There’s Daft Punk’s insistent pop-dance; the blocky neon blips of electro; the melodic buzz of old video games; the gushy, sentimental melodies of trance; the high-speed skip and glitch of Aphex Twin; the glammy pop feel of L.A. party music—all things that are easy to like. And when you mush them all together into one clanging, high-octane stew, they become extremely easy to like, whether or not the listener has ever known or cared about electronic music before. Not elegant, deep, or moving, but very easy to get a thrill out of.
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Why Does America Love Skrillex? — Vulture (via thisistheverge)
So Americans can only engage with electronic music when it’s delivered as fast, loud, rock music they can recognize. Why does it seem like electronic music only gets traction in America when it approximates arena rock? (trance, big beat, Skrillex) Is it because the country is just so huge? Is “electronic music” somehow inherently European?
