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In the past 30 years, electronic dance music (or EDM) has gone from underground culture to a global phenomenon. Journalist Matthew Collin drew on the British rave scene for his earlier work\u2014a book called Altered State. But in the 20 years since that book came out, and even in the time it took to write it, EDM and its culture have completely transformed. The tunes on the radio and the DJs who put on giant shows in places like Ibiza look\u2014and sound\u2014very different from the originators of the genre, like the musicians who invented acid house in 1980s Chicago. Collin traveled around the world to figure out whether the EDM of today still holds onto its liberating roots\u2014or whether commercialization killed the music. This episode originally aired in 2019.

Go beyond the episode:

• Matthew Collin\u2019s Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music
• Read about the clash between techno fans and extremists in Tbilisi
• Read some of the many effusive obituaries commemorating Frankie Knuckles, \u201cGodfather of House Music\u201d
• Watch a trailer for the 1990 movie Paris Is Burning (streaming on Netflix) and the trailer for the 2017 film Kiki (available here)
• Listen to the full tracks featured in this episode: \u201cCan You Feel It\u201d by Fingers Inc and \u201cHalcyon On and On\u201d by Orbital

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