Now for the third and final part of our look into the recent
music-centric releases; oh, I do love obvious market trends. First, we had
Straight Outta Compton, where I was well within my element given how often I
seem to drop hip-hop titbits in these reviews anyway. Then, it was Ricki And
The Flash, which had me well and truly out of that comfort zone into the realm
of milquetoast drama involving oldie rock. Today, it’s a drop straight down the
middle in terms of familiarity with the genre in question: Electronic dance
music. I went through a period of swearing off most EDM out of pop elitism,
especially dubstep back when Skrillex was first getting big media buzz, but
have since grown a bit more accustomed thanks to artists like Parov Stelar and
Pogo, along with rediscovering just how awesome the Jet Set Radio Future
soundtrack was. That said, though, the whole EDM rave culture just feels… alien
to me. So, with a certain affinity for the music but quite the distance from
the lifestyle, how does this film weigh up?
