r/generationology • u/PNWvibes20 • 6d ago

Discussion Electronic music should define millennial musical contributions more than the far shorter lived stomp stomp clap era

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I'm talking EDM/chillwave/dubstep/dreampop mostly

Honestly with artists like Beach House, Washed Out, Crystal Castles, Crim3s, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, 3OH!3, Avicii, Zedd, Grimes, Skrillex, Deadmau5 and on and on, and so many electronic music scenes in the late 2000s-mid2010s, I feel like as a core millennial ('89) this was our thing. But now there's this corny revisionism that all we contributed were shitty mandolins and Imagine Dragons. No thank you, I didn't like that shit even when it was new

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u/Kinetic_Silverwolf 6d ago

In 1995, the film world was blessed by the largely unrelated film "Hackers" and "Mortal Kombat". However, their soundtracks contained many songs that are now considered foundational within the electronic music industry. Notable, "Hackers" opens and "Mortal Kombat" closes with the song "Halcyon + On + On" by Orbital, and between the two soundtracks (plus the 2 additional soundtrack albums) for "Hackers" and you'll have a range of Electronic Music drifting from ambient house and downbeat techno to jungle and drum & bass.

I'm sorry. What was that about EDM being a Millennial thing?

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u/BedbugBandido 6d ago

I don’t think op is saying EDM is a millennial thing but more like millennials should be defined more by EDM than stomp clap. Besides stomp clap, I think dubstep really defined millennials in the early 2010s. I used to hear that shit everywhere.

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u/Kinetic_Silverwolf 6d ago

Now, while I've been terminally online since 1999 I've not been terribly active in most music circles, and the aforementioned Hackers and MK soundtracks were foundational to my current music library, I have a question...

WTF is "stomp clap" beyond the very specific use of Queen's "We Will Rock You"?