Thursday 1st February 2024 The Rise and Rise of Nigeria’s EDM Scene
By Nelson CJ - @nelsonfromnorman____ 🌍
On most weekends at the end of the month, nightclubs, warehouses, rooftops, beachfront gathering spaces and even living rooms in many parts of Lagos are filled with (mostly) young Nigerians dancing to Electronic Dance, Trance or House Music. These genres, defined by their high-tempo sound, repetitive catchphrases, and intensely experimental format, have slowly creeped into the list of the many Nigerian youth subcultures like the “alté” movement, skate culture and a thriving streetwear scene.
Electronic Dance Music, with its futuristic, modernist sensibilities, but also its potential to liberate and unite different people in various spaces, is setting the tone for a generation of Nigerians looking to explore spaces designed and defined by inclusivity, freedom, and zero judgement. The notion of inclusivity and freedom sits at the very base of what makes EDM a globally recognized music category.
Electronic Dance Music is the umbrella term used to describe the many versions of dance music including house, techno, trance music, ambient, drum and bass and many more. Their origins span The United States, Germany and the U.K. Each point of origin had different means by which they arrived under the EDM umbrella, but the unifying factor continues to be that EDM is music that liberates.
Electronic Dance Music, with its futuristic, modernist sensibilities, but also its potential to liberate and unite different people in various spaces, is setting the tone for a generation of Nigerians looking to explore spaces designed and defined by inclusivity, freedom, and zero judgement. The notion of inclusivity and freedom sits at the very base of what makes EDM a globally recognized music category.
Electronic Dance Music is the umbrella term used to describe the many versions of dance music including house, techno, trance music, ambient, drum and bass and many more. Their origins span The United States, Germany and the U.K. Each point of origin had different means by which they arrived under the EDM umbrella, but the unifying factor continues to be that EDM is music that liberates.
