Edm
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EDM
An acronym for "Electro house, Dubstep, Moombahcore." Typically used by inexperienced DJs and DAW jockeys to describe the style of music they are trying to produce.
"Hi, I'm a producer from the suburbs. I produce and DJ EDM music. EDM is my favorite kind of music and I want to be like Skrillex and Afrojack when I grow up. I pirate all my software because my mom won't increase my allowance."
EDM by shitforbrains187 August 4, 2012
EDM
EDM by Faralda The Doombringer September 4, 2018
EDM
1. Electronic Dance Music. A broad category to describe electronic music suitable for dancing including but not limited to house, trance, techno, drum and bass and any respective subgenres located therein.
2. Shorthand used by dance music noobs that don't want to accidentally trigger a dance music fandom with an incorrect assumption of a track's genre.
3. Generic term used to dumb down dance music when talking with someone that calls it doof doof or wubwub.
2. Shorthand used by dance music noobs that don't want to accidentally trigger a dance music fandom with an incorrect assumption of a track's genre.
3. Generic term used to dumb down dance music when talking with someone that calls it doof doof or wubwub.
1. Deep house, acid house, French house and progressive house are four examples of house music, which is one of the oldest genres of EDM.
2. "Check out this new Aly & Fila track! They're my favourite trance act!"
"Meh, their vocal trance sucks. I only listen to their uplifting trance."
"It's all EDM tho, right?"
*grrr*
3. "Bloody kids and their doof doof music! Oops ... I mean bloody kids and their EDM! Bloody EDM! It's political correctness gone mad!"
2. "Check out this new Aly & Fila track! They're my favourite trance act!"
"Meh, their vocal trance sucks. I only listen to their uplifting trance."
"It's all EDM tho, right?"
*grrr*
3. "Bloody kids and their doof doof music! Oops ... I mean bloody kids and their EDM! Bloody EDM! It's political correctness gone mad!"
EDM by tonedebone August 17, 2019
EDM
An umbrella term for a wide range of electronic music genres that have a discernable beat. Usually the prototypical representation of EDM has always been 128BPM house music, but obviously it goes way beyond house. A list of most EDM genres and its subgenres can be found below.
EDM genres and its subgenres.
House Music:
-Deep house
-Electro House
-Electro Swing
-Big room house
-Progressive house (my fav)
-Future house
-Tropical House
-Melodic house
-Ambient House
-Organic House
-Tech house
-Acid house
Trance Music:
-Uplifting Trance
-Psychedelic trance
-Progressive trance
-Tech trance
-Acid trance
Hip Hop Music:
-Hip Hop itself
-Trap
Techno:
-Industrial techno
-Hard Techo
-Acid techno (generally just known as 'acid')
-Ambient techno
-Minimal techno
Garage Music:
-Breakstep
-Dubstep
-Chillstep
-Future garage
-Grime
Drum and Bass
-Darkstep
-Hardstep
-Drumstep
-Liquid DnB
Breakbeat:
-Acid breaks
-Big beat
-Progressive breaks
Disco:
-Eurodisco
-Nu-disco
-Hi-NRG
-Post-disco
Nostalgic Electronic Music:
-Chillwave
-Hypnagogic pop
-Synthwave
-Vaporwave
House Music:
-Deep house
-Electro House
-Electro Swing
-Big room house
-Progressive house (my fav)
-Future house
-Tropical House
-Melodic house
-Ambient House
-Organic House
-Tech house
-Acid house
Trance Music:
-Uplifting Trance
-Psychedelic trance
-Progressive trance
-Tech trance
-Acid trance
Hip Hop Music:
-Hip Hop itself
-Trap
Techno:
-Industrial techno
-Hard Techo
-Acid techno (generally just known as 'acid')
-Ambient techno
-Minimal techno
Garage Music:
-Breakstep
-Dubstep
-Chillstep
-Future garage
-Grime
Drum and Bass
-Darkstep
-Hardstep
-Drumstep
-Liquid DnB
Breakbeat:
-Acid breaks
-Big beat
-Progressive breaks
Disco:
-Eurodisco
-Nu-disco
-Hi-NRG
-Post-disco
Nostalgic Electronic Music:
-Chillwave
-Hypnagogic pop
-Synthwave
-Vaporwave
EDM by Idiosyncratic Misnomer June 30, 2021