The history of electronic dance music explained in 5 videos

Thump (Vice) did a great job by creating a brief overview of the history of electronic dance music from 1967 to present in this 5 part video series, check it out: 

1967 - 1980

Click here now to subscribe to THUMP: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_THUMP Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon was one of the first techno records ever created. The rhythm in Subotnick's music revolutionized the disco industry, and his performance at the Electric Circus sparked a movement that, according to Thump Editor-In-Chief, Zel McCarthy, allowed for minorities everywhere to express themselves freely.

1980 - 1990

Click here now to subscribe to THUMP: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_THUMP When the disco era was on its last leg, a club in Chicago, Illinois called Warehouse reached out to a couple of DJs and asked them to revamp the movement. DJ Larry Levan declined the invitation, but Frankie Knuckles went out to Chicago and became the godfather of house music.

1990 - 2000

Click here now to subscribe to THUMP: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_THUMP The Rave Generation began in London, and made its way to the United States in the early 1990s. The Freight Yard hosted one of the first raves in New York, Masquerave, on Halloween of 1992, and it set off a firestorm.

2000 - 2010

Click here now to subscribe to THUMP: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_THUMP The movement from rock music toward electronic dance music arguably would not have been possible without the speed of the Internet. DJs and promoters now had a way to share music and spread information instantaneously, and they took full advantage.

Note: EDM is just an umbrella term, and not a genre. Okay? Good. 

2010 - Present

Click here now to subscribe to THUMP: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_THUMP What was once a heavily criticized string of underground parties has now become mainstream pop culture. Since 2012, electronic dance music has been the only growing genre in track sales, and its popularity is only expanding.