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indie dance

Last updated: Thu Oct 23 2025 02:48:57 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Indie dance blends the DIY ethos and melodic sensibilities of indie rock with electronic beats and dance-oriented production, creating an accessible middle ground between underground and mainstream. The sound combines organic instruments with synthesizers and drum machines, emphasizing groove and catchiness while maintaining an alternative edge. It emerged in the 2000s as artists sought to make danceable music that retained artistic credibility and emotional depth.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
50		1990	Chapterhouse	Falling Down	alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock britain british dream pop england english europe european indie dance indie pop indie rock shoegaze	britain # 35
23		1990	Samuel Evans	Summer Holidays	chillout downtempo acid jazz nu jazz alternative jazz electronic electronica german instrumental breakbeat
71		1990	Kylie Minogue	Into the Blue (Remixes)	house indie dance pop rock progressive house
19		1991	Stan	My Delight	acid house alternative dance electronic house indie dance
61		1991	The Impossibles	The Drum	indie dance
77		1991-01-18	Jesus Jones	Doubt	rock
79		1993-09-06	Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine	Post Historic Monsters	indie dance indie rock industrial rock
65		1996	Bizarre	café de flor	alternative dance alternative pop ambient pop art pop dream pop electronic electronic pop house indie dance indie pop indietronica musique concrete new age shoegaze	electronic pop # 51 musique concrete # 55
31		1997	Mimicry	Discipline EP	alternative alternative dance art pop electronic electronica estonia estonian europe european indie dance synth rock synthpop	synth rock # 6 estonian # 34 estonia # 45
54		1998	Metro Luminal	Sinus	acid rock alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock art rock avant-rock dance electronic electronica estonia estonian europe european experimental indie experimental rock indie dance indie electronic indie rock indietronica instrumental instrumental rock post-rock psychedelic rock synth rock	avant-rock # 32 synth rock # 32 experimental indie # 55 estonian # 60 estonia # 76
34		2001-05-28	Tiefschwarz	Corporate Butcher	dance darkwave deep house deep techno disco house downtempo edm electro house electronic electronica electropop funk funky house house idm indie dance indietronica nu-bluz nu-disco progressive house soulful house tech house techno trip-hop vocal house	funky house # 5 disco house # 21 soulful house # 36 nu-bluz # 42
59		2001-09	Saint Etienne	Smash the System: Singles and More	alternative dance alternative pop art pop electronic indie dance indie pop
82		2002	Frivolous	C: My Consciousness	chillout dance deep house disco house downtempo edm electro electro house electronic electronica electropop electropunk folktronica funky house hip-hop house idm indie dance indietronica nu-bluz nu-disco progressive house singer-songwriter techno trip-hop	nu-disco # 60 electropunk # 63 funky house # 85 disco house # 86 nu-bluz # 90
26		2003	Clinker	Clinker	alternative rock british experimental indie experimental pop indie dance indie rock london	experimental indie # 6
87		2004-09-15	Steve Angello	Children Of The Wild (feat. Mako)	electronic indie dance
67		2005-08-15	Super Furry Animals	Lazer Beam	alternative dance alternative rock art rock electronic funk indie dance indie rock
44		2006-01-24	Saint Etienne	Tales From Turnpike House - Bonus Tracks	alternative england indie dance indie pop
28		2007-01-10	The KBC	On The Beat	british electronic
38		2007-10-13	Todosantos	Acid Girlzzz Demo	alternative alternative dance alternative pop electronic electronic pop experimental indie hip-hop indie dance indietronica latin america venezuela	latin america # 22 venezuela # 22 experimental indie # 29
8		2008	Fans Of Jimmy Century	Lips On Mine	indie dance
42		2008	Blonde Acid Cult	Shake It Loose/Dammo single	indie dance
73		2008	Fans Of Jimmy Century	Twist of the Banshees	indie dance
49		2009	Lips Desire	Electronic Damage	ambient dance dub electronic electronica eurodance european pop europop female vocalists finnish hard dance hard house hard trance hardcore hardstyle house indie dance italian pop italy latin melodic trance pop progressive trance psytrance rap techno trance trip-hop vocal trance	melodic trance # 18 hard dance # 44 hard house # 57
86		2009-10-13	Rubblebucket	Rubblebucket	art pop funk indie dance
60		2009-10-31	Dopedrone	Contact Book	alternative alternative dance ambient ambient rock big beat dark pop darkwave electronic ethereal wave experimental rock indie dance one man band one man project post-rock shoegaze soundscape	one man band # 76 ambient rock # 83 one man project # 83
