KB hopscotch

KB hopscotch, sometimes called hopscotch rave and sweat dance is a broad type of electronic dance music that originated in East Kuboia in the early 1990s. The genre is usually characterised by fusing acid house and other types of dance music with early R&B, jazz and folk music, and often features recurring synthesiser sounds, four-on-the-floor drum breaks and usually accompanied by rich, melodic vocals. It bares similarities to UK garage, which evolved several years after KB hopscotch had developed.

KB hopscotch peaked in popularity around 1994. It began to decline in popularity around 2002, though continues to maintain a small following.

Characteristics
Deriving from breakbeat, acid house and R&B music, KB hopscotch usually has a tempo between 120 and 130 beats per minute and often features synthesiser sounds, a house piano rhythm and occasionally other musical instruments such as a saxophone and violin. It also often uses a four-on-the-floor drum loop.

Early KB hopscotch compositions were purely instrumental, though eventually started to mostly feature rich, melodic vocals, usually from female singers, as well as some spoken vocals that were often chanted by the track's composer. Some also feature rap vocals, though rappers who perform over KB hopscotch instrumentals often focus on rhythm and less on lyrical content.

Bands

 * Cyan River
 * Northern Project; generally credited as the pioneers of the genre

Producers

 * Break Fast
 * Discodisc
 * Frank Weasel
 * Mad Hatter

Vocalists

 * Antonia Morales
 * Famke Bakker