General Interest - 'I Eat, Sleep, Breathe, Live and Love Electronica'

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Dance Music, or EDM, is a fresh sound. It in dance clubs and is now heard on radio . Anyone with a laptop computer and simple computer software produce it. DJ Deniz Koyu composes EDM. "Technology changes . That's definitely the case, and so you can say the computer, the laptop is the new guitar." The beat can be heard at many leading clubs. "I , sleep, breathe, live and love electronica." "It just makes want to dance. I just love the feeling of music and how it hits my body." Because EDM so popular, people can now enjoy it in theaters. opened in September. It is one of the largest halls in Washington. Antonis Karagounis owns it. "'"It's not VIP night club, it's not a lounge like you a table. It's pure EDM experience." That experience can costly. Theaters like Echostage can charge up to $60 person when major disc jockeys perform. Armin van Buuren one of the world's top DJs. He has played in more than 100 countries. "Being there on the floor, seeing the lights, the visuals, the show and, know, close your eyes and just take off." He music videos, has his own recording company and a show. He says radio stations have helped to make popular. "'"It's generated a lot more interest in the, the style and in the music, and uh, you , I hate to say ''I told you so' ha-ha-." year, DJ Skrillex won three Grammy awards. Armin van says being a DJ is an art form. "'"It's just some guy pressing play. I mean, the crowd the center of everything that I do, you know. not a painter just because I want to paint in my gallery, but I'm painting for the crowd , you know, I have my music palette and that's I'm painting with." I'm June Simms.

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