This paper investigates the role of musical features in shaping peak-pleasurable experiences of electronic dance music (EDM). Typically, large structural and dynamic changes occur in an EDM track, which can be referred to as the break routine, consisting of breakdown, build-up, and drop. Twenty-four participants listened to four EDM excerpts featuring break routines, and one excerpt without a break routine. Measures were taken of skin conductance, self-reported affect, and embodied aspects of subjective experience, and incidence of pleasant bodily sensations. Participants reported intense affective experience with EDM despite being removed from the club context, and attributed this experience to the drop in particular. They described these experiences as energizing and uplifting, and pointed to an embodied, kinaesthetic experience of the music. Drop sections of the music were associated with significantly higher skin conductance response than other sections of the break routine. Analysis confirms correlation between specific acoustic and musical features and peak-response as observed with other music genres, and also identifies novel musical characteristics particular to EDM associated with peak experience. This shows that pleasurable peak experience with EDM is related to specific musical features, and has embodied spatial and kinaesthetic experiential qualities even when listened to without dancing and away from the club context.

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电子舞曲的最佳体验

本文研究了音乐特征在塑造电子舞蹈音乐（EDM）的峰值可体验中的作用。通常，在EDM磁道中会发生较大的结构和动态变化，这可以称为中断例程，包括故障，堆积和掉落。24名参与者听了4篇带有休息程序的EDM摘录，还有1篇没有休息程序的摘录。采取了皮肤电导，自我报告的情绪，主观体验的具体体现以及愉悦的身体感觉等方面的措施。参与者报告说，尽管已将EDM撤出了俱乐部，但他们仍拥有强烈的情感体验，并将这种经历归因于下降。他们将这些经历描述为充满活力和振奋精神，并指出了音乐的一种具体的动感体验。与中断程序的其他部分相比，音乐的下降部分与皮肤电导响应显着更高。分析证实了在其他音乐流派中观察到的特定声学和音乐特征与峰值响应之间的相关性，并且还确定了与峰值体验相关的EDM特有的新颖音乐特征。这表明EDM令人愉悦的峰值体验与特定的音乐特征有关，即使在听不到跳舞且远离俱乐部环境的情况下，也具有空间和动感的体验品质。分析证实了在其他音乐流派中观察到的特定声学和音乐特征与峰值响应之间的相关性，并且还确定了与峰值体验相关的EDM特有的新颖音乐特征。这表明EDM令人愉悦的峰值体验与特定的音乐特征有关，即使在听不到跳舞且远离俱乐部环境的情况下，也具有空间和动感的体验品质。分析证实了在其他音乐流派中观察到的特定声学和音乐特征与峰值响应之间的相关性，并且还确定了与峰值体验相关的EDM特有的新颖音乐特征。这表明EDM令人愉悦的峰值体验与特定的音乐特征有关，即使在听不到跳舞且远离俱乐部环境的情况下，也具有空间和动感的体验品质。