For EDM, we are quickly closing in on that 15-20 year cycle that seems to take place in the music industry where genres make a comeback.  The 90's were hot for dance music.  Raves were frequent (and still legal) and MTV was playing Deepsky.  The hype for electronic music died and for the past decade it's been all but buried and forgotten by the majority the mainstream.  I understand there is still the underground (the very deep underground...).  i understand car commercials still uses dance tracks in there commercials.  and i understand EDM is bigger in European countries.

What i'm talking about is a return to mainstream culture in the US.  Does anyone foresee a comeback?  I'm not talking about wishful thinking or whats been happening in tight circles of EDM-loving buddies.  Are there definitive signs that something may be happening to bring rave/dj culture back?

And my intentions are not to sound pessimistic...i am really curious as to what's happening, because in Jacksonville, for now, its dead.

much love and respect to all your future unbiased responses,
-gabriel 

Hey gabe, nice to see you back here.

regarding your question, I honestly don't know.

Has anyone noticed that Ratatat - Wildcat sounds oddly similar to Gareth Emery - Outrageous?

Interesting. Let me listen right now...

The US is always ripe for dance music, one of the strong points here is its musical history.  So many dance shows on TV now, etc etc.  I think for EDM to break open here more, it has to loose its RAVE Dogma somehow, drug history etc, new ideas, some new venues.  I personally think its growing again, but maybe I am the last guy on the dance floor with the disco ball still spinning.   

There have been like 5 or 6 hit songs on the radio that have a 4 on the floor beat.  Artist's like Timbaland, Rihanna, Chris Brown, etc.  My wife says part of it might be due to all of the Dance Contest shows.  One of them actually spoke of some dance style that got its roots from House music.  She didn't recognize the name of the style though.  Nor could she remember it when I asked her.   But I don't know what this means for EDM either.  I do know that EDM needs to shake the bad elements of the Rave scene.  Who knows.