20: The Drop

That part in dance music, where the music builds and builds and builds and BUILDS before the tension finally, FINALLY, gets relieved? That’s “the drop.” Mike talks about its origin, construction, and application, and tells you what P.L.U.R. means. -- Sources -- Stefan Sagmeister on Storytellers (VIDEO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkIVIau1Nk “Waiting for the Bass to Drop” by Ragnhild Torvanger Solberg https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/article/view/451 “Detecting Drops in Electronic Dance Music” by Yadati, et al http://www.terasoft.com.tw/conf/ismir2014/proceedings/T026_297_Paper.pdf The Year in Black Erasure on Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/615-the-year-in-black-erasure/ Metaphors We Live By on UChicago.edu http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3637992.html -- A previous version of this episode contained the following music -- Intro: Rhythm Variation 02 by Aoki Takamasa RV8 Break #1: Not Butter byDillon Francis Break #2: Boss Mode by Knife party Break #2: Summertime Sadness by LDR, Cedric Gervais Remix