Slowing down quietly during dance music from the 90s (7)

Independent Cryptic #11905 | 29 Across | 2024-12-05
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

RIT (in musical notation, abbreviation for ritardando = Italian for slowing down) + P (in musical notation, abbreviation for piano = Italian for quietly), all inserted into BOP (slang for dance). Confusingly, rit. is also an abbreviation for ritenuto (held back), which is more of a temporary just-go-a-bit-slower-here rather than a gradual slowing down. If in doubt, watch the conductor! British pop music genre from the 1990s.

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