Lento Violento
Encyclopedia
Lento Violento is a style of electronic dance music
that developed in Italy
. Its name means Slow & Violent, as this style typically has a tempo between 70 and 120 BPM. It consists of a hard kick
, like the ones present in Hardcore
or Hardstyle
, but played at a very slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops.
(1996), Ibiza by Ottomix (1998) and Alex Castelli's Enjoy, that was co-produced by Ottomix. Although at that time, they were not called 'Lento Violento' yet. These tracks were influenced by the more Techno
and Trance
-oriented tracks like Mauro Picotto
's Lizard, Iguana, Pulsar, Tuttincoro or Raggattak by Joman (Joy Kitikonti), all from the Italian BXR label.
While some individual tracks were popular in the clubs, the style itself was not established until DJ/producer Gigi D'Agostino
started with a series of productions in 2003, like Ripassa. Indeed, he coined the name for this style, and he releases most of his Lento Violento songs on his own label Noise Maker, using aliases like Dottor Dag, Lento Violento Man, Uomo Suono, Orchestra Maldestra, or La Tana Del Suono, to distinguish these songs from his Italo dance
work.
Other artists started to create similar tracks after the success of this style. Also several compilation CDs are released with Lento Violento music, like the "Movimentolento" series.
In fact Lento Violento is trademark restricted by Gigi D'Agostino to series of his compilation. Any other artist can't use this name. Gigi always says that 'lento violento' is not music style, that's why most producers use names 'slowstyle' or 'hard slowstyle'.
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
that developed in Italy
Italy
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. Its name means Slow & Violent, as this style typically has a tempo between 70 and 120 BPM. It consists of a hard kick
Bass drum
Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...
, like the ones present in Hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
or Hardstyle
Hardstyle
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno, hard house, hard trance, hardcore and rave music. It is between 148 and 157 bpm in speed and is written in 4/4 time....
, but played at a very slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops.
Origins
The first tracks with the Lento Violento sound were Panic mouse (Stress mix) by Gigi D'AgostinoGigi D'Agostino
Luigino Celestino Di Agostino , better known by his stage name Gigi D'Agostino, is an Italian DJ, remixer and record producer...
(1996), Ibiza by Ottomix (1998) and Alex Castelli's Enjoy, that was co-produced by Ottomix. Although at that time, they were not called 'Lento Violento' yet. These tracks were influenced by the more Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
and Trance
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...
-oriented tracks like Mauro Picotto
Mauro Picotto
Mauro Picotto is an Italian electronic music musician. Previously a member of the Italian rave outfit, Cappella. He became well-known as a solo artist with techno-trance tracks including "Komodo" , "Pulsar" and most famously for "Lizard"...
's Lizard, Iguana, Pulsar, Tuttincoro or Raggattak by Joman (Joy Kitikonti), all from the Italian BXR label.
While some individual tracks were popular in the clubs, the style itself was not established until DJ/producer Gigi D'Agostino
Gigi D'Agostino
Luigino Celestino Di Agostino , better known by his stage name Gigi D'Agostino, is an Italian DJ, remixer and record producer...
started with a series of productions in 2003, like Ripassa. Indeed, he coined the name for this style, and he releases most of his Lento Violento songs on his own label Noise Maker, using aliases like Dottor Dag, Lento Violento Man, Uomo Suono, Orchestra Maldestra, or La Tana Del Suono, to distinguish these songs from his Italo dance
Italo dance
Italodance, also known as Nu Italo Disco, Nu-Italo or just Italo, is an offshoot of the Eurodance musical genre, which was especially popular in Europe in the late 1990s to the early 2000s.-Definition:...
work.
Other artists started to create similar tracks after the success of this style. Also several compilation CDs are released with Lento Violento music, like the "Movimentolento" series.
In fact Lento Violento is trademark restricted by Gigi D'Agostino to series of his compilation. Any other artist can't use this name. Gigi always says that 'lento violento' is not music style, that's why most producers use names 'slowstyle' or 'hard slowstyle'.
See also
- Lento Violento Man - La Musica Che Pesta
- Lento Violento e Altre StorieLento Violento e Altre StorieLento Violento e Altre Storie is a double CD album by Gigi D'Agostino, released on April 27th, 2007.About 20,000 copies were sold as preorders.-Tracks:CD 1#Gigi D'Agostino - E Di Nuovo Cambio Casa...
- Suono LiberoSuono LiberoSuono Libero is a two-disc album released by Gigi D'Agostino in late 2008. It contains many remixes of previous works, including L'Amour Toujours, Another Way, La Passion, Bla Bla Bla , The Riddle and L'Uomo Sapiente .The first disc is mostly Italodance while the second is mostly Lento Violento.-...
- Disco Lento