What even is EDM?

Well I'm glad you so kindly asked. EDM stands for Electronic Dance Music, and is a music genre that has gained a lot of popularity in the past couple of years.

When did it start?

If this is your first time hearing about EDM, you may be wondering where this mystical genre originated from, or how long it has been around. Surprisingly, it has been around since the early 1970's. Many consider the first EDM type song to be by Gershon Kingsley, and his hit 'Popcorn' that came out in 1969. 

Project?

This project focuses on the Hammers & Anvils theme. Why I chose this topic is because although you may not be involved within the internet culture, (where most stereotypes lay) there are many stereotypes directed to those who enjoy this specific genre. I decided to do my project on this because I personally have not faced any issues regarding my taste in music but others have. Most of the stereotypes revolve around the use of drugs, and outright being unintelligent or unskilled creators (for producers and DJs). 

Genres and Sub genres

This is just a random list of artists/songs from each genre and sub genre (or at least the most popular). I encourage you to go out and explore! You never know, you may find your new favorite song(s)!
Organized as follows:

Sub genre (bpm)​
Sub-sub genre (sub genre of one of the sub genres, kinda annoying)

​Artists of sub genre
  1. Songs by artist
Random songs (non-specific artist)

Ambient (80 bpm)
xxyyxx (pronounced as it's spelled)
  1. Fields
  2. About You
  3. Closer
  4. Good Enough
Disco (120 bpm)
Nu-disco

Televisor​
  1. Find That Someone
  2. Pinup
  3. Old Skool
- Alex Lewis
Downtempo (90-120 bpm)
  • Acid jazz
  • Chill out
  • Ethnic electronica
  • New Age music
  • Nu Jazz
  • Trip hop

Drum and bass (165-185 bpm)
  • Darkstep
  • Drill and bass
  • Drumfunk
  • Drumstep
  • Hardstep
  • Jazzstep
  • Jump-up
  • Liquid funk
  • Neurofunk
  • Sambass
  • Techstep

Dub Fusion (60-90 bpm)
  • Afro-dub
  • Dubstep (130-145 bpm)
    • Brostep
    • Funkstep
    • Glitchstep
    • Post-dubstep
    • Trap
    • Wonky
  • Dubtronica

Electro music (125-135 bpm)
  • Freestyle music

Electronica (?-160-? bpm)
  • Berlin school
  • Chillwave
  • Folktronica
  • Funktronica
  • Laptronica
  • Livetronica

Hardcore (160-200 bpm)
  • 4-beat
  • Breakbeat hardcore
  • Bouncy techno
  • Breakbeat
  • Digital hardcore
  • Darkcore
  • Freeform hardcore
  • Gabber
  • Happy hardcore
  • Hardcore breaks
  • Makina
  • Rave
  • Speedcore
  • Terrorcore
  • Trancecore
  • UK Hardcore
    • Complexcore

Hard dance (140-170 bpm)
  • Hard house
    • Hard NRG
    • Nu-NRG
  • Hardstyle
    • Dubstyle
    • Jumpstyle
  • Lento violento

Hi-NRG
  • Eurodance
    • Eurobeat
    • Bubblegum dance/Happy house
    • Italo dance

House music (120-130 bpm)
  • Acid house
  • Balearic beat
  • Chicago house
  • Deep house (120-125 bpm)
  • Detroit house
  • Disco house
  • Diva house/Handbag house
    • Hardbag
  • Electroclash
  • Electro house (125-130 bpm)
    • Complextro
    • Dutch house
    • Fidget house
    • Moombahton
      • Moombahcore
  • Electro swing
    • Swing house
  • Euro house
  • Freestyle house
  • French house
  • Funky house
  • Garage house
  • Ghetto house
  • Glitch house
  • Hip house
  • Italo house
  • Kwaito
  • Latin house
  • Microhouse/minimal house
  • New beat
  • Progressive house
  • Tech house
  • Tribal house
  • Vocal house

Intelligent dance music (100-110 bpm)
  • Glitch
    • Glitch hop

Techno (130-150 bpm)
  • Acid techno
  • Detroit techno
  • Free tekno
  • Ghettotech
  • Hardtechno
  • Minimal techno
  • Nortec
  • Rotterdam techno
  • Schranz
  • Symphonic techno
  • Tecno brega

Trance music (130-135 bpm)
  • Acid trance
  • Dark trance
  • Dream trance
  • Euro trance
  • Goa trance
  • Hard trance
  • Ibiza trance
  • Nitzhonot
  • Psychedelic trance
    • Dark psytrance
    • Full on
    • Progressive psytrance
    • Psybreaks
    • Suomisaundi
  • Progressive trance
  • Tech trance
  • Uplifting trance
  • Vocal trance