Russ music () is a subgenre of

electronic dance music Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally ...

and a music scene which originated from

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

during the mid-2000s. Drawing inspiration from EDM,

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

and

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

. Russ music is characterized by its fast

tempo In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given musical composition, composition, and is often also an indication of the composition ...

synthesizers A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, notable

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

and explicit lyrics, often combined with

rapping Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backin ...

. Usually, this type of music are produced on request by Norwegian

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

graduates to promote their "russ concept" as a part of the

russ celebration The (English: ' celebration') is a traditional celebration for Norwegian high school students in their final spring semester. Students that take part in the celebrations are known as . Students in high school normally prepare for this celebr ...

. Russ music has lately been labeled as a controversial genre as a part of an constantly growing market.

Record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

s are heavily criticized for their use of explicit lyrics, as the distribution of russ music has grown to be an independent

music industry The music industry are individuals and organizations that earn money by Songwriter, writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music and sheet music, presenting live music, concerts, ...

in Norway.

Some notable artists

;Russ music producers * Tix / The Pøssy Project *Soppgirobygget *El Papi *

Dj Smellhodet A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJ ...

*DJ Loppetiss *BEK & Wallin *BEK & Moberg *Kudos *Golfklubb *KANSELLERT *Truse Tarzan *Smörebua *Fjelltopp *Lurifaks *Spasme *Mackarinø *Hugge *Olav Haust *Solguden & Mannen *Sandmans *Ringnes-Ronny *Kuselofte *Öresus *Heux *B3nte *LIL FAT *

Kobojsarna Kobojsarna is a Eurodance group from Sweden, founded in 2003 by Mikael Collin (previously Danielsson), Emil Carlin, and Richard Mellberg (previously Pettersson). Richard left the group in 2010. Kobojsarna is the only group ever to win the Russ "So ...

*FERDY / Sleiken ;Recurring producers *

Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, musician, singer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of the ...

ItaloBrothers ItaloBrothers is a German dance music, dance project from Nordhorn, Germany. The group consists of vocalist Mathias Metten (former member of YouTube music group, 2busk), who works in the studio with Zacharias Adrian (also known as Zac McCrack) an ...

Technikore Alf Bamford, known professionally as Technikal, is a British hard trance and hard dance disc jockey and record producer. Biography Bamford started becoming known as a "cutting edge" hard dance DJ , when his single "Annihilation" garnered sign ...

;Former producers * Mikkel Christiansen / Simen A *

Kygo Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (; born 11 September 1991), known professionally as Kygo (), is a Norwegian DJ and music producer. He first received international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track " I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his De ...

* DJ Walkzz * Ketz *

K-391 Kenneth Osberg Nilsen (born 2 November 1994), known professionally as K-391, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ. He is best known for his 2018 single " Ignite", a song featuring Alan Walker, Julie Bergan and Seungri which reached number one ...

Tungevaag Martin Tungevåg (born July 9, 1993), known professionally as Martin Tungevaag or simply Tungevaag, is a Norwegian DJ and music producer who placed at number #89 on the ''DJ Mag'' top 100 DJs list. He has achieved success in Europe, Asia and Sou ...

Tungevaag & Raaban Tungevaag & Raaban was a dance music producer duo consisting of the Norwegian Martin Tungevaag from Stadlandet in Norway, and the Swedish Robbin Söderlund (better known by his artistic name Raaban) from Borås in Sweden. Sharing a common inte ...

Stian K Stian ronounce: Steejjańis a given name for males, originating from Norway. It is the modern form of the Old Norse name ''Stígandr'', which means "wanderer". Another translation given is "swift on his feet". Another modern derivation of the O ...

* Russetunes * Lensko

References

External links

Library of Russ artists on Everynoise
;Articles:
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Electronic dance music genres Norwegian styles of music 2000s in music {{music-genre-stub

Some notable artists

See also

References

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