How your favourite genre got its name
Explaining the origins of house, techno, dubstep and more
SINOGRIME
Coined by DJ and producer Steve Goodman (aka Kode9), sinogrime is a genre that never fully developed. The prefix sino denotes China, and sinogrime was the retro-futurist fusion of Eastern melodies and the structure of grime, as heard in Wiley’s ‘Shanghai’.
WEIGHTLESS
Weightless is more in line with a deconstruction of a quality than a genre, being placed opposite of bass music. Mumdance conceived of weightless while re-defining his approach. Aiming to add variation to his sets, he began making hazy, beatless soundscapes to contrast against his heavy-hitting grime and techno selections, coining the term ‘weightless’ to describe the ethereal genre. He also runs the Weightless label, alongside Logos.
