history: My son has been listening to electronic dance music nowadays, and I'm having trouble getting into it. But I want to be able to relate to him. Anything you can tell me so I can have some common ground?
knowledge: Electronic dance music (also known as EDM, dance music, club music, or simply dance) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.
response: Certainly, it's sometimes abbreviated as ''EDM''. The genres are usually played in areas like nightclubs, raves and festivals.
history: My son has been listening to electronic dance music nowadays, and I'm having trouble getting into it. But I want to be able to relate to him. Anything you can tell me so I can have some common ground?
Certainly, it's sometimes abbreviated as ''EDM''. The genres are usually played in areas like nightclubs, raves and festivals.
Hm... I see. What else can you tell me?
knowledge: EDM is generally produced for playback by disc jockeys (DJs) who create seamless selections of tracks, called a mix, by segueing from one recording to another.
response: The music is played by disc jockeys or ''DJs'', who blend the different tracks together into a mix.
history: My son has been listening to electronic dance music nowadays, and I'm having trouble getting into it. But I want to be able to relate to him. Anything you can tell me so I can have some common ground?
Certainly, it's sometimes abbreviated as ''EDM''. The genres are usually played in areas like nightclubs, raves and festivals.
Hm... I see. What else can you tell me?
The music is played by disc jockeys or ''DJs'', who blend the different tracks together into a mix.
Well, even my old self has heard of DJs! Are there any major Electronic dance music artists that I should know about?
knowledge: EDM producers also perform their music live in a concert or festival setting in what is sometimes called a live PA.
response: I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information, but producers perform at concerts and festivals in something called a life PA.
history: My son has been listening to electronic dance music nowadays, and I'm having trouble getting into it. But I want to be able to relate to him. Anything you can tell me so I can have some common ground?
Certainly, it's sometimes abbreviated as ''EDM''. The genres are usually played in areas like nightclubs, raves and festivals.
Hm... I see. What else can you tell me?
The music is played by disc jockeys or ''DJs'', who blend the different tracks together into a mix.
Well, even my old self has heard of DJs! Are there any major Electronic dance music artists that I should know about?
I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information, but producers perform at concerts and festivals in something called a life PA.
This is all good information. What else should I know?
knowledge: In Europe, EDM is more commonly called 'dance music' or simply 'dance'.
response: They call EDM "dance" or "dance music" in Europe.
history: My son has been listening to electronic dance music nowadays, and I'm having trouble getting into it. But I want to be able to relate to him. Anything you can tell me so I can have some common ground?
Certainly, it's sometimes abbreviated as ''EDM''. The genres are usually played in areas like nightclubs, raves and festivals.
Hm... I see. What else can you tell me?
The music is played by disc jockeys or ''DJs'', who blend the different tracks together into a mix.
Well, even my old self has heard of DJs! Are there any major Electronic dance music artists that I should know about?
I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information, but producers perform at concerts and festivals in something called a life PA.
This is all good information. What else should I know?
They call EDM "dance" or "dance music" in Europe.
Okay, fair enough. I don't think you'll find me raving to EDM in Europe any time soon, but now I'm prepared in case I do! Thank you for the information so far. If you have anything else, it would be appreciated.
knowledge: In the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the emergence of raving, pirate radio, and an upsurge of interest in club culture, EDM acquired mainstream popularity in Europe.
response: EDM became mainstream in Europe by the late 1980s and the early 1990s.