Harry Bauer Rodrigues (born April 30, 1989), known professionally as Baauer , is an American record producer and DJ, best known for his double platinum song " Harlem Shake ".
42-678: He has produced varied dance music from the age of 13 and previously produced a track under the name “Captain Harry” which received support on BBC Radio 1 . His early releases as Baauer around 2012 were part of an emerging sub genre of electronic music known as trap , alongside acts like TNGHT , RL Grime , Rustie and Flosstradamus . Baauer has produced songs for Just Blaze , Pusha T , Tom Morello and G-Dragon amongst others. He has created official remixes for Nero , The Prodigy , Flosstradamus , No Doubt , Missy Elliott , Disclosure , Kodak Black and Gorillaz . Baauer's music has been used in
84-708: A Primetime Emmy Award (for his work as an executive producer on the Hulu series The Bear ) and a Grammy Award (for his work on " This Is America "). Murai was born to Japanese popular music composer Kunihiko Murai. He moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old. He graduated with a degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts . After graduation, Murai turned to freelance work as the director of photography for numerous music videos, as well as VFX and storyboarding , most notably for Ace Norton . After some time Murai began to direct low budget films. In 2013, he directed
126-472: A dance craze. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music which used lavish orchestral arrangements. Genres : Disco , funk , R&B , hip hop In 1970, the television show Soul Train premiered featuring famous soul artists who would play or lipsync their hits while the audience danced along. In the early '70s, Kool and the Gang, Ohio Players , and B.T. Express were popular funk bands. By
168-578: A director and producer. For his work on the series, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He would also serve as a director on four episodes on the HBO comedy-drama series Barry (2018–2023), and as a director and executive producer on the HBO limited series Station Eleven (2021–2022), the latter of which also garnered him a further Primetime Emmy Award nomination. His music video and television work has received widespread acclaim, and garnered him
210-662: A number of blockbuster films including Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Red Sparrow and Logan . In 2016, he released his debut album, Aa . His second album Planet's Mad was released on June 19, 2020. Planet's Mad received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album in the 2021 Grammy Awards . Baauer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Germany, London, and Connecticut. He graduated from Staples High School before attending college in New York. He
252-521: A video dancing to the song with his friends, which consequently grew into a YouTube viral video sensation as thousands of fans, artists, personalities and brands filmed their own versions to the track. Key videos were recorded by Good Morning America and The Simpsons . After a change to the Billboard chart rules in 2013, "Harlem Shake" became the first US number 1 produced exclusively by streaming. YouTube produced an Easter egg customisation for
294-412: Is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing . It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient history (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians),
336-523: Is mixed into the intro of the next. Hiro Murai Hiro Murai (born 1983) is a Japanese-born American filmmaker based in Los Angeles . He is best-known for music videos for Childish Gambino , Earl Sweatshirt , Chet Faker and others. He rose to prominence with his work on the FX series Atlanta (2016–2022), created by and starring frequent collaborator Donald Glover, on which he served as
378-485: Is music accompanying traditional dance and may be contrasted with historical/classical, and popular/commercial dance music. An example of folk dance music in the United States is the old-time music played at square dances and contra dances . While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians),
420-504: Is of Portuguese and Jewish descent. His first official single "Harlem Shake", was released on Mad Decent subsidiary Jeffrees as a free giveaway offered via SoundCloud on May 22, 2012. It was first played by Rustie in his BBC Radio 1 essential mix before being given Pitchfork ' s Best New Track distinction. The rapper El-P recorded a freestyle over the track for Pitchfork TV. In the months following, online comedian and musician George Miller , known by his stage name Joji, recorded
462-1240: The Beatmasters ' " Rok da House " but the term "dance music" is applied to many forms of electronic music , both commercial and non-commercial. Some of the most popular upbeat genres include house , techno , gqom , drum & bass , jungle , hardcore , electronica , industrial , breakbeat , trance , psychedelic trance , UK garage and electro . There are also much slower styles, such as downtempo , chillout and nu jazz . Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Subgenres of house include acid house , kwaito , electro house , hard house , funky house , deep house , afro house , tribal house , hip house , tech house and US garage . Subgenres of drum & bass include techstep , hardstep , jump-up , intelligent D&B/atmospheric D&B , liquid funk , sambass , drumfunk , neurofunk and ragga jungle . Subgenres of other styles include progressive breaks , booty bass , Goa trance , hard trance , hardstyle , minimal techno , gabber techno , breakcore , broken beat , trip hop , folktronica and glitch . Speed garage , breakstep , 2-step , bassline , grime , UK funky , future garage and
