Alternative dance is a term used for the genre of music combining elements of dance-pop (or other forms of electronic house or techno) and alternative rock genres such as indie rock. Alternative dance music is typically predominantly electronic, with programmed beats from drum machines or sampled drum loops and sequenced synthesizer melodies, and thus musically very similar to commercial dance-pop. The indie element is most prevalent in the songwriting; unlike much dance music, alternative dance typically contains lyrics, and, as in indie rock.
Alternative dance gained in popularity after the Second Summer of Love, when the sounds of Acid House music had filtered through to and in ...
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Relive the Second Summer Of Love with this ode to the Acid House glory days of old. All the essentials are here..... deep bass, piano, bongos & congas, a catchy synth lead, disco guitars, and plenty of rhythmic elements to keep you dancing. Dust off your glowsticks and smiley face t-shirts.... Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
This cool, dark groove sets the perfect tone for nightlife, driving, or suspicious activity. Begins with drums, bass, and guitar harmonics, then gradually builds with synth pads, percussion, and vibraphone. Great for film or TV underscore, video games, high-tech, espionage, security, commercials. Instrumental, Action, Moderate Rock
Energetic electro-rock with an anti-establishment vibe. Ideal for brands trying to generate a cool image with a youthful audience who dare to be different. This piece Would work particularly well with technology brands, from car manufacturers to makers of electronics and gadgets. Club, Dance, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A fast-paced, hook-filled electro song with elements of 80s synth-pop, early 2000's electroclash, and early 90s alternative rock. Like Thomas Dolby, The Streets, and The Pixies jamming together. Lots of quirky synths and distorted guitars. Perfect for action, crime, extreme sports, high-energy. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
This happy, upbeat song combines the sounds of big beat, mod, pop, and soul. Groovy drums, a funky bassline, jangly guitars, and a sunshine pop vibe. Perfect for all lively, playful, positive scenes. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Ultra Contemporary, Funky Pop R&B Track. In the style of Pussycat dolls, Driving breakbeat, autotune female vocals, live strings. Has a hint of the middle east to it. Great for girlie commercials, teen TV Drama & Promos. Anthony James, Yiorgos Bellapaisiotis, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
An upbeat dance-rock track with a sunny vibe. A solid beat, thumping bassline, jangly guitars, and retro synths. Perfect for high-energy scenes and happy-go-lucky commercials. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A moody, mid-paced electro-rock song that is equal parts retro 80s synthpop, mid-80s post-punk, and modern dance-rock. The song is packed with quirky synths and guitar hooks. Simple drums and catchy bassline. Sounds like New Order jamming with The Pixies. Perfect for action, sports, high-energy. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Fighting robots, choirs, twisted synths, slide guitars, breakbeats, vocoded drums, glockenspiels and a big vocal chorus (optional). Fantastic for car adverts, technology ads, video games and Sci-Fi action. Packed with noises and sound effects. Slightly mad, epic and utterly chaotic in places. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Uptempo guitar-based dance track with a melancholic melody theme. Played on a baritone Telecaster guitar backed by squeeze-box harmonium, orchestral strings, electronic drum beats and techno bass. The bittersweet darkness of Europe dancing at the edge of sanity. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
An original dance pop with a guitars great beat and a strong melody. Happy, energetic, mid-tempo. Energising and uplifting, ideal for commercials, corporate videos and TV themes, voice-overs, chat shows, parties, celebration, other cool and trendy events and similar. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A cross breed song mixing dance and rock elements. Upbeat, great for working out at the gym while doing cardio or anaerobic exercise. Driving drum beat with fist pumping bass and intense electric guitars keeping the listener engaged and motivated. Piano lead complements guitars backings. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Unique sounding driving electronica piece with elements of 80s synth programming combined with guitar and live drums. Would be perfect for a variety of uses. The track starts slowly with the drums kicking in at first before a big atmospheric synth kicks in with the melody. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A funky beat and funky playin’ make this the perfect retro music track. Gated reverb snare drum, cheesy synth, funky clav and slappin’ bass lines all under a great synth horn melody. Reminiscent of those cool Stevie Wonder or Sly and the Family Stone instrumentals. Try not to bob your head too much, Instrumental, Action, Theme RnB Retro Kitsch
An enthusiastic, dynamic, young and trendy indie pop track, well suited for TV advertisements and corporate settings. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Indie electro track, led by a strange electric piano hybrid sound. Also features pumping drums & bass, with plucked synths, swirling FX and scratching. Middle 8 features a drum and bass breakdown. Can be used to add energy to a scene, particularly those involving science, adventure and technology. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
An enthusiastic, dynamic, young and trendy indie pop track, well suited for TV advertisements and corporate settings. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A hard house / garage track that blends elements of industrial electronica, with modern house elements. Great for such a wide variety of applications including industrial, corporate, workforce, motivation, as well as Sci Fi, robots, and anything mechanical or electronic! Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Happy and inspiring instrumental tropical house song similar to Kygo, Cut Your Teeth. Very catchy synth melodies and laidback drumbeats! Great for motivational videos, Aerobics, parties, celebration, fashion shows or other cool and trendy events. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Many Hues describes song as there are many surprising and crazy contrasts held together by a exciting double bass riff. Moods change between hard rock, jazz and orchestral. Long crescendos of electric guitar wah-wah pedals add excitement as the piece builds to the end. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
