The next big EDM genre/ sound?

Sequence2

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For those who have just recently started producing/ have been producing for a number of years, what genre do you think is going to be the next big hype?
I started loving EDM when Trance was on top.. started producing when the community was experiencing the switch from Trance to Progressive house/ Dirty dutch and Electro (AKA Hardwell #1, his style seems to be dominating the scene). I don't base it off the fact that he is #1 DJ therefore his style is the 'most' popular style.. but from what I see/ hear, it seems to be the most popular trend in todays EDM community (the stuff dominates the majority of the radio play). I totally thought it was gonna be Dub-step but just like scream-o it kinda fizzled out after experiencing its massive intro/ hype (Still popular, just not as popular as it was). Where do you think the EDM sound is going?
 
I think that it's probably going to be more pop-ish sounding electro and progressive house, Zedd style I'm thinking.
 
Australia - listen to Australia, I will re-post some of a UK article, English writers have described Oz, as the new centre of the universe musically and electro especially.


There are a group of young guys 18-20, leading the Melbourne Bang.

And more, FLUME being one.

UK Article...










"I'm Moving To Australia Because Of Flume" September 11, 2013


Flume recently took to social media to make a heartfelt shout out to his electronic music-making brethren Down Under.
"Just wanted to say how proud I am to be a part of Australian Electronic music scene right now, and its not just me."
he wrote. "I've been travelling the world for the past 6 months and I'm constantly getting asked in interviews about the
"Australian sound" and this new wave of producers. I never thought much of it, being part of this new wave and all,
but after this trip to the USA I'm starting to see it from an outsiders perspective. Australia, we've got something
pretty special going on here, we've got our own sound, and the worlds [sic] starting to take notice."
English music journalist Phoebe Hurst has become so enamoured with Australia's thriving scene that she is relocating to Australia.
Some people move overseas to follow their hearts. Phoebe Hurst is following the music. Her story is a good reminder of just how terrific
that thing both she and Flume refer to as the 'Australian sound' really is right now.

Can anything really compete with a country that gave us David Bowie, Radiohead and Brian Eno?
From Prog Rock to Dubstep, music movements are born here..........

But as the lights dimmed, I sensed that something potentially life-changing was about to happen. A moist surge of bodies propelled me towards
the infinity prism and Flume entered the stage. The front row went from polite to pit within seconds, LEDs flashed and, at the centre of it
all, Harley Streten ducked the bass dives and ecstatically gurned out the peaks. In the midst of the euphoria, with the semi-pornographic
visuals of ‘You and Me’ searing into my eyes, I finally admitted defeat: Australia might just have the coolest music scene in the world.

Nowadays, the Australian buzz band is a well established thing and musos are tripping over themselves to pin down the ‘dreamy, delectable and ever-so-slightly dangerous’
Australian sound.

Ninety percent of the stuff I’ve been listening to, writing about and clogging up my friends’ newsfeeds with (if any of my online
acquaintances didn’t know who Chet Faker was before, they do now) has been Australian in origin. Jagwar Ma’s Howlin’ is already my favourite
album of 2013 and I won’t even mention the debt it owes to the Happy Mondays.

So what does a diligent music journalist/recent English Lit. grad with questionable employment skills do? Go straight to the source.
I’ve decided to up sticks and relocate to the world’s new music hub.

(Guardian, UK)

And Flume again -

Australia, we've got something pretty special going on here, we've got our own sound, and the worlds starting to take notice
Here's what I'm talking about:
L D R U: https://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/l-d-r-u-the-tropics
Kilter: https://soundcloud.com/shapeshifterlivenz/shapeshifter-shadow-boxer
Cosmo's Midnight: https://soundcloud.com/cosmosmidnight/cosmos-midnight-the-dofflin
Touch Sensitive: Touch Sensitive - Pizza Guy [Official Music Video] - YouTube
Hayden James: https://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/hayden-james-permission-to
Wave Racer: https://soundcloud.com/wave-racer/sets/stoopid-rock-u-tonite-free
Willow Beats: https://soundcloud.com/willowbeats/alchemy-1
George Maple: https://soundcloud.com/george-maple/george-maple-fixed
Motez: https://soundcloud.com/tonicollisio...in=tonicollision/sets/motez-ride-roof-back-ep
Charles Murdoch: https://soundcloud.com/futureclassic/charles-murdoch-no-lungs-free
Nick Panlook/Nickelodeon:https://soundcloud.com/nick-panlook
& these two big dogs leading the charge
Chet Faker: https://soundcloud.com/chet-faker/melt-feat-kilo-kish
Ta-ku: https://soundcloud.com/takugotbeats/ginger-the-ghost-one-type-of
...............
 
