Alright, here is a post for the true believers. According to Tale Tela.com, the Daily Star UK reported that "Swedish House Mafia DJ's Wage War" against music producers. Vehemently accusing them of "raping" the genre by mainstreaming it and making it too commercial.
Sentiments that echo how Musical Technocracy feels about the issue and have been advocated since the creation of our blog. Though we believe in the commercialization and spread of the music into the mainstream, I do believe there is a right way and a wrong way to go about doing this without violating the spirituality, culture and social movement that is behind the music.
The appropriation of every Tom, Dick and Harry that pop and urban music has to offer into the electronic music production process still seems like whoredom to many. And we are personally glad that someone of prominence in the EDM community, such as Axwell, has called them out.
However, to simply raise awareness as to the corruption infecting electronic music is not enough. Axwell's efforts need to be taken up by all who are genuinely concerned about EDM's state of affairs and taken a step further by way of educating newcomers to the music. Education that needs to teach how the genre goes far deeper than just the drugs and the clubs.
Case studies such the history of the Love Parade and Dr. Motte, what the music has meant for the LGBT community and Paul Van Dyk's playing of smuggled mix tapes behind the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain of communism need to be case and point.
Electronic Dance Music, in a lot of ways, was a Social Justice Movement before it was just plain old music.
This is awesome! Exactly what you and I have been talking about for the last year. I really hope some other EDM artists come out and back them up. I'm 100% behind them!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post man! This isnt the first time SHM has clashed with the mainstream...i remember when Angello was playing in Miami in 2009 and Paris Hilton came up to him and told him to play some hip hop music!
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haha i feel like ever since then EDM has totally blitzed the scene and taken over completely...which unfortunately means the money hungry producers will do anything to reap the profits of EDM glory
Great post!
this post, like your blog, is fantastic!!
ReplyDeletealways a joy to read what you have to say :)