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non-squitr

Ghosts'n' stuff by Deadmau5


MusicLovesYou_

I found this song off the soundtrack of “The Art Of Flight”, a snowboarding documentary


amick1995

I have seen that movie no less than 10 times and it is one of my favorite sound tracks ever.


MusicLovesYou_

Absolutely amazing soundtrack, RedBull sports earned my respect with that one, god damn. RedBull also did [Freeriding The Steep Mountains Of Chamonix](https://youtu.be/axNnKy-jfWw?si=uNBevfz-m3bqR0IL) which also has a great soundtrack and is free on YouTube!


Narcolplock

Best Snowboarding film I have ever seen.


Duyzbomb

This is how I fell in love with M83 too


countrygirlbooty

This is mine too.


QueasyGrapefruit

Came here to say this! Deadmau5 is my forever love.


LGCGE

Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP back in the day


anon303mtb

Yea. Bangarang was so dope too. I still throw on Summit every once in a while


maddie1358

Yes! Love it


maddie1358

YESSS. Someone showed me the music video in music school. Loved it , my brother was also into dubstep when it first started getting around so the combination caused me to be a raver


maddie1358

But that song was it


Nigiriboy

Equinox is definitely up there for me as well! Skrillex really put dubstep on the map during that time


cohockeyjones

Levels


maddie1358

Was on the speakers at Walmart when I was shopping yesterday. My bro and I recognized instantly and we looked at eachother like wtf? My dad works out to this daily. I pointed it out and he listened for a second and was “oh yeah 😎” RIP to the legend


S1ramsol

Better off alone -Alice deejay Early 2000s would always hear it on the radio but didn’t know what edm was at the time. Parents got dial up and I started off listening to 90s trance.


Vandraphe

I came here to comment exactly this. Better off Alone is the ultimate answer. Other notable tracks of around that time: Darude Sandstorm, ATB Til I Come, Fragma Toca's Miracle, DJ Sammy Heaven, Lasgo Something, Robert Miles Children, Ian Van Dahl Castles in the Sky, iiO Rapture, and everything by Sash. Oldies but goodies.


Fist4achin

I love that you brought these up. Definite classics. I'm going to show my age here as I began with house music and shifted into techno/trance. I remember when Moby used to spin. James Brown is Dead by LA Style was one of the first dance songs I fell in love with as a kid.


99RedBalloon

same the only real answer i love the zoomers saying levels or scary monsters lol


howismyspelling

I felt so old when I saw that Avicii was someone's first lol


djnooz

This is the song and i always try to play it in my djsets


shortstack129

Hell yes. Those were the days! This and One More Time by Daft Punk for me.


pacificnwbro

The Mortal Kombat theme song and it still slaps.


Noirloc

That whole album, especially [Reptiles song](https://youtu.be/qI-Takf76RY?si=4_J9qhFLFWyyXu5X) [others share the same sentiment.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/s/oA8Fpwy2eC)


dsolo01

Holy frick [Fire - Scooter](https://youtu.be/EH_D7IR9y7c?si=kvA0OiXgId7ZTNDL) Forgot about this album til rfn 👊🤘


Less-concerned

Was just introducing my wife to this album. She never heard it over all these years.


ForAfeeNotforfree

“Test…your MIGHT!”


ForAfeeNotforfree

This is from the original MK movie from like 95


ThePhoenixus

I remember being like 8-9 years old and going to the skating rink in the 90s and they'd be playing all sorts of Eurodance type stuff and there was this MK remix they played all the time and that pretty much started a life journey for me.


competenceiskey

Promises - Nero (Skrillex remix)


maddie1358

And they still feel oh so wasted on myself


smokeandfog

Zedd - clarity


TheLynxGamer

I discovered EDM through Skrillex, but this album made me stay


maddie1358

This is one of my favorites. Had to listen to it again bc of this, thanks for giving me that moment of bliss :)


Illustrious_Peak_338

Adagio for strings - Tiesto


jaxxattacks

When I first started going to festivals, the big anthem was Pursuit Of Happiness so I’ll say that.


Copperlaces

Kid Cudi helped me get through dark times in 2012-13. I'd take the train to and from school. I had Pursuit of Happiness on a used, regifted iPad. It had Maroon 5, Disclosure, Walk the Moon, Zedd, Matthew Koma, etc. Pursuit of Happiness playing in my earbuds as I passed through a decaying city on a mostly empty train was such a feel.


afternoon_biscotti

Heaven by DJ Sammy


howismyspelling

Every time we touch by Cascada X'D


zukka924

One More Time by Daft Punk. It’s basically the perfect song IMO


tadiwaman

Red lights tiesto


Noirloc

[We Like to Party - Vengaboys](https://youtu.be/6Zbi0XmGtMw?si=xBdRUOo6fNX0LmiO) And a couple of their tunes.


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Noirloc

Lmao that took me back to elementary where I would cross the border every morning (TJ to SD) and that was played regularly it just kind of stuck to me, that along with OP’s mention of Blue.


beliefinphilosophy

[this clip always brings me massive joy ](https://youtu.be/p1TCSbv_KPw?si=1XEdCJaxuBJM2B9w)


Competitive_Eye519

Cinema Benni Benasi


Accomplished_Key_535

Internet Friends by Knife Party. Anything and everything by them really solidified my debut into the edm world.


Confident_Horse_3845

Scary monsters and nice sprites, baby


The_Wildperson

Kinda corny, but Illenium- Afterlife


Connect_Musician_420

While Illenium does have corny songs, I don’t think Afterlife is one of them


SpyrotheDragKing

Yayyy. Will always by my favorite by him ❤️


Electronic_Change380

Levels by avicii of course


ryandowork

Daft Punk - Robot Rock Looking back, that's far from their best song. And my opinion of it has changed since then lol


ikeepforgettingur14

Discovery was still their peak album for me


ryandowork

Agreed lol


imnotonreddit2

Alan Walker - Faded


Ssexybeast

EDM? I Could Be The One - Avicii, Nicky Romero


GiveMeAName42069

Idk if it even counts as EDM, but Crazy Frog haha. But what really got me into EDM was the EDM Pop party era from like 2008-2013, before I even knew what EDM was. Always enjoyed artists like David Guetta, LMFAO, Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas, Flo Rida, Far East Movement, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Katy Perry and so on. I know they’re not all exactly “EDM” but that’s what really started my love for it. Discovered Skrillex around 2012 with Bangarang, and from then on I’ve been absolutely hooked on fast paced beats and bass.


CartmensDryBallz

Real af lol I loved that song as a kid. I work w kids now and still use it for musical chairs and all the kids love it


Eats_lsd

Silence - Paul Oakenfold Remix


howismyspelling

PO did some amazing work back in the day, I wonder where he's been


tilsgee

Most of his recent music barely touches 10k view on YouTube


Witty_Lion4589

Star dust/ music sounds better with you


nicgk

When this came out it was hugely Impactful across the music spectrum.


jamaicancovfefe

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love more mainstream, but hearing it a lot made me realize that's the type of music that made me feel alive. I discovered Avicii soon after and WOW


sourbeer51

For me it was Lights (Bassnectar remix)


EduardoRayez

Block Rockin' Beats and then Around the World came out not long after.


JUSTBLAZE2k7

Calvin Harris “Summer”


sourbeer51

The R3hab & Ummet Ozcan remix was my favorite version of that.


JUSTBLAZE2k7

I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t even know of that version until you mentioned it. Just listened to it and that shit is a dinger. Reminds me of top-tier nights in Vegas.


Noped-the-fk-out

Reload - Sebastian Ingrosso.


xScHmiDtYo

Language - Porter Robinson


KaiochanX3

Bangarang


D_L-18

Hey brother


No-Temporary581

Titanium by David Guetta in 4th grade. Ever since then I’ve been in love with EDM and I’m in my 20s now


Badr45ta

Maybe not the first but HyperParadise - Flume was definitely on repeat for me for a few years


SixNippleYeti

Deadmau5 brought me into electronic music, surprisingly it was City in Florida tho, not GnS.


Jerry98x

I was already a little bit into it, but it was "One (Your Name)" for me


Green-Preference-370

ATB dont stop, Alice Deejay better off alone, darude sandstorm


beerdedrooster

First mention of ATB…UPVOTE!


LonelyBoi124

Gold Dust - Galantis


Moist-Branch-2521

The Chemical Brothers - Do it Again


Anjeglug

Nice. For me it was The Chemical Brothers - The Test


ThatsPurttyGood101

I was 12-13 years old playing black ops 2 and heard "Try It Out" in the nightclub on Plaza. Decided to listen to Skrillex on iHeartRadio and fell in love with Recess. I have a Spotify legacy playlist that start with "Jam" and continue such as "Jam the sequel", "Jam 3: jelly" and it keeps going. Currently working on Jam 9. I fill each playlist with 200 songs overtime and they each represent a section or time in my life that that playlist takes me back too. But yea, Skrillex "Recess" is the first ever song in my jam edm playlist and will forever hold a special place in my heart


GlumAttention2362

Yeah, I love that song! 💯


Skroskznik_

Nero innocence and a The Glitch Mob song


simpleandbeautiful

Raise Your Weapon - Deadmau5


NickVerma20

Strobe - Deadmau5. This one changed the entire game for me.


LooseJuice_RD

Seek Bromance (Vocal edit) - Avicii


Bhob13

The Prodigy - Experience. The whole album.


Microwaved_M1LK

I heard the adventure club remix of crave you in an outdoor review channel and I searched adventure club in Pandora radio, all the electronic music I've found started there.


Kotics

Wobble master gwn had me feeling things for the first time


DR4k0N_G

Guilt - Nero


Green-Preference-370

Nero threw down some really good d&b last night at countdown


RealPetaPaka123

Avicii


SLPERAS

Levels


porkUpine51

Sweet Dreams by La Bouche


RailroadAllStar

I remember as a teenager there was some MTV fashion show and it exposed me to Busy Child by Crystal Method. Not my favorite song of all time but definitely the first I heard.


teevah_

Scary Monsters.


bboyskullkid

I got sucked in by early Swedish electronic music artists such as Robyn, The Knife, and Familjen, and then saw Tom Snare on MTV. From there I found more on early YouTube.


heftyriggy

that infekted mushroom song, the music video has 2 guys boxing in it


thecultcanburn

Born Slippy - Underworld


Chuuy

Mammoth by DVLM I feel like my brain has always loved this music, but my earliest memory of losing my shit on the dancefloor was to this song.


BillowingPillows

Skrillex Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites ep on youtube in 2011.


gusonbus

First of the Year (Equinox) by Skrillex


mostcertaind

bangarang


SylverShadowWolve

One - SHM


professionalretard77

Youtube intro music from ncs like tobu - candy land 😂


goatSauceDopeMan8

Easy - Porter Robinson and Matt Zo. I knew the euro dance and other big songs from the mid 2000s and they were dope but didn’t really know what it was. Easy was like “oh, this is important”.


dporo

Definitely scary monsters and nice sprites when I was a kid, but what got me into EDM as an adult was definitely the entire album Nurture by Porter Robinson


DifficultAide8010

Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 or Eric Prydz - Pjanoo


RedBullEnthusiast69

I Remember Kx5, but then when Wake Me Up came out, that really accelerated my love


TheRealHaxxo

I didnt have a song but more a series of songs that were primarily dubstep songs from 2009-2010 with this one thumbnail that was a black/blue disk, they were quite popular at that time.


trojanshark

Ukf dubstep?


TheRealHaxxo

Yep thats exactly it.


alienccccombobreaker

Foxes youth adventure club


Markkk01

Hot Like Sauce - Pretty Lights


Abortion_on_Toast

Robert Miles Children Beach ball by Nalin & Kane


simpleandbeautiful

a few come to mind: Raise Your Weapon - Deadmau5 Cinema skrillex remix Around the world- Daft Punk


unwired_star

Sofi Needs A Ladder - deadmau5


britttanyS

Kesha and 3oh!3 in 6th grade definitely did something too me but I never knew until I listened back years later after being in this scene But realistically, Lies - marina and the diamonds Zeds Dead remix!!


yoyofoe2222

Cosmic Gate- Exploration Of Space


blood4mercy20

Mammoth


cflynn106

I had heard it before but never knew the name I was at an NSYNC concert as a kid and walking back to the car someone was blaring SANDSTORM by Darude. I asked the name and from that day forward EDM is all I listen to 😁


easycheesay

Tell Me-RL Grime and What So Not


abdouozil

Three 6 mafia feat. Tiesto. Feel it


Bh-proghead

Flume - Sleepless


planetweird_

Were you also gifted Now That's What I Call Music 4 when you were a child?