39		2010	Sekotis	People In Grass Houses	alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock electronic electronic pop england experimental indie experimental rock indie dance krautrock post-rock	experimental indie # 30
90		2010	Moby	Pale Horses	electronic indie dance
9		2010-01-11	Stargraph	Cold	indie pop alternative pop
68		2010-06-30	Benny Benassi	Spaceship	electro house house indie dance progressive house
56		2010-08-23	Jamaica	No Problem	pop rock
17		2010-09-01	The Swipes	Destroy Your World	alternative alternative rock garage garage rock indie rock post-punk power pop punk rock rock	garage rock revival # 8 punk pop # 18
57		2010-10-26	Inverness	Somewhere I Can Hear My Heart Beating	alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock brazil brazilian dream pop dreamwave electronic experimental indie indie dance indie electronic indie pop indie rock indietronica latin america neo-psychedelia noise rock psychedelic rock shoegaze	latin america # 49 experimental indie # 63
53		2010-11-12	Srkp	Satan And His Army EP	alternative alternative dance ambient rock electronic europe experimental indie experimental rock indie dance post-rock remixes russia russian shoegaze	experimental indie # 52 ambient rock # 67
85		2010-11-16	Dvas	Society	electronic electropop indie dance
20		2010-11-28	Milk Drinkers	Leather Nation EP	electronic indie dance
11		2011-02-10	NO ZU	Edition Five: NO ZU 'New Age EP'	alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock art punk art rock australia australian avant-pop avant-rock dance-punk electronic experimental indie experimental pop experimental rock indie dance krautrock neo-psychedelia new wave no wave post-punk psychedelic rock synth rock tribal
46		2011-05-02	Wonder Wheel	Speakeasy	alternative alternative dance america american american underground avant-pop california experimental indie freak folk indie dance lo-fi new weird america shoegaze usa	experimental indie # 34
48		2011-05-24	The Easton Ellises	EP One	alternative alternative dance alternative pop canada duo indie dance montreal new rave quebec synth rock	synth rock # 21 montreal # 30
63		2011-06-15	We're No Heroes	Quiet Colours	indie dance
35		2011-09-11	Stones & Holes	Stones & Holes EP	alternative rock blues alternative dance
21		2011-11-11	The Hatsune Mikus	Go Manchester!!!	alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock asia asian dream pop indie dance indie pop indie rock j-pop japan japanese shoegaze
84		2011-12-28	Mystery Skulls	Ghost	indie dance
98		2012-01-28	Parachute Youth	Can't Get Better Than This	indie dance progressive house	progressive house # 64
32		2012-04-21	We Have Band	We Have Band - Still Life (The Horrors Cover)	alternative rock indie dance progressive pop rock
64		2012-07-03	Save the Clocktower	Through the Glass	alternative pop indie dance indie pop
5		2012-08-01	TH Moy	Heaven	chillout deep house disco downtempo indie dance lounge
75		2013-01-14	Duke Dumont	Need U (100%) [feat. A*M*E] [Remixes] - EP	deep house indie dance
18		2013-05	Maurice Noah	Skinwalker	electronica indie dance synthpop
92		2013-08-13	Lady Gaga	Applause (Remixes)	dubstep electro house house indie dance pop rock progressive house
94		2013-10-22	Bastille	Remixed	dubstep electronica house indie dance pop rock progressive house
97		2014	Tensnake	Love Sublime	acid jazz chill house dance deep house deep techno disco disco house downtempo edm electro electronica electropop funk funky house house idm indie dance nu-bluz nu-disco pop singer-songwriter soulful house techno	acid jazz # 53 nu-disco # 83 chill house # 84 deep house # 90 disco house # 96 funky house # 97 deep techno # 98 soulful house # 98 nu-bluz # 99
4		2014	James Atkin	A Country Mile (Deluxe Version)	electronic indie dance
70		2014-01-13	Liars	Mess
47		2014-11-06	Art Department	fabric 82: Art Department	dance deep house deep techno disco disco house downtempo edm electronic electronica funky house house idm indie dance minimal house minimal techno nu-bluz nu-disco progressive house soulful house tech house techno	deep techno # 4 funky house # 24 minimal house # 27 disco house # 33 soulful house # 43 nu-bluz # 50
69		2014-11-06	Hundred Waters	Down From The Rafters Remixes	breakbeat chill house dance deep house downtempo edm electro electronic electronica electropop funky house idm indie dance indietronica nu-bluz nu-disco soulful house tech house techno	nu-disco # 39 funky house # 73 nu-bluz # 83 soulful house # 86
72		2015-05-04	Kontinuum	Aware	future bass indie dance synthpop synthwave tropical house
95		2015-08-24	WRLD	Chase It EP	electronic future bass indie dance	future bass # 32
