One should think of Ricardo Villalobos's career without taking into account the numerous artists he has influenced over the years and the effect he had on the electronic music spectrum.
As the Chilean-born, Berlin-based producer released more and more tracks - all conforming to the typical Villalobos style - and as he became more of a powerhouse in the underground electronic industry, plenty of[...]
UNTOLD, one of the largest music festivals in the world, will open its gates in 2022 between August 4-7. For 4 days and 4 nights, hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world will enter the magic realm from Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania to have fun with the best artists of the moment and not only them. The organizers of the UNTOLD festival have started the preparations for the 7th chapter tha[...]
The Chilean-born German artist began making electronic music in the late 80s. From a very young age he has been a big fan of Depeche Mode, following their tours around Europe to listen to them.
His style is so unique, it is almost an unspoken tradition for his tracks to douns different than the ones of other producers. We all know his long remixes or edits, but the true merits of his art are ob[...]
There's basically no way each and every one of you reading this article has never danced, boogied or at least shook their bodies on a Villalobos track. We simply can't believe that, the man is a living legend. Probably one of the most notorious artists of the electronic genre, his story is filled with excentric details that - alltogether - create this unique portrait of an artist who was influence[...]
Jeff Mills is undoubtedly one of the founding fathers of techno music. Starting out as radio DJ the Wizard on Detroit’s WJLB before teaming up with Anthony Srock in the late ’80s to form the industrial inspired Final Cut project, Mills met former Parliament bassist “Mad” Mike Banks. The two hit it off and soon the Underground Resistance studios came into being, fusing Banks’ keyboard and synth col[...]
When learning about electronic music, one must constantly dig deeper in order to find the sub-genres that collect crowds of thirsty fans all over the planet. Ro-minimal has an interesting story, making it our very own underground electronic music sub-genre. When it first appeared, minimal was something like nothing people have heard before, although it was still house and techno, thus something ex[...]
Even though Simon Reynolds was using “minimal” as early as 1992 to describe Derrick May, minimal as a genre didn’t really come along until the mid-’90s. The term is used by anyone who listens to something that is electronic, not techno, not house, but somewhere in between. And even if that is a large space from which to choose just a name, it just goes to show that the constant evolution o[...]
After a year in which time and the whole world seem to have stood still, life is slowly, slowly getting back to normal. With normality comes the return of music festivals, which means that for the first time in a long time we can make holiday plans that include close friends, exotic destinations and favourite artists.
In the following we will present a small selection of the most important fest[...]
The OWPN Academy Association has opened its doors!
OWPN Academy was launch the first free academy for emotional and professional education in electronic music in Romania. Over 20 mentors from all over the country and 10 psychologists work online and in the two offices in Cluj and Timisoara to develop the 400 members registered so far, in the most important areas: Education & Culture, Networki[...]
Sunwaves în Zanzibar va avea loc în perioada 17-21 iunie pe plaja Dongwe.
Sunwaves e considerat unul dintre primele 100 de festivaluri la nivel mondial, indiferent de genul abordat, un real motiv de mândrie pentru noi, românii, mai ales că artiștii proveniți din țara noastră electrizează de ani buni scena internațională de techno și o fac impunând sound-ul românesc, apreciat la maxim de[...]
Viața înainte de muzică. Ce au studiat și muncit artiștii înainte să ajungă DJ-i de succes
Au nume sonore și cariere de succes în muzică, au călătorit și au bifat scenele celor mai mari cluburi, petreceri și festivaluri din lume, au încântat și fascinat, de-a lungul anilor, sute de mii de oameni cu show-urile lor. Dar până să ajungă aici, unii artiști au parcurs alte drumuri profesional[...]
Sâmbătă, 5 Septembrie 2020, iubitorii de muzică bună și relaxare sunt așteptați în curtea fostei Uzine Foto de pe strada Plopilor, pentru o sesiune de muzică experimentală alături de artișii invitați: Andrei Raicu și Gabriel Leașcu. *detalii despre eveniment și locație mai jos
Andrei Raicu este regizor de teatru și compozitor de muzică electronică pentru spectacole de teatru și performance. D[...]
