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The Aspen Times Weekly published an article titled "It's still EDM to me" is by Stewart Oksenhorn. The article was most likely published in the last few years, meaning the peak of the EDM (or Electronic Dance Music) movement here in the United States. The article contains the various types of complexity that are debated several times today, even on the internet. Oksenhorn's article questions EDM regarding its authenticity. Questioning its genuine nature is reasonable, given its structure and evolution over the years, and with convenient means for tools to create EDM. EDM is raised in debates exclusively from the traditional view of EDM compared to the hybrids and subgenres that compose it. it emerged from the EDM movement that arose in the late 1980s. Traditional listeners remember when electronic music was born, while others in the present defend the latest innovations as if they were their own. Contributing to the popularity of recent years have been mostly underground artists who have made themselves noticed again, artists who have become more important in their fields, as well as more fans (both those who have known electronic music and others who have never listened to it ). For example, the groups Daft Punk and The Ting Tings, two bands under the same general EDM, but different subgenres. One is extremely well known and recently released a new album, Daft Punk is more popular than ever, and the other is a band that initially failed and found some success at the moment. The growth makes artists realize how interested the population is. This stimulates new artists, who have a more natural position in the use of technology. Traditional EDM individuals have gone from "vinyl", to "DJ[-ing]" turntables to Mac computers and also to constantly downloading music... middle of paper... This area of ​​EDM is quite complex, maybe even a little more than other genres, like country music. The article states that the popularity and recent fan base that has become interested would eventually abandon the genres, but also states from a separate interview that it could also leave an imprint on the music industry to inspire. I and many people I know personally love EDM and appreciate what I like within the genres. They are very different and have their own qualities, but I have to draw the line somewhere, and it's usually the popular one. However recently I have found some artists who invoke the qualities that I consider authentic of bands like Nero (a dubstep band), such as performances, the structure of the music and the themes they have. This is just my opinion, and everyone involved in these debates has theirs, and that's what makes EDM so complex and contested.