What
is Euro Dance?
-characteristics,
examples
-history in the USA
-subgenres of Euro Dance
Artists
& Discography
-organized
by country
-pictures and samples
Message Board
- fixed!
-forum
Reviews
& Releases
-submissions
Our
Top Picks
-our
favorite songs
Contact
Info
-corrections
-compliments
-concerns
Eurobeat & Para Para
Related
Links
-shops
-more information
-artists
Promoting
Artists
-non-published
work
-local artists
-sharing ideas
Eurodance
Rumours & Gossip
-undercover vocalists
-groups breaking up
Dancemania
&
Dance Dance Revolution
-what is it?
-locations
-songs
Eurobeat
& Para Para
-what is it?
-locations
-songs
Eurobeat is a style of music that is a result of fusion of Italo Disco
and High Energy (Hi NRG) music. It is faster than most other dance songs
and contains many quick and complicated synth lines.
It is popular in Japan. Some Japanese artists write and sing Eurobeat.
Here are some clips of Eurobeat artists and songs:
Play the Music by Ace
Jammin' Spanish Man by Cindi
I Wanna Dance by Domino
Do You Wanna Dance by Go Go Girls
My Sweet Banana by Go Go Girls
Derakkusu (Deluxe) by Key-a-Kiss
Para Para by King & Queen
Romeo & Juliet by Lolita
Atomic Playboy by Mike Skanner
Technotronic Flight by Princess F.
Boom Boom Power by Tam Arrow
Listen to Eurobeat
by Tokyo Future
Also check out the ARTISTS page for Lolita and Jennifer.
Eurobeat artists are often shrouded in mystery - in some cases with no image whatsoever - literally no picture of them on any of their material - or the other alternative - and image of someone who isn't the real singer! Scandalous! See the gallery for some pics. To make it more confusing, some artist names are sung by different people, depending on the song!
There could be many reasons for all this. A few possibilities are:
- Allowing the listener to focus on only the sound rather than image
- Allowing the producer to have the same artist "pose" as several different artists. For example, Annerley Gordon seems to sing as several names such as Lolita, Ann Sinclair, Annalise, etc.
- The artist is older or perhaps does not have a marketable commercial image
- Photoshoots are beyond the budget
Thoughts? Comments?
There is a style of dancing called Para Para, which is similar to cheerleading with a lot of arm movements. There are Para Para clubs in Japan. Also there is a video game in arcades and on Sony Playstation systems. The game uses light sensors to detect your movements.
There is set
choreography for Para Para remixes of songs, which
incidentally are about 2 minutes each in length.
EUROBEAT ARTIST IMAGE GALLERY:
(keep in mind - some aliases are shared by more than one vocalist & many fake model pics
make it confusing to find real images of the voices behind the songs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
