Bubba Brothers are among the most promising rising stars in the Electronic Dance Music scene. Hailing from Faro in the Algarve, Portugal, the dynamic duo consisting of Eliseu Correia and Justino Santos has taken the world by storm with their innovative blend of House, Techno, Progressive House, and Tribal House sounds. Read more
Minimal house is a subgenre of house music that has been around for decades with an occult like following from all around the world. Explaining the genre however is tough to nail down. With popular tracks combining elements from electro, garage, IDM, and early Detroit techno. We go in-depth here at 6AM on some history, artists, and tracks that represent that minimal sound.
âFlowâ is a scientifically recognized state of mind where a person is completely focused and immersed in what theyâre doing- All time seems to stop, the whole world seems to disappear, and the person is performing and creating at their peak levels. Top performance athletes, engineers, and especially your favorite music artists all try to do whatever they can to achieve the State of Flow. Although everyone has their own method to achieve âflowâ, factors such as creative workspaces, learning beyond their craft, physical/mental well-being, feedback/self-evaluation on work, and resting time- help all artists create their best work.
As a self-taught artist, D-Unity‘s journey has always centered around creating quality music that is extensive and long-lasting. His “quality over quantity” mindset has led him towards becoming one of the world’s most prolific and acclaimed producers within the scene of electronic dance music. As of late, he is proud to present his upcoming 4-track EP Every Little Problem from Christian Smith‘s acclaimed label Tronic. This production is tight with quality elements, with each track featuring heavy tribal drums and powerfully uplifting vocals from the Colombian rising star Juli Aristy. This energetic and tribal groover EP is now available for pre-order and will release fully on November 18th, 2022.
This week’s featured Guest Mix artist is Freeman 713 â a DJ/Producer hailing from the hills of Northern California. Real name Trevor Tappe, is based out of Los Angeles and is inspired by the sights and sounds of the early 2000s Hardgroove & Tribal Techno. Freeman 713 pairs Dense Tribal Grooves with High Energy Rave Vibes to create a versatile and potent blend of slamming techno. The sound is heavy and driving while still being groovy, sexy, and endlessly danceable.
1605 is the record label of Slovenian techno artist UMEK, and the imprintâs latest release is a new EP from the owner himself. Both tracks are peak time techno that ooze energy to whip the dance floor into a frenzy. Along with UMEKâs own music, 1605 has built up a roster of artists including up-and-coming talent such as Mhi iri, but it also champions the music of established names such as Space 92, Cosmic Boys, The YellowHeads, and Teenage Mutants.
UMEK has made 1605 a regular output for his own tracks, which in the past, he had also been featured on the likes of Christian Smithâs Tronic and Reinier Zonneveldâs Filth On Acid. Techno fans at this point will have a good idea of what to expect from 1605, and this latest output from the record label is no exception. Read more
Hottrax is a well-established record label run by Jamie Jones and itâs the imprint that first introduced Patrick Topping to the world. The record label is a stripped-back and techy sibling to Hot Creations, which is Jamie Jones’ other label project. Now, the latest Hottrax release comes from the Italian artist Lorenzo De Blanck.
Hailing from the Canary Islands (Spain), Nau Squaglia introduces his latest 10-track album, âMidnight Bluesâ with the label Earthly Delights. All of the tracks on the album have their own place as a solo piece of music, but they also have been sequenced together in a storytelling flow of emotions.
“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 artâââbut 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 âbeating out timeâ, in a steady repeating unit of time.”
The scientific connection goes further, as Dr. Stefan M. Oertl explains: âWhen music is designed for immediate effect (dancing) âmore primal and automatic neural processes take over, [âŠ] bypassing the intellect to create a pure and optimal experienceâ.â 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 âfunctional tranceâ 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:
30 and 25, those are the numbers PANIC founder Linus has been DJing and producing respectively. In those years, he’s seen rave culture transform yet also hold onto its core principles. His event series called PANIC started in 2017 viewing it as a platform for greater inclusivity. Recognizing the male-dominated industry, Linus has sought to create an environment representative of rave culture welcoming all people both on the dance floor and behind the decks. A 30-year industry vet, Linus looks back on his inspirations while looking to those artists helping shape today’s scene.
