Talk of trap music genre, and you cannot ignore two names right from the onset – Stan Wittenberg and Tribal Trap. Tribal Trap is a record label started by Wittenberg in early 2014.
Over the years, Tribal Trap has made its presence felt in various music streaming networks like Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify, and many others. With over a million cumulative daily listeners, it’s easy to see just how massive they are for trap music lovers. But how did Tribal Trap and some of the other labels make this genre an undisputed best in recent times? Let’s find out.
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Exploring EDM and niche trap music
Tribal Trap is one of those labels that don’t back away from experimenting with different types of tunes. Their roster contains a plethora of artists with many different styles, resulting in a volatile but fun release schedule that has managed to keep fans interested for over 7 years now. The label catalog is said to contain over 1,500 original tracks, and is growing almost exponentially.
Trap music is a subgenre of hip-hop, infuzed with EDM. It makes people want to start dancing as soon as the beat drops. Many artists have been experimenting with EDM and niche trap music, but few have come close to competing with Tribal Trap. Its consistent releases of powerful and deadly tracks keep mesmerizing the audience. A constant stream of fresh trap music has given the brand a massive audience of over a million daily listeners, and Wittenberg’s influence has undoubtedly shaped the direction of the trap music industry over the last few years.
Tribal Trap’s achievements
As already mentioned, Tribal Trap has more than one million cumulative followers on YouTube, Spotify, and Soundcloud, but it gets massive traffic on other networks as well. Apart from such an extensive fan base, more achievements make Tribal Trap stand out from the rest of the labels making trap music.
- Tribal Trap became one of the top emerging labels of Audiomack.com in 2019.
- Two popular magazines, Rankingz and DJ Mag, named Tribal Trap as the fifth-largest label of the Netherlands, based on their number of followers.
- Tribal Trap is the leading label in Tribal Music Group, that also includes with other notable brands, such as Trap Music Movement, Cruise Ctrl, Clout.nu, F*ck Genres, and Diverge Records.
Expanding the Network
Tribal Trap has, since inception, expanded massively to incorporate other brands. While Tribal Trap is focussing on EDM, one of their sublabels Clout.nu is focussing on Asian, ethnic, and middle-eastern styles. Clout.nu has over 40k followers on Spotify. They also have Diverge Records, a more underground house brand focussing on tech/bass house music, originally gaining prominence by hosting live events in The Netherlands. Diverge Records has more than 50k followers on Spotify. Recently Tribal Music Group has also grown to include Trap Music Movement, a youtube channel with almost 200,000 subscribers. That’s big, but pales in comparison to the 750k followers already amassed on Tribal Trap’s own Spotify page.
With millions of followers backing their music, it’s easy to see why there is a shift in trap music in recent times. Together, these labels bring a change in the music industry that’s most likely to stay for generations to come.
