Electronic dance music, known as dance music, club music, or simply dance, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.
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26 Facts About EDM music
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Subsequently, in the new millennium, the popularity of EDM music increased globally, particularly in the United States and Australia.
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Various EDM music genres have evolved over the last 40 years, for example; house, techno, drum and bass, dance-pop etc.
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The EDM music was pioneered by studio engineers, such as Sylvan Morris, King Tubby, Errol Thompson, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Scientist.
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EDM music's parties are credited with having kick-started the New York City hip-hop movement in 1973.
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Use of digital sampling and looping in popular EDM music was pioneered by Japanese electronic EDM music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.
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Much of the EDM music produced during this time was, like disco, catering to a singles-driven market.
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House EDM music quickly spread to American cities including New York City, and Newark, and Detroit—all of which developed their own regional scenes.
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Trance EDM music is broken into a number of subgenres including acid trance, classic trance, hard trance, progressive trance, and uplifting trance.
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In 2001, this and other strains of dark garage EDM music began to be showcased and promoted at London's nightclub Plastic People, at the "Forward" night, which went on to be considered influential to the development of dubstep.
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The term "dubstep" in reference to a genre of EDM music began to be used around 2002 by labels such as Big Apple, Ammunition, and Tempa, by which time stylistic trends used in creating these remixes started to become more noticeable and distinct from 2-step and grime.
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Electro house is a form of house EDM music characterized by a prominent bassline or kick drum and a tempo between 125 and 135 beats per minute, usually 128.
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Trap music originated from techno, dub, and Dutch House, but from Southern hip hop in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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Unlike in traditional recording studios, bedroom producers typically use low-cost, accessible software and equipment which can lead to EDM music being created completely "in the box, " with no external hardware.
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The EDM music sharing website SoundCloud, as well as the video sharing website YouTube, helped fuel interest in electronic EDM music.
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Corporate consolidation in the EDM music industry began in 2012—especially in terms of live events.
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In 2014,7 Up launched "7x7Up"—a multi-platform EDM music-based campaign that included digital content, advertising featuring producers, and branded stages at both Ultra and Electric Daisy Carnival.
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EDM music began looking into strategic alternatives that could have resulted in the sale of the company.
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The report identified several emerging markets for electronic dance EDM music, including East Asia, India, and South Africa, credited primarily to investment by domestic, as well as American and European interests.
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In Ethiopia EDM has become part of mainstream music after the 2018 breakthrough of a young artist named Rophnan which incorporated EDM sound with traditional rhythms and melodies.
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China is a market where EDM initially made relatively few inroads; although promoters believed that the mostly instrumental music would remove a metaphorical language barrier, the growth of EDM in China was hampered by the lack of a prominent rave culture in the country as in other regions, as well as the popularity of domestic Chinese pop over foreign artists.
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Dance EDM music has a long association with recreational drug use, particularly with a wide range of drugs that have been categorized under the name "club drugs".
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In September 2016, the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina banned all electronic EDM music events, pending future legislation, after five drug-related deaths and four injuries at a Time Warp Festival event in the city in April 2016.
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