An indie dance pop tune produced in the style of FOSTER THE PEOPLE. Relentless percussion and a hard dance beat drives funky guitars and saturated keyboards into a rock chorus with a pulsing bass line and a catchy Synth melody. Reminiscent of GROUP LOVE, YOUNG THE GIANT, BLOC PARTY, MGMT, FUN. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
"Boy I loved that hat" proclaims the rather calm gentleman as he he recounts the end of the world. This is a truly gripping, gritty, dirty dance track, packed with synths, vocoders and sound effects. Great club track with elements of pop, punk and electro funk, particularly in the latter third. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Need a little dose of nasty? An edgy, hoppin' little party groove that exudes a sultry, sexy, rebel vibe. Raunchy crunch guitars and synths highlight this piece that is great for party scenes, ads, promos, and anything that needs a little boost of hot and shot of attitude. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Energetic, atmospeheric piece of music, combining female soprano, synthesizers, violin and electronic beat. The fast epic progression with a laid back touch, makes it great for urban transport scenes - Rain, dust and neon. Produced to fit well with movie and animation. Excellent for trailers. Female Vocals, Dramatic, Electronic Music
Instantly memorable dance pop piece with a great groove and a strong bluesy guitar on top.... you'll remember it and your audience will too. Hypnotic track lends itself to branding, product launch, commercials, fashion, flash and more.. Youthful seductive.. right where you want to be! Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A great dance track, perfect for action scenes expecially in sci-fi movies or commercials and spots. A robotic voice talks about life and time. 138 BPM, Spoken Word, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A high-energy, hypnotic experimental rock track with counterpoint guitar melodies set to an odd time signature of 6/4. Elated, triumphant and cerebral. Sounds like The Joy Formidable, Vampire Weekend, Sonic Youth. Great background music for TV, commercials, film, teen angst, urban grit, determined, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Uplifting & Haunting British Indie Rock. Big soaring electic guitar and strings intro reminisnent of The Killers, My Bloody Valentine, Death Cab for Cutie, The Editors, MGMT. UK Indie with Rock/Emo/Goth undertones, atmospheric sounds, picked electric guitars, big beat, driving bass and strings. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Edgy and determined, featuring gritty synth textures, pulsing electronic elements and a heavy synth drum beat that creates an empowering mood, depicting a scene of innovation and technology. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A very original dance pop piece with a great beat and a strong melody on top. Classy and just right for MTV commercials radio spots dance compilations fashion flash and everything youthful. Sassy fun club lounge, Top Model, Millionaire Matchmaker, limo cruising. Hot sweet and sexy... Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
An alternative dance/synth pop track that features minimal female vocals, layers of synth and BPM 138... can work for promotional video and/or commercial spots, Female Vocals, Pop, Synthpop
Very hopeful & spherical rock song with angel-like female vocals. Sounds like dreaming, flying, travelling. Listen to this athmospheric song! You won´t regret it. Perfect for travel videos, intros, aircraft videos, sport videos etc. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A mid-tempo, confident, moderately busy, sizzling electronic background groove. Great for use as underscore with data presentation, company information, world wide corporate info, sports footage, high-tech, business, news ticker, or new ideas and concepts. Indie Rock, Alt Dance
This modern indie track features crunchy rhythm guitars, melodic picked bass, verby lead guitar and a driving club beat. Could be used for a dance scene, as a backdrop for teen action or in an indie movie. The chorus has a romantic edge to it so it could find its way into a scene with young lovers. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
A cool, upbeat, and flowing electronic track featuring modern synthesizers, keyboard pads, fx, and drums. Determined and focused, this track works well with many styles; science, crime and investigation, sports, and underscore action. Also great for corporate and technology based themes. Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Pop Electronic
Recovery comes from the NuMetal era of the CMDess production spectrum. Heavily inspired by top metal instrumentation of the 90ies. Vocals by CMDess. Fits with dark scenes, dark themes, angry conspiracies and such. No Recovery. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt MetalCaution: Explicit Lyrics
An enthusiastic, dynamic, young and trendy indie pop track, well suited for TV advertisements and corporate settings. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
This optimistic indie track begins with delicate clean guitar arpeggios. A sparse piano/glockenspiel melody plays while soft kick drum, handclaps, and acoustic guitar provide a subtle driving groove. Great for commercials, corporate uses, and emotional underscore. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Trip of Savanna, message, TRADITIONAL mix, electric Tribal Dance Music, Unite, Link of space, message of Peace, Drum Beats, Percussion Beats, keyboad, for Soundtrack, for Theater music, for movie, for dancer, make Energy, feel the power, nature, ] Earth percussion Ensemble, Dangerous Music,, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
Fast paced disco jam! Melodic synth melody, moving bass line, and rhythmic, funky guitar. Various dynamic punctuations throughout. Perfect for a commercial, web series, corporate presentation, or underscore for a lively scene in a television show. Instrumental, Dance, Nu-Disco
An expressive, energetic, dynamic and spirited track. A good mix of dance rhythms and expressive guitar riff. The track will perfectly complete your night-city picture and so forth. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Dance
