Russ music ( no, russemusikk) is a subgenre of
electronic dance music and a
music scene which originated from
Norway
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during the mid-2000s.
Drawing inspiration from
EDM
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Music
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,
hip hop and
techno
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. Russ music is characterized by its fast
tempo
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,
synthesizers, notable
bass and
explicit lyrics
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, often combined with
rapping.
Usually, this type of music are produced on request by Norwegian
high school
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graduates to
promote their "russ concept" as a part of the
russ celebration.
Russ music has lately been labeled as a controversial genre as a part of an constantly growing market.
Record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
s are heavily criticized for their use of explicit lyrics, as the distribution of russ music has grown to be an independent
music industry 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 charact ...
/ The Pøssy Project
*Soppgirobygget
*Unge Lama
*
Dj Smellhodet
*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
;Recurring producers
*
Skrillex
Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead si ...
*
ItaloBrothers
ItaloBrothers is a German dance project from Nordhorn, Germany. The band consists of vocalist Matthias Metten (former member of YouTube music group, 2busk), who works in the studio with Zacharias Adrian (also known as Zac McCrack) and Christian ...
*Technikore
;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 garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track " I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his December 20 ...
[
* DJ Walkzz][
* Ketz][
*]K-391
Kenneth Osberg Nilsen (born 2 November 1994), known professionally as K-391, is a Norwegian music producer. He is best known for his 2018 single "Ignite", a song featuring Alan Walker, Julie Bergan and Seungri which reached number one in Norway.
...
* Tungevaag / Tungevaag & Raaban
* Stian K
* Russetunes
* Lensko
See also
*Russefeiring
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 ...
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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