NUTS

The sky is falling.

"'house with a 909 drum machine,' he added, referring to a primitive device"

........

thanks wsj for that hard-hitting journalism

I don't know who this Avicii guy is, but he sounds like a knobhead. Also, most of the comments there are depressing.

seriously. Fucking embarrassing.

Though in the writer's defense, Avicii provided the extensive info on the "device" in question.

Since when has the WSJ been concerned about EDM?

LOL. Next there is going to be a Ask A Raver section in the WSJ. le sigh.

I find it pretty interesting (and encouraging) that a rock critic at a mainstream publication like the WSJ would actually come out and argue that the current wave of commercial "EDM" is shit. Certainly a more provocative position than, say, Rolling Stone has taken in its constant fellating of SHM.

"I can't play house for 2 hours".

Lovely stuff.

I think electronic mucis is very strong, I find so many great tracks and albums as ever.
And that there is the dumb edge of the coin: it's old news. There always have been, just think of 2 Unlimited in the 90s, what did they have in common with for example Aphex Twin? Just as much as David Guetta has in common with Carl Cox.
Just let the teenagers also have fun and enjoy and they will realise.

most is getting BORING for sure

Glowstick problemz

nothing new in this article....

Being one who remembers L.A. Style, t-99, Smart-E's, Rotterdam Termination Source and the like as new releases. No. Someone is being a little too easy on the music and forgetting how awful some of it was when the novelty and rush wore off.

The fluro masses in Detroit and the level of general dickheadedness behind the decks in Miami, convinced me that its heading in that direction; with commerciality comes vanity and sadly ignorance. We should all be either writing a thesis on atonal phrasing, listening to Internal Empire non-stop, or challenging our friends to name the entire UR back catalogue in chronological order, instead of having fun at parties. Down with this sort of thing.

Thank you for providing some much needed perspective. In the end everything will be fine and underground dance music will survive this EDM wave.

Duh. Huh?

If talking about David Guetta, Afro Jack, the whole bunch of those Netherlands kids or those Swedes of course that the dance music is taking downside course....


www.clubbingunlimited.com

"If somebody said to me: Play 'The Time of My Life' by the Black Eyed Peas and throw your hands in the air, I couldn't do it," said Carl Cox, a veteran DJ and producer. "If you gave me $10 million, I couldn't do it."

And that's why we love him.

Could not be more RAlevent.

It's just a shame that it takes this kind of 'dumbing down' for them to deem electronic music worthy of comment.

...just seems to reinforce what I perceive as mainstream America's disdain for electronic music. Comment on how shit the commercial stuff is and totally overlook the exciting stuff going on in the underground. QED electronic music is shit.

Read the article and was just about to post exactly the same quote! Hilarious(ly uninformed journalism).

edm is dumb as hell right now when will somebody make something interesting or original yawnn fart

I mean, is the 909 not pretty basic as far as it goes? Compared to standard production tools in 2012 it obviously isn't nearly as complex as what most use.

Also I found it interesting that the WSJ was able to put out an article so nuanced about the differences between underground and mainstream electronic music. Why is this a bad thing?

interesting

Primitive device. That's funny.

Can anybody help me please? I'm tired of drum kits and drum machines, well anything that makes a sound really. It's so primitive. I'm looking for sound that stretches beyond sound as I find audio today is lacking originality. Anybody?

Haha, +1