![]() In a 2012 Tumblr post, Deadmau5 wrote: "We all hit play. "But it's really important not to forget the positive side, the blooming life out of it." 2. I think that of course it's important to focus on the negative side because you want to fix things," Dutch producer and DJ Afrojack told MTV News. Artists like Kaskade and Sebastian Ingrosso have spoken against the rampant drug proliferation that is so demonized in mainstream media. Organizations such as Dance Safe are working to help those in the community be safe and "sensible" about their use of psychoactive substances. Yet the EDM community's image appears bound by drug use. ![]() I saw drunk people at a Neil Diamond show, it happens everywhere." There are always drugs at rock, country or hip-hop shows. "People overdosed at Bonnaroo (a Tennessee-based festival that showcase all types of music), someone was stabbed at the Stones in '69, and people were trampled at The Who in 79. "EDM parties are no different than any mass gathering," Rolling Stone's Steve Baltin told Fox News. EDM is nothing more than a drug-addled brofest.Ĭontrary to popular belief, EDM can be enjoyed without MDMA, E, K or even alcohol. Here are six stories we need to stop telling about EDM: 1. But lies and stereotypes keep the genre boxed in. Electronic music has a long and nuanced history that can't be summed as simply " dangerous" or "dumb." Even the name EDM is a blanket term that glosses over the nuances between house, drill, dubstep, trance and drum and bass, to name a few distinct subgenres.Įlectronic music is one of the most promising, unexplored frontiers for the development of future music. Each of those genres was named a societal danger, only to eventually be accepted. The hysteria surrounding EDM can be seen, as Noisey points out, as a modern version of the backlash against jazz in the 20s, rock 'n' roll in the 50s or hip-hop in the 80s. Musical purists continually insist that EDM is nothing more "button pushing." EDM takes the blame for rampant and dangerous drug use to such an extent that cities as big as Toronto and Chicago have outright banned its concerts at certain venues. Concerned parents deride it the mainstream media misunderstands it major corporations have started using mock versions of it to rebrand themselves. ![]() In 2015, electronic music is the devil's music.
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