EDM festivals are finally making a comeback after two years, and Spotify’s podcast Discover This is giving you everything you need to know about one of the most-anticipated seasons of the year.
In today’s episode of Spotify: Discover This, listeners will dissect the rhythmic beats and history of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) with writer, producer and Spotify podcast host Lea Palmieri.
Lea sits down with some of the most influential voices in the EDM genre from around the world including Gabry Ponte, Minelli, DJ John Summit, Piri and Tommy, and Focalistic to discuss the influence and future of EDM. She also connects with Ronny Ho and Christie Drive-Snell from our Spotify Dance Team to learn more about the genre’s origins and Spotify’s EDM playlist curation process.
The EDM genre is one of the most popular genres on Spotify internationally with 1.5 million dance music playlists and over 400 sub-genres. With iconic EDM playlists on-platform like “Spotify’s Planet Rave,” nearly one-in-ten streams on Spotify that come from Estonia, Hungary or Lithuania is a dance track. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered the global EDM community’s most popular form of gathering – music festivals.
Spotify: Discover This is a show that aims at sharing fresh insights on music, podcasting, cultural moments and trends in a way only Spotify can. Take a full listen to this week’s EDM episode below and let us know what you think of it by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post or by sending us a tweet at @celebsecrets.
