more.





Popular Eurobeat artists


Main article: List of Eurobeat artists


Eurobeat compilations


The following is a list of many Eurobeat compilations series, the most famous (and longest running) are Super Eurobeat and the various Super Eurobeat presents... compilations by Avex Trax. Other notable compilations include:



  • Eurobeat Disney

  • Gazen ParaPara!!

  • ParaPara Paradise


  • That's Eurobeat series of compilations was launched by Alfa Records in 1986, as the successor to That's Hi-NRG, the first Hi-NRG compilation in Japan released in 1985. It consisted of original Eurobeat music, not reborn Eurobeat music that first appeared in the late 1980s–early 1990s. That's Eurobeat was the most popular and best-selling Eurobeat product until the early 1990s, when it was overtaken by Super Eurobeat.[5]



References





  1. ^ Bakuren, List of J-EURO Original Tracks (in Japanese)


  2. ^ Tokyo, LISA TAKEUCHI CULLEN (25 March 2002). "Empress of Pop". Retrieved 7 April 2018 – via www.time.com..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Tsutaya, J-Euro Non-Stop Best > Summary (in Japanese)


  4. ^ Avex Trax, J-EURO (in Japanese)


  5. ^ NRGexpress, History of "EUROBEAT" (in Japanese)




External links




  • Avex Japan Eurobeat (Official website for Super Eurobeat)


  • Eurobeat Prime (Extensive Eurobeat information and database)


  • ParaParaMania CD Information (Japanese Eurobeat database by Yuuto Matsumoto that has many lesser-known Eurobeat releases)


  • NRG Express (Eurobeat information from Japan)


  • Eurobeat.se (Some Eurobeat and Eurodance samples)


  • Eurobeat-Italia (Italian Eurobeat website)


  • New Parapara (Chilean website for Eurobeat and Parapara)



Eurobeat labels websites




  • Interbeat (include Magnum, Blitz, Movie)

  • A-Beat C / Rodgers Music


  • Akyrmusic (Includes Vocal Trance projects such as nR Element from California.)

  • Delta

  • Dima Music

  • Disko Warp Music

  • Farm Records

  • GoGo's Music

  • Hi NRG Attack


  • The S.A.I.F.A.M. Group (Includes Boom Boom Beat, Asia Records, etc.)

  • SCP Music

  • Sinclaire Style

  • Time Records

  • Eurogrooves









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