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.
Deep hip-hop beat. Inner city, gritty and grinding hip hop style. Low-rider, gangsta, gang culture. Slow and sexy, featuring bright synth lines and hard electronic drums. Good for any scene that shows excitement, energy, motivation. Raw power, urban menace, low-key mob hit, gangsta low riders. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 154 BPM]
A very modern, nice sounding RnB / Pop track, build with synthesizers and electronic drums. Emotive, subtle, hopeful. Beautiful melodies create sweet, friendly and sexy feelings. Good for soft night club scenes, love, drama, true friendships. Perhaps heartbreak, new hopes and aspirations. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
This moderately slow Hip Hop beat has a hot, sexy and sensual atmosphere. Influenced by contemporary acts like Kanye West and Flo-Rida, this is the good background track for scenes oriented for adults. It will be also good for themes, like skate, snowboard, street sports, nightclubs scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
An obstinate piano riff and synthesizer line, joined by electronic drums, create am atmosphere of fear, darkness, mystery and foreboding in this hip hop track. Good for use in moderate action scenes, thrillers, game shows, chase scenes and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Dramatic, intense hip hop beat, constructed with organ, synthesizers and huge sounding drums. Slow paced. Perhaps a bit sad, but very strong and dynamic. Good for use in any type of media. Very suitable for action films, dramatic scenes with urban theme, adult and hot scenes, video games. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Hip Hop beat, very fresh and authentic. Sad, melancholic and dramatic. Slow paced, build entirely with synthesizers and electronic drums. The main hook line goes on through the entire piece, bringing a sense repetitiveness and monotonous. Good for urban drama, background, gangs, street sports. [Tempo: Slow / 145 BPM]
Feelgood 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: Slow, Medium, Fast / 175 BPM]
Groovy trance chill club party music; mid-tempo background track. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Fuzzy and aggressive punk / rock theme. Vintage distorted guitars with lots of character set the perfect indie rock mood for sports videos and youth-oriented material. Spiteful, bad attitude. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 187 BPM]
Interesting mix of female vocals, grungy guitars and a hint of Radiohead. Clean and heavy guitars, heavy drums and grinding bass. Powerful female vocals tell an autobiographical tale of admitted weirdness. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Heavy alternative rock. Powerful female vocals tell a tale of metaphorical revenge. Alternative rock band with atmospheric synths and drum machines. Keywords: Nightmares, dreams, scary. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
High energy brit style 90’s punk in the style of Elastica. Live punk band feel and female vocals dripping with attitude. Keywords: Punks, Love, Catfights. [Tempo: Fast / 181 BPM]
A lively and funky Reggae / Ska track featuring a brass section. The main beat sets in after about 25 secs. Jamaica sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Cool and confident funky Hip Hop / Funk Instrumental in the style of Death Row Records, kinda retro but still very fresh. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Laid-back cool and sexy hip hop instrumental, influenced by retro R&B, with a lot of atmosphere and freshness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
Dark, ominous, haunting, sinister, groovy track with modern hip-hop / ragga style vocal samples. beaty, eerie, motivated, epic and with a sense of foreboding. Glorious, melodic, inspiring, very moody & cinematic. Gradually gets more tense until the final, climactic and dramatic tidal wave where big guitars crash in. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
Cool, groovy, energetic, determined, positive and motivated combination of busy, driven drum loops, synths, simple electric piano lines and upright bass. Would suit dramatic / thriller / mystery / sports type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Sinister orchestra over an urban beat and retro style theremin. Spooky and atmospheric perfect for contemporary halloween and horror projects. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A Dubstep track, loud and bassy. It's piano line makes it a little more "touchy" than a regular dubstep tune song would thanks to it's catchy melody and rythmic build ups. "Where lie is reason" is a progressive song, a good fit to any dynamic and modern urban footage. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 135 BPM]
Indie-rock. Gutsy and rough. Unruly, spiteful, youthful. Good for action, sports, BMX / skating / other X-sports. Dirt and grit, stupid stunts and questionable behavior. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 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]
Guitar based indie-rock with a slightly punk'ish drive, but not too wild. In the style of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand and more. Youthful attitude, moderately energetic. Good for sports, X-sports, wild lifestyles, parties and dancing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 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]
