This week, an old status from Chris Lake has resurfaced since its deletion a couple of years ago. It highlighted a sizable elephant in the room: the narrow-mindedness that comes from people who completely denounce certain styles of music. You would think that this idea and the many that came after it communicating the same message would have started changing thought patterns of the masses for the better, right?

To be honest, we’re not quite sure. While the idea of open-mindedness has become more prominent, so have Seth Troxler’s “Sonic Ear Rape” comments and the blunt insults from those who agree with it. Unbeknownst to Troxler, the DJ he insults in the video in which these comments are made is Dyro: a producer known to be one of the more creative artists within his niche. Troxler did not seem to care about who was in the background in that scene when it was brought to his attention and proceeded to call all mainstage Dance Music “bad,” inevitably leading the charge of those who seem to dislike the entire style for the sake of it.

There’s an understandable source of the arguments against “EDM” that come from those who are more partial to different styles, but the enemy here is the conventions that encourage unoriginality and deception within a style of music, not the style of music itself. Hearing one kick drum and immediately dismissing the entire song because it makes you immediately think of something you may not like is not the way to go about consuming or discussing music. The way you feel about a style is totally valid, but what Chris Lake highlights in this statement is how important it is to separate your personal taste from an objective measure of quality.

While we wait for Dyro’s ironic “Sonic Ear Rape” tour, check out our interview with Seven Lions in which we talk a little bit more on the subject. Also catch Chris Lake at Exchange LA!chris-lake-edm-message

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