electronic dance music

collocation in English

meaningsofelectronic,danceandmusic

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electronic
adjective
uk
/ˌel.ekˈtrɒn.ɪk/us
/iˌlekˈtrɑː.nɪk/
(especially of equipment), using, based on, or used in a system of operation that involves the control of electric current by ...
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dance
noun
uk
/dɑːns/us
/dæns/
a particular series of movements that you perform to music or the type of music that is connected ...
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music
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmjuː.zɪk/us
/ˈmjuː.zɪk/
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening ...
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(Definition ofelectronic,danceandmusicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A single performer controlled interface forelectronicdance/music theatre.
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The texture of manyelectronicdancesongs is dominated by a reliable 4/4 metre that facilitates dancing.
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Although such volatile (con)fusions of the organic with the technological are ubiquitous inelectronicdancemusic, they still sound uncanny.
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This approach to metre is well suited toelectronicdancemusic, in which layers of motion are made directly perceptible in a variety of ways.
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Let us now turn to more specific examples of the mechano-eroticism ofelectronicdancemusic.
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Why do the creators ofelectronicdancemusic introduce this phenomenon?
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Soelectronicdancemusic, popular culture and modern science inject the flesh with fantasies of immortality, limitless pleasures, and unadulterated agency.
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This would suggest thatelectronicdancemusic alleviates its techno-anxieties over the crumbling human-machine interface by regenerating gender in a diva loop.
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For the latter group, it is not enough to group disparate genres ofelectronicdancemusic into one essentially uniform type of music, where the only variable is tempo.
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We can begin to answer these questions by noting how embedded grouping dissonance reflects certain aspects of musical design that are characteristic ofelectronicdancemusic as a whole.
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It later became linked to a style ofelectronicdancemusic, or rave music, commonly known as psychedelic trance.
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It maintains the characteristics ofelectronicdancemusic, making use of kickdrums, synthesizers, and a drum machine.
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It should not be confused with power electronics, which is not influenced byelectronicdancemusic and is closer to harsh noise.
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Increasingly, synthesizers became more and more unpopular in rock music, and became almost exclusively used byelectronicdancemusic producers.
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In his own words, he wanted to bring disruption to theelectronicdancemusic scene, which he described as half stuck.
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She also mentioned that she was interested in making anelectronicdancemusic-driven record.
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Power noise groups meld noise music with various forms ofelectronicdancemusic.
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While the album was not very successful with mainstream audiences, it fared slightly better withelectronicdancemusic audiences.
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Finding the style extremely interesting, he started exploring the possibilities of makingelectronicdancemusic.
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Electronicdancemusic is typically composed using computers and synthesizers, and rarely has any physical instruments.
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