Electronic music is increasingly followed by a greater number of fans and this has made it one of the most listened genres of the current music scene. In addition, there are already several techno artists who have reached number 1 worldwide with some of their songs, such as David Guetta or DJ Tiesto.
Thanks to the boom of this musical genre since the 90s, electronic music today fills stadiums. Some of the biggest festivals in the world such as Ultra or Tomorrowland have a record number of attendees year after year, connecting the public with different styles of electronic music and making them enjoy the best days of their lives without stopping to dance until dawn. If you want to know which are the best electronic music festivals of the moment, read on.
Electronic music as a musical genre is gaining more and more weight in society. That music that appeared in the 90s in a stratospheric way driven by artists like Chimo Bayo has been growing more and more, so that in recent years has become a real lifestyle for much of society and has given rise to organizing events like Tomorrowland, considered the top of electronic music festivals.
For several years, it is not strange to see artists like David Guetta or Dj Tiesto among the global number 1 and what is a reality is that electronic music has become a true mass phenomenon. With the passing of the years and the change of trends and fashions, the sounds of guitars and the classic bass drum have been replaced by innovative and electric melodies fed by synthesizers and mixing consoles.
These new “musical instruments” store all the existing sounds and allow to create music experimenting with anything you can imagine and at any speed you can appreciate. Precisely this has favored the creation of many different styles within the genre itself, and therefore, has opened a world of possibilities when it comes to composing and marketing music.
As it happens in most of the musical categories, within the electronic music it is very frequent to find diverse styles with very characteristic compositions and with very marked common elements that make of each one, an ow style and that has its own followers:
It appeared for the first time in the city of Chicago during the 80s. It is easily recognized by the use of calmer sounds and the support of the synthesizer.
It could be defined as “electronic dance music”. EDM is the subgenre with practically the largest number of followers within this musical style. When we talk about it, we talk about simplicity in its structures and the speed of its rhythm. These two characteristics have been the fundamental key to its success.
Martin Garrix, Calvin Harris, Hardwell vs Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are just some of the best DJs and producers of this genre and also of the most relevant artists of the electronic scene.
These rhythms incite to fun and, of course, to dance. They are often accompanied by melodies with catchy lyrics.
Eighties, Detroit. It has marked references to musical styles as well known as free jazz or funk, proof of this is the continued use of the synthesizer. It is one of the genres of electronic music with the greatest impact. Such is its success, that today we find in turn various types of techno such as minimal, acid or dub techno. It has a fixed community, which usually attends these types of parties.
It was developed during the nineties. It is characterized by the use of sounds with more accelerated rhythms and the incorporation of how its own name indicates, a bass.
It arises in Germany, a country that has one of the largest communities of this genre. It is related by a hardness and distortion in its sounds that make it characteristic.
It is a curious combination between house and techno. It is one of the most referential subgenres within electronic music.
Having emphasized the above, year after year this musical genre is gaining more and more strength and with the emergence of these so-called subgenres of electronic music, the interest has increased.
Specifically techno, has experienced a great increase compared to the past. The fact of being such a particular type of music has caused that the people who go to this type of parties feel represented and really like what they are listening to, something that favors the atmosphere because the public goes to listen to the music and not to other things that arouse hostility and violence in the venues.
Precisely because of this, we could say that the points in favor and why this genre is growing so much, are the feeling of brotherhood among attendees, greater tranquility, less violence and generally a higher quality of service that is sought when going out to have a good time.
In the last year, festivals have become the most awaited event for all young people. The numerous offers of these after the losses caused in the pandemic, caused that practically every weekend, in some place of Spain or in several at the same time, an event was celebrated. For their part, electronic music festivals have been a great revelation from the musical point of view and for the promoters. The increase in their success together with the growing demand from the public has led to the emergence of new proposals, stages and heart-stopping posters.
Going back to techno, it is currently the fastest growing genre in electronic music. Its reference festival in Europe is Awakening, its huge enclosure located in a natural setting on the outskirts of Amsterdam, makes this one of the idyllic places to go to enjoy a first-class line-up. Meanwhile in Spain, the Dreambeach Festival located on the beach of Villaricos, Almeria, is also a great option and undoubtedly the best in Spain when it comes to enjoying the music of this genre.
But if there is a festival par excellence that every electronic music lover wants to go to, it is undoubtedly Tomorrowland. Generally located in the Belgian municipality of Boom, it is a real paradise of EDM music, its spectacular proposal offering one of the best electronic music posters of the moment and its beautiful enclosure with the best stages you will see, make this a luxury festival that not everyone can afford to attend.
With similar artists, in our country, the Barcelona Beach Festival is the most successful proposal for those looking for this type of rhythms with which to enjoy a good day of music. As its name suggests, this festival is located in the Plaza del Forum in Barcelona and annually welcomes more than 30,000 people.
Specifically in Spain due to the growing interest in this musical style, the offer of these festivals is very wide, some other festivals of relevance are Weekend Beach Festival and Los Alamos Beach Fest both located in Malaga; in Valencia we have the Marenostrum Festival and finally the Medusa Sunbeach in Cullera.
We could not finish this post without talking about the dates or calendars in which these electronic music festivals will take place in 2023: