Electronic music (also known as EDM) is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s. It has many subgenres and encompasses an eclectic range of styles, including house, techno, disco, electro and dubstep.

Chance music is a type of experimental form of sound composition derived from John Cage’s concept of aleatoric or chance music: see aleatoric and chancemusic.com. As such it might be thought to have been innovated by composers such as Radu Malfatti with his “Microstructures for Tape or Electric Instruments” from 1959 or Gottfried Michael Koenig with “Nummern für Orchestra”, also composed in 1959=1988 ).

Chance music is a genre of electronic dance music that has been described as “not yet defined”, but it can be identified by its very fast tempos and its lack of a structured song form. The first instance of this style was presented on January 15, 2012 at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California by A&L (aka Troy Beetles) as a collaboration with the band Crystal Castles. In addition to members from both groups performing together, they were accompanied by six tap dancers. It is said to encompass genres such as noise, disco, punk rock and hip hop.

The moment when this type of music began had little resemblance to electronic dance music which had developed over time at a steady pace throughout the years. Electronic dance music (EDM) emerged in nightclubs and discothèques during the 1970s with the introduction of widely available electronic musical instruments, including portable analog synthesizers and early drum machines. Fire’s Fire night club where DJs like Larry Levan spun records from the late 70s to mid 80s is said to be one of the first venues where EDM was being played. In addition, there were other genres played at clubs such as disco which developed simultaneously with early forms of electronic dance music such as Space disco or Euro disco. Since so many types of songs have been playing over time, it is difficult to identify a moment when pure EDM began.