Decribe what EDM is to you

[Karlos Santos]

'Made in poor taste'....are you just using big terms that you don't understand man? Hit me up on PM and I'll happily take you through some english lessons.

Hmm, not cool to pick up on someones grammar on a forum. It's petty.

[Mr_Moo]

On a plus note, these kids are the new generation. These kids will get bored of the mainstream "EDM" and then they will turn to more underground stuff. These are the kids who will be watching Tom Middleton and the like in a few years.

But, this EDM sound has killed Ibiza. Beer boy chavs bouncing around to Richie Hawtin when hes playing weird as fuck minimal ploddy techno.

[boxboy]

As for the original question, EDM is just the current genre of music that is popular with kids - everything goes in cycles, it's a form of music that is selling well, packing events and keeping the clubbing industry busy.

Anyone who doesn't understand how the music industry works has a lot to learn.

EDM, is not a genre. It's an umbrella that a whole lot of dance music is being thrown under. Electronic Dance Music is not new. You've only got to look at the likes of Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, people like that. They've been making "EDM" since the late 70's / early 80's.
It's a phrase thats been coined to sell the new dance music of today.

[LoopCat]

What the words describe is an extremely broad range of music. What it's usually used to describe is basically dumbed down vocal versions of house and tranced mixed together with the occasional guest appearance by hip hops own version of dumbed down 'artists'.

[DJBife]

I've got a question mate.

Could you GTFO?

No.

Any further questions?

[dj gullum]

anything a regular cluber would call techno. they get up to you and ask if you only going to play Techno all night then you know your playing EDM even if you have not played 1 Techno song the whole night

[mdcdesign]

I've been told that my latest mix is classed as EDM but I wouldn't class it as that at all

Of course it's EDM. It's house music, not brass band or Peruvian panflute music.

[dj subculture]

Of course it's EDM. It's house music, not brass band or Peruvian panflute music.

Well by that logic, then this is EDM too:

[mdcdesign]

Well by that logic, then this is EDM too:

... yes?

It's EDM, in the subgenre of 80s Disco / Electropop.

[DISaS73R]

It's music. It's electronic. It's made for dancing. It's obviously electronic dance music.