“When you grow up, you can be whatever you want. you don’t have to be a dj.”

“This is lit.”

“It’s just really fun dancing and stuff.”

I’ve spent some time at Cielo and – all due respect to the residents – these kids.

It’s funny, my Dad and I were on the phone yesterday and somehow wound up in a conversation about SFX Entertainment, and he asked me about their confusing use of the acronym “EDC” for electronic dance culture. It’s this. Then everything else will work out. There’s hope for all the rest of us yet. And, uh, thank you Vfiles, whoever you are.

21 responses to ““Raving with Tweens” Is What Dance Music Culture Needs Right Now”

  1. Polite Society says:

    Arguably, this is the correct age group for that kind of music, or at least the right attitude. Also, I don’t get to dance with enough robots.

  2. Polite Society says:

    Arguably, this is the correct age group for that kind of music, or at least the right attitude. Also, I don’t get to dance with enough robots.

  3. Polite Society says:

    Arguably, this is the correct age group for that kind of music, or at least the right attitude. Also, I don’t get to dance with enough robots.

  4. Freeks says:

    Clubs for kids have been big thing here. Tickets are 15€ and all events are sold out in advance. There is best DJ’s of this country playing. Older dj’s have their kids with them.

    I was there last time with my 3 year son and he loved it. Dj’s played mix of classic house and club tracks with some new EDM hits. On the small side of the club there was DJ workshop where kids could learn to play with traktor and controllers.

    There is clear demand for that. My age group has lot’s of kids now, so we go there to see our friends and kids can rave on. This club is also “real” club meaning that in normal night you will not hear anything related to pop EDM.

    Quite far from school discos we had when i was young…
    Our kids will probably hate electronic music like we used to hate what our parents were listening 😀

    • Peter Kirn says:

      Sounds amazing. And, hey, why not?

      Actually, this could have a number of impacts:

      – it could build literacy around computers in a way that could extend to DIY electronics, engineering, physics, and musicology
      – it almost certainly decouples the experience of club music and dancing from substances

      On the latter point, part of the problem I think with self-expression generally is that we don’t keep people moving freely and expressing their body into adolescence.

      That said, these kids are also coming for our jobs. Uh oh. 😉 (I’m blown away by the number of younger artists on the scene.)

  5. Freeks says:

    Clubs for kids have been big thing here. Tickets are 15€ and all events are sold out in advance. There is best DJ’s of this country playing. Older dj’s have their kids with them.

    I was there last time with my 3 year son and he loved it. Dj’s played mix of classic house and club tracks with some new EDM hits. On the small side of the club there was DJ workshop where kids could learn to play with traktor and controllers.

    There is clear demand for that. My age group has lot’s of kids now, so we go there to see our friends and kids can rave on. This club is also “real” club meaning that in normal night you will not hear anything related to pop EDM.

    Quite far from school discos we had when i was young…
    Our kids will probably hate electronic music like we used to hate what our parents were listening 😀

    • Peter Kirn says:

      Sounds amazing. And, hey, why not?

      Actually, this could have a number of impacts:

      – it could build literacy around computers in a way that could extend to DIY electronics, engineering, physics, and musicology
      – it almost certainly decouples the experience of club music and dancing from substances

      On the latter point, part of the problem I think with self-expression generally is that we don’t keep people moving freely and expressing their body into adolescence.

      That said, these kids are also coming for our jobs. Uh oh. 😉 (I’m blown away by the number of younger artists on the scene.)

  6. Freeks says:

    Clubs for kids have been big thing here. Tickets are 15€ and all events are sold out in advance. There is best DJ’s of this country playing. Older dj’s have their kids with them.

    I was there last time with my 3 year son and he loved it. Dj’s played mix of classic house and club tracks with some new EDM hits. On the small side of the club there was DJ workshop where kids could learn to play with traktor and controllers.

    There is clear demand for that. My age group has lot’s of kids now, so we go there to see our friends and kids can rave on. This club is also “real” club meaning that in normal night you will not hear anything related to pop EDM.

    Quite far from school discos we had when i was young…
    Our kids will probably hate electronic music like we used to hate what our parents were listening 😀

    • Peter Kirn says:

      Sounds amazing. And, hey, why not?

      Actually, this could have a number of impacts:

      – it could build literacy around computers in a way that could extend to DIY electronics, engineering, physics, and musicology
      – it almost certainly decouples the experience of club music and dancing from substances

      On the latter point, part of the problem I think with self-expression generally is that we don’t keep people moving freely and expressing their body into adolescence.

      That said, these kids are also coming for our jobs. Uh oh. 😉 (I’m blown away by the number of younger artists on the scene.)

  7. Kevin Hackett says:

    The use of the N word ruined it for me. Don’t understand why that song and word was used given the conversations going on around the country. Bad form.

  8. Kevin Hackett says:

    The use of the N word ruined it for me. Don’t understand why that song and word was used given the conversations going on around the country. Bad form.

  9. Kevin Hackett says:

    The use of the N word ruined it for me. Don’t understand why that song and word was used given the conversations going on around the country. Bad form.

  10. wndfrm says:

    i’ll just leave this here…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqtQ61k58E

  11. wndfrm says:

    i’ll just leave this here…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqtQ61k58E

  12. wndfrm says:

    i’ll just leave this here…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqtQ61k58E

  13. jblk says:

    “OH MY GOD THE ROBOTS ARE COMING!”
    “WHAT IS HE DOING?!”
    cue massive drop

  14. jblk says:

    “OH MY GOD THE ROBOTS ARE COMING!”
    “WHAT IS HE DOING?!”
    cue massive drop

  15. jblk says:

    “OH MY GOD THE ROBOTS ARE COMING!”
    “WHAT IS HE DOING?!”
    cue massive drop

  16. VideoClub says:

    I’m not sure what Vfiles is and I have friends who work there. I think they sell expensive tshirts, but their friends at DIS Magazine are a lot more interested in creative, digital music. This Music for Your Plants mix is a good example. http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/68104/music-for-your-plants/

  17. VideoClub says:

    I’m not sure what Vfiles is and I have friends who work there. I think they sell expensive tshirts, but their friends at DIS Magazine are a lot more interested in creative, digital music. This Music for Your Plants mix is a good example. http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/68104/music-for-your-plants/

  18. VideoClub says:

    I’m not sure what Vfiles is and I have friends who work there. I think they sell expensive tshirts, but their friends at DIS Magazine are a lot more interested in creative, digital music. This Music for Your Plants mix is a good example. http://dismagazine.com/disco/mixes/68104/music-for-your-plants/

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