Dance
Design plays a central role in the development of electronic dance music. Think of the equipment used to make the music, the design of the spaces where people dance to that music and the clothes, flyers, album covers, posters, merchandise and tickets. Discover the role design has played in the development of the most important music genre of our time.
The exhibition Dance – design of a culture will be on display from 23 March to 25 August 2024
- Music
- Article
- Book
- Designer
- From the exhibition
- Interview
- Podcast
- Video
- Achtergrond
- GOTHIEK
- Industrie
- Ontwerper
- Subcultuur
- Tentoonstelling
- Tips
- Wind force 5
- Wind force 10
- Windkracht 1
- Windkracht 5
- Windkracht 10
From the exhibition: sensation
Dance has become a billion-dollar industry, with major entertainment companies calling the shots. Massive dance festivals are held all over the world, featuring an international elite of DJs flying from party to party.
From the exhibition: gabber
In the Netherlands, in the 1990s, gabber emerged in Rotterdam as a new branch of electronic dance music, joining styles such as house and techno that were already well-known in Europe.
From the exhibition: digitization
The devices with which electronic music was initially created occupied entire rooms. Now software gradually displaced hardware until, eventually, one laptop could house all synthesizers and drum machines ever released.
From the exhibition: emancipation
Liberation is ingrained in electronic dance music. It’s crafted to make you dance freely. Drums and rhythm have always been the ritual tools of dance, and that remains true in our time, albeit now generated through electricity.
