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Dance music is healthy, but faces challenges, says Resident Advisor founder
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 10 April 2014
The booming dance music industry is in good shape at the moment, though has challenges to face if it is to continue to prosper, Resident Advisor co-founder Nick Sabine has told CMU.
Speaking in the first of a series of CMU interviews with music media editors and founders, Sabine said: “Overall, [dance music] is in a good place. That isn’t to say there aren’t challenges on the horizon for everyone, from large scale festival promoters dealing with the rising costs of artists in a saturated marketplace, to small independent labels adapting to new technologies and new ways of doing business. But overall it feels like the spotlight is firmly on electronic music at the moment and it is enjoying its time centre stage. The most important thing is that electronic music doesn’t lose its soul”.
Meanwhile Resident Advisor Editor Ryan Keeling added: “Obviously things are blowing up in the US, and that’s having a positive knock-on effect on the global mainstream market. More specifically thinking about the world RA inhabits, I think we’re in a healthy place. No major trend has swept the scene for a couple of years, but on a personal level I’m enjoying the influence that hip hop and its related forms are having on club music”.
Read the full interview, in which Sabine and Keeling also discuss the recent overhaul of the Resident Advisor website and its future, here.