To be honest, I believe we will always have space for some more "mature" styles, like Trance, House, Drum and Bass (Jungle) and Techno, which are the real foundation of all the things we have here today.

All this "trending" sub-styles come and go, but they'll always rely on those "mother" styles.

If you look carefully, all these styles that are not trending, like dubstep (the original, not the brostep thing) still have it's space regionally. I know it's still big in the UK, for example, along with drum and bass and it's sub-styles.

Here in Brazil, we have a strong Techno scene, for example.

Now, matchene, if the next trending will be pop-ish EDM, then I'm out.
 
Now, matchene, if the next trending will be pop-ish EDM, then I'm out.

Well I already think the pop-ish EDM has already made its appearance, and it's definitely gotten the attention of the 'average' EDM listener (Majority of what Guetta puts out/ Clarity by Zedd which I totally thought was a Katy Perry song)) I don't think the scene as a whole will ever fully move in this direction, but there are definitely those who have gotten to a point where this style of EDM is what they now produce so that they appeal to the masses to stay afloat (To pay of their private jets, bored of what they've been producing time and time again, etc)

I agree with the majority what of Ddream is saying though… and I can definitely see hardstyle getting way more popular as the festivals life Defcon look absolutely crazy/ there are more hard style djs/ producers making it in the top ranks of DJ mag compared to other genres like DnB and Dubstep
 
and I can definitely see hardstyle getting way more popular as the festivals life Defcon look absolutely crazy/ there are more hard style djs/ producers making it in the top ranks of DJ mag compared to other genres like DnB and Dubstep

I believe it will always be like this: today one style is more prominent, the next day it's another. What will make a difference is that if a style that once was on the mainstream will keep it's audience before it goes back to the underground scene.

Dubstep is a somewhat new style, in comparison to those "mother" styles I mentioned on my other post. I know it will have it's audience for, let's say, 10 years from now. But, I believe, for example, that brostep won't. Because brostep is supported mainly by people who think music is disposeable, like anything else, nowadays.

I wonder what will Skrillex be doing 10 years from now.
 
I think there are a few styles that will sort of blow up in the next little while. One is 90's revival house, deep house is another, and I think indie dance is gaining some momentum as well. In the genres that are popular now there seems to be a trend toward bass heavy minimalism and less 'supersaw' lol.
 
as much as i hate to admit it, i think gescajadillo is probably right, it seems most popular electronic music is strongly related to those songs.
 
I think the trance music genre will always remain relevant as alluded to in a previous post, but I don't think I can honestly predict what the next big thing will be. I would imagine a further merge of different genres to create something "new" but other than that who knows

maybe breaks?
 
I think the trance music genre will always remain relevant as alluded to in a previous post, but I don't think I can honestly predict what the next big thing will be. I would imagine a further merge of different genres to create something "new" but other than that who knows

maybe breaks?

I'll make an association with the heavy metal scene: Iron Maiden is one of the biggest bands in the world, and is considered a NWOBHM band. NWOBHM was "created" in the late 70's, and they still maintain a profitable status as a band. Same goes as Metallica.

The point is: no matter what fusion between genres may happen, the "original" ones (Trance, House, Techno, Jungle/Dnb) will always exist, and be profitable.
 
Samestep. I hear it more & more. For those who dont know what it is, its kind of like Electro House trying to be Hardstyle. Or EDM trap with a 4x4 kick drum idk.

Also in Hip Hop, im hearing alot of beats that sound like Grime music.
 
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Im predicting the bedroom beats type stuff… i see considerable growth in the user base on sound cloud, and seeing more shows around town (Austin, TX) pulling in big crowds… I'm talking about Dibiase, Ta-Ku, FlyingLotus, Prof.Logik, Cordoroi, Shlomo… that kind of stuff… seems to be stuff most fans of electronic/hip hop/etc can get behind.
 
Jam-electronic like what Pretty Lights is doing. This generation loves bringing things back.
 
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