EDM, anyone?

[The Shape]

Anyone here into electronic dance music? I'm talking about that hard-hitting, drug-induced rave music. Swedish House Mafia, etc...

Please share.

 

[Yurka]

Not really a fan of "rave" music, the kind with lots of corny singing involved, but I do love good electronic beats. Daft Punk is one of the best at prioritizing strong, awesome beats IMO. Their TRON soundtrack is the stuff of legend.

 

[Steyin]

I prefer EBM, Synthpop, Darkwave, Futurepop, etc.

 

[The Shape]

I can appreciate anything but dubstep. This thread was a great success! /sarcasm

 

[obin_gam]

oh I thought I read EBM, which is awesome

EDM on the other hand... is not as much... but its OK, I guess, I just want more power yaknow in dance music. That little umpf

 

[Steyin]

oh I thought I read EBM, which is awesome

EDM on the other hand... is not as much... but its OK, I guess, I just want more power yaknow in dance music. That little umpf

KMFDM is Industrial Rock.

EBM would be

 

[The Shape]

EDM on the other hand... is not as much... but its OK, I guess, I just want more power yaknow in dance music. That little umpf

It's called "ecstasy".

And EDM is just the widest, most literal term to describe the main genre. There are obviously tons of subgenres, my favorite being progressive house. It's taking over the world, though, so you might as well join the movement. All that poppy, mainstream dance on the radio (Chris Brown, Pitbull, LMFAO) is really just the commercialized **** that record companies, and producers are all hopping on.

True dance music starts and ends at the club.

 

[Steyin]

It's taking over the world, though, so you might as well join the movement.

Electronic music has been the main stream type of music nearly everywhere except in the US for the last 10-20 years or so, especially in places like Germany, the UK and Japan. Most people just don't know that.

All that poppy, mainstream dance on the radio (Chris Brown, Pitbull, LMFAO) is really just the commercialized **** that record companies, and producers are all hopping on.

Yep. They're doing now what American electronic groups have been doing 10-15 years ago, and what others have been for longer so it isn't really new or innovative to me.

 

[obin_gam]

KMFDM is Industrial Rock.

EBM would be

True I guess, some albums tho feel more EBM-inspired than industrial, and those are the songs I listen to most.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Ultra is this weekend. Should provide some good music by Monday. Dada Life's on now, killin it

 

[The Shape]

Already crazy music pouring in. I'm going to Miami in 2 weeks so I missed all of this, but I'll be at Electric Daisy Carnival when it hits NY in May.

 

[Karelia]

I don't know what's considered EDM... Daft Punk/Skrillex? I get confused with all these labels for Electronic music.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Already crazy music pouring in. I'm going to Miami in 2 weeks so I missed all of this, but I'll be at Electric Daisy Carnival when it hits NY in May.

I was too late to get EDC tix, but I might jump on Electric Zoo. Have fun dude!

I don't know what's considered EDM... Daft Punk/Skrillex? I get confused with all these labels for Electronic music.

Yes, exactly those 2 you listed. Electronic Dance Music

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Live Ultra Stream for anybody interested:

http://www.youtube.com/umftv

 

[Paroxysm]

Yes!

Sasha & John Digweed
Tim Bergling
Steve Aoki
Justice
Terravita
Skrillex
Zed's Dead

I don't know what's considered EDM... Daft Punk/Skrillex? I get confused with all these labels for Electronic music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I've never heard of this "Justice" til today. Sux he refused to be streamed on youtube cuz I'd wanted to see him. We get Datsik instead.

 

[Paroxysm]

Datsik is awesome, he's one of the best producer from British Columbia.

 

[Karelia]

Skrillex
Daft Punk
Kill The Noise
Datsik
Excision
Rusko
Flux Pavillion
Obsidia


Datsik & Infected Mushroom collaborated for a song featuring Jonathan Davis on Vocals, song is called "Evilution" I dig it quite a bit.

Also eagerly awaiting for the new Daft Punk album. Heard it could be coming out as early as June!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Datsik is awesome, he's one of the best producer from British Columbia.

He and Alvin Risk opened for Steve Aoki when I saw him last month. Fun times!

As of the last 2 days, Carl Cox and Hardwell have spun the best sets.

 

[The Shape]

Seen Aoki a few times and he was playing the first night I went to PachaNYC. He throws great parties, but other than that, count me out of the dubstep movement.

I much prefer progressive house, big room beats.

Axwell
Ingrosso
Angello
Alesso
Hardwell
Erick Morillo
Thomas Gold
Tommy Trash
Nicky Romero

Too many others to name, but I've seen 'em all.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I guess it's just dubstep's turn for popularity. No worries here though, I'm just getting into electro house and there's plenty of it. #BNNS

 

[The Shape]

I guess it's just dubstep's turn for popularity. No worries here though, I'm just getting into electro house and there's plenty of it. #BNNS

Dubstep really appeals to the hard rock/punk rock crowd. Skrillex's formula (which I admit is a winning one) has been to use electronic music to simulate the grinding guitars and drumbeats that were so present in his "screamo" past. The popularity of dubstep, to me, seems really similar to 10 years ago when emo and screams music were everywhere and things like the Warped Tour and BAmboozle were the hottest tickets around for young people. Kids love to rock out and swing their heads around. Hell, I used to be very into that ****.

House music, as a whole, is so much more than that. It's really a shared experience with all of the people around you, like traveling to another world for a day or a night. Then, in the morning, it's like...what the **** can compare to what just took place? I love the hard-hitting Swedish beats interwoven with euphoric, uplifting songs. But if I'm gonna go to a club at 3 am, it's all about the filthy tech house.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm just getting my feet wet as far as house goes. Prog vs tech vs electro, I swear there are more types than even trance.

 

[The Shape]

I'm just getting my feet wet as far as house goes. Prog vs tech vs electro, I swear there are more types than even trance.

Yeah, dude, there's a **** ton of genres within the moniker of "EDM". They really vary depending on amount of vocals, types of drops, high or low levels of synth, and the beats per minute. Most house music clocks in at 128bpm with trance being slightly faster.

 

[Karelia]

Rusko just put out a new album today called "Songs" It's quite different from some of the stuff I'm use to. some 70's-ish sounding stuff as well as reggae.

ASDA Car Park and Opium are my favorite songs so far.