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No new sound has fully broken through in the 2020s. Why?
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Electronic music has never been more abundant. Yet the silos dominating our lives and shaping our habits are walling off new listeners and experiences.
In our latest video essay, we examine the forces shaping the scene—from AI and inflation to digital exhaustion and generational disconnect—and propose a pivot.
Read the special double report:
There Is No Sound Of The 2020s. Yet: ra.co/features/4505
No Music on a Dead Internet: ra.co/features/4504
Credits:
Writers - Gabriel Szatan, Bella Aquilina
Motion Graphics - Dan Derham
Narrator - Ezra Saifie
Editors - Jerry Dobson, Fahad Akinsanya
Sound Mix - James Hall
Music:
Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares [Foul Play Remix]
Ricardo Villalobos - Precox
Mala - Neverland
Andrea - Reactions
K-Wata - Radio Embrace
Priori - Memory Palace
Peverelist - Pulse XI
Mac Seldom - yeh uu
Shinichi Atobe - So Good, So Right
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0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Fracture of universal experience
3:06 - Economic pressures
4:14 - A generational disconnect
5:32 - How we can fix this
No new sound has fully broken through in the 2020s. Why?
(Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/residentadvisor )
Electronic music has never been more abundant. Yet the silos dominating our lives and shaping our habits are walling off new listeners and experiences.
In our latest video essay, we examine the forces shaping the scene—from AI and inflation to digital exhaustion and generational disconnect—and propose a pivot.
Read the special double report:
There Is No Sound Of The 2020s. Yet: ra.co/features/4505
No Music on a Dead Internet: ra.co/features/4504
Credits:
Writers - Gabriel Szatan, Bella Aquilina
Motion Graphics - Dan Derham
Narrator - Ezra Saifie
Editors - Jerry Dobson, Fahad Akinsanya
Sound Mix - James Hall
Music:
Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares [Foul Play Remix]
Ricardo Villalobos - Precox
Mala - Neverland
Andrea - Reactions
K-Wata - Radio Embrace
Priori - Memory Palace
Peverelist - Pulse XI
Mac Seldom - yeh uu
Shinichi Atobe - So Good, So Right
This video contains excerpts from third‑party footage; all rights remain with the respective copyright holders.
-----------------------
Website: ra.co
Follow us:
tiktok.com/@residentadvisor
instagram.com/resident_advisor
facebook.com/residentadvisor
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0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Fracture of universal experience
3:06 - Economic pressures
4:14 - A generational disconnect
5:32 - How we can fix this
