If you’re interested in making a particular style of EDM, it probably helps to figure out a rough genre you want to fit into.įor example, if you’ve been to Tomorrowland, what you’ll be likely hearing is big room house and trap. Probably too many to list, especially if you keep subdividing down to ridiculous levels such as ‘hyper jazzstep’ or ‘hardcore breakbeat trance’. These are the ones you’ll hear at most major festivals and clubs, and are pioneered by artists like Hardwell (big room), Skrillex (modern dubstep), Diplo (trap/electro house/other), and other big-name artists.īut there are plenty more down the rabbit hole, like deep house, trance, drum & bass, hardstyle, garage, and many more. The most popular ones are probably future bass, big room house, hybrid trap, dubstep, electronic pop, and future house. The Subgenres of EDMĪs you can probably tell, there are tons of different subgenres within electronic dance music. This is where the term ‘EDM’ first started circulating, because it was a simple and repeatable term to describe any sort of electronic music that you can dance to.Īnd now, you’ve probably come home from a rave and typed ‘what is EDM’ into Google, and here you are.īut EDM is a big beast, with many different styles and subgenres.
However, it’s worth noting that some people define electronic and dance music as separate genres, because not all electronic music is necessarily made for the clubs.īut anyway, I don’t want to confuse you anymore.Īll that aside – it’s exactly these characteristics that define EDM as one of the big umbrella genres, like rock, jazz or hip-hop.Įarly macs were often the computers of choice for producers.ĮDM subgenres are popping up left, right, and centre – jungle, garage, hip-hop, techno, trance, electro house, progressive, eurodance etc.Īnd in the last 10-15 years, electronic dance music stopped being the weird younger sibling of music, and started to gain notoriety and appreciation by the public en masee – it wasn’t just for the clubs anymore. Vocal sample sucks? Just replace it with one of the thousands in your sample library.Īs a result, EDM tunes sound inherently bigger and cleaner because there is more control in the process, from the initial idea to the final product. Synth not ‘fizzy’ enough? You can add something on top. You can place a kick drum exactly on the beat at whatever tempo you want. In electronic music, you aren’t limited to a ‘live’ recording situation, so you have complete creative control over every second of a song. You have complete control over the sound of the music.Įspecially compared to acoustic genres, which often require a massive amount of audio engineering trickery to get them to sound as clear as an electronic record.
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