Swedish House Mafia will become the first ever dance headliners at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York this September, Kaytranada and Justice are hitting the road together for a co-headlining tour that starts in October,

The fusion of electro pop, hip hop and dance music ensconced itself as an underground counterculture when the previous alternative movements became dominant cultural forces. Freestyle emerged sometime after the late ’70s dance music heyday remembered for artists like Donna Summer and the Bee Gees, and movies like Saturday Night Fever.

As night falls in the city of Eau Claire, a thriving music industry awakens. Electronic dance music (EDM) has evolved from a niche subculture to a developing scene with diverse sub-genres which allow artists to find their light on the stage.