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The Chainsmokers = garbage I want to talk about/share EDM. More specifically, music that just gets labeled as EDM rather than house/electro/dubstep/techno/trance/drum & bass/etc. Other subgenres of electronic music have their threads in NMD, but I’m not sure this type of stuff gets discussed in those threads or in NMD at all. Before you say it: I know this type of music isn’t for everyone, but it’s been hugely popular for many years for a reason and I want somewhere to talk about it and share it. I’ve been going to EDM shows/festivals for years, and the feeling of being in a crowd like that (especially a sold out one) with hundreds/thousands of people all getting into the music and dancing together is unparalleled for me. Being connected to EDM feels like being part of an inclusive and welcoming family for me in a way that many other genres do not. Let's hear about EDM artists you’re into, shows/festivals you’ve been to, artists you think are on track to really blow up, etc. Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan - Rumble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z25ZZ3DHds San Holo - Fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj6X_xqZ4Ws Madeon - Icarus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHs99iVpnXU ODESZA - The Last Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKoiq6Su-8 RL Grime & ISOxo - Jewel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A9NcpCJhiA Flume - Never Be Like You feat. Kai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly7uj0JwgKg The Glitch Mob - Higher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmxtqXvOseM Porter Robinson - Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsy1URDYK88 Virtual Self - Particle Arts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b06pKMxF6h8 Pretty Lights - Around The Block feat. Talib Kweli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RlcrCRSY4Y REZZ x Quackson x Wreckno - Gyrate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQTvDwHQvk Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Sep 23, 2023 |
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MrSargent posted:I am glad you started this thread because the House/Electro thread is mostly dead and posting mainstream "EDM" is frowned upon. Here are a couple artists/tracks that I have been into lately. The most recent show I went to was Tritonal which was pretty awesome and next week I'm going to see Arty/Cazzette.  Also this Pierce Fulton track is probably one of my most-played songs on Spotify since I started using it last year  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq6n7Hlgjw4 And on the topic of Soundcloud (since the tracks you posted were on Soundcloud), what do you think the impending demise of Soundcloud means for EDM? I know a lot of the producers I've seen over the past couple years are either unsigned or on indie labels and they've gotten as big as they have primarily because they built a following through Soundcloud. It's the same way for a lot of newer rappers.
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Also I went to a sold out Flux Pavilion show last month (with support by Fransis Derelle and Kayzo) right before he finished up his huge 3 month US tour and that was loving nuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3cE9iXIx9c Everyone who's heard Jay-Z & Kanye's Watch The Throne album is already familiar with Flux whether they realize it or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q9rewnLFYw
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Jul 20, 2017 00:56
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 3rd track from Rezz's upcoming album is out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3G2cNdVedw
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This is literally exactly why I said in the OP that I know it’s not for everyone but it’s popular for a reason lol I know EDM isn’t everyone’s bag. Hell, a lot of my friends think all EDM is garbage and don’t even bother to check most of it out. But there are a lot of people who don’t have that attitude and enjoy listening to music that’s fun as gently caress and gets you hyped up even if it might not be the most artsy poo poo in the world, and that’s the type of stuff I want to share/discuss. Although after posting this thread, I realized that I don’t know how many people on SA would actually be into this kind of thing...
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Jul 23, 2017 23:27
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Rezz and Slushii both dropped their first full-length albums at midnight and they're SO loving GOOD  Rezz - Livid https://soundcloud.com/official-rezz/rezz-livid Slushii - Hold On https://soundcloud.com/slushiimusic/10-hold-on-v2-eqd-dks I'm seeing both of them (again) in the next couple months and I can't wait to be on the barricade for those shows. Especially Rezz. She's gonna go hard as gently caress. I know because I've seen her before. I saw her perform after deadmau5 and she loving destroyed him hahaha
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Aug 4, 2017 07:09
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MrSargent posted:I dig Rezz but I have to ask, how does one DJ "destroy" another? All that really means is you enjoyed her set more but you aren't going to convince me that Rezz did anything technical to "destroy" mau5.
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Aug 7, 2017 23:42
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MrSargent posted:Again, excitement is 100% subjective. Just say you enjoyed her show and visuals more. I think you are talking about the Mau5Hax Bus Tour? Him having no visuals likely has nothing to do with him and everything to do with the venue and what they were prepared for. You are essentially putting up him doing a guestmix to open for her up against her actual show. Look at his Cube 2.0 show and then come back and tell me that "the student has surpassed the teacher". She hasn't. He has more going on in front of him in the cube than any other "DJ" out there. I don't think he has the ability to put on an exciting show without the visual component, from what I've seen.
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Aug 8, 2017 01:40
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well why not posted:That Rezz album is very good, the Slushii album didn't click. Can't stand the dude's voice, which is a shame, because he's an awesome producer. 
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hot sauce posted:Pretty Lights has started to freestyle during his shows and I totally am not feeling it. Just saw him at Red Rocks on Saturday night and the parts where he rapped were the most cornball poo poo ever.
