Evolution of Electronic Dance Music

Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She has published over 20 monographs and edited collections on film and popular music, including Contemporary Cinema and Neoliberal Ideology (co-edited with Lars Kristensen, 2018), Sounds Northern: Popular Music, Culture and Place in England’s North (2018), Popular Music in Eastern Europe: Breaking the Cold War Paradigm (2016) and Relocating Popular Music (co-edited with Georgina Gregory, 2015). She is also principal editor of Studies in Eastern European Cinema.Les Gillon is Senior Lecturer at University of Central Lancashire, UK. In addition to his research in the field of popular music, he also writes about aesthetics and the visual arts. He is the author of The Uses of Reason in the Evaluation of Artworks: Commentaries on the Turner Prize (2015).Tony Rigg is Head of Music Business Education at Manchester MIDI School, UK, where he has developed courses, and lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, where he collaborated on the development of the MA in Music Industry Management and Promotion. He spent over 20 years occupying senior management roles in market-leading organisations, including that of Operations Director for Ministry of Sound/Hed Kandi. He has overseen the management of more than 80 music venues in the UK.

The Evolution of the Electronic Dance Music provides a much needed update in popular music studies on Electronic Dance Music as an umbrella music genre on the rise since the new millennium. This volume gives the reader a very precise understanding of the music itself focusing on its history and its evolution into different ramifications. It also explores the topics of global stardom in electronic music; of genre, sexism and age in club cultures. It then takes us to different dance music scenes across Europe to further our understanding of this ever-evolving music genre. An insightful journey into the world of EDM.

• Preface: Growing UP with EDMGraham MasseyIntroduction: The Past and Future of Electronic Dance MusicEwa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire, UK, Les Gillon, University of Central Lancashire, UK, Tony Rigg, University of Central Lancashire, UKPart 1: Discursive and Technological Production of EDM 1. The Meanings of ‘EDM’Anita Jóri, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany 2. This is ElectroMathieu Guillien, University of Evry, France3. UK Sampling Practice: Past, Present and Future Justin Morey, Leeds Beckett University, UK4. EDM, Meet AI: Cognitive Tools and (Non) Biological Artists in Electronic Dance MusicAndrew Fry, Independent Scholar, USAPart 2: EDM Stars and Stardom 5. Avicii and Mental Health of EDM StarsMelanie Ptatscheck, University of Paderborn and Osnabrueck University, Germany 6. Where's the Drop? Identifying EDM Trends Through the Career of Deadmau5Tristan Kneschke, Independent Scholar, USA 7. Deadmau5’s Relationships with Authenticity and FameJeremy W Smith, University of Louisville, USA 8. Second-hand Stardom: Connotations of Sampling for Electro SwingChris Inglis, University of South Wales, UKPart 3: Dance Music Scenes9. ‘We Wanna Be Free to Do What We Wanna Do’: The Evolution of Dance Music in LeedsStuart Moss, Leeds Beckett University, UK10. Ageism and Sexism in Manchester’s Club CultureKamila Rymajdo, Manchester University, UK11. Transformation of Dance Culture in Poland Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire, UK ReferencesIndex