The Machines That Built Rave
Every scene has its instruments. Rock had the Stratocaster, jazz had the saxophone, and rave had a pile of second hand drum machines that nobody else wanted. That is the strange and brilliant thing about dance music gear. Most of the machines that defined it were commercial flops, bought cheap by broke kids who then…
Do Healing Frequencies Actually Work?: 432 Hz, Solfeggio Tones, Binaural Beats And What Really Moves A Dancefloor.
If you have spent any time in the wellness corners of YouTube, you have met the solfeggio tones. 174 Hz for pain relief. 396 Hz to release fear. 528 Hz, the so-called love frequency, supposedly capable of repairing your DNA. Alongside them sits the 432 Hz movement, which argues that music tuned to A=432 rather…
Ravewear Revolution: The Rhythm of Fashion & Frequency
“rhythm is fundamental to the spirit/like the beat of tribal drum“ Since the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the rhythm of ravewear and rave culture has transformed from an underground movement into a global phenomenon, with fashion and frequency evolving together to reflect the spirit of each era. What began in the shadows of abandoned…
Groove, Glow, Repeat. AUM Winter Series II: A Night On A Twisty Hill With Science Of Sound NZ & Mental Broadcast Subverso (Brazil)
As I crawled through the tangled roots of the kฤnuka forest and ascended the glorious Hill, my soul was drawn into a sonic symphony – enveloped by a psychedelic tribe. AUM Winter Series: Hill Stage Edition was every bit as spectacular as the last rave, yet this time, the crew at Science of Sound NZ…
Hurry Up Tomorrow – The Weeknd’s Latest Album.
I recently listened to The Weeknd’s latest album on a long drive through the picturesque countryside of Aotearoa, NZ and for the most part I wanted to stop the car, get out & dance. โHurry Up Tomorrowโ is a far cry from his previous more Pop/RnB driven albums. In fact this one feels like itโs…
The Low-Down On Bass: How Music, Dance, and Connection Create Rave Magic.
There is something so raw about the feeling of bass frequencies pulsing through your body – the way the vibrations sync with your heartbeat, how the pulsing beats move your muscles before your brain even registers the rhythm. From the mesmerising throb of trance through to the hypnotic pulse of drum and bass; when the…
New Psy-Trance Spotlight
Today we’ve got our New Psy-Trance Spotlight it’s a chance to explore something new. We’re going to break a few tracks down for you here. You can download the music by following the links below! Goajira Records is a newcomer to the scene. It’s debut release on 16 October 2024 with Atems – Galactic Frequency.…
Label Spotlight: Kafka Tempo
“๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผis a reservoir for visionary and profoundly enigmatic music. Sounds that often present a grotesque vision of the world in which individuals burdened with isolation, and anxiety make a futile search for personal salvation” Today, we are diving back into our label spotlight series. This time we are focusing on a fresh new upcoming label.…
Fresh EDM Releases – Festival Music Update
We are proud to bring you our brand new segment by our incredible, contributor – Andre Burit0 who has been a long time vinyl collector and DJ. Bringing you Fresh EDM Releases – Festival Music Update by Spending a significant section of his late teens and 20’s trawling record stores and old DJ’s dusty basement…
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The sounds that move the dancefloor. Our Music blog explores the genres, artists and mixes that define the rave and festival scene, from psytrance and techno to the tracks that own sunrise. Discover new sounds and go deeper on the ones you already love.