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Lento violento | |
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Etymology | "Slow (and) violent" |
Other names | Lento |
Stylistic origins | |
Cultural origins | Late 1990s, Italy |
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Lento violento, sometimes shortened to simply lento, is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Italy. Its name means slow (and) violent, as this style typically has a tempo between 85 and 115 beats per minute (BPM). It consists of a hard kick, like the ones present in hardcore or hardstyle, but played at a very slow tempo, with vocal samples and dark and acid sounds or loops.