Common/descriptor/v1.1/Style

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Style

Contains information about a style.

Elements

NameTypeDescription
description string Description of the style.
genre genre Genre the style belongs to.
id string Database ID of the style.
name string The style.
subgenre subgenre Subgenre the style belongs to.
type string Category of the style.

XML Response Example

The following example has been edited to reduce the length.
<style>
  <id>MA0000004479</id>
  <name>2-Step/British Garage</name>
  <type>Music Style</type>
  <description>Revving up the sweet sound of garage techno by adding ragga and diva vocals, constant rewinds, and DJ scratching along with spastic drum'n'bass rhythms, British Garage hit the London clubscene in 1996, gaining momentum from its Sunday-night status as a good end-of-week comedown to supplant jungle/drum'n'bass as the hotly tipped dance style of the late '90s. Known at various points in its evolution as speed garage, underground garage, and 2-step, the style was influenced by American producers like [roviLink="MN"]Todd Edwards[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Armand Van Helden[/roviLink], and [roviLink="MN"]Romanthony[/roviLink]. The sound grew as producers like the [roviLink="MN"]Tuff Jam[/roviLink] crew, [roviLink="MN"]Dream Team[/roviLink], and [roviLink="MN"]RIP[/roviLink] all recorded sizable club hits, some of which crossed over to the pop charts as well. By 1998, the style early known as speed garage had morphed into somewhat of a new phenomenon; dubbed 2-step, the style encompassed the sweeter pop leanings of R and B as well as increasingly fractured breakbeats. Among a raft of excellent producers (newcomers [roviLink="MN"]MJ Cole[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Zed Bias[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Wookie[/roviLink], and [roviLink="MN"]Sunship[/roviLink] as well as more established figures like [roviLink="MN"]Tuff Jam[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Dream Team[/roviLink], and [roviLink="MN"]Artful Dodger[/roviLink]) and labels ([roviLink="MN"]Locked On[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Nice 'N' Ripe[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Quench[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Grand Theft Audio[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Naughty[/roviLink]), the style proved surprisingly resistant to changing winds among the dance cognoscenti. Even while crossover hits like "Destiny" by [roviLink="MN"]Dem 2[/roviLink] and "Movin' Too Fast" by [roviLink="MN"]Artful Dodger[/roviLink] raced up the charts and crossover compilations landed by the crateful, the dozens of pirate radio stations kept the style tight and edgy.</description>
  <genre>
    <id>MA0000002572</id>
    <name>Electronic</name>
  </genre>
  <subgenre>
    <id>MA0000012308</id>
    <name>Garage</name>
  </subgenre>
</style>

JSON Response Example

The following example has been edited to reduce the length and formatted with extra spaces and carriage returns to make it easy to read.
{
  "id": "MA0000004479",
  "name": "2-Step/British Garage",
  "type": "Music Style",
  "description": "Revving up the sweet sound of garage techno by adding ragga and diva vocals, constant rewinds, and DJ scratching along with spastic drum'n'bass rhythms, British Garage hit the London clubscene in 1996, gaining momentum from its Sunday-night status as a good end-of-the-week comedown to supplant jungle/drum'n'bass as the hotly tipped dance style of the late '90s. Known at various points in its evolution as speed garage, underground garage, and 2-step, the style was influenced by American producers like [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Todd Edwards[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Armand Van Helden[/muzeLink], and [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Romanthony[/muzeLink]. The sound grew as producers like the [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Tuff Jam[/muzeLink] crew, [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Dream Team[/muzeLink], and [muzeLink=\"MN\"]RIP[/muzeLink] all recorded sizable club hits, some of which crossed over to the pop charts as well. By 1998, the style early known as speed garage had morphed into somewhat of a new phenomenon; dubbed 2-step, the style encompassed the sweeter pop leanings of R&B as well as increasingly fractured breakbeats. Among a raft of excellent producers (newcomers [muzeLink=\"MN\"]MJ Cole[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Zed Bias[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Wookie[/muzeLink], and [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Sunship[/muzeLink] as well as more established figures like [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Tuff Jam[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Dream Team[/muzeLink], and [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Artful Dodger[/muzeLink]) and labels ([muzeLink=\"MN\"]Locked On[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Nice 'N' Ripe[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Quench[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Grand Theft Audio[/muzeLink], [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Naughty[/muzeLink]), the style proved surprisingly resistant to changing winds among the dance cognoscenti. Even while crossover hits like \"Destiny\" by [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Dem 2[/muzeLink] and \"Movin' Too Fast\" by [muzeLink=\"MN\"]Artful Dodger[/muzeLink] raced up the charts and crossover compilations landed by the crateful, the dozens of pirate radio stations kept the style tight and edgy.",
  "genre": {
    "id": "MA0000002572",
    "name": "Electronic"
  },
  "subgenre": {
    "id": "MA0000012308",
    "name": "Garage"
  }
}
 
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