Lento Violento
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| Lento Violento | |
| Stylistic origins | |
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| Cultural origins |
Late 1990s: Italy
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| Regional scenes | |
| Mediterranean Sea | |
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| Austria, germany, Netherlands, Spain | |
Lento Violento is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Italy. It name means Slow & Violent, as this style has a tempo between 80 and 130 BPM. It consists of a hard kick, like the ones present in Hardcore or Hardstyle, but played at a verry slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops.
[edit] Origins
The first genuine Lento Violento track was Ibiza by Ottomix (1998), although at that time, it was not called 'Lento Violento' yet. It was influenced at that moment by more Techno and Trance-oriented tracks like Mauro Picotto's Lizard, Iguana and Pulsar, and R.A.F. By Picotto - Tuttincoro. Another track with this sound is Alex Castelli's Enjoy, that was co-produced by Ottomix.
While some individual tracks were popular in the clubs, the style itself was not established until DJ/producer Gigi D'Agostino started with a series of productions in 2003, like Ripassa. It was he who made up the name for this style. Gigi releases most of his Lento Violento songs under aliases like Dottor Dag, Lento Violento Man, Uomo Suono, Orchestra Maldestra, or La Tana Del Suono, to distinguish these songs from his Italo dance work.
Other artists started to create similar tracks after the succes of this style. The most important of those artists are: Daniele Mondello, Luca Noise, DJ Pandolfi, Mr.Dendo, Zeta Reticuli and DJ Maxwell.
