To music experts: what do you call this music sound/genre?

[christinahoney 383]

Kinda a weird question, but there's this certain music sound & feeling that I really love. I call it "night music", it's kinda dark and romantic and generally upbeat, but not noisy or distracting. Almost has like a sad feeling. It makes me feel like driving on the highway at night. Does anyone know what this specific genre or sound is called, so that I can more easily look up similar songs?

Here are some examples (they're not really similar, but you might hear what I mean):

 

[arthurhmangum 4,408]

Trance, pop, synth pop, and EDM. 

[Harry 26,836]

Trance, I guess? Although some of these are quite different

[holy scheisse 22,173]

Dance Dance Revolution 

[christinahoney 383]

Those are all really broad terms, though. I tried those and find a ton of different stuff. Was hoping there was a more specific phrase for this type.

Like if I listen to a trance album, there might be like 2-3 songs on there only that sound like this. (Trance does seem to come closest though, that's true.)

[Microscope 710]

This is synthpop.

If you're looking for similar music there's a band called CHVRCHES that does this kind of stuff. They're pretty amazing and if you like this, you'll like them.

[RadioIsOurs 13,866]

These songs are from different genres. There's no specific name to this, but you can call it a tone I guess?

[Guest]

trance pop

[Luxe Ford 3,481]

Progressive neo-dub-house-pop easy listening electronica. With a hint of a twist.

[RAMROD 108,670]

It's ambient music, also called chill out music, it is sub genre of sub genre called IDM, if you wanna hear more of this, listen to Cafe Del Mar compilation albums, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, and Lambs, and Goldfrapp for the start.

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

They have nothing in common between them.

Ghosttown remix would be Dance

WIFLFAG is Trance/Techno/Progressive

Someone Else is just Electropop

[christinahoney 383]

Just now, KURUSHITOVSKA said:

They have nothing in common between them.

Ghosttown remix would be Dance

WIFLFAG is Trance/Techno/Progressive

Someone Else is just Electropop

You just don't hear it then.

 

29 minutes ago, Microscope said:

This is synthpop.

If you're looking for similar music there's a band called CHVRCHES that does this kind of stuff. They're pretty amazing and if you like this, you'll like them.

 

2 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

It's ambient music, also called chill out music, it is sub genre of sub genre called IDM, if you wanna hear more of this, listen to Cafe Del Mar compilation albums, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, and Lambs, and Goldfrapp for the start.

 

14 minutes ago, maxmore said:

trance pop

 

Thanks for the suggestions! Finding some great stuff.

Btw I was listening to Mariah's Theme when I saw your avatar. haha.

[scrappy 302]

Most of them definitely have some trance influence.