“Today, electronic music is like an audio energy drink,” Bang­alter says. “Artists are overcompensating with this aggressive, energetic, hyperstimulating music – it’s like someone shaking you. But it can’t move people on an emotional level. It’s a way to feel alive, but . . .”

“It’s not deep, it’s surface,” de Homem-Christo offers.

“Maybe it’s the difference between love and sex, or eroticism and pornography,” Bang­alter says.