Hardkiss
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Hardkiss is the group moniker of San Francisco electronic music producers Scott, Gavin, and Robbie Hardkiss. Scott Hardkiss also works under the pseudonym God Within. Gavin Hardkiss works under the pseudonym Hawke. Robbie Hardkiss has worked under the pseudonym Little Wing. They also ran their own record label of the same name. Their music is a mixture of acid house music, trance music
, and breakbeat techno.
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
, and breakbeat techno.