Antithetical conflicts have mired the rise of electronic dance music. Too much pop sounds and collaborations, attention to the wrong releases, and just press a space bar assumptions play off the popularity a genre long underground is now experiencing. The latest issue? What, exactly, to call the genre. A snipe in the New York Times expresses...

Europe is arguably the home of dance music and also home to much of the art and fashion that has been innovative for centuries. America may be catching up on the EDM scene, but it is here that it all started and in many ways dance music is so a part of the culture, that people don’t think twice about what is playing on the radio as they...

I’ve got one word for ya – DIY. Call it freedom of expression, self-engagement, or just plain old democracy, but the do-it-yourself movement highly characterizes the electronic music scene right now. Accessibility, education and technology make musical composition as simple as – yes – the touch of a button. While this bodes well for...

Ever since David Guetta produced the Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga came onto the scene with her brand of electronic-influenced pop, U.S. music critics have decreed that EDM hit the mainstream. Yet, favoring a production style does not necessarily mean a genre has gained mainstream acceptance. After all, consider the brief waves of electronic...

The proliferation of technology has made it possible for everyone around the world to create and distribute their own electronic music. There’s so much out there, it’s almost impossible to keep track of the various styles – and they morph constantly. But there are a couple of key differences, one of which is the cultural split between...