Russ music ( no, russemusikk) is a subgenre of
electronic dance music and a
music scene which originated from
Norway during the mid-2000s.
Drawing inspiration from
EDM
EDM or E-DM may refer to:
Music
* Electronic dance music
* Early Day Miners, American band
Science and technology
* Electric dipole moment
* Electrical discharge machining
* Electronic distance measurement
*Entry, Descent, and landing demonstra ...
,
hip hop and
techno. Russ music is characterized by its fast
tempo,
synthesizers
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) 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
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
and
explicit lyrics, often combined with
rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
.
Usually, this type of music are produced on request by Norwegian
high school graduates to
promote their "russ concept" as a part of the
russ celebration
The ''russefeiring'' ( en, "russ celebration") is a traditional celebration for Norwegian high school pupils in their final spring semester. Pupils that take part in the celebrations are known as russ. Students in high school normally prepare ...
.
Russ music has lately been labeled as a controversial genre as a part of an constantly growing market.
Record producers 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 consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, ...
in Norway.
Some notable artists
;Russ music producers
*
Tix
Andreas Andresen Haukeland (born 12 April 1993), better known as Tix (stylized as TIX), is a Norwegian singer. He represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Fallen Angel".
He has Tourette syndrome, a condition char ...
/ The Pøssy Project
*Soppgirobygget
*Unge Lama
*
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 a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...
*DJ Loppetiss
*BEK & Wallin
*BEK & Moberg
*Kudos
*Truse Tarzan
*Smörebua
*Fjelltopp
*RAGGARSVINET
*Spasme
*Mackarinø
*El Papi
*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 ...
;Recurring producers
*
Skrillex
*
ItaloBrothers
*Technikore
;Former producers
*
Mikkel Christiansen
Broiler, formerly known as DJ Broiler, is a Norwegian electronic music record producer and DJ duo made up of Mikkel Buxrud Christiansen (born 22 April 1992) and Simen Auke (born 22 April 1991). In 2011, they found online success with their dance ...
/
Simen A
*
Kygo[
* DJ Walkzz][
* Ketz][
* K-391
*]Tungevaag
Martin Tungevåg (born July 9, 1993), known professionally as Martin Tungevaag or simpily 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 S ...
/ Tungevaag & Raaban
Tungevaag & Raaban was a dance music producer duo consisting of the Norwegian Martin Tungevaag from Stadlandet in Norway, and the Swedish Raaban, Robbin Söderlund (better known by his artistic name Raaban) from Borås in Sweden. Sharing a common ...
*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 ...
* Russetunes
* Lensko
See also
* Russefeiring
References
External links
Library of Russ artists on Everynoise
;Articles:
Russemusikk har blitt et springbrett til internasjonal musikkarriereRussemusikk: Et springbrett til en internasjonal musikkarriereTjener fett på russebusslåterRusselåtkonge tjener opptil en halv million på én sang- Å lage russelåter var egentlig ikke min intensjon
Electronic dance music genres
Norwegian styles of music
2000s in music
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