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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
And you still haven't answered my request from the other thread, to provide an example of an EDM track that requires even mediocre performance skill at the piano/keyboard.
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The flaw with your request is that literally 99% of EDM is played on a keyboard when it's recorded. Midi. But I'll give some examples of songs that have a strong piano presence in them. Don't have my ipod on me but lets see what I have just scrolling through what I have on my phone.
Any Above & Beyond track. A good example of a beautiful piano based song by them I'd recommend checking out would be "Small Moments". Also, watch their acoustic set. They perform their songs on "real" instruments, accompanied by a full orchestra. It's epic.
ATB has a few as well, off the top of my head the intro to "In And Out of Love". He also has a live concert series with "real" instruments, if you want to check it out.
Axwell - Nothing But Love. Not really impressive but it is a piano based song.
Cosmic Gate has a few but none of them are really "piano" songs. Just some great trance tracks that have piano parts in it. "Nothing Ever Lasts" would be my favorite. Falling Back has some piano in it to if I recall correctly, but it's rather cheesy.
I know Gareth Emery has a ton of live instruments on his tracks. I only have one of his songs on my phone that isn't piano based BUT if you want to check out some great lyrics for an EDM song (RARE) I really recommend listenting to "U" by him and there is some piano in it. But nothing special, just some chords.
Jasper Forks - River Flows in You. (Hate him but it's piano based...)
You (Mike Bugout Remix)
Porter Robinson has some piano work in his tracks. The intro to Language
Alright, I'm bored of this exercise but if you want more examples let me know. Keep in mind, this is EDM, it's mostly synths (hell most of these pianos are probably synthesized) which would be recorded using a midi keyboard, but it's meant to make you dance so don't expect these songs to have virtuoso piano breakdowns.