Jamaica, the land of Reggae and EDM

[Jangle]

Following the recent revelation by Billboard.com that the EDM genre is a product of Jamaica, legendary producer King Jammys, who said he knew this all along, blames local media and historians for not documenting the history of Jamaican music.

The producer-selector who was also singled out by Billboard.com as one of the pioneers of electronic music, said in the formative years of Jamaican music, the media was focused on politicians and not the persons producing art.

King Jammys also said he has been touring for many years, hired by international promoters to play EDM and Dub music.

"Every year I go out and play this genre. Jamaicans don't cherish the history of the music and what we did. The historians only cherish politicians and not the hard work we put in, so the people don't know," he told The Gleaner, while encouraging Jamaican acts to capitalise on EDM music.

Billboard.com, which traced the origins of EDM music to the late great Jamaican producer-selector King Tubby, pointed out that EDM DJs are following his blueprint.

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[Sir X]

Isnt this common sense.I too took it for granted.Read somewhere techono,house music has its rhytmic foundation in ska, (pace and beat ).Sounds like it to me.

[Jangle]

The "new" categorization in music right now is EDM or Electronic Dance Music. This really not a new form of music but more the American music industry finding a new way to market music. It is really just Disc Jocks remixing hits on electronically driven dance/house/rave/techno beats. The biggest names out there right now is Calvin Harris, Avinci, David Guetta, Afrojack, Swedish House Maffia and Daft Punk. They are taking the music to next level and introducing all genres of music to the younger generation. Today, when you hear a song, you can't tell if the singer is black, white or Chinese, and the genres are blurred because of the beats. Take for instance the mega hit "Wake me Up" which is Bluegrass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_KJAg8bHI

Now the new trend in Reggae and Dancehall music is EDM. The biggest names in Reggae/Dancehall EDM are Major Lazer and Skrillex. They are dipping into the vast catalogue of old school reggae music and remixing them into hits. Some of our older, even less popular reggae singers are finding a new lease on life in the music industry because of them, whilst our younger Dancehall artistes are realizing that they are reaching bigger audiences without changing their styles or dialect. Even the soca artistes are catching the EDM wave.

Examples:

Major Lazer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxD_7S7bl8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCoCa6b6cU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgpnX6QUQY

Skrillex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eJDTcDUQxQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpzGu9Yp6Y
Take notice of the number of views.

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[Mosiah]

We need to acknowledge their origin and be proud of them. Don't mek some people mek wi shame a wi music, whatever genre it may be!