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My experience with edm happened in 2 stages.
My first taste of edm came from my old babysitter when I was 7. She used to have 'The Prodigy - Experience' constantly playing. At the time, she was the best thing since sliced bread cos she used to let us up till whenever we wanted! So to try be as cool as her, I started listening to Culture Club, The Shamen etc. But it was an album my ma bought me that really got me lovin edm. She brought me home '2unlimited - No Limits' the album, on tape, and for about a year, I never stopped listening to that type of stuff. 'Maxx - Getaway' and 'No More' were 2 of my favorites, as well as 'Haddaway -What Is Love', 'Modo - Einz Zwei Polizei', 'Urban Cookie Collective -I've Got The Key', 'Snap - Welcome To Tomorrow' etc. Then came 1995. I was 9 and into stuff by Scatman , The Nightcrawlers, Mark 'Oh etc.
Then when I hit the age of ten, I totally went off the shitty pop edm i was into and turned into an Indie head. For about 3 years, I was totally anti-dance music and would have massive arguemnts with my mates about how shit and repetitive i thought it was. But I always secretly liked a few of the tunes coming out like 'Children', 'Encore Un Fois' but always denied it to my mates.
I eventually started admitting to liking some dance music, in particular 'Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl', 'Stardust - The Music Sounds Better', so from then I liked some of the edm in the charts.
But in 2000, my mate in school brought in the 'Mauro Picotto - The Lizard Man' album. This was my first taste of proper non-chart edm...and I was fooking hooked from the second I listened to it. Since then my tastes have changed from time to time but I have been obsessed with edm since hearing the very 1st track on that album 'Save A Soul'.
Sorry, got ridiculously carried away with that post , but couldn't stop writing as i was thinking back!
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