'electronic dance music' does not seem to be all that new to me. I'm amused by the idea that something popular in Europe for decades which originated in US alternative cultures is only now catching on in US mainstream culture.
What's even more amusing is that sentiment ("electronic music is now catching on") finds its way up every decade.
80s -> Disco & House -> Pop, New Wave
90s -> House -> Pop
00s -> Electro & DnB -> Pop, Hiphop
10s -> Dubstep -> Pop, Hiphop
That's just a crappy sketch but i'm sure someone could flesh it out further. The reality is that it's a continuum, things go in and out of style, what's popular changes, the audience changes, but the music never really goes away, we/you/i just don't know about it. Dubstep is simply the hair metal (80s), grunge (90s) of the times, not a statement about electronic music's popularity or unpopularity.
koshatnik|13 years ago
tb303|13 years ago