GENRE

Indie Dance Artists

Midtempo club beats carry chugging basslines, off-kilter synth hooks, and darkly playful vocal samples.

36 Indie Dance artists · 135 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Aprapta Music, JEAHMON! Records, Permanent Vacation

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Artists

Marc DePulse photo
Marc DePulse
mobilee records · superfine records · Slow Cycle Records
Musumeci photo
Musumeci
Aeon · Surrrealism · superfine records
Alejandro Molinari photo
Alejandro Molinari
Parallel Vision · EXE AUDIO · Phisica

About Indie Dance

On labels such as Permanent Vacation, indie dance often arrives in single-length club cuts that sit between house, techno and nu-disco. It favors steady dancefloor momentum but leaves room for synth-led hooks, offbeat textures and a darker, more playful feel than straight-ahead house. Compared with melodic house or melodic techno, the groove can be looser and less overtly dramatic; compared with tech house, it leans further into atmosphere and individual sonic detail. The result is electronic music made for mixing, with enough character to hold attention outside a set.

Indie Dance at a glance

Descriptorsdanceable, hypnotic, sleek, moody, retro-futurist
Characteristicsfour-on-the-floor and broken-beat rhythms, disco-informed basslines, analog-style synthesizer leads, post-punk and new-wave influences, extended club arrangements
Key instrumentsdrum machine, synthesizer, sampler, sequencer, bass guitar
Tempo110–125 BPM

Top Labels

Aprapta MusicJEAHMON! RecordsPermanent VacationLOW CEILINGEver After RecordsDiynamic MusicSomethingnuTAUWatergate RecordsOtherwise Records

Notable Contributors

Producers
Hot ChipAvalon EmersonBullionRostamRafael CeratoTodd Rundgren
Songwriters
Joe GoddardAlexis TaylorHot ChipFelix MartinAl DoyleAvalon EmersonOwen ClarkeBullionJay FlewRostamNathan CampanyOdell BrownParis GreyShanna Jackson

Recent Releases

FUCK THAT artwork
FUCK THAT
Myth of NYX
Post Milano artwork
Post Milano
Applied Magic
Slow My Routine artwork
Slow My Routine
MADMINDS
Flashpoint artwork
Flashpoint
Redfreya, Adana Twins, Xinobi
TAU
Camera Faces artwork
Camera Faces
Holiday87, The Knocks
Black Clay
Loving Me artwork
Loving Me
When Stars Align
CANT GET ENOUGH artwork
CANT GET ENOUGH
LOW CEILING
Promise artwork
Promise
Auggië, Ivory (IT)
Blessings
All the Kids Wanna Dance artwork
All the Kids Wanna Dance
Basti Grub Production, HOTDISC, Basti Grub
Aprapta Music
Grow artwork
Grow
Aonaran
Pelvis Resley artwork
Pelvis Resley
Riotvan
Random Violence artwork
Random Violence
Domino Recording Co.

Common questions

What is Indie Dance?

Indie Dance is a music genre defined by four-on-the-floor and broken-beat rhythms, disco-informed basslines, analog-style synthesizer leads, post-punk and new-wave influences, and extended club arrangements. Midtempo club beats carry chugging basslines, off-kilter synth hooks, and darkly playful vocal samples.

What BPM is Indie Dance?

Indie Dance tracks typically run between 110 and 125 BPM.

What instruments are used in Indie Dance?

Indie Dance is built mainly from drum machine, synthesizer, sampler, sequencer, and bass guitar.

Which Indie Dance artists are most popular?

Adam Ten, Max Styler, Red Axes, Yamagucci, and Avalon Emerson are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 36 Indie Dance artists on this page.

Which labels release Indie Dance?

Aprapta Music, JEAHMON! Records, Permanent Vacation, LOW CEILING, and Ever After Records have put out the most Indie Dance records in the Tracknack catalogue.

What genres are similar to Indie Dance?

Artists tagged Indie Dance are most often also tagged House, Electronic, Melodic Techno, Techno, and Deep House.

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