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#1732801689715504-618: The Faeroe Islands . "Dansband" ("Dance band") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music , "dansbandsmusik" ("Dance band music"), to partner dance to. These terms came into use around 1970, and before that, many of the bands were classified as " pop groups ". This type of music is mostly popular in the Nordic countries . Disco is a genre of dance music containing elements of funk , soul , pop , and salsa . It
546-557: The LuckyMe record label and released his debut EP Dum Dum , and in 2014 the follow-up EP ß . Baauer released his debut album, Aa (pronounced "double a") via LuckyMe on March 18, 2016. It has guest features by Future , G-Dragon , Leikeli47 , M.I.A. , Novelist , Pusha T , Rustie , Tirzah and TT the Artist . The album was announced by Stephen Colbert on The Late Show on January 27, 2016; Baauer's performance subverted
588-427: The cha-cha-cha . Often it is difficult to know whether the name of the music came first or the name of the dance. Ballads are commonly chosen for slow-dance routines. However ballads have been commonly deemed the opposite of dance music in terms of their tempo. Originally, the ballad was a type of dance as well (hence the name "ballad", from the same root as " ballroom " and " ballet "). Ballads are still danced on
630-439: The reggae -inspired dubstep are all subgenres of UK garage . During the early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls . Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. Nightclubs were frequented by large numbers of people at which a form of jazz , which was characterized by fancy orchestras with strings instruments and complex arrangements, became
672-458: The romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle , mazurka , ecossaise , ballade and polonaise . Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music. During the early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls . Dance music became enormously popular during
714-634: The "greatest music videos of the 21st century." In 2019, Murai won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video for directing the video. In June 2018, it was announced that he would direct a science fiction feature film, Man Alive , written by David Robert Mitchell . In November 2018, the trailer for his debut feature film Guava Island , starring Donald Glover and Rihanna , premiered at the Pharos Festival in New Zealand. Guava Island
756-599: The 1920s. In the 1930s, known as the Swing era, Swing music was the popular dance music in America. In the 1950s, rock and roll became the popular dance music. The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music. Dominican and Cuban New Yorkers created the popular salsa dance in the late 1960s which stemmed from the Latin music genre of salsa . The rise of disco in the early 1970s led to dance music becoming popular with
798-2029: The 1950s because of rock music. In contrast to the 1920s, however, the use of live orchestras in night clubs was extremely rare due to its expense. The disco craze reached its peak in the late 1970s when the word "disco" became synonymous with "dance music" and nightclubs were referred to as "discos". Genres : Funk , hip hop , New jack swing , R&B , bounce , Miami bass , boogie , disco , jaiva , contemporary R&B , new wave , dark wave , Italo disco , Euro disco , post-disco , synth-pop , dance-pop , dance-rock , house , kwaito , acid house , hip house , techno , freestyle , electro , hi-NRG , EBM , cosmic disco , Balearic beat , new beat Genres : New jack swing , contemporary R&B , dancehall , hip hop , G-funk , Miami bass , house , Italo dance , Italo house , Eurodance , Europop , hip house , electro , electroclash , progressive house , French house , techno , minimal techno , trance , alternative dance , drum and bass , jungle , big beat , breakbeat , breakbeat hardcore , rave , hardcore , happy hardcore , speed garage , UK garage , soca , reggaeton , trance , psytrance , Goa trance , Afro house Genres : Electropop , dance-pop , snap , crunk , dancehall , reggaeton , dance-punk , nu-disco , electro house , minimal techno , dubstep , grime , bassline , UK funky , contemporary R&B , hip hop , drum and bass , progressive house , hardstyle , funky house Genres : Electropop , synthpop , gqom , glitchpop , hip house , nu-disco , new wave , new rave , trance , house , hi-NRG , hard NRG , dance-pop , electro-industrial , deep house , drum and bass , dubstep , techstep , liquid funk , electro house , progressive house , breakbeat , hardstyle , dubstyle , drumstep , hip hop , ghetto house , Jersey club , trap , drill , moombahton , moombahcore , dancehall , tropical house , UK garage , Europop , hyperpop The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart tracks
