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Thursday, June 21, 2012
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The Snob just ran a really fascinating article on Insomniac Events, Pasquale Rotella, and EDC as we know it. It's a must read
- Electric Daisy Carnival 2012, the crown jewel of American EDM massives, may have been the grand finale for Insomniac.
(EDMSnob) This year’s Electric Daisy Carnival may have been the last. With inner turmoil and outer pressure, Insomniac Events’ ability to put on large scale events may be damaged beyond repair. To understand why, we have to go back to the very roots of EDM, and see how the beauty that is EDC arose from those humble beginnings.
The American electronic dance music scene has a relatively short, yet tortured past. In the beginning, electronic dance music (EDM) was traditionally showcased at raves. Raves, in their purest and earliest form, were all-night dance parties held in remote and secret locations. Inherently countercultural, raves were initially met with the same mainstream disdain that all new forms of free expression are met with. In fact, the police backlash was so fierce that “[l]argely due to police crackdowns on these unlicensed and unregulated clandestine raves, the rave scene moved to large clubs in urban and suburban areas.” Soon, though, the controlled environments of club raves presented new problems. First, the police had a lot less power to shut down events at legitimate businesses, and second, the clubs that held these events w
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