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“How can you love this ‘boring, repetitive’ electronic music?” Who hasn’t heard this question asked in some form or another in the past?
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
BOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM!!!
The many people who raise an eyebrow to our love of techno, house, drum & bass, trance and other forms of electronic music, especially the “boring and repetitive” ones, do so without an understanding of the history of music itself.
At its core, electronic music and especially techno and its various offshoots are just an ensemble of old music disguised under new names, and produced with new technology. Think about it: you’ve probably seen drummers play music very similar to techno, and you’ve certainly seen and listened to African tribal music and shamanic music from South and Central America and thought, “this sounds a lot like techno!”
The truth is that it is techno that sounds a lot like those ancient, ritualistic musical expressions. Loop-based electronic music shares those same, very familiar rhythmic sounds, layered with various other sonic expressions. In 2021 these sounds are produced electronically, using current (or slightly less current) technology that gives it its wider appeal.
So why do we like those sounds so much? Why are we so drawn to them?
Nope, the core reason is not and should never be drugs! In fact, academics are confirming that our love for repetitive music boils down to something much deeper than drugs and the “need to party,” and you can now use actual this scientific research against anyone who looks down on you as a “degenerate” for wanting to listen to techno in a dark, gritty warehouse until sunrise! (wink wink!)
“We know of societies without writing, and even without visual artāāābut none, it seems, lack some form of music” Philip Ball, The Music Instinct.
The biggest commonality found in the music of all these societies, from old to new, is that consistent, repetitive 4×4 beat, known to most cultures around the planet.
In his essay Patterns in Musical Composition, Transformation, Mathematical Groups and the Nature of Mathematical Substance, Bill Hammel links steady rhythm and biology: “Undoubtedly, the most primitive musical percept is that of pulse, recognized perhaps first in our own rhythmic pulse, heart beat. Imagine an Australopithicus, on his day off, picking some object up and banging it against another; the satisfaction obtained by simply ābeating out timeā, in a steady repeating unit of time.”
The scientific connection goes further, as Dr. Stefan M. Oertl explains: āWhen music is designed for immediate effect (dancing) āmore primal and automatic neural processes take over, [ā¦] bypassing the intellect to create a pure and optimal experienceā.ā Our mind and our body process these sounds differently, also explaining why even the slightest change in a techno track (and many memes exist about this) have a huge impact for dance music fans and listeners, as these changes remove us from the āfunctional tranceā we are in for a brief moment of analytical appreciation, only to quickly put us back into that very same trance.
Gus Nisbet takes this deeper, explaining that this is why “we enjoy successfully predicting the next four bars of a song, but we also occasionally enjoy when those predictions are wrong and the music catches us off-guard.”
There you have it, this is why we enjoy and love repetitive music so much!
Check out our latest Global Vibe Radio techno mixes, featuring a ton of repetitive music, below:
Musicians know that when it comes to playing the magical instrument, Cello, the first thing, which they have to do is to embrace it, even within electronic music. The humble cello, often considered as a distant and not so famous cousin of the celebrated Violin is slowly coming into its own.
A lot of scientific research projects have confirmed that the right kind of electronic music and the right tracks can help us be more productive, whether it’s when we study or are at work. This can include working on the computer, studying for more extended periods, or simply doing any kind of task in general.
Music can influence and activate different centers in our brain and set a positive mood which will help us with endurance, productivity and creativity. Moreover, music helps to distract from the everyday noise and create a separate universe where one can focus on their work or assignments. This is important for students to know and take advantage of as an efficient technique. The soon-to-be graduates, who combine work and study, though, might have little time to catch thesis writing inspiration even with the help of music. They can use top-notch online thesis help to clear up their schedule and find time to relax and listen to favourite rhythms as music helps to get rid of all the stress and fatigue.
The identity of the mysterious woman on the cover of the monumental 1970 self-titled Black Sabbath debut has been revealed, and she now makes electronic music.
That’s right, the “black figure” actually goes by the name of Louisa Livingstone, and she is an electronic music producer using the alias of Indreba. At the time, Livingstone was in her late teens.
Northern Electronics drops a massive double compilation on May 15th titled Scandinavian Swords IIII: Atlas of Visions. This 40-tracker is the 4th installment in the Scandinavian Swords series.
Showcasing some of the label’s best confidants, Atlas of Visions breaks form from previous releases. Label founders, Anthony Linell and Jonas Rƶnnberg (aka Varg2TM), have spent the better part of a year putting this together. Expect to hear new artists as well as genre-bending themes throughout.
Taken since the inception of 6AM in 2008, we have been able to develop and follow key principles that have helped us knock down barriers, break through troubled times and reach our goals in the electronic music industry while continuing to hit key milestones every step of the way.
The information contained herein has helped shape who we are today and represents what we stand for in the global electronic music industry. We are far from perfect, we are constantly learning and always working to improve. More importantly, we need a constant reminder of these guidelines ourselves, which is also part of the reason we are publishing this article. We want to hold ourselves accountable while sharing something we hope can help others, or at least can spark a conversation on subjects we feel are important.
We not only hope you find this useful but more importantly we hope you find the strength to apply the guidelines within this article into your own journey and discover the things you didnāt think would be possible by peeling away the layers of negativity and self-sabotaging behavior that are stopping the progress you wish to attain. We are all in this together, you are never alone.
Thank you in advance for hearing us out and weāll see you on the dancefloor soon.
Much Love & Respect,
6AM
Contrary to some popular perception, electronic music is quite the extensive and diverse genre. It can certainly be a daunting experience when you get curious and begin to dig deeper into the genre, although it also becomes easy to get lost in the myriads of sub-genres and blurred lines that separate them.
