Moods: Cold

Precision-mounted industrial tracks from the style's late-1980s/early-'90s peak era.

This hybrid genre formed in the '80s when artists from the hip hop and electronic dance music worlds (both burgeoning scenes at the time) began adopting each others' styles and use of primitive synthesizers.

Modern female songwriters inspired by the off-kilter vocal and sonic sensibilities of music maverick Kate Bush.

Robots unite! This eclectic selection features songs about automatons, along with tracks that could have been constructed by them.

This is the funky, abrasive, and distinctive sound of downtown NYC's various post-punk scenes of the late '70s and early '80s.

This brooding set of synth-pop features acts ranging from Tubeway Army to LCD Soundsystem.

Enjoy the low, thudding bass of chill dubstep, the perfect soundtrack for relaxing nights.

All of the DJ-friendly 12" releases from DFA Records, the taste-making NYC record primarily responsible for reminding all the "rock kids" that dancing can be, you know, kinda fun.

1978-84: new wave, post-punk, synth pop, proto-goth, new romantic, mod revival, ska revival, no disco, no disco, no disco, dance dance dance dance.

You may have dumped me, but I still have my Moog. Classic '80s synthpop and new wave about the down side to love.

Krautrock is the British label given to the crop of German bands to emerge in the late '60 - the first generation born into post-war Germany. What united these artist wasn't a singular style, but a shared frustration and willingness to experiment.

Trip-Hop began in the mid-1990s when England's hip hop and house scenes converged to create a unique hybrid of downtempo electronic music.

Post-rock tracks ranging from the abstract (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) to the melodic (Stereolab) and everything in between.

Early electronic music from the 1960s to early 1980s, created primarily with modular synthesizers.

The greatest 12-inch and club mixes from the 1980s' best new wave, synth-pop, dance and rock artists. Explore the '80s one foot at a time!

Explore the techno scene based in Germany's capital, a hotbed of electronic experimentation since the 1970s.

Cold, skittish electronica from witch house to post-dubstep with beautifully brooding synthpop sprinkled into the mix.

Pop, dance and electronica from Scandinavia. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland represent!

Electro-industrial and electronic body music celebrates the darker side of the dance floor. Come on, feel the industrial noise.

Embracing all things melancholy, these post-punk acts unabashedly reveled in the morbid and the miserable. Return to the time before goth became just another uniform choice for aspiring teenage rebels.

The rise of digital audio in the '90s brought about a multitude of creative uses (and abuses) of the technology. Explore the original purveyors of the glitch aesthetic as well as some modern-day artists incorporating digital errors into their music.

Industrial metal is a harsh, metal-machine music combining the anger and fury of metal with industrial music's blistering speed and pounding beats. Bang your head, factory-style.

Get acquainted with a multitude of bass-heavy Brits. Explore over two decades' worth of UK dance music subgenres, from classic drum'n'bass to the recent emergence of dubstep.

Have a listen to the sonic diversity of dance music's most popular new subgenre -- from the early pioneers on Hyperdub Records to some of today's higher energy offerings -- with no annoying vocals to distract you from your studies.

With three albums and a handfull of dance singles, LCD Soundsystem, James Murphy's pet project turned stellar live band, deflected the trajectory of popular indie music in the '00s towards a visceral blend of classic NYC dance and rock music.

Keep up with the latest, hottest tracks rocking the world's hippest dance floors. Keep the night alive.