EDM History/Culture

What is EDM?

I. EDM(aka. Electronic Dance Music)

is a genre of music that is composed

of mostly synthesized sounds,MIDI,and

drum sets created by Drum Machines.

II. It has become very poplar in recent years, finding

its way into modern Pop Music, Hip-Hop, and even some Metal.

III. It is made with different equipment/instruments, like Synthesizers, Drum Machines,

PC's, and MIDI Generators.

Subgenres

IV. EDM is also performed live at concerts and festivals like EDC(Electric Daisy Carnival) It is performed by way of Turntables and Mixers, along with occasional vocal accompaniment. They also have many LED light effects and other entertaining effects.

EDM has very many subgenres. These include things like Disco, House, Electro, Dubstep, Trap, Techno, a

nd Drum & Bass.

Tech trance

Uplifting trance

Vocal trance

UK garage

2-step garage

Dubstep

Brostep

Breakstep

Future garage

Grime

Grindie

Speed garage

Bassline/4x4 garage

UK funky

Video game music

Chiptune

Bitpop

Game Boy music

Nintendocore

Skweee

Power electronics

Death industrial

Power noise

IDM

Glitch

Glitch Hop

Wonky

Jungle

Darkcore jungle

Raggacore

Post-disco

Boogie

Electropop

Dance-pop

Dance-rock

Space music

Techno

Acid techno

Detroit techno

Dub techno

Free tekno

Minimal techno

Nortec

Tecno brega

Techdombe

Trance music

Acid trance

Balearic trance

Dream trance

Goa trance

Hard trance

Nitzhonot

Psychedelic trance

Suomisaundi

Full on

Progressive trance

Ambient

Ambient dub

Ambient industrial

Dark ambient

Drone music

Breakbeat

Acid breaks

Baltimore club

Big beat

Broken beat

Florida breaks

Nu-funk

Miami bass

Nu skool breaks

Disco

Afro / Cosmic disco

Disco polo

Euro disco

Italo disco

Space disco

Downtempo

Acid jazz

Chill-out

Ethnic electronica

New-age music

Trip hop

Drum and bass

Darkstep

Drill and bass

Drumstep

Funkstep

Hardstep

Jump-up

Deep house

Future house

Tropical house

Diva house/Handbag house

Electro house

Big room

Complextro

Fidget house

Moombahton

Moombahcore

Electro swing

French house

Synthwave

Funky house

Garage house

Ghetto house

Ghettotech

Hardbag

Hard house

Hard NRG

Nu-NRG

Hip house

Italo house

Jazz house

Kwaito

Latin house

Microhouse/Minimal house

New beat

Nu-disco

Outsider house

Progressive house

Rara tech

Tech house

Tribal house

Witch house/Drag

Industrial music

Aggrotech

Cybergrind

Electro-industrial

Dark electro

Electronic body music

Futurepop

Industrial metal

Industrial rock

Japanoise

Neue Deutsche Härte

Cites

I. Duca, Lauren. “The Truth About EDM Culture Beyond All Those Drug Use Statistics.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 2016. Web. 12 June 2016.

II. “Electronic Dance Music.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 June 2016. Web. 12 June 2016.

III. Grigoriev, Caroline. “ JMC Academy Audio Student Talks about the History of Electronic Dance Music, Electro and Dubstep.” –JMC Academy. JMC Academy, 2016. Web. 12 June 2016.

IV.Reynolds, Simons. “How Rave Music Conquered America.” The Guardian. Guardian News And Media, 02 Aug. 2012. Web. 12 June 2016.

History

Wrap-up

EDM started out as the occasional blip in the backbeat or even a full backround track. It was very experimental at first and came with the arrival of Synthesizers and the TR-808 Drum Machine. It found its first baby steps in Disco, which became popular in the mid 1980's. From there, the genre took a turn into Post Disco, a newer, upbeat form of Disco. But it had not become it own genre just yet. Next came the arrival of Electro, which was much more upbeat and deeper sounding than traditional Disco. That came around the late 1980's. Electro spawned another subgenre that will come to be the most popular EDM subgenre in history. That is House. House is a much lighter form of Electro, but it has a big upbeat tone to it. House is the kind of EDM you tend to hear on the radio a lot. Then, on from then, came Techno, Acid House, and Rave. Techno became really popular with the last generation, meaning in the late 1980's and 1990's. Then came Breakbeat Hardcore, Jungle, and Drum & Bass. After came some combo genres such as Dubstep and Electro House.

So, in conclusion, EDM has come a long way from Underground "Getting really high while dancing" to one of the biggest genres of music in history.

Drug Use

Unfortunately, with such popularity and so many festivals, comes a lot of drug usage. The drug scene has been around for a while, since the Underground days of EDM. one of the most popular drugs used is called MDMA(More commonly known as Ecstasy). Its is a mind altering drug that hightens senses and causes hallucinations. Although a lot of people use drugs while at these Raves and Festivals, there is also a larger amount of loyal fans that enjoy them without drug use. And unfortunately, it is stigmatized by drug use.

Where It Is Now

In recent years, with help from the internet, like Youtube and Soundcloud, EDM has become the fastest growing genre of music in history. It is merging with the mainstream and is heavily influencing all sorts of other genres like Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap, Metal, and even some Classical music. The U.S. and the U.K. have a massive market in the EDM culture and the music itself. It is a $6,200,000,000 industry and is continuing to grow every year. A lot of other countries and nations want in on the EDM culture and industry.

Festivals

There are also many different Festivals in dedication to EDM. Some of these include:

• EDC(Electric Daisy Carnival)
• TomorrowLand
• Ultra Music Festival
• Electric Zoo
• TomorrowWorld
• Coachella
• Lollapaloosa

Artists

There are many artists and EDM duo's or even groups that have become incredibly famous in EDM.

• Skrillex
• DeadMau5
• David Guetta
• Knife Party
• Avicii
• Calvin Harris
• Nero
• Pegboard Nerds

• Datsik
• Rusko
• Barely Alive
• Swedish House Mafia
• Steve Aoki
• Alesso
• Martin Garrix
• Tiesto

And many more...

EDM History/Culture

Aidan Cote