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."
by shitforbrains187 August 4, 2012
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Aka Evil Dick Magic. When the dick is so good that you just cant get enough of it
"Ooh girl, he hit me with that EDM and I just lost all control!!
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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
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Ecstasy demanding music. Music which a sane individual cannot enjoy or even tolerate without the heavy usage of drugs, ecstasy in particular.
I love EDM music.
-Yeah, I do drugs too.
by Mauzer_Blitz February 5, 2023
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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.
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!"
by tonedebone August 17, 2019
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Basic mass marketing. An horrific mash of electronic 'styles' brought into one easy to handle nursery music for the types that have absolutely no taste in music and want to simply be part of something huge.

The biggest lie about this crap is that it 'starts people on the way to more serious music' .

the worst thing to happen to electronic music yet.... (apart from trap)
'edm is my life duuude..'

'youre a twatheaded twitter hungry social media twat..'
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EDM stands for electronic dance music. It is very similar, if not the same, as techno. It is more than often wordless and is either hated or loved by people. It is a rather repetitive genre of music and is often used in games. Two of the most famous EDM artists are Calvin Harris and the Fat Rat.
Tim : Don't you love EDM ? Here, listen to Unity by the Fat Rat.
Sean : Fuck off with your EDM shit
Dylan : Let me listen, I like EDM
by Kamikaze Devil Bitch July 23, 2020
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