Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness kick off their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos’ “⁠The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America⁠“ with a look at the role of radio, dance clubs, DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Hot Mix 5 in the first outbreak of modern electronic dance music in the USA.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness wrap up their discussion of “⁠⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠⁠“ with an interview of the author, Simon Reynolds.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the final chapter of the last edition of Simon Reynolds' "⁠⁠Energy Flash⁠⁠" which covers the back-from-the-dead bigger-than-ever re-emergence of EDM in North America in the 2010. We talk dubstep, brostep, ghettotech, and a little bit of Daft Punk.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠⁠" with a look at the developments in dance music in the first decade of the 21st century including the beginnings of dubstep, grime, and breakcore.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠⁠" with a look at the electro revival that began in the early 90s, got a lot of attention as electroclash when it moved to Brooklyn around the turn of the millennium and has had a surprising amount of influence…

Hosts Ryan Harkness and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠⁠" with a look at Speed Garage and 2Step, the sounds that pushed jungle aside and briefly ruled the English charts, airwaves and dance floors at the turn of the millennium.

On this episode, hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the evolution of trance in the second half of the 1990s: psy-trance, progressive trance, and Euro or uplifting trance.

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of dance music in the 1990s with a look at how House evolved down multiple paths in the 1990s as producers and DJs from Chicago to New York to London gave it their own personal twist.

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK dance music in the 1990s with a look at Big Beat. For many Americans Big Beat was the first style of electronic dance music that they saw in concert, purchased on CD or heard in TV ads and movie soundtracks. We discuss this briefly popular genre, how it evolved alongside other genres of E…

Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "⁠⁠Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture⁠⁠" with a look at the avant-garde of late 90's post-rave, post-rap, post-rock artists who abandoned the dance floors and strived to advance the boundaries of the form.