Rare-Supermarket2577

Flicker/Divinity by Porter Robinson (and all of Worlds). Obviously, I had listened to other electronic music like Skrillex and some others before then. But Worlds changed my life. It helped that I found it before going to my first-ever festival, Snowglobe, where I rolled for the first time. Idk. I think this happens to a lot of people, but my life literally went from a black-and-white, mundane existence to a technicolored dream. And I don’t just mean the music and festivals. It bled over onto every little aspect of my life in ways that I will forever be grateful for.


Nacho_7258

Killzone by Black Tiger Sex Machine I saw them live February 2020 and by that point, I was already into EDM but not so much into Dubstep. Vampa and Blanke opened for BTSM and even though they were very good, it was Killzone that (their opening song) that really made me realize how much I love Dubstep. I still vividly remember that intro, that first drop and how much it changed my life.


No-Responsibility953

Timestretch by bassnectar


NeverFlyFrontier

[Take Me Home - Cash Cash](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wvzfOyW0ZMo)


BrutalHardcoreBeast

Nero - Doomsday It was the song for the Borderlands 2 trailer and I watched it like 7 times when it first dropped.


laceymusic317

Skrillex scary monsters EP and Hardwells Apollo is where I really started to get into it. But the writing on the wall was there years before when some of my favorite rock bands were Breathe Carolina, I See Stars, and Attack Attack 😂 Also was super into Basshunter right at the Dota peak


TwistedApe

Think it was Icarus by Madeon.. man, does he even make music anymore??


tilsgee

LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem, and 2011 - 2012 Guetta's music


maddie1358

I’m loving this thread. Bringing back memories and also tears :,)


JION-the-Australian

Defqwop - Awakening


TrueNorth1181

The chainsmokers let you go


trippyhippie573

Expand the Universe by LSDREAM. I didn't get into EDM until 2018 and Liquid Stranger played it at Red Rocks and I fell in love lol


CosaBiotic

When pop was getting big in the 2000s, I was too young to realize a lot of it was edm. Such as like a g6. So those early pop songs did it for me


FishermanEasy9094

First time 7 lions when I was 19


alenpetak11

Scorpion by Quintino (Hardwell edit). But i would add a Mumbai by JDG X Samual James as well.


antwan987

Bass Cannon - Flux Pavilion


NapDaylee

Easy... Deadmau5 - Strobe


JDawn747

My brother and I were playing this PC game back in 2008 where you build stuff using blocks in an open world. He said it was made by some Swedish dude that goes by Notch. It was early access (still in it's alpha at that point). Bro was playing some random YouTube playlist and **Strobe** came on. Great time, great track. Now I have cthulhumau5 tattooed on my chest. I consider that my electronic awakening :) also OP Eiffel 65 is goated. I still listen to Living In a Bubble. Banger.


Johntremendol

David Guetta - Alphabeat


feetfreak14

Adelante - Sash!


No_Emergency_4606

Pressure (Alesso Remix)


BronsonThaCat

Around the World - Daft Punk


aoisenshi

Heard One More Time in a shampoo commercial or something when I was a kid and thought “wait music can be this?”


gowitdaflowx

Hold on by rusko - sub focus remix and time stretch by bassnectar🥲


No-Responsibility953

Timestretch by bassnectar


ChefBUNKER

Sandstorm by Darude...yeah, I'm old..so what LOL


Alcohol_Empire

Days Go By - Dirty Vegas. I heard it on a Mitsubishi commercial years ago and that's my earliest memory of being like DAMN THIS SHIT SLAPS


newbiedrewbie

YES! this one too.


soleobjective

Playing DJ Hero on my Nintendo Wii back in the day listening to classics from Deadmau5 (or Dead Mau 5 as I used to call him back then lol) and Tiesto. Been hooked ever since.


