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Dec 23, 2019 · Loraine James and London Ting: Dark as Fuck ft Le3 bLACK – video. Loraine James made her 2019 debut solo album, For You and I, in the bedroom of her high-rise flat in Enfield. She played piano ...
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- Tayyab Amin,Lauren Martin
Sep 24, 2023 · As an ardent Electronic Dance Music (EDM) enthusiast, I’ve witnessed its remarkable transformation over the past few decades. From its humble beginnings in the underground raves of the 90s to the grandeur of today’s mega festivals, the journey of EDM is a fascinating tale marked by history, culture, and technological innovations.
- The 1960s
- Hip Hop
- Disco
- The 1980s
- There Was No Turning Back
- EDM
- The Truth About “EDM”
To locate the origins of electronic dance music, we’d need to go as far back as the 1960s, considered one of the great decades of rock music. The sixties gave birth to iconic bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, but it was The Beatles who occupied the musical throne and would have such a huge influence on the way music was produced. The Beatl...
Hip Hop has to be credited as having a heavy influence on electronic music from the 1970s. The genre rose up from an economic crisis in New York, at a time when the manufacturing industry was in freefall and opportunities in the music industry were in short supply. The discotheques and clubs began to close as the funds for entertainment evaporated,...
Disco was a huge genre emerging in the early seventies on the US East Coast, where artists took advantage of the new electronic music technology being brought to the market. American group Sly and the Family Stone perhaps predicted the disco sound in 1971 with their hit ‘Family Affair’, which incorporated one of the early drum machines on the marke...
The 1980s are considered by some as the decade which saw the most significant rise of electronic dance music – and the evolution of its sound. Genres that are still thriving today such as house and techno are a product of the eighties club scene. Thanks to manufacturers like Roland, new electronic instruments helped mould the direction of electroni...
As we jump into the early 1990s, the rave scene in the UK and Germany shaped the emergence of Trance music. Originating in Germany, trance quickly flooded dancefloors throughout the rest of Europe in places like Belgium and the Netherlands, and even collected a serious following on the West Indian coastline of Goa. Numerous subgenres like Progressi...
The US started to take a greater interest in electronic music culture again in the late 2000s, as French electronic music duo Justicereleased their album ‘Cross’in 2007. With the help of synthesizers, the band produced music influenced by rock and indie, which began to resonate with the US crowd due to its familiar format of a rock performance. ‘El...
Between 2010 and the present day, the term EDM has monopolized the dance music market, although it shouldn’t be used as a term to describe ALLelectronic dance music genres — as it often is! EDM is technically a genre of its own under the broader electronic music umbrella, rather than being an umbrella term itself. In a Q&A with musicweek.comin 2019...
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Jul 1, 2015 · The Underground Is Massive carefully separates the formation and persistence of rave as a culture—what it meant to dance and dress and trip in America—from genre and artist taxonomies.The book ...
- Andrew Gaerig
- Rusko's "Woo Boost" increases mainstream awareness of dubstep. Dubstep came to the forefront of the scene early in the 2010s, and continues to remain innovative and ever-changing.
- Bassnectar releases "Bass Head" In March of 2010, Bassnectar released the track “Bass Head” on Timestretch, his third EP. Timestretch would help cement his popularity as the legendary experimental bass producer, and “Bass Head” would become legendary for his diehard fans who have since co-opted the term as their collective moniker.
- Hardwell launches Revealed Recordings. Hardwell, one of the patriarchs of the Dutch DJ/producer community, launched his own label called Revealed Recordings in April of 2010.
- SoundCloud announces 1 million users. After its founding in 2007, SoundCloud rose from startup beginnings to emerge as a staple in online music sharing and streaming.
With December focused on voting for the favorite album or artist of the past twelve months, selecting the best and most memorable underground electronic music tracks, and discussing the biggest surprises, controversies, and most incredible moments in dance music, it is fair to say that 2022 was an excellent year for electronic music.
May 2, 2023 · The impact of the warehouse rave community on mainstream music is undeniable. Many popular dance music producers are drawing inspiration from the underground, and with dedicated techno stages now ...
