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Okay you people picked the wrong person to nit pick with. I'll try to counter attack some moronic bashing for no other reason than to bash me.
Yes electronic music is new and upcoming. It is simply the newest form of music available right now. You can trace any form of music back 10, 20, or 100 years from when it began to generate into what it is today. Electronic music, however, is the newest thing out there. All other major forms of music (weighed by # of listeners, for simplicity) have been around longer than electronic music. "Nobody listens to techno." – Eminem Before you disagree with anything, take in mind that I'm talking about mainstream here. If you think electronic was around way before say rock was, remember that we're measuring by how long it has been mainstream. Electronic has NOT been around as a MAINSTREAM genre (# of listeners) longer than anything else. THUS, my point stands, electronic is new and upcoming. It is only now becoming a mainstream genre by # of listeners. This is why I enjoy it, because it is the newest thing out there and is still being defined. Only avid listeners of electronic can tell you the real differences between trance, hard trance, techno, classic techno, techno trance, house, deep house, progressive house, acid house, etc. What electronic music is and the various branches of electronic music are still being defined. So as a fan of electronic music, I can watch this happen and watch the music progress. OH. I'M RIGHT. WHAT NOW.
Yes electronic music has an underground aspect. Some dunce mentioned how tiesto's picture is on the cover of teen magazine. Personally I think he pulled a popular magazine out of his ass and made that up, but regardless. Electronic started underground, and still has a major underground aspect. Raves are illegal most places and have largely been illegal, being held in illegal places. For the most part rave = electronic. I don't recall ever hearing about a rave where hip-hop is played. If you argue that raves do not have any underground aspects to them then you're just an idiot and need to stop saying stuff you have no idea about. Most DJs started out in the underground scene. They did shows at raves, clubs, and other places; their name was spread by word of mouth. Eventually when they accumulate enough street credit you begin to see them on the cover of teen magazine. Anyways, the underground aspect is one of the reasons I like electronic music. I love hearing about an unpublicized rave or dance from my friends. I don't much hear about underground rock concerts, you can usually find all those on MTV. OH. I'M RIGHT. WHAT NOW.
As it stands right now electronic music is not heavily influenced by commercialization. It is beginning to be so, look at Moby (we are all shooting stars? Give me a break; sell out). For right now electronic is not going commercial. A DJ that makes 100k per show does not need to rely on CD sales. Not to mention that most of electronic is distributed through the web (because it's underground and you won't find everything where you live!). I used to listen to a lot of rock too, but not so much anymore. The commercialization of rock has completely destroyed the genre. It's all about the record companies and making money now. If you think this is a superficial reason for liking a type of music, then maybe you should rethink your own reasons. If you just like something because you like it, maybe you like it because you're being told to like it. When I listen to electronic, its just about the music. The DJs are homegrown and dedicated to their art. OH. RIGHT AGAIN.
Finally, an aspect of electronic I forgot to mention is it is WORLD WIDE. I can not think of any rappers from Finland, country singers from Ireland, or Australian hip-hop. With electronic, you get world-class djs from all over the globe and their culture can play a part in their music. That's more than great, that's phenomenal.
So these are my clear cut reasons for why I enjoy this genre. All of them put together makes for such a wonderful experience I couldn't possibly enjoy more. But again, all of this aside, forgetting about all of it, I'd still love electronic music and I wouldn't be able to tell you why. It's just my style, and that is the calling of a true fan.
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Electronica hasn't been new and upcomming since Kraftwerk and the like were defining the genre in the 70's 