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Aug 14, 2017 20:56
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MrSargent posted:This saddens me as Pretty Lights was one of the first shows I ever went to and it was awesome. I thought Color Map of the Sun was a GREAT album but he has been super quiet on releasing any music since then. If you haven't yet, check out this documentary about the making of that album! It's rad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C402fprLRDw
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I wouldn't say I don't enjoy deadmau5's style. I've enjoyed his studio stuff for several years now, and I enjoyed the first time I saw him a great deal. I just don't think his style translates well to a live environment all by itself, I guess. If it's the full A/V sensory overload package? Then yeah, I love it. But if it's just him without any real stage presence then it bores me to tears. Any of Rezz's tunes get me pumped literally every time I listen to them, whether it's in my car or at home without any visual accompaniment. Some of deadmau5's tracks do that for me too (like all of 4x4=12, Strobe, I Remember, etc.), but most of those songs are at least 5 minutes long (if not double that) and there's a lot of buildup in them. Personally I enjoy progressive stuff (hell, post-rock is one of my favorite genres so it's not like I'm averse to long songs with lots of buildup), but Rezz's tunes have no padding whatsoever. They just get right to the loving point and I feel like they work better for the whole EDM live environment by and large. Obviously mau5 has a few of those too, but that makes up, what, 15 or 20 minutes of an hour and a half long set?
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Aug 24, 2017 09:53
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blahz posted:Thanks for starting up this thread! I remember looking for a similar thread a while back and surprised there wasn't really anything. I'll have to listen to all the links posted in here. I’m sure he puts on an incredible show.
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Aug 25, 2017 01:36
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Chief McHeath posted:I've been wanting a thread like this in here for a while but was far too lazy to make one, thanks OP. I could've sworn I remember hearing his remix of Ellie Goulding's Lights at the end of a movie I saw in theaters years ago, but now I'm searching to try to find what movie it was and I can't find it. I thought it was Dredd but that wasn't it. In any case, this remix owns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlIDlOqurA
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Aug 25, 2017 05:30
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I’ve seen Madeon and Porter separately and they’re both amazing. I’m sure seeing them together must be insane. Porter puts on one of the more emotional EDM shows I’ve ever been to.
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https://open.spotify.com/album/3VzsvmhnUb9OZ59bq2aoNZ The new ODESZA album dropped last night (their first in 3 years). It's really not grabbing me like In Return did I still play In Return all the way through at least once a month. It's just amazing song after amazing song after amazing song. This new one, though...it's not like it's terrible or anything, but the ratio of standout songs to meh ones compared to In Return is spotty at best.For example, one of the best songs on here is Late Night, which they already released as a single months ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqK0pqV-c9c
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Sep 8, 2017 19:35
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blahz posted:Sorry to hear you're not enjoying it
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Sep 9, 2017 00:54
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blahz posted:Regardless, Odesza is really amazing and I need to experience their music live. I've been wanting to see their Red Rocks live show, especially since I've seen videos of their trap-ish song Bronko.
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Sep 10, 2017 06:03
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I saw Slander tonight and goddamn that show was fun  They legit made the crowd start a circle pit and sprayed champagne over everyone at the end haha If you aren't familiar with them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHHcTCnxO9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoig1KrKqIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQuaeupNr0Q Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Sep 17, 2017 |
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Yo, if you are in or anywhere near Texas in December, you should really go to this: Aside from my excitement over seeing NIN, Godspeed and acts from other genres, on this lineup there's also: Justice Pretty Lights Rezz Cashmere Cat Shlomo G Jones & more This is the festival I went to last year where I saw Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Tycho, Odesza, Kaskade and more. Last year was unreal. It felt like the closest I've ever come to a religious experience. I'll remember that festival for the rest of my life, and this year looks memorable as gently caress too.
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Sep 21, 2017 05:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2V0M6jzjuk Illenium's new album came out the other day and caught me totally off guard. I didn't know what to expect from it but I think it might be one of my favorite albums of the year. I've listened to the whole thing like 3 times since the first time I listened to it yesterday. Also I'm still loving baffled by how this song (which came out months ago) isn't a top 40 megahit by now because it just seems so obvious that it should be. It's infectious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AfjBifqK_E
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blahz posted:I've been meaning to listen to the album, so thanks for the review on it. I'll have to give it a listen to it today!  Also this Wednesday night I'm seeing Zomboy and then Thursday night I'm seeing Rezz for the 2nd time this year, gently caress yes
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Sep 25, 2017 23:11
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Jesus Christ, I saw Zomboy tonight and I think that might've been the most sensory overload I've ever experienced at an EDM show. Smoke machines and strobes right in my face (I was front row). It was so loud. My neck hurts so much. I loved it 
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I saw Justice in 2012 and they were loving incredible. They're playing Day For Night in December too, so if I go to that I'll probably see 'em again, although I wasn't much of a fan of their last album. Audio Video Disco grew on me a ton but Woman hasn't.
