Also finding international success in the 1990s was Icelandic musician Björk, a former member of indie band the Sugarcubes, whose solo albums Debut (1993) and Post (1995), incorporated alternative dance elements and featured production from artists like Tricky, Howie B and 808 State's Graham Massey. Of the three acts, the Prodigy had the first international alternative dance hit when their third studio album The Fat of the Land debuted at number one in 25 countries, including the US, in 1997. The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim and the Chemical Brothers are prominent examples of British artists in the post-Madchester-era, who crossed over from the dance music world to alternative, with most of their releases falling under the big beat music genre in the mid 1990s. Meanwhile, indie-orientated acts such as Saint Etienne, Dubstar, Space and White Town also explored dance beats and rhythms in their music. The Haçienda club in Manchester, founded by New Order and Factory Records, became the hub of the genre in 1980s Britain. Alternative dance had a major impact on Britain's late-1980s Madchester scene (adapted from Manchester, New Order's home city) and 1990s trip hop and rave scenes. New Order are cited by AllMusic as the genre's first group because of their 1982–83 recordings, which merged post-punk with electro/synth pop in the style of German group Kraftwerk. Many of the alternative dance artists are British, 'owing to the greater prominence of the UK's club and rave scenes in underground musical culture'. They are usually signed to small record labels. The performers of alternative dance are closely identified with their music through a signature style, texture, or fusion of specific musical elements. The genre draws heavily on club culture for inspiration while incorporating other styles of music such as electropop, house, and EBM. The Sacramento Bee calls it ' postmodern– Eurosynth– technopop– New Wave in a blender'. Although largely confined to the British Isles, it has gained American and worldwide exposure through acts such as New Order in the 1980s and the Prodigy in the 1990s.ĪllMusic states that alternative dance mixes the 'melodic song structure of alternative and indie rock with electronic beats, synths and/or samples, and club orientation of post-disco dance music'.

) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music. Alternative dance (also known as indie dance or underground dance in the U.S.

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