Full Penetration: The Integration of Psychedelic Electronic Dance Music and Culture into the Israeli Mainstream
Dancecult January 1, 2012 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.12801/1947-5403.2012.04.01.02 via OpenAlex
Summary
Psychedelic electronic dance music and culture (PEDMC) has gained significant prominence in Israel, serving different functions for secular and orthodox youth. The study explores how these two groups utilize trance-dance parties to meet their community needs, reflecting their unique socio-cultural contexts. The findings indicate that while the core of PEDMC remains consistent, its applications vary greatly between these populations.
Study at a glance
| Design | ethnographic study |
|---|---|
| Population | secular and orthodox youth in Israel |
| Key finding | The multi-functional roles of psychedelic electronic dance music culture differ significantly between secular and orthodox youth in Israel. |
Abstract
Although psychedelic electronic dance music and culture (PEDMC) networks exist across the planet, in Israel this subculture has attained a high degree of mainstream national/cultural prominence. Based on an ongoing ethnographic project, this article discusses Israeli (P)EDMC by comparing and contrasting the multi-functional roles that this music culture plays for two generally non-related local populations-secular and orthodox youth. It examines the way these communities utilize trance-dance parties to serve their community and their specific needs, and how, in turn, these uses reflect the current socio-cultural circumstances and conditions particular to each group.