Skip to main content
NEWS EVENT SPECIAL SERIES
Floor Essence 〜dance・club・party〜

Fred Again.., Bicep, and Ninja Tune’s promising three artists

2023.8.7

#MUSIC

Photo by Jumaso31500
Photo by Jumaso31500

Bicep has been the biggest game changer in the recent dance music scene

The most remarkable artist is Bicep from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I would like you to take a look at this video first.

Meanwhile, various underground experiments with beats, mainly grime, and dubstep, took place in the UK. Although many DJs and artists began actively working to create serious and new styles of music that moved between club floors and bedrooms, Burial was a pioneer. Followed by Four Tet and Jon Hopkins, and then The xx debuted. Even if they do not necessarily focus on the dance floor, they have certainly inherited the DNA of the dance scene, and their generation is leading the front line of the current UK dance scene. Bonobo, for example, which came out of the downtempo and left field, has been enthusiastically accepted on the floor, proving that the current scene is becoming freer from the constraints of beats and tempos.

Back to series

RECOMMEND

NiEW’S PLAYLIST

NiEW recommends alternative music🆕

NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.

EVENTS