This is our place for music aimed at city youth, inner city subcultures and urban culture. In the U.S., the word 'urban' usually refers to black culture / African American culture. But for us, Urban Culture also represents UK / European youth movements, the UK underground club scene, inner city life, as well as urban issues and problems such as gangs and more. The music represented here will often be in the genres of Hip-Hop, Funk, Dance, Trip-Hop, Drum'n Bass, Dubstep and related styles.
Melodic and positive Pop track with electronic instrumentation. Influences from Hip Hop and R&B. Modern and pulsating, a sense of fun, party, good vibes. Suitable for night club scenes, TV shows, productions presenting a new perspective, fresh start. Also good for hi-tech presentations. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Fresh, positive, energetic and melodic Dance Pop track with a catchy, arpeggiated synth line. Four on the floor drums in a moderate tempo, sounding like Rihanna, Britney Spears or lady Gaga. Will suit web sites, product presentation, advertising, fashion shows, night clubs. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
High energy electronic beat mixing elements of hip hop, house, pop and ethnic music, creating an exotic and mysterious feeling. Very modern, groovy and dark. The piece can find usage in action scenes, extreme sports, adventure, high impact footage; as good as for night club, sexy scenes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Deep House, Mysterious with use of guitar and piano melodies. A bit epic and mystical. Youth drama / Urban drama etc. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Uplifting, happy and futuristic house beat. Catchy synth riff, groovy drums and percussion. High energy, hi-tech, youth, party. Good for media productions, games, films, corporate presentations, bar and night club scenes, as well as for workouts, exercise, aerobics, training, spinning and sports. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Uplifting, slick, futuristic dance beat. Influences of house music, with cathcy melodies. High energy, hi-tech, youth, party. Good for workouts, exercise, aerobics, training, spinning and sports, as well as media productions, games/film, corporate presentations, bar and night club scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
A Hip-Hop track with gritty synths, gliding sounds and furious but moderate drum beats. Dynamic and energetic, with several variations. Cutting-edge, suitable for extreme sports, high-tech presentations, commercial ads, night club scenes. A feeling of mystery and danger. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Bright and funky Electro Dance Pop. European pop charts style. Emotive / Euphoric. Free flying, melodic synth patterns and strong, hard dance beats. Catchy and spirited. Good for young, exciting, colourful media, dancing and partying, exciting product launches and more. Also good for exercise, workout, aerobics, running, dancercise etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
High energy, action-loaded Drum'n'Bass track with fast beats, electric guitar and synth FX. [Tempo: Fast / 132 BPM]
This track is raw and gritty. It's dubstep / industrial-electro hybrid has lots of energetic attitude. It's versatile groove would work well in intense action and chase scenes, dancelub and fashion video, and would be great for film, video games and trailers.of all kinds. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
This is an upbeat and catchy dance cue that blends dubstep, pop and progressive trance. It's energetic, youthful and exciting and would work well in everything from nightclub scenes to commercials and promos, reality clips, teen drama and fashion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Groovy trance chill club party music; mid-tempo background track. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Fun and uptempo indie-rock. Care free and energetic, with a feelgood, moderate forward drive and momentum. Good for youthful fun, party, sports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 147 BPM]
Indie-rock / Alternative rock with guts and attitude. Guitar, drums and bass. Reckless and unruly, with a moderately energetic drive. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
A funky and edgy Dubstep track with a big beat and a gritty determination. Groovy and infectious, with a nice and energetic 'drive' and plenty of twists and turns along the way. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Heavy tom tom groove with biting clean electric guitars. Female vocals describe the perils of stardom and the lengths people go to achieve it. Bass, guitar and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
American style movie rock. Great for comedies about going to school. Female vocals, catchey repeated guitar riff, drum machine in verse. Lyrics describe various funny situations based around school. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
She’s the one women want to be: Model, singer, actress all rolled into one. But watch that ego, everything comes with baggage. Cool electro rock with cool bass line, james bond guitar hook drum machine and kicking rock band chorus. Key words: Models, fashion shows, movie stars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
A medium / downtempo track with elements from many different styles; electronica, funk, chill / lounge, breakbeat and even a hint of rock, brought on by the acoustic guitar riff. This track goes well as background music for many types of media productions. Can be about technology / innovation, instructional and general background use for corporate projects, entertainment and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Ambient Drum & Bass. Atmospheric, deep, rich and with a nicely flowing DnB groove. Good for technology, innovation, future, discovery and much more. Also available in a version without the drums & bass (No Drums Bass version), making it a really nice ambient music track in its own right. [Tempo: Fast / 170 BPM]
Positive, hopeful indie-rock song with guitar melodies. Sound like adventure, liberty, youth. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Minimalistic Tech / Club / Electro-funk music with a sense of science, technology, research, progress and innovation. Somewhat mechanical and robotic, with funky bassline and positive, sparkly synthesizer patterns. Dubstep / IDM music with a sense of activity / processing. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A deeply groovy Drum'n Bass / Chill / Lounge track that combines uptempo, driving Drum & Bass type beats with jazzy sax licks and smooth chords. This track has a nice energy level and a good forward momentum, yet is also somewhat relaxed and chilled. [Tempo: Fast / 170 BPM]
This track combines elements of Dubstep and Drum'n Bass, with melodic electronica and a good, positive, forward drive. Nice and energetic, in a positive way. Good for sports, exciting events, lively visuals etc. The Underscore version would work great in high tech, fast movements, swirley moves, fast tracks, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 175 BPM]
A nice and smooth, yet upbeat Ambient / Chill / Drum'n Bass / Dubstep track. Vocal hooks and piano melodies over swirley pads and a fast, but smooth UK Drum & Bass beat. Good for pleasant and vibrant imagery, technology and innovation, movement and progress. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 175 BPM]
