Electronic Beats, Economic Treats 2024: The benefits of electronic music to the UK

A new report from the Night Times Industries Association (NTIA) has found that since the start of the pandemic, 396 nightclubs, or 32%, have been lost. And that in the last year alone, we lost 31 nightclubs (4%), and nightclub visits for electronic music saw a 9% decrease.

Our CEO, David Martin, spoke about the cultural significance of electronic music (page 90):

“Electronic music is now deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of the UK. It has become part of our national identity.What electronic music means, and the range of genres it encompasses, has grown exponentially over time. And the techniques and approaches have spread far beyond the traditional dance music genres we might have associated with electronic music in the past. Electronic music has now firmly entered the mainstream.”