840-510: The Atlanta hip hop duo Earth Gang. The tracks were co-produced by Kenny Beats. Baauer's music was also featured in numerous campaigns and video games this year, including FIFA 20 and with an original song for Grand Theft Auto Online alongside Danny Brown and Channel Tres. Baauer's track "GoGo!" was used in a 2018 trailer for the League of Legends European Championship . His track "3AM"
882-466: The K-pop act Big Bang . He also featured as a model in the "Wangang" campaign. Also in 2016, Baauer's track "Horns" soundtracked Budweiser's Super Bowl campaign. In 2018, he released four standalone singles, "3AM" featuring AJ Tracey & Jae Stephens on July 12. Followed by "Hate Me", featuring virtual influencer Lil Miquela on August 17. Baauer appeared on Spotify's Times Square Billboard in promotion of
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#1732801689715924-804: The Summer Of Love in Ibiza , which became the European capital of house and trance. In 2018, the release of Fisher's "Losing It ," a significant tech-house crossover by the Australian EDM producer, marked a notable shift in trends within the dance music landscape. Many music genres that made use of electronic instruments developed into contemporary styles mainly due to the MIDI protocol, which enabled computers, synthesizers, sound cards , samplers, and drum machines to interact with each other and achieve
966-425: The classical era, as the minuet evolved into the scherzo (literally, "joke"; a faster-paced minuet). Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle , mazurka and polonaise . Also in the romantic music era, the growth and development of ballet extended the composition of dance music to a new height. Frequently, dance music
1008-484: The earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are old-fashioned dances. In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance ). In the classical music era , the minuet was frequently used as a third movement , although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era. Both remained part of
1050-464: The earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances such as carols and the Estampie . The earliest of these surviving dances are almost as old as Western staff-based music notation . The Renaissance dance music was written for instruments such as the lute , viol , tabor , pipe , and the sackbut . In the Baroque period,
1092-440: The format of conventional late night TV performances as he sat on the guest sofa and pressed spacebar on his laptop to queue the live performance of rapper Leikeli47. LuckyMe partnered with Apple Music to create and distribute music videos for Aa by Hiro Murai . In addition to his debut album in 2016 Baauer also scored a catwalk show for Alexander Wang and played parties for the fashion designer in New York alongside G-Dragon of
1134-650: The full synchronization of sounds. Electronic dance music is typically composed using synthesizers and computers , and rarely has any physical instruments . Instead, this is replaced by analogue and digital electronic sounds, with a 4/4 beat. Many producers of this kind of music however, such as Darren Tate and MJ Cole , were trained in classical music before they moved into the electronic medium. Associated with dance music are usually commercial tracks that may not easily be categorized, such as " The Power " by Snap! , " No Limit " by 2 Unlimited , " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) " by C+C Music Factory , and
1176-613: The late 1970s, disco became influenced by electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers. sampling and segueing as found in disco continued to be used as creative techniques within trance music , techno music and especially house music . Electronic dance music experienced a boom in the late 1980s. In the UK, this manifested itself in the dance element of Tony Wilson 's Haçienda scene (in Manchester) and London clubs like Delirium, The Trip, and Shoom. The scene rapidly expanded to
1218-546: The major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance ). Examples of dances include the French courante , sarabande , minuet and gigue . Collections of dances were often collected together as dance suites . In the classical music era , the minuet was frequently used as a third movement in four-movement non-vocal works such as sonatas , string quartets , and symphonies , although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in
1260-535: The mid-1970s, disco had become one of the main genres featured. In 1974, Billboard added a Disco Action chart of top hits to its other charts (see List of Billboard number one dance club songs ). Donna Summer , the Bee Gees, the Village People and Gloria Gaynor gained pop hits. Disco was characterized by the use of real orchestral instruments, such as strings, which had largely been abandoned during
