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EDM

abbreviation for

Music.
  1. electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:

    The festival lineup includes several popular EDM artists.



EDM

abbreviation for

  1. electronic distance measurement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of EDM1

First recorded in 2000–05
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Some pop-friendly guests, like the EDM composer Zedd and Icelandic jazz phenom Laufey, will join the Phil for one-off collaborations.

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The brash electronic group’s 1997 LP “The Fat of The Land” had topped charts in the U.S. and heralded the mainstreaming of underground rave culture, which would morph into the EDM boom here a decade later.

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This year’s crop of artists bring us a mix of vintage soul, pulsating EDM, Aussie punk swagger, Irish hip-hop and everything in between.

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At Coachella, which has not only been a tastemaker for electronic music but also an event that honors the history and breadth of EDM’s subgenres, Meute offers a twist on those who came before as well as their own originals.

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We see a video clip of him, aged 14, dancing to his debut single, Call Me A Mack, then watch as he transforms into a teenage heartthrob, a confessional balladeer, an EDM party-starter, and an elder statesman of R&B.

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