But don’t worry, if you would like to learn a bit more or even immerse deeper into the rich genre of electronic music there is a site dedicated to helping you.
TheĀ Electronic Music GuideĀ provides a concise documentation on every sub-genre and movement in electronic music that has ever existed. It also offers a lot of audio content providing examples of each sub-genre and movement, enabling visitors to to enjoy a comprehensive electronic music experience.
It is an obvious fact that almost everybody is a fan of some type of electronic music.
In fact, some people have so much love for music that you will find a student failing to submit his term paper in time because he was āheld upā at the dance floor, or went to a festival, listening to their favorite music. Smarter college students with music addiction have now resorted to contracting service providers like Edusson to help with academic paper writing service, so that they can have a free weekend to catch up with a concert in town.
So what does music do to your brain, so that you always find yourself leaving everything that would be called important, just to go listen to someone entertaining people in some far away town? Spiritual fundamentalists would call that a spirit, while others will say it is an addiction, but one thing remains a puzzle-how strong is the spirit or addiction, as to make a student opt for the services of a research paper writer, just because he canāt afford to miss it? This is the one question that almost every paper on the topic of music has struggled to explain.
There are several impacts that electronic music will cause on your body, brain and mood.
There are two types of emotional responses to music, according to research: what is felt and what is perceived. The implication is that though it is perceived, and indeed known that this kind of music belongs to the āsadā category, there is a difference in how it impacts the brains and minds, and therefore bodies of different individuals. As such, you will find people who derive feelings of romance from sad music; even though the general perception is that everything about it is sad.
There are times when the going is too tough-the times when you just need more energy to cover the remaining minutes of exercise. These are the times when smart people know how to reap the benefits of listening to music. Research has shown that music actually boosts your urge to continue, even when your energy bank seems to run dry. Music somehow comforts the brain with the feeling of āthough it seems to be too tough, thereās something sweet in your companyā. Well, that must be very good news to some student somewhere who has a backlog of work to complete within a very short time. Just ensure you donāt enjoy it too much until it pulls you away from the task-but is it gets too tough, you still have the option of finding online research paper writing service if you wonāt adjust as much as you may need to.
How can this be? The relationship between your favorite music and the brain can be such an interesting one. There are a lot of ways in which your brain reacts to music. Look at, for example, how willingly your brain memorizes the lyrics and tunes of your favorite electronic music, when it is very difficult for the same brain to memorize the step-by-step process of writing a paper.
Some studies have shown that learning music can help in the development of vocabularies and boost verbal reasoning.
Gottfried Schlaug of Harvard Medical School even says that musicians have different nerve makeup from non-musicians, in that they have more nerve bundles connecting their left and right brains. Have you, for example wondered why music is very instrumental in treating some neurological disorders? It all boils down to one fact: music engages several areas of the brain like the visual, motor and auditory res, all at the same time. So what all this means is that you wonāt be surprised to find out that the musician next door always gets it right before you can figure it out!
You have seen many people have some soft music playing next to them when they are sick. Well, the medicinal value of music today goes beyond the healing rituals. It is well engrained in scientific corridors that music does something to make the body feel better in times of sickness. Some great scientists like Plato have even suggested the use of music to treat anxiety and weak emotions. Music is also known to inhibit fatigue. Many scientific findings have also linked music to changes in pulse and respiration rates.
What this means is that music can be used to institute some comfort in the sick, which then allows the body to relax and āfeel goodā, with the overall final outcome of possibly functioning better in terms of fighting disease and responding to medication. However, studies have also shown that very high-pitched music can also cause anxiety and panic, subjecting the body system to immediate strain that can lead to severe health implications. But you could still argue that this just serves to justify the medicinal value of music-doesnāt an overdose of conventional medicine hurt?
In ancient days, music was used to soothe the soul in difficult times. The biblical David was called to play a musical instrument to comfort King Soul whenever he was troubled. In some parts of the world, like Africa, music is used at funerals to comfort the bereaved. Even scientists have confirmed that music is a mood booster. If you are of the ever busy lot, like those who work in the research writing service sector, you will always find some music playing on the background so useful whenever your moods seem to go south.
Did we say music has health benefits? Research has come to back this by establishing that the there are great health benefits, especially to seniors, of singing out loud. Seniors who live alone with nobody to talk to can count on music to always keep them engaged.
Full disclosure: I wrote this article yesterday, on November 21st 2017, and woke up this morning to the news that Resident Advisor was no longer continuing its Poll
First of all, I have to say that DJ Mag’s poll is only good as scrap paper, or at best as the source of pre-game laughter with your crew. That is if you ever even took a look at a printed version of it. The chart is a joke (artistically), it serves no real purpose (business-speaking),Ā and is useless (as far as understanding the quality of DJs, its actual intended purpose).Ā It’s talked about for months leading up to and following its results, a peculiar media that does not give a damn about the actual music but is all to do with money and pompousness. Sadly, it’s been like this for years now.
What is new though is the thin wind of dissatisfaction that is now affecting the Resident Advisor. On top of a ranking that has seen Dixon crowned unceremoniously as #1 DJ in the world for 5 years now, in recent years we have also seen the increase of election campaigns by DJs (and their management0 to win votes. What was once an organic poll from real dedicated fans once again lost its intended purpose.Ā Indeed, the problem was not the ranking itself: it can be challenged. It may not be in agreement with your views as far as placements or exclusions, but that is another story, or controversy for that matter.Ā The problem, we are beginning to understand, is what it takes to end up in that ranking. Artists and their management understand it very well. It is an excuse to raise the stakes, in some cases to double or triple them, and to convince the artists to get involved with the tactics necessary to end up on the poll, and rank higher than years before.
