As lights strobed and basslines thundered throughout continents, a cultural revolution was quietly unraveling behind the DJ sales space.
The directorial debut from journalist Alexei Barrionuevo, Ready for the Drop: Rise of the Famous person DJs, is a blisteringly sincere take a look at the style’s actuality over the past decade, that includes candid interviews with digital music heavyweights together with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Hardwell, Nervo, and extra. Shot between 2013 and 2023, the movie captures pivotal moments throughout the world EDM increase in real-time, onstage, backstage, and behind closed doorways.
From its early tales within the U.Okay., Netherlands, and Ibiza throughout the 80s and 90s to its North American crossover second within the 2010s, the movie charts EDM’s euphoric ascent. But it surely doesn’t flinch from the darkish facet both, together with the rise of SFX Entertainment and its dramatic collapse, in addition to the affect of social media on DJ tradition and fan expectations.
Barrionuevo, a former Billboard Editor, positions EDM not merely as a sound, however as a generational identification. “EDM was a pivot point in modern youth culture,” he says. “A time when Millennials, seeking something of their own, seized an opportunity to create a tribe.”
The movie is ready for a worldwide digital launch later this summer season by way of Indie Rights, starting with a launch on Amazon.
