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Electronic Music is generally music that is made to dance to. A big part of what makes music good to dance to (especially when you are going to do it for hours
by weavie 7y ago
Electronic Music is generally music that is made to dance to.
A big part of what makes music good to dance to (especially when you are going to do it for hours at a time) is its predictability. If you know a beat is about to drop, and you can feel it coming you can position your body in preparation. When it does drop and you are able to move accordingly it provides a great sense of release and satisfaction.
The result of this is that when people go to dance parties, they really want to know in quite some detail about what music it is they are dancing to. So if the genre is slightly changed, it will need a new label to inform the dancers of what is going to be different so they can plan their body movements accordingly! Thus the whole plethora of sub-genres.
- hutzlibu 7y agoI guess that is why I am not too much into electronic dance music(at least not those types you mentioned), as it is too predicitable and therefore booring to me. I like music to be wild and when I am in the flow, I feel a beat coming, even if it is out of "order". But why does it need a label to inform dancers of a genre change? You just feel the beat and move to it, no?
- H1Supreme 7y agoMost western music is 4/4 (or some derivative) time signature based, and quite predictable. Especially anything that is remotely popular. Mind sharing some of the acts/bands you like?
- hutzlibu 7y agoI like music from many genres, though what I like is usually not very popular. But I like shpongle too, for example. I just prefer it, if the music has something handmade to it, like a didgeridoo (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLTOTN0OrBU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLTOTN0OrBU), or in general, I prefer live concerts, over a dj. Live playing allways brings variations to this exact moment, the bands can change the speed according to the vibe of the audience. (but a good dj can do this probably, too) But the music I had in mind, was something like Piniol. A crazy french band, but the genre is hard to describe. I heard it described as Zappamusic (from Frank Zappa), or psychadelic rogressive, but that does not really say much. Also, so far I never liked that music to just put on speakers, just enjoyed them, or similar bands, live in concert. Oh and, yes their music is also somewhat predictable, it is just that the complexity seems to be higher.
- JakeTheAndroid 7y agoIf you're looking for non 4/4 music, the whole of prog metal is basically open to you. Animals as Leaders, Intervals, Plini, Polyphia etc are all instrumental. Periphery, Monuments, Tesseract, Dream Theater, Volumes, Born of Osiris, Jason Richardson, The Contortionist etc span a wide variety of sounds, and all implement unique time signatures.
- CapricornNoble 7y agoDo you listen to reggae or dancehall? I have friends who are reggae DJs and joined them for an event in Yokohama years ago.....12 hours and 2 nightclubs later I was sick of reggae lol.....it's just too chaotic for me. I love EDM because I feel I can settle into a "groove" and coast along with the music indefinitely, like riding a wind. But reggae is the total opposite, constantly changing. You might wanna check it out if you like wild, unpredictable music.
- hutzlibu 7y agoSure, I love reggae ... and with reggae, you also can get into the "groove". With dancehall, ragga, etc. this is much harder, yes. "Booolah!!" (something they do in dancehall, a loud sound, breaking the tune and restarting the beat. Breaks groove of dancing by definition)