electronic dance music

English

Noun

electronic dance music (uncountable)

(music) A field of modern popular music, encompassing house, techno and other genres of percussive dance music.
- 2014, William Forde Thompson, Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia
  Some music, such as electronic dance music, is completely produced electronically and new practices have developed such as live coding, circuit bending, and chipmusic.

Synonyms

EDM, dance music, dance

Translations

a genre of percussive electronic music

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Czech: elektronická taneční hudba f
Finnish: elektroninen tanssimusiikki
Georgian: ელექტრონული საცეკვაო მუსიკა (elekṭronuli saceḳvao musiḳa), საცეკვაო ელექტრონული მუსიკა (saceḳvao elekṭronuli musiḳa)
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Russian: электро́нная танцева́льная му́зыка f (elektrónnaja tanceválʹnaja múzyka)
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Usage notes

The term electronic dance music is usually taken to apply only to post-disco genres, despite disco itself being electronic dance music. It thus encompasses styles like deep house, which are not strongly dance-oriented.

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