Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025): EDM and its Discontents

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Published: 25-Feb-2026

Editorial

Executive Editor's Introduction

Graham St John
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Introduction to EDM and its Discontents The Contested Meaning of “Electronic Dance Music”

Anita Jori
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Feature Articles

EDM, Tech-House or Business Techno? “Trolling” Inauthentic Club Music Through Social Media

Gaute Barlindhaug
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Negotiating Sonic Spaces Exploring Urban Indian Youth and the Semantic Flux of Electronic Dance Music Culture

Devpriya Chakravarty
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Beats on Airwaves Radio, Electronic Dance Music Selection and Meanings

Dennis Mathei
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Playing by the Rules? Genre Conventions in Contemporary DJ Performance

Manoli Moriaty, Nina Kehagia
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Augmented Creativity Using AI Collaborators to Make a Music Video

Kirsten Hermes
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From the Floor

Historical Emergence and Current Uses of the Term italodisco

Guglielmo Bottin
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On The Spectrum Where Is EDM Placed Within Electronic Dance Music Culture?

Dr Dylan Davis, Dr Mike Callander, Dr David Haberfeld
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A Laptop and Some Talent We Are Your Friends, the EDM Pop DJ and the Gig Economy

Rosie Dwyer
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Weekend Societies in the Walled Garden Montréal’s Piknic Electronik in the Post-Pandemic Era

tobias c. van Veen
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Thrice-experienced Clubbing Three Ethnographic Readings of a Club Night in Ankali, Prague, 7 June 2024

Arsène Werlen, Cyber Shanahoy, Anonymous, David Verbuč
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Transpositions

“It’s not just a Party, ya know?” Work and Affective Circuits in LGBTQIA+ Music Collectives in the South of Brazil

Adriana Amaral, Simone Luci Pereira, Lucas Goulart, Jonara Cordova; João Pedro Wizniewsky Amaral, Moses Iten
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Reviews

Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor (Emma Warren)

Richard Anderson
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Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century (Monique Charles, ed., with Mary W. Gani)

Charlet Brethomé
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Platformed! How Streaming, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence are Shaping Music Cultures (Tiziano Bonini and Paolo Magaudda)

Sean Finnan
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Dance Music: A Feminist Account of an Ordinary Culture (Tami Gadir) & Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ (DJ Paulette)

Maren Hancock
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Live Spielen: Liveness in Performances elektronischer Tanzmusik (Josef Schaubruch)

Jack McNeill
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Assembling a Black Counter Culture (DeForrest Brown, Jr)

Emre Öztürk
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