A Musical Shift:
In the 80′s
and 90′s, popular culture was locked in a strange relationship with
creepily feminine glam rock bands and questionable teen pop boy bands.
As of today, there is still some obsession with this type of music, but
mainly by teenage girls and young adults still mentally stuck in that
time period. I’m not trashing the success of boy bands or fem-rock
groups—I owned both Nsync and Guns & Roses CD’s—I’m just saying that
the popular music culture has started to shift to a whole new form of
music. This original exploding genre of music would probably not even be
considered true music a few decades ago, however, the electronic dance
music scene has spread through the current generation of young people
like the bubonic plague did through 14th century Europe. Alternative
rock, rap, hip-hop, and some boy bands still carry major weight in
modern musical culture, but their popularity has generally plateaued
while EDM’s prominence has consistently seen an exponential rise since
the new millennium.
New Music, New Lifestyle:
The most
interesting part of the electronic dance music explosion is not just how
computerized music could be so compelling to the ear, but how this new
musical genre has spawned an entire subculture within its audience. EDM
has gone beyond the typical influences musical genres have on their
audience, and created an entire following of people defined by their
musical taste and more often than not, their mingling with MDMA and
other types of party drugs. The rave scene was born with one thing in
mind—sex, drugs, and dance. Most music scenes tend to follow these same
ideas, but EDM takes it a step further and embodies this motto as a sort
of creed adopted by all followers.
Music Festivals:
Ravers
around the world unite under the electronic music flag, and attend
global festivals where the EDM culture becomes larger than life, turning
in to the only reality they know. Some popular festivals include:
- Ultra Music Festival
- Electric Daisy Carnival
- Electric Forest Festival
- Dance Valley
- Global Gathering
- Bonnaroo
- T In the Park
- Nocturnal Fest
-
Escape from Wonderland
In the
United States, EDM has risen insanely in popularity, but has not quite
taken over the mainstream title. Europe, however, has totally indulged
itself in the musical insanity that is electronic music. Like a lot of
global trends, the rave scene has developed greatly in Europe and spread
outward in to all the corners of the globe. With the more recent
development of dubstep, the popular hip-hop and rap music of the United
States has been remixed and re-popularized in electronic form, helping
spread the electronic music culture through the mainstream music taste
of Americans.
Neon Trend:
The rave
scene hasn’t only introduced a certain lifestyle to its audience, but an
entirely new style of clothing and accessories. Rave parties and
festivals have popularized vibrant neon themed shirts, hats, glasses,
and whatever other kind of wacky accessories one wants to wear. Neon
colors have become so necessary for raves because they embody the
craziness that the music promotes and the people thrive on. Ravers have personalized their own neon shirts and hats to
represent their own unique individuality, their organizations, or
whatever else crosses their mind. The neon theme has permeated the
global EDM scene and is unique specifically to this genre.
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