Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global decline

Re:Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global... by jjulius on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @11:20AM (#42635734)

Oh, it's definitely not for everyone. I love most of the broad spectrum of electronic music (sans the more mainstream "EDM" crap, but I digress...), so my wife gets exposed to all kinds of weird, repetitive shit. And she can't stand most of it, it makes her very anxious and over-stimulated. There's one particular kind of electronic music, called Deep House, which is heavily rooted in Funk, Soul, Disco and Jazz, that she absolutely loves to go out and dance to with me. It's got a four-to-the-floor kick, but it's got the soul and sound of the other genres I listed, just slightly repetitive.

This[1] is a good example of what that kinda music sounds like, he's one of my favorite DJs/producers out there. I suspect it might still not be for you, and that's totally fine! This shit deeeeeeefinitely isn't for everyone. :)

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYS3OUKKGqc

Edit: And as an aside, I'm with ya on NYC. Every time I visited, all of my NYC friends would just regale me, and themselves, with stories about finding places to live and what they have to deal with living there. I don't understand it.

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Re:Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global... by tombert on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @11:29AM (#42635832)

I've kind of inadvertently gone down a rabbit hole for different types of electronic music already, because at a previous job the guy who was in charge of playing music was really big into it, and he played a pretty broad spectrum of stuff.

I liked some stuff more than others, but never really clicked with any of it.

Just to be clear, not claiming that the stuff I listen to is "objectively" better or anything. 90+% of what I listen to is garage-punk stuff like NOFX or Misfits, which is its own kind of trash. It's just jived better for me (doesn't hurt that I was exposed to it much younger).

I don't regret moving to NYC, when I did it was probably an economically-ok decision; a lot more high-paying tech jobs here than in Dallas (where I lived before), and there are parts I still like about it, but there were definitely other parts that I was lying to myself about for a long time.

Though I will admit, I think a good chunk of that is that I've just been here too long. I probably should move... I just need to convince my employer to let me go full-remote.

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Re:Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global... by myrandomcomment on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @11:37AM (#42635903)

Thanks for sharing this. I have a similar wife it seems. Does not like most EDM, but Downtempo, ambient house & deep house she loves to dance to. That with a bit of Molly can be a ton of fun.

If you have SiriusXM their Chill station plays this type of music.

One of my favorite DJs is Nora En Pure.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_En_Pure

It is amusing to me that she was born after I graduated high school.

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Re:Who killed the rave? Late-night dancing falls into global... by grahamj on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @12:51PM (#42636655)

I’ll recommend Groove Salad from Soma FM (avail through TuneIn) for chill too, great station and no ads

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