Genres
Electroswing is a genre of electronic dance music that mixes up electronic styles like house music, and downtempo with swing music
City pop is a predominantly Japanese genre which originally became popular with the blooming economy of the country during the 1970s-1980s, mostly having a relation with the everyday urban and luxury life of Japanese metropolitan areas.
In 1975, Smokey Robinson released a smooth, sensuous solo LP of romantic adult soul titled A Quiet Storm. The album eventually gave its name to a style and radio format that aimed to create very similar moods.
New Jack Swing is a fusion genre of r&b, hip hop, disco and funk that was created in the mid-eighties by a variety of African-American artists and producers.
Although Muzak didn't offer listeners anything new in terms of genre uniqueness, its name has forever entered musical history as a collective name for background, unobtrusive, and relaxing music, close to easy listening and lounge.