40		2015-12-07	Constantinne	To You Nothing	deep house electropop indie dance
12		2016-07-15	Kontinuum	Aware - Single	future bass indie dance synthpop synthwave tropical house
93		2016-09-02	Cabaret Nocturne	Dance Or Die	indie dance nu-disco techno	nu-disco # 74
66		2016-11-15	Undo	Disconnect	downtempo electronic indie dance nu-disco techno	nu-disco # 23
89		2016-11-30	Puppet	Fear Is Fleeting	electronic indie dance
91		2017-04-21	Allday	Speeding	alternative hip hop indie dance indie pop pop	alternative hip hop # 33
37		2017-05-17	spaceschneider	Dimension of Sound	downtempo electronica indie dance
55		2017-05-17	spaceschneider	Keox	indie dance
41		2017-06	DC Salas	The Unspoken	belgium indie dance
76		2017-07-17	bottlesmoker	Parakosmos	alternative dance electronic indie dance indietronica world fusion	world fusion # 5
88		2017-11-03	WRLD	Endless Dreams	drum and bass edm electronic future bass indie dance	future bass # 2
45		2018-01-22	La Houle	Première vague	alternative dance alternative rock dream pop indie dance indie rock noise pop shoegaze
30		2018-08-02	SERGE LEGRAN	Sorry	dance deep house indie dance
52		2019-04-15	Medsound	A Journey to House	deep house house indie dance nu-disco
62		2020-01-31	Solo Ansamblis	Fosforinis Baseinas	ebm house indie dance techno
100		2020-05-01	TV Girl	The Night in Question: French Exit Outtakes	indie dance indie pop pop	indie pop # 38
74		2020-10-30	TDJ	TDJ123 DELUXE	breakcore dance-pop eurodance hyperpop indie dance jungle techno trance
96		2021-04-16	Trevor Something	Summer Love	alternative electronic indie dance indie pop new wave shoegaze synthpop synthwave
99		2021-05-14	Sam Gellaitry	IV	dance-pop edm electronic indie dance pop	dance-pop # 71 edm # 79
51		2021-08-20	skrattar	Hellraiser IV	indie dance
25		2021-12-17	Close to Monday	Interference	indie dance indie pop indietronica
78		2022-05-13	Perel	Jesus Was An Alien	dance electronic french german indie dance pop progressive house
22		2022-06-10	Black Pomade	Airports	downtempo house indie dance
81		2022-07-13	Lynks	ABOMINATION	alternative pop dance-pop electroclash electropop electropunk hyperpop indie dance indie electronic indietronica synthpop	indie electronic # 29 electropunk # 57
10		2022-11-04	Powder Pink & Sweet	Clockin Time	electro electropop indie dance indie electronic
1		2023	Various Artists	Protocol Lab - ADE 2017 pt. 3	future house house indie dance	future house # 35
27		2023	Various Artists	Café del Mar, Volumen Dieciocho		soulful house # 26
80		2023-02-10	Jessica Winter	Limerence	alternative pop art pop avant-pop dance-pop electropop experimental pop hyperpop indie dance indie electronic indietronica synthpop	indie electronic # 22 experimental pop # 50 avant-pop # 54
36		2023-04-14	Solo Ansamblis	Oro Balionu (Shkema remix)	ebm electro house indie dance techno
83		2023-07-07	Aluna	Envious	afrobeat alternative dance dance electropop indie dance pop rnb	afrobeat # 29
16		2023-09-12	Alphanova	First Impressions	ebm indie dance italo disco trance
24			Hey Chica!	Bonus Track	experimental indie indie dance indie pop indietronica mexican mexico remixes	experimental indie # 4
43			Magicks	Maya	alternative america american american underground avant-pop chicago chillwave dream pop dreamwave electronic electronic pop experimental indie freak folk indie dance new weird america remixes shoegaze usa	experimental indie # 32
2			Oh No Nuno!	Got Soul Go Fight (SK&UR.001)	alternative dance dance indie dance indie electronic krautrock
3			Ricarda79	Love in the serpent way	electronica electronic dance alternative electro german indie pop idm
6			Ricarda79	My Destination	electronica electronic dance
7			Coyote running wild	Saturday Night Rave	electronica electro indie pop alternative electronic techno trance dance alternative dance idm instrumental tech house
13			Cubscout and the Rhinoceros	Greetings From Holly Street Park	dance electronic indie dance indie electronic indie pop indie rock pop pop rock rock
14			Alpha-Beta	EP Remix	house indie dance
15			One of the Unique	Untitled Album	electroclash electropunk indie dance
29			Pop On Acid	Classick EP	disco electro house indie dance pop
33			Club Comfort	Delhotel Records: Club Comfort Remezclado	alternative alternative dance alternative pop duo electronic electronic pop electronica electropop indie dance indie electronic indietronica mexican mexico remixes
58			the breakaholics	Our Friends Eclectic - LP Sampler	australian chillout dance downtempo electronic electronica funk hip-hop indie dance lounge rap turntablism

Related genres

• house
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• indie pop
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