Electronic dance scene as a picture of the lifestyle

This thesis examines the phenomenon of youth entertainment - electronic dance music - within the last three decades. Since the end of the 1980s, this experimental music has developed into a recognized music genre worldwide. Stemming from experimental music are tens of differentiated sub-genres. I studied the three main genres of electronic dance music: freetekno, drum and bass, and house music; and describe their structural elements: idea, music, space, drugs, and dance. In addition, this thesis reveals conclusions from my anthropological research. My research method consisted of using participatory observation, interviews and questionaires. The research was based on the following hypothesis: Fans of each three subgenres (freetekno, drum and bass, and house) mutually differentiate not only on an economic and social level, but also in the realm of life attitudes. The theoretical basis of my work derives from Victor Turner´s theory of communitas which was published in his book, The Ritual Process, in 2004