Dance to rock/indie crossover

[Chris71]

A mate was telling me the other night about a band that's fused Satriani-style rock guitar with trance music. Usefully, he couldn't remember the name of it, but it did get me thinking what could be done if you combined the more cerebal melodies of rock or indie with the beat of dance music. Can anyone recommend any good crossover bands/tracks?

[Dick Dastardly]

Crystal Castles are like this but without any Satriani style solos.

[RemainAllHoof]

That sounds interesting - if he ever remembers the name...

How about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijkb300GpNw

Edited by RemainAllHoof on Thursday 3rd March 12:22

[RemainAllHoof]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSSP1wkYEFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbPGMiKWg60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcCgGJm4Yao

[Chris71]

RemainAllHoof said:

That sounds interesting - if he ever remembers the name...

How about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijkb300GpNw

I nearly had a 'Tyres' moment in the office listening to that...

That Armin van Buuren stuff is still a little too far on the trance side for my taste, but sounds a lot like the description, so we might have a winner! The tone is a little bit Satch even if the style isn't quite the same.

Edited by Chris71 on Thursday 3rd March 14:22

[Vimto156]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQNt90j0FA

Completly self produced, self released and utterly fantastic...

[Nevin]

Vimto156 said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQNt90j0FA

Completly self produced, self released and utterly fantastic...

Hmm, not unlike Enter Shikari

[Chris71]

Enter Shikari is rather more on the metal/emo side though, no?

[Nevin]

Chris71 said:

Enter Shikari is rather more on the metal/emo side though, no?

If asked to describe it I would call it dance metal. Nice keyboard work, awesome rocking, bit too much shouting. Good tunes though.

[Chris71]

Nevin said:

Chris71 said:

Enter Shikari is rather more on the metal/emo side though, no?

If asked to describe it I would call it dance metal. Nice keyboard work, awesome rocking, bit too much shouting. Good tunes though.

Yeah, the phrase screamo did spring to mind in places. Some great riffage though.

[Vimto156]

blood stained child... Japanese bad that are rather good cross over trance-metal band...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oi-8xl7uZs&fea...

[Nevin]

Vimto156 said:

blood stained child... Japanese bad that are rather good cross over trance-metal band...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oi-8xl7uZs&fea...

Fricking Sweet. Definitely more Enter Shikari than Satriani though

[Chris71]

Here's some rather ambient stuff from Outrun The Sunlight: http://soundcloud.com/outrunthesunlight/quark-ii-t...

On the alternative metal side, it's also worth checking Chimp Spanner.