Constant Sensationalist Reports That ‘MDMA Is Destroying EDM’ Ignore The Obvious Problems According To Commentators

Online reports which claim that ‘MDMA is destroying EDM’ ignore the real problems at the core of EDM, according to commentators.

Dance music journalist with MadeUP magazine, David Symons, claimed that, “Obviously drugs are dangerous and people should take every precaution when using them but for reporters it’s easy using drugs as a scapegoat because it completely exonerates the clueless, neon-splattered gimps from any responsibility for their actions without acknowledging that substance use is an undeniable part of almost every music scene.”

“It blames the perceived problem of the scene on drugs rather than on the piss-poor so-called ‘music’, or the ostentatious onstage antics like throwing fucking cakes into the audience, or the attempted vaunting of ‘celebs’ like Paris Hilton as credible performers,” Symons continued.

“When the shining lights of your scene are a blonde stick insect who sucked a dick on camera or a ‘DJ’ who throws cake into his audience as a climax then your scene is fucked with or without MDMA. I’d rather be in a poorly lit dank hovel with people taking drugs responsibly and listening to a loop of babies crying than at a massive EDM glittered wankfest with so called performers playing derivative garbage to tweens,” he calmly asserted.

“EDM is being destroyed alright, but it’s not being destroyed by MDMA. The drug has been around the credible techno and house music scenes since their inception and they continue to be vibrant and forward thinking.”

Longtime dance music DJ, James Dalton from New York, further claimed that reactionary reporting on drugs in music scenes is nothing new.

“It’s the same story over and over again, ‘reefer madness is making kids go crazy’ or ‘a guy on LSD thinks he can fly’ or ‘Wow, that Calvin Harris show was amazing’, drugs can make people say and do stupid and regrettable things. We’ve been hearing these stories for decades. Usually it happens when a scene that was originally meaningful and boundary pushing, like dance music, has been appropriated and diluted by popular culture for commercial interests, like EDM.”

“When you attempt to commercialise an underground scene en-masse some of the central ideas and concerns, such as how to behave at a rave or take drugs responsibly, are unfortunately going to be lost along the way.”