Electronic Dance Music
Electronic Dance Music
Electronic Dance Music has now reached it’s high in the public all over the world. This genre of music was created and reformed from past generations of music and its history goes all the way back to the mid-to-late 70’s. What is common throughout Electronic Dance Music’s history is its usage of drugs between the attendee’s at these concerts, shows, festivals, or raves. Now that Electronic Music is becoming the most popular genre for young adults and teens to listen to, the public cant help but be aware of what chaos it could possibly bring. The only way to prevent such disasters of over-doses and deaths is to educate the Electronic Dance Music lovers’ on what could potentially happen to this culture if a change is not made. The Electronic Dance Music scene is almost like a reconfiguration of the disco era way back in the mid-to-late 70’s. There are way too many sub-genres of EDM music but the word that is mainly used to describe it is Techno. Techno is being described as anything with a thudding beat (Hillegonda). Some of the sub-genres inside EDM include house, acid-house, garage, techno, trap, trance, dubstep, hard-style, and many more (Brian J). Back in the day, Disco music was considered an offshoot of funk and soul music and was also categorized as mainstream and new anti-commercial genres emerged which included reggae in Jamaica, punk in the UK, and hip-hop in New York City (Hillegonda). What these genres didn’t have was a record that could keep the audience dancing all night long; this is the factor that continues to live on in Electronic Dance Music. By the mid 80’s individual record labels had appeared and various strains of North American house, garage, techno were exported to Europe, which was the trigger, and this music scene began to rise (Hillegonda). Although this scene was reaching many countries around the world the U.K had the lead in adopting these new sounds. Drugs being affiliated with this music began in 1987 when
Electronic Dance Music has now reached it’s high in the public all over the world. This genre of music was created and reformed from past generations of music and its history goes all the way back to the mid-to-late 70’s. What is common throughout Electronic Dance Music’s history is its usage of drugs between the attendee’s at these concerts, shows, festivals, or raves. Now that Electronic Music is becoming the most popular genre for young adults and teens to listen to, the public cant help but be aware of what chaos it could possibly bring. The only way to prevent such disasters of over-doses and deaths is to educate the Electronic Dance Music lovers’ on what could potentially happen to this culture if a change is not made. The Electronic Dance Music scene is almost like a reconfiguration of the disco era way back in the mid-to-late 70’s. There are way too many sub-genres of EDM music but the word that is mainly used to describe it is Techno. Techno is being described as anything with a thudding beat (Hillegonda). Some of the sub-genres inside EDM include house, acid-house, garage, techno, trap, trance, dubstep, hard-style, and many more (Brian J). Back in the day, Disco music was considered an offshoot of funk and soul music and was also categorized as mainstream and new anti-commercial genres emerged which included reggae in Jamaica, punk in the UK, and hip-hop in New York City (Hillegonda). What these genres didn’t have was a record that could keep the audience dancing all night long; this is the factor that continues to live on in Electronic Dance Music. By the mid 80’s individual record labels had appeared and various strains of North American house, garage, techno were exported to Europe, which was the trigger, and this music scene began to rise (Hillegonda). Although this scene was reaching many countries around the world the U.K had the lead in adopting these new sounds. Drugs being affiliated with this music began in 1987 when