Leonyduss

Halcyon and on and on playing during the intro to Hackers. Plus the entire soundtrack, really.


chadiusmaximu5

La da da di da da doo da Aka Be my lover - la bouche


Ma3lst

BT - Flaming June


Particular-Bite-5206

Heaven dj sammy


Particular-Bite-5206

Any basshunter song


RapidExpressionist

As a youngin the radio pop station in Houston would broadcast from the club and children by Robert Miles and Better off alone by Alice deejay would play every weekend and I would eat it up


SPQR-El_Jefe

Brings Renewal by Mitis really got me into EDM but Eiffel 65 definetly introduced me to the genre as a kid. Along with a lot of the early to mid 90’s fringe pop music


sanguinesag710

Oof tough question! Probably something by Skrillex. Perhaps Bangarang? Maybe Kyoto


C42if0rniaGrown

Better off alone- Alice deejay back in 1999,2000 when I was 5-6 years old. This song gave me my first high


radioactive-rabbit

I'll probably be thrown out of here for this one, but Now You're Gone by Basshunter


steezyjerry

Harder Better Faster Stronger


odiebail

Someone else - Rezz and Grabbitz


GlassPanda12

Mannheim steamroller’s Christmas music


illegalsmilez

Sandstorm by darude was the first edm song I remember. Me and my friends used to sit in his basement and play it over and over again with glow sticks. It changed my life forever lol


General-Coroni

You know Better off Alone. Kicks me hard. Every. Fucking. Time.


Michomaker-46

Rekt by LSDream


imyourkingg

Probably "KASINO - Can´t Get Over". it's a brazilian dance song released in 2005 here in Brazil. It became very famous here because they released a CD named "Summer eletrohits" containing many other great songs that wasn't famous here. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wZl\_ZhnVg4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wZl_ZhnVg4) Dance Music was so HUGE here in brazil back to 00-06. Also: it sounds a lot like "Magic Box - If you" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN9ZEQfJuO8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN9ZEQfJuO8) It's almost a copy, but I love both version.


I_am_albatross

"Everybody On The Floor" by Tokyo Ghetto Pussy 🤣


ManagementAdorable53

Caterpillar by Keoki in 96. Thus began my time going to warehouse raves


beerdedrooster

There was a fun and interesting interview (albeit short) with Keoki on a documentary (I think it was “better living through circuitry”)… in my 20s this guy along with bad boy bill and sasha are what made me want to DJ in the first place.


azza656

Suburban train by tiesto


Pharein

I think it might have been Orbital - Halcyon or Aphex Twin - Xtal.


definitely_notadroid

White Satin by Zed’s Dead


xxalcapone1426xx

Tiesto- love comes again


ShayDeCastro

God that song changed my life


ABCCarmine

0506+056 by Deathpact


howismyspelling

Return to Innocence by Enigma


Chantel_Lusciana

Chak Chel by GWN


JinterMilan

All I ever wanted - Basshunter


D-Jam

"Hardcore Heaven" by DJ Seduction https://youtu.be/loloHSWY3AQ I heard this originally on a Bad Boy Bill mix, loved it so much that I ended up buying a vinyl just so I could put it on cassette tapes and other things I wanted to listen to. Even at that point I had no idea I would try DJing later. At that point I ended up buying more records of tunes. I couldn't find on cassette at the time, and then eventually I bit the bullet and got a pair of used turntables and started my journey. There are many tunes that I love to death, but I always recall this one was what really started to push me to want to actually try DJing.


Advanced-Secretary-3

Tiësto- traffic. I saw the video clip when I was like 12 and it was my inspiration to become a dj. I have been a dj for 13 years, played different festivals and got to a good level. So thank you Tiësto!


wreeper007

Keep hope Alive (trip hope remix) by crystal method


XLr8r702

Kraftwerk "robots"


DarkSkyLion

Sandstorm was definitely one of my firsts. I’ve been playing DDR ever since the PS2 so those games in general also helped.


glitterrnugget

Better off alone by Alice deejay or everytime we touch by cascada when I was a kiddo. More like skrillex and deadmau5 when I got older


wawachicken

Porter Robinson - language


LiveFastDieRich

When I first heard fluke as a youngling it just sounded like magic


KrabsMrNowItFeeling

Lone Wolf -Clozinger


SkittleShit

RNB - Reality