While many pundits may associate EDM with main stage and big room sounds, EDM has come to mean a lot more than that. As a term, it covers all genres of dance music from big room house to electro and even techno, tech house, and happy hardcore. But beyond the genres it covers, EDM is a movement. While EDM is a shallow definition of the ever-growing dance music culture, it does what it means to do - it stands as an introduction. When techno pioneer Carl Cox asked how he felt about the term “EDM,” he said “EDM’s an entry level to dance music, and I’m very happy about that. We fought so long for dance music to be respected [in America]. EDM is a sound that America has latched on to, but once people start begin going left and right of that scene, they’re going to find their Art Departments, their Loco Dices, and their Sven Vaths - and that’s a really good place to be.” And that’s exactly what EDM is. It’s an opportunity. It’s a gateway to the entire community that’s been built for years and years, and to the culture that’s so prevalent and so everlasting. EDM is an opportunity to find new music beyond that entry-level understanding of big room house, electro, progressive, and dubstep. It encourages people to go out and find their niche, the Tchami’s, or the Hot Since 82s or Len Fakis. Beyond music, EDM is a gateway to this vast and massive community that has been built up for years and years, and for the culture that’s so prevalent and everlasting, its the fundamental basis of this music. So while Mr. Troxler is correct in saying that EDM and underground dance music don’t share common goals and interests, I disagree that they shouldn’t be united and they should stay separate cultures. EDM gives people the chance to find the underground. It allows people who are truly passionate about this music and who want to see this community grow and thrive with the introduction they need, before they dive in and truly immerse themselves in the Seth Troxler’s and Carl Cox’s. Simply put, EDM is a chance.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:55:47 +0000
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