An upbeat rhythmic, modern, animated song. ... builds nicely into a fun, pulsating and cool dance track. Will work well in many areas including, dance, creativity, fitness, modern situations, drama, achievements, celebrations and design [Tempo: Medium / 133 BPM]
This song is about the partying lifestyle and how you don't know whether you will learn from your mistakes, or even if you want to. It is full band and would be great for any reality tv show, shows about teenagers, partying ect. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Emotive and poignant R&B track, with a very romantic feeling. Synths, electronic drums and percussion. Some influences of romantic pop, perhaps some rhythmic elements resembling reggae. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
This track is high energy with layers of saucy guitar tracks, train beat rockabilly drums, and a thumping bass line with sassy storyline lyrics based on overcoming a breakup and becoming a strong individual embraced in the empowerment of women. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
This hip-hop track has a high energy level that’s talking a guy partying. This track is about having fun would work in a “Super Bad” like movie. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 86 BPM]
A slow paced, dark theme track with cold piano and static noise elements. Made in a genre of chill step or liquid dubstep, this track creates a great dark or disturbing atmosphere without sounding too dissonant. The deep, low bass is riddled with distorted effects. Haunting piano sound distant and eerie. This track will work well for scenes of separation, depression, dark times etc. Also works in CSI investigation or crime scene / undercover etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Progressive Tech / House. Relentless, solid beat. Technology / Sci-tech feel. Infectious, groovy, trance feel. Exciting, Invigorating. Good for science, technology, future / sci-tek; also for workout / exercise with a rough / determined feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Progressive Tech / Dance with a Funky feel. Positive, fresh, uplifting. Mechanical, a bit robotic. Good for hi-tech, fresh and sparkling presentations, as well as for exercise, workout and more. Good, moderately high energy level. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Orchestra and drums pound out an aggressive theme perfect for a super villain, or a tense scene in a film or TV show. Could work well for sports action: down but not out, making the final push against adversaries. Or also a street battle brewing in a dark and sinister city late at night.Choir blasts in the last section to add an epic swell right before the music abruptly ends, in the style of film trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
An indie rock style guitar and bass riff combine with disco style drums. It's got attitude, flair and style. Influences include Franz Ferdinand, Blur, White Stripes etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
A thirty-second instrumental dubstep track with a build up and drop half way through. Skrillex / Nero. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
A guitar driven royalty free music track with electronic elements and fast pace drums. A very fast pace and energetic track full of twist and turns. Great for racing, extreme sports, car/bike commercials, exciting and edgy footage, crime in progress, etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
An electronic drum and bass royalty free music track from hell. A huge build up with massive risers in the opening drops into a proper nasty bass track. Mind twisting basslines and synth stabs are prominent in the first drop. A middle breakdown builds with dissonant risers and pitched synths to a second drop. The second drop is even more gritty with the addition of a pitching up synthesiser that adds a sense or rush and urgency. This track is suitable for extreme sports videos, car commercials, video game commercials, thrillseeker videos etc. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A modern alternative rock song with polished production about finding the balance in life. The song is radio friendly but not in the vein of top 40. Would fit well on Sirius AltNation. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Essentially a 'big room' club music track complete with big drop over a modern break-beat in the style of Junkie XL, Fatboy Slim or Apollo 440. Punctuated with an old-school piano line that breaks down and crescendos, this track is ideal for use 'in the club', in the crowd at a music festival or any kind of fast-paced scenes or extreme sports. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
A 'Club Anthem' type dance / electronic / EDM track. Techno and house influences, massive sound, energetic and larger-than-life. Relentless, sweaty, funky dance track. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 130 BPM]
Cool and laid back jazzy hip hop tune, with a strong influence by J Dilla and 90's rap. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Dark hypnotic charging bass fueled rhythms biting electric guitars and sneaky synths and military trance like vocals round out this song about being the next big thing. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Snarling punky melodic aggressive take on day to day ridiculous situations. Choppy tom tom heavy grooves with fast drum fills, grinding bass and stop start guitar riffs. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 168 BPM]
Dark, mysterious, driving electronica based rock song about the struggle of the individual to not become clone of society. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 158 BPM]
An aggressive dubstep / drumstep track is a contemporary cue reminiscent of artists such as skrillex, Knife Party and Nero. It's energetic, driving and gritty. It has a funky danceable groove, screaming wobble bass that stands up and grabs your viewers attention, and a reggae influenced chord progression that is a nice blend of dub and progressive dance. It's exciting, extreme and fashionable and would work nicely in advertising, extreme sports and athletic video, automotive promos, video games, tv and film and as hi energy in store or a phone on hold track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 175 BPM]
A melodic, liquid, Drum and Bass track with uplifting chord progression and plenty of energy. This track will work great in extreme sports videos, racing videos, chases, fast pace cuts etc. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 155 BPM]
This fun, old school alternative hip hop music is filled with catchy riffs and ear candy. Funky saxophone and jazzy trumpet kick things off before a very catchy piano riff introduces the pounding beat and upright bassline. Perfect for high action music or upbeat scenes. Sounds like the work of De La Soul, Stetsasonic, Tribe Called Quest, and Biz Markie. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A touch of comedy and a pinch of cool and depth – this TV-theme type track combines all these lacing a catchy overdriven guitar/rhodes lead over it all. With elements of pop, rock and jazz, the melody plays over bass, drums, shaker, nylon stringed guitar, and Wurlitzer electric piano. Awesome for footage needing thematic elements with a melodic development. Excellent for crime, drama, travel, comedy, and urban settings. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Experimental, slightly bizarre electro house with crystal clear arpeggio synths and a powerful beat. Great for a heavy and mechanical feeling. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
