On analyzing edm dj sets

problems and perspectives for a sociology of sound

José Gálvez

pp. 149-159

in: Ivana Medi, Marija Dumnić Vilotijević, Ivana Medić (eds), Contemporary popular music studies, Berlin, Springer, 2019

Abstract

In this paper I aim to provide an insight into an analysis of EDM DJ sets which grasps its materiality as aesthetically and socially constituted. This will be elaborated through the discussion of sociological theory, musicology and media studies. Starting from the social production of "accelerated bodies' and the somatic impact of music and focusing on media technology and DJ techniques involved in EDM DJ sets I try to grasp the value of EDM festivals for their participants.