{"id":488,"date":"2025-01-28T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/?p=488"},"modified":"2025-01-30T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T06:06:15","slug":"big-room-house-music-roaring-back-in-popularity-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/big-room-house-music-roaring-back-in-popularity-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Room House Music Roaring Back In Popularity, Study Suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The popularity of sub-genres rises and falls in the electronic music world, but few could have predicted the demise of big room house music in the mid-twenty-tens. But the genre is now staging a furious comeback, sparking new creativity and connection amongst producers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to a recent study by MIDiA and Splice, whose research shows that downloads of big room house samples surged by an average of 188.9% annually over the past two years. Over 5.3 million downloads were recorded in 2024 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The resurgence of big room house seems to be fueled by nostalgia and the ageless <a href=\"https:\/\/edm.com\/gear-tech\/new-solution-aims-to-revive-authentic-raving-culture-by-suppressing-smartphone-use\">desire for connection on the dancefloor<\/a>. Producers across the globe are tapping into the genre&#8217;s festival-ready sound to evoke the memories of hands-in-the-air moments that defined the 2010s, soundtracked by influential producers the likes of Martin Garrix, Hardwell, W&amp;W and Dimitri Vegas &amp; Like Mike. At the same time, they\u2019re reinventing the style with fresh production techniques and cross-genre influences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martin Garrix - Animals (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gCYcHz2k5x0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This revival isn&#8217;t confined to traditional strongholds of EDM. Cities like Sydney, where downloads of big room house grew by an impressive 196.7%; and Johannesburg, with a 237.7% increase; demonstrate the genre is perhaps making new inroads.<\/p>\n<p>As more creators from the Global South, such as Brazil and South Africa, incorporate their unique sounds into the genre, big room house is finding a whole new source of fuel to once again become a global phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>You can download the full &#8220;MIDiA x Splice Sounds of 2025&#8221; study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midiaresearch.com\/reports\/splice-x-midia-sounds-of-2025\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popularity of sub-genres rises and falls in the electronic music world, but few could&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dieng.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}