The American Music Awards creates new category for Electronic Dance Music, David Guetta wins inaugural award
While the night was clearly defined by American pop culture, and a sweeping victory from US's primary export, Justin Beiber, last night's American Music Awards marked another milestone in electronic music's acceptance into the US consciousness. French-pop-house-auteur, David Guetta, took home the very first AMA for the category of Electronic Dance Music, stealing the limelight from fellow EDM-heavyweights, Calvin Harris and Skrillex. Regardless of the inevitable cries of popular culture co-opting and dumbing down the electronic sound, EDM's official recognition in many of the largest awards ceremonies in 2012 is a good thing. By bringing mainstream validation to what was once an underground phenomena it further validates something we've been saying all along - dance music is here to stay.
Skrillex – Bug Hunt (Wreck-it Ralph) (Noisia Remix)
I must be dreaming... Skrillex produces a track for a Disney movie? Then drum and bass masterminds Noisia remix it? Is this a parallel universe where gritty synthesizers and guttural wobbles is a suitable soundtrack for a kid's movie? To be honest, who knows and who cares - the track rocks. Released on Atlantic Records, Noisia's remix of "Bug Hunt" is bursting at the seams with high energy, disco-driven synthesis. Mutating Skrillex's signature wobbles into a sort of drum and bass, dubstep, nu-disco nightmare, juxtaposing it's own grit with flighty disco flairs.