Gabber: Raising hell in technoculture1

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillegonda C. Rietveld ◽  
Alexei Monroe
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Safety Valve ◽  
Electronic Noise ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Music Genre ◽  
House Music ◽  
Digital Capital

Gabber is a hardcore electronic dance music genre, typified by extreme speed and overdrive, which developed in the Netherlands, with Rotterdam as its epicentre, during the early 1990s, when house music-inspired dance events dominated. The use of distorted noise and references to popular body horror, such as Hellraiser, dominated its scene, and soon gabber was commented on as ‘the metal of house music’, a statement that this article aims to investigate. Applying a genealogical discographic approach, the research found that the electronic noise music aesthetic of industrial music was crucial for the formation of the sound of gabber. The hardcore electronic dance music that developed from this is at once ironically nihilistic, a contrary critique, and a populist safety valve. The digital machine noise of hardcore seems to offer an immersive means to process the experience of (emasculating) fluidity within post-human accelerated technoculture, itself propelled by rapid digital capital and information technologies.

scholarly journals 'Ora Minggir Tabrak' Electronic Dance Music (EDM), a Montage of The Time-Image

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Citra Aryandari
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Music Genre ◽  
Big Events ◽  
Time Image

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is a music genre which has been perceived in negative way because closely related to night life in which alcoholic drinks and illegal drugs. The beatings of the rhythm presented can arouse a desire to shake the body, giving instant pleasure to escape from the weariness of life. Although it could be said that this music genre is able to help the listeners to forget “the problems” of life, however, it is very rarely that the academic circle looked into this music genre and make it as a subject of interesting studies. This article is written out of subjective observations in social sphere on subjects containing a lot of secrecies and initially considered as a taboo to be discussed. The existence of EDM in line with the technological developments as montage of the time-image related with complexity of social relations, attempting to embark on a new identity in power, politics, and ideological trappings. The phenomenon comes into sight specifically in the song of “Ora Minggir Tabrak”,literally means if you get on my way I will hit you, a soundtrack of Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2feature film. And it obviously could be seen in talent hunting for EDM musicians program broadcast by Net TV (the ReMix), and several other big events with internationally standard organized annually, such as DWP (Djakarta Warehouse Project); and Dreamfield at GWK Bali, which are worth-discussing amidst the hustle and bustle of music market in Indonesia.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF LISTENING EDM GENRE TO STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Sigit Yuliadi ◽  
Sultan Arief Pradana ◽  
Rasi Yugafiati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Cable Tv ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Music Genre ◽  
Direct Use ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Music dynamics is now infiltrated on the development of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) genre. Characteristics of those songs combine the beat, effects, and repetition of words. Those reasons make the EDM genre lovers dance. The genre is commonly found in bars, pubs, night clubs, performance and event venues (venues and appearances). This music genre is also found in radio and cable tv. Interestingly, the lyrics of the genre mostly use English. Although in this country, the lyrics sometimes are found in Bahasa. The lyrics in the EDM genre tend to be repetitive. Thus, the possibility of memorizing the lyrics in English may be higher. Memorize the lyrics in direct use when listening to the EDM genre, giving music lovers chance to produce acceptable pronunciation. The purpose of this study is to examine the mastery of English pronunciation through the lyrics of the EDM genre. The study involves three participants. This study uses descriptive qualitative method. The result of this research is that all participants feel helpful in improving English pronunciation ability by using EDM genre.

Exploring the Drugs-Crime Connection within the Electronic Dance Music and Hip-Hop Nightclub Scenes

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy L. Anderson ◽  
Philip R. Kavanaugh ◽  
Ronet Bachman ◽  
Lana D. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music

The Dance Chorus in Recent Top-40 Music

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Barna
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
Top 40

Contemporary trends in popular music incorporate timbres, formal structures, and production techniques borrowed from Electronic Dance Music (EDM). The musical surface demonstrates this clearly to the listener; less obvious are the modifications made to formal prototypes used in rock and popular music. This article explains a new formal section common to collaborative Pop/EDM songs called the Dance Chorus. Following the verse and chorus, a Dance Chorus is an intensified version of the chorus that retains the same harmony and contains the hook of the song, which increases memorability for the audience. As the name implies, the Dance Chorus also incorporates and acknowledges the embodiment performed in this section.

Rock in Broader Context

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Temperley
Keyword(s):  
Dance Music ◽  
Historical Survey ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Tin Pan Alley

This chapter zooms out to examine the broader historical and stylistic context of rock. The roots of rock—especially in common-practice music, the blues, and Tin Pan Alley / jazz—have been widely discussed, but this chapter attempts to identify more systematically the features that rock shares with these previous styles, as well as its unique features. A historical survey of rock itself and its various subgenres finds that it underwent major changes in the early 1960s but remained rather stable over the next three decades, and in some respects rather homogenous. The chapter then considers some other genres with which rock has interacted and sometimes fused: folk, Latin pop, jazz, electronic dance music, rap, and country. Finally, it considers the development of rock since 2000, finding some changes in the style but also many continuities.

scholarly journals Who Moves to Music? Empathic Concern Predicts Spontaneous Movement Responses to Rhythm and Music

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 205920432097421
Author(s):  
Agata Zelechowska ◽  
Victor E. Gonzalez Sanchez ◽  
Bruno Laeng ◽  
Jonna K. Vuoskoski ◽  
Alexander Refsum Jensenius
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Reactivity Index ◽  
Neutral Position ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Spontaneous Movement ◽  
Electronic Dance Music

Moving to music is a universal human phenomenon, and previous studies have shown that people move to music even when they try to stand still. However, are there individual differences when it comes to how much people spontaneously respond to music with body movement? This article reports on a motion capture study in which 34 participants were asked to stand in a neutral position while listening to short excerpts of rhythmic stimuli and electronic dance music. We explore whether personality and empathy measures, as well as different aspects of music-related behaviour and preferences, can predict the amount of spontaneous movement of the participants. Individual differences were measured using a set of questionnaires: Big Five Inventory, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire. Liking ratings for the stimuli were also collected. The regression analyses show that Empathic Concern is a significant predictor of the observed spontaneous movement. We also found a relationship between empathy and the participants’ self-reported tendency to move to music.

The Oxford Handbook of Electronic Dance Music

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Publication ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Print Publication ◽  
Pass Through

This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. For more information, please read the site FAQs.

Falling Up

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-129
Author(s):  
Clinton McCallum
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Gospel Music ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music ◽  
Spiritual Transcendence ◽  
Modal Jazz ◽  
Musical Representations ◽  
Ring Shout ◽  
Black Gospel Music

This article investigates melodic figures and harmonic sequences that miraculously only step up to illuminate an aesthetic lineage that connects gospel to electronic dance music. It argues that the synth-risers and ever-opening filters of contemporary euphoric rave music like happy-hardcore and uplifting-trance find precedence in compositional devices that made their way into funk/soul and disco/garage from Black gospel music, and that these gospel inventions were derived from the Afro-diasporic ring-shout. Cognitive linguistic and psychoacoustic theories premise an analytical framework for musical representations of endless ascent. Through close readings of representative recordings—a 1927 Pentecostal sermon by Reverend Sister Mary Nelson, James Cleveland’s “Peace Be Still,” Chic’s “Le Freak,” Trussel’s “Love Injection,” and DJ Hixxy’s remix of Paradise's “I See the Light”—the article examines various historical intersections with parlour music, European art music, and modal jazz, and suggests that musical ascent has a non-causal but, nevertheless, objective relationship with a type of spiritual transcendence.

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