Fun and cocky indie-rock. Youth party / reckless behavior / acting out. Care free, with feelgood factor. Good for youthful fun, sports, extreme sports, motorsports, rocked-out parties and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 144 BPM]
Urban / hip hop beat with a crazy, euphoric synth line and extremely deep drums. Groovy, funky, sexy, slightly dark. Good for productions depicting urban gangs, crime, action and chase scenes, night clubs. Cool, crispy, exotic. Also great for sensual dancing, flirting, adult-oriented programming. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
Romantic and emotive track, with a high sense of love and hope. Mellow and touching, almost innocent. Warm and heartfelt. Strings, flutes, modern electronic drums, and synth arpeggios create the beautiful and sweet atmosphere. Family ties, love, eternal friendships, good times and happy memories. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A dark, edgy and gritty, slow but aggressive Dubstep royalty free music track. Mangled and distorted synthesizers stutter and pump, with a mechanical, robotic, relentless and hard edged beat. Atmospheric, unstable, nasty. Good for hardcore material including scifi, extreme sports, extreme motorsports, conflict and mayhem. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A very edgy Dubstep track with gritty, destroyed drum samples, chopped and mangled, with hard edged synths pumping and squelching. Dark and funky. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 130 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]
Orchestral and cinematic meets gritty, grinding electro / Dubstep. This track combines dramatic sounding, cinematic strings and reverberant piano with mech / tech / robotic sounding, grimey, futuristic beats. The emotive, longing feel of the cinematic parts create an interesting combination with the mechanical, dark, glitchy electro backing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 65 BPM]
Raw hip-hop space adventure. Hypnotic synths laid over rough drums with rhythmic organ lines. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Orchestral hip-hop instrumental. String sets blended with straight forward drum set. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Slow, brooding, synthetic, trance-inducing hip-hop soundtrack. Melodic synths, strings, and pianos lull you into a world worth floating through. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
Hard hitting drums compliment string stabs and a dark piano sound. Bangs with a head-nod sound in the vein of a Dr. Dre instrumental. [Tempo: Slow / 91 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]
Female power rock in the style of Evanescence. Heavy rock band instruments. Key words: Relationships, Female alternative rock. [Tempo: Medium / 125 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]
Mid 2000’s style female singer/songwriter style track. Obsessive love leads to a bit of temporary madness, just a little. Acoustic guitars, drum loops, half time shuffle feel. Keywords: Addiction, relationships. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Indie Rock. Who thought pieces of paper could have so much power. Live for it, die for it, and yet it says nothing. Drum beat/ vocal/ guitar riff intro. Driving rock band with female vocals. Keywords: Money, working, saving, dreaming. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 152 BPM]
Shuffle punk in the style of Green Day. Female vocals, punk band instruments. Dreaming of a live you deserve? Don’t wait too long to go for it. Keywords: Life, Money, Happiness, struggles. [Tempo: Fast / 185 BPM]
Angry female vocals soar over heavy American punk themed music. Lyrics about the human race hell bent on destroying our beautiful planet. Rock band instrumentation. Keywords: Human race, Earth, Destruction, End of Humanity. [Tempo: Fast / 154 BPM]
Electro Pop/Dance. Female vocals describe various amusing scenarios that can happen at dance bars on a nightly basis. Drum machines, electric guitars, synths. Keywords: Dancing, Clubs, Losers. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Female fronted classic rock band. Glam rock feel. Heavy guitars, bass and drums. Keywords: Fake people, Gossip, Phonies. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
Huge choir vocal intro with tympani like drums and acoustic guitars. Light airy female vocals with light marching drums leads to a soaring chorus about loves confusing signals. In style of The Cranberries, Kelly Clarkson. Keywords: Heartbreak, lost love, loneliness, betrayal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 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]
A mid- to upbeat track with repeating synth patterns over dance friendly beats. Feelgood and relaxed, yet energetic and positive sounding as well. Fresh and spirited, but not over the top. Good for dancing, fun times, feelgood background music; also for technology & innovation, future and sci-tech etc. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Just as the track title suggests; a repeating and slowly developing track of Swedish Trance music. Good for dance club, high tech / sci-tech, urban / youth, sport and more. Relentless, and with a slightly dark, "larger than life" feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 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: Medium, Fast / 170 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: Slow, Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
