Coronavirus lockdown aside, dance music looked a lot different 10 years ago. 2010 fell right on the cusp of America’s EDM wave, which arguably reached peak hysteria between 2011 and 2014.
While David Guetta already had late-aughts hits with Akon, Kelly Rowland and The Black Eyed Peas, the next generation of pop-minded DJ-producers was still on the ascent.
In numerous ways, 2010 set a template for the extravagant decade to come. The year introduced dance fans to a cohort of would-be dance superstars, including Skrillex, Zedd, Porter Robinson and Afrojack.
Avicii, then a baby-faced newcomer from Sweden released a salvo of club tracks ahead of his 2011 breakout, Levels. Elsewhere, dance music’s resident curmudgeon deadmau5 flexed on the