the term EDM in general is vulturish and started by the powers that be (festival promoters, advertisers) to neatly package up already existing scenes, water it down, and sell it to idiots
electronic music has been around longer than most of us on this board have been alive, and some of the genres were literally started by black people , or a mix of black and white people who wanted to escape from the grind of society and just dance and have a good time. go look up who all the techno OGs in detroit were, go look up what color all the house OGs from Chicago were, go see who all the Jungle OGs from London were, the hoods they came from and what they looked like
"EDM" - the modern term as we know it, is a cash grab and is hated by anyone who had had roots in the scenes i mentioned above, white or black, and was around to experience real electronic music and rave culture from the late 80s to the early-mid 2000s
"EDM" is the gentrified version of the rave scene. the whole entire world is fukkin gentrified
those who cant distinguish between modern day social media era EDM and the actual electronic music with roots planted shouldnt be commenting. those who think "electronic music is for them..." shouldnt be commenting; a lot of that shyt was started the SAME way hip hop in the bronx started, by the SAME class and race of people
black people are still making and DJing electronic music. theyre just not making and spinning the top forty bubblegum trash EDM ala Martin Garrix, et al
when the WMC comes to Miami in march, go see what the DJs look like. at the real parties in hotels, venues, etc.. NOT at Ultra. guarantee youll be surprised at the diversity and demographics