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I saw Rezz tonight for the 2nd time this year (this was the first date of her Mass Manipulation tour) and somehow it was even better than the first time I saw her and the first time was incredible  She played pretty much everything I could want to hear from her: her entire new album, Plague, her remix of Killing in the Name Of, etc. If she's coming near you on this tour, I'd highly recommend you'd go see her. She's the type of performer where you don't want to take your eye off her the entire time she's playing. She's so happy and chill but she plays the filthiest poo poo. I love it. She's humble as gently caress, too. You can tell she really appreciates her fans and wants to make them happy, which I can't say of every artist. Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Sep 29, 2017 |
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Laserface posted:I dont really know where else to ask, so Im asking you guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-k_Eg7zXuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbAUwi4D3Ew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxAgB3EI2vk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGrpJWGl6tg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5gAGdj1X8 Their live setup (called The Blade) is an unparalleled live experience too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUu8jxWDSOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbF1tIkeXek They're working on a new album and Blade 2.0 now, too  edit: I just realized that I've been to New Year's shows for both Glitch Mob and Pretty Lights. Now those were some loving amazing ways to ring in a new year! Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Oct 6, 2017 |
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Laserface posted:Thanks for the suggestions. I had started dabbling in TGM stuff but it wasnt quite as.... heavy I guess? its still really good though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHFx11tUO1M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ7pyiHg2BY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2thkapBJYfg Drink The Sea has way more of a relaxed tone than Love Death Immortality does. Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Oct 10, 2017 |
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Infected Mushroom was traditional psytrance and then they became...uhh, less psytrance? Or poppy psytrance? I don't even know what you'd call what they became. I also don't know what their newer stuff sounds like, because I haven't listened to them since Legend of the Black Shawarma and that was apparently a few albums ago. I'd assume it sounds like the poppier psytrance stuff they made on that album because that seemed to be the direction they were heading in. Their evolution seemed to be similar to Pendulum's, who started out as just a drum n bass act but then evolved into kind of an electro rock act. (Then Pendulum turned into Knife Party ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0XEmBCBB24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zD2XNvOOo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLwF4JfiJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4YvkZeLrjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg2FFf20ng0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxov0BQ2fpE They rule, but they aren't exactly performing at the same kinds of shows/festivals as a lot of other acts discussed in this thread, for the most part. Also most of their stuff is at higher BPMs than the majority of artists discussed in this thread. I wish their fanbases crossed over with each other, but I can also see why they wouldn't. Rageaholic fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Oct 10, 2017 |
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I saw Flosstradamus for the first time tonight and that was certainly ridiculous! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynr90rj-fV4 (spoiler alert: it happened ) Also oh my god, so many strobes. Do not go see one of these shows if you're prone to seizures in the least. I assume you'd know that already, but yeah haha
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Chief McHeath posted:Floss are certainly pioneers, but I've never really been impressed with them live. Curt continually stays mixing (not outstandingly) and Josh just yelled at people and waved a flag. I always figured Josh was some sort of studio/production wizard and just couldn't DJ worth anything. 
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Burial's so loving good. Untrue is one of those albums I want to conceive a child to lmao RJD2 too. I remember playing GTA San Andreas on PC and loading the user created radio station with RJD2. It fit so well!
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Smug Mug posted:Saw Rezz at the Roseland last night. Face got a little bit melted. That's exactly what happened to me when I saw her!
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https://twitter.com/porterrobinson/status/923260564067028993 ...so this is...uhh...nothing like Porter's other stuff, but goddamn, I love it  Let's see the festival kids dance to this poo poo! Ahahahaha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7QeR0VxnlA
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https://twitter.com/RLGRIME/status/923580790679597056 Something spooky from RL Grime coming tomorrow! Also I get to see him on Saturday night
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https://twitter.com/odesza/status/923693329392418816 ODESZA's gonna be the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel tonight. That's pretty rad, since I never expected to see an artist like them be the musical guest on a late night talkshow. They must really be blowing up! Although I guess they are if they're doing well enough to sell out the Staples Center (a 21,000 capacity venue) https://twitter.com/odesza/status/921633804036403200
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blahz posted:Odesza are really amazing and deserve their success. I liked that rendition, but it did lack a lot of the energy from the original song.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiLwFPQ2ObA Saw Tokimonsta at a festival today and she was dope. Tomorrow I'm seeing Boombox Cartel and RL Grime at that same festival, then going to an Illenium afterparty after the festival, omg
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Oct 28, 2017 07:08
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Oh gently caress, new Borgore  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCeWbCkxHoI
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Jato posted:I saw Rezz last night because of this thread and she was great. First time going to an EDM show in years and I had a blast. Planning to go see Illenium next month.
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Nov 4, 2017 20:39
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New Bassnectar track (with Digital Ethos) from the second part of his Reflective series out 12/1, and drat it slaps as Nectar pretty much always does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtlMsZtFh0s
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The first part of the 2018 lineup for this EDM/hip-hop/indie rock festival I go to every year got announced:  I saw Bassnectar at this festival in 2015 and it was basically a religious experience. Also I was gonna go see Sylvan Esso here like 2 months ago but that show sold out, so it'll be cool to finally get to see them. Borgore puts on a hell of a show too. I saw him in February and it was insane.
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