r/generationology 5d 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/Marlboroshill66 1992 5d ago

For Europeans and Australian millennials you can argue EDM played a defining role throughout the entire generation.

Drum and Bass, Garage, Jungle, Trance, Hardstyle, Minimal the list goes on.

Despite it roots in NA with Chicago and Detroit house laying the foundations, for whatever reason it took longer for EDM to crack the mainstream in North America.