1302-414: The most popular tracks played by radio stations using a "dance music" format . Modern dance music is typically a core component of the rhythmic adult contemporary and rhythmic contemporary formats, and an occasional component of the contemporary hit radio format in the case of dance songs which chart. Mixshows are radio programmes which feature a sequence of dance music tracks where each track's outro
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1344-598: The public. By the late 1970s, electronic dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in nightclubs , radio stations , shows and raves . Many subgenres of electronic dance music have evolved. Dancing to rhythmic music has long been a cherished tradition in both Western and Eastern African civilizations, where dynamic movements synchronized with percussion instruments such as drums, bells, and rattles serve as integral expressions of cultural identity, social cohesion, and spiritual significance. Folk dance music
1386-610: The short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons , a companion piece for Childish Gambino's second studio album, Because the Internet , and its attached screenplay. In the same year, he created a multi-panel video set for Frank Ocean's performance at the Grammys. Since 2016, Murai has directed several episodes of the comedy-drama Atlanta , collaborating again with Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino). For his work on
1428-500: The show, he has received three nominations for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series . In 2016 he directed a Nike campaign starring Chance The Rapper . He directed the music video for Childish Gambino's " This Is America ", released on May 5, 2018, which was described as "the most talked-about music video of recent memory", and which Billboard critics ranked 10th among
1470-482: The song, where their user interface would appear to shake at the start of the first verse. "Harlem Shake" is certified double platinum in the United States. At the time of releasing his debut album Aa in 2016, Baauer, Adele and Drake held the record for top streams achieved in a week. "Harlem Shake" won Dance Song of the Year and EDM Song of the Year at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards . In August 2012 Baauer signed to
1512-732: The standard music at clubs. A particularly popular dance was the fox-trot . At the time this music was simply called jazz, although today people refer to it as "white jazz" or big band . Marabi evolved in South Africa in the 1920s, rooted in South African folk music, ragtime , jazz and blues . People were able to dance endlessly without having to have been familiar with the songs being played, before. Genres : Swing music , mbube , Congolese rumba , Western swing . Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller gained swing jazz hits. Genres : Rock and roll , kwela In 1952,
1554-406: The television showed that American Bandstand switched to a format where teenagers dance along as records are played. American Bandstand continued to be shown until 1989. Since the late 1950s, disc jockeys (commonly known as DJs) played recorded music at nightclubs. Genres : Rock and roll , R&B , funk , mbaqanga In 1960, Chubby Checker released his song " The Twist " setting off
1596-583: The track. This was followed on October 23 by "Company" featuring Soleima , which premiered with Zane Lowe on Apple Music. The video by Jonathan Zawada premiered with Pitchfork. Baauer then released "Tep Tep" on December 13 as part of the LuckyMe advent calendar series. Also in 2018, Baauer composed the music for the second season of the Marvel / Netflix series Iron Fist . In 2019 he featured on two songs on Rico Nasty's Anger Management mixtape, alongside
1638-414: Was a part of opera . Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music. Dance music works often bear the name of the corresponding dance, e.g. waltzes , the tango , the bolero , the can-can , minuets , salsa , various kinds of jigs and the breakdown . Other dance forms include contradance , the merengue ( Dominican Republic ), and
1680-486: Was later featured as theme music on KSI 's YouTube. In 2020 Baauer announced his second album Planet's Mad for release on June 5, 2020, via LuckyMe. It was later delayed to June 19, 2020. He announced the title track as the first single with an animated video directed by Actual Objects Studio, receiving a Vimeo Staff Pick. "Planet's Mad" was also used in a Vauxhall car commercial. 2012 2013 2014 2017 2019 2021 Dance music Dance music
1722-471: Was most popular during the mid to late 1970s, though it has had brief resurgences afterwards. The first notable fully synthesized disco hit was " I Feel Love " by Donna Summer . Looping ,It inspired the electronic dance music genre. By 1981, a new form of dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs , radio stations , shows and raves . During its gradual decline in
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1764-402: Was released on April 13, 2019, by Amazon Studios through Amazon Prime Video . On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 74% based on reviews from 43 critics, with an average rating of 6.60/10. On Metacritic , it has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. In 2021, Murai directed the first and third episodes of
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