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This chapter analyses the emergence of the Electro Dance Music Culture respectively in Hong Kong and Shenzhen through the emergence (and demise for one) of two clubs in Hong Kong and its neighbouring Shenzhen. These clubs offer a place for alternative electronic dance music cultures to develop. Despite some common points between the two EDM cultures, Hong Kong and Shenzhen have distinct Electro Dance Music Culture that warrants further explorations.
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EDMC constitutes the focus of academic journals such as DanceCult.
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Due to the cancellation of rent control in 1998. https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr98-99/english/panels/hg/papers/hg22121b.htm
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As previously noted outside of the field of electronic music, non-mainstream artistic institutions struggle to stay in central areas of Hong Kong due to a multiplicity of factors beyond high rents (Charrieras et al. 2018:170).
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Tai Kok Tsui is closer to Mongkok, an important area of Hong Kong representing its ‘localness’.
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Yiu, A., Charrieras, D. (2021). On the Fence: Electronic Dance Music Cultures in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. In: Darchen, S., Charrieras, D., Willsteed, J. (eds) Electronic Cities. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4741-0_14
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