Electronic dance music (EDM) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals. 7️⃣ It is generally produced for playback by DJs who create seamless selections of tracks, called a DJ mix, by segueing 7️⃣ from one recording to another. EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what 7️⃣ is sometimes called a live PA. Since its inception EDM has expanded to include a wide range of subgenres.
In the 7️⃣ late 1980s and early 1990s, following the emergence of raving, pirate radio, PartyCrews, underground festivals and an upsurge of interest 7️⃣ in club culture, EDM achieved mainstream popularity in Europe. However, rave culture was not as broadly popular in the United 7️⃣ States; it was not typically seen outside of the regional scenes in New York City, Florida, the Midwest, and California. 7️⃣ Although both electro and Chicago house music were influential both in Europe and the United States, mainstream media outlets and 7️⃣ the record industry remained openly hostile to it. There was also a perceived association between EDM and drug culture, which 7️⃣ led governments at state and city levels to enact laws and policies intended to halt the spread of rave culture.[3]
Subsequently, 7️⃣ in the new millennium, the popularity of EDM increased globally, particularly in the United States and Australia. By the early 7️⃣ 2010s, the term "electronic dance music" and the initialism "EDM" was being pushed by the American music industry and music 7️⃣ press in an effort to rebrand American rave culture.[3] Despite the industry's attempt to create a specific EDM brand, the 7️⃣ acronym remains in use as an umbrella term for multiple genres, including dance-pop, house, techno, electro and trance, as well 7️⃣ as their respective subgenres.[4][5][6]
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Various EDM genres have evolved over the last 40 years, for example; house, techno, 7️⃣ drum and bass, dance-pop etc. Stylistic variation within an established EDM genre can lead to the emergence of what is 7️⃣ called a subgenre. Hybridization, where elements of two or more genres are combined, can lead to the emergence of an 7️⃣ entirely new genre of EDM.[4]
