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EDM’s poster boy indulges in bone-headed gimmicks that range from hurling cakes at the front row to crowd-surfing in a rubber boat
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by Ian Gittins via Electronic music | The Guardian
EDM’s poster boy indulges in bone-headed gimmicks that range from hurling cakes at the front row to crowd-surfing in a rubber boat
The dance music world is currently plagued by a second wave of superstar DJs and producers and Steve Aoki is firmly in the vanguard. A cast-iron draw in his native US, last year this indefatigable figure played close to 250 arena shows that netted him in excess of £15m.
Aoki has achieved this rarefied status by becoming a poster boy for EDM, the subtlety-free strain of blitzkrieg techno marked by colon-rearranging bass and shrill, brutally effective stabs of rave synths. Pitched at a level of relentless faux-delirium, this post-midnight show doesn’t so much seduce its audience as bludgeon it into submission.
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by Ian Gittins via Electronic music | The Guardian
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