https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/genres/techno/Latest entries for the tag TechnoenWed, 12 Feb 2025 10:58:14 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/brendon-moeller-life-begins-at-170/Sometimes, opening up a whole new well of inspiration is as simple as turning the tempo dial. Having spent more than 20 years exploring deep, dubby house and techno around the 120 BPM mark, nothing could have prepared Brendon Moeller for the shift in his music-making when he decided to…Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:58:14 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/brendon-moeller-life-begins-at-170/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/upsammy-crossing-strange-meridians/Thessa Torsing’s project upsammy frequently flirts with the stylings of techno and electro, but there’s an open-air fluidity to her output that seems as spontaneous as rushing water. The Amsterdam-based producer and selector offsets bubbly melodies and earthy field recordings with snappy beats and disembodied voices. Edge of Sleep, by…Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:44:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/upsammy-crossing-strange-meridians/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/yushh-the-sound-of-forward-pressure/Bristol is a hotbed of left-field dance producers with ears for textured sound design and unconventional rhythm. One of the most promising stars rising from the city’s underground is Jennifer Hartley, who crafts dynamic tracks under the moniker Yushh. The Pressure Dome label boss sauntered into the club circuit in…Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:25:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/yushh-the-sound-of-forward-pressure/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/flower-storm-techno-rhythms-with-samples-from-iran/Making music on impulse can be a lot of fun, but it’s a very different practice from developing a focused project with aims, rules and limitations. Before they came together as Flower Storm, Kasra Vaseghi and Sepehr Alimagham had rarely applied their club music craft to a specific concept, and…Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:36:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/flower-storm-techno-rhythms-with-samples-from-iran/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/gesloten-cirkel-free-tools-and-tips-for-spicing-up-sounds/The difference between a formulaic techno track and music that leaps out of the speakers is all in the details. There is no shortage of tried and tested instruments that have shaped electronic dance music for decades, but to truly break the mold you have to get creative with familiar…Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:24:45 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/gesloten-cirkel-free-tools-and-tips-for-spicing-up-sounds/ArtistsDownloadsTutorialshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/download-the-live-set-of-nadia-struiwighs-new-track-leelow-waters/In a world where conformity often reigns supreme, the pressure to neatly categorize and label our music into different genres can sometimes stifle creativity. However, for multifaceted artists like Nadia Struiwigh, these pressures serve as poignant reminders to assert individuality. Drawing inspiration from the visual cues of her surroundings and…Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:39:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/download-the-live-set-of-nadia-struiwighs-new-track-leelow-waters/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/designing-dub-chords-in-ableton-live-with-el-chooppizza-hotline/Since it first emerged in the early 1990s, there is a particular sound that has etched itself into the sonic identity of electronic music from Europe and beyond. It is a sound both timeless and steadfast in character, defined by its edgy chords, grainy textures and ethereal atmospheres. Pioneered by…Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:42:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/designing-dub-chords-in-ableton-live-with-el-chooppizza-hotline/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/bored-lord-rhythmatic-movement-in-unison-with-others/Daria Lourd is nothing if not prolific. If you happened across her work as Bored Lord any time in the past five years you’d be confronted with an avalanche of releases scattered across her Bandcamp page, cassettes of live acid sets, one-off collaborations and swathes of edits. The first ripples…Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:45:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/bored-lord-rhythmatic-movement-in-unison-with-others/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/download-the-live-set-of-dj-gigolas-new-track-unfolding-practice-ii/Have you ever considered the role that rhythm plays in shaping our health? Beyond the beats that accompany our favorite tunes, rhythm permeates every aspect of our existence, from the steady cadence of our heartbeat to the rhythmic flow of our breath. DJ Gigola's inaugural solo album, Fluid Meditations draws…Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:56:27 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/download-the-live-set-of-dj-gigolas-new-track-unfolding-practice-ii/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/together-apart-remote-jamming-with-speedy-j/In an era of hyper-connectivity, most musicians have wondered whether it’s possible to play music in real time with friends around the world. The enforced lockdowns of the COVID pandemic only made this idea more appealing, as in-person jamming became impossible and music makers were confined to their homes and…Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:36:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/together-apart-remote-jamming-with-speedy-j/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hitech-reinventing-ghettotech/Bound by their techno roots and call-and-response rap phraseology, Detroit-bred HiTech is a collaboration between producers and vocalists King Milo, Milf Melly and DJ 47Chops. Despite their individualized takes on Motor City culture, they held a shared desire to create a new blueprint for the gritty ghettotech sub-genre and spent…Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:57:00 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hitech-reinventing-ghettotech/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/soso-tharpa-upcycled-sonics/Soso Tharpa’s ingenuity spills out of his tracks – they bristle with energy and land with such a punch you imagine banks of sought-after synthesizers and premium signal chains, meters tickling the reds but smoothed out by a high-end console. But the Washington DC-based producer doesn’t believe that more tools…Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:15:09 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/soso-tharpa-upcycled-sonics/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/mathew-jonson-rhythm-melody-and-chaos/There is a part of Mathew Jonson that enjoys letting go of his rational mind and allowing chaos into the studio. It’s something he’s also practiced with his band, Cobblestone Jazz, as a means of discovering new sounds and ideas. “We would completely let go and allow anything to happen,…Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:07:27 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/mathew-jonson-rhythm-melody-and-chaos/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/aril-brikha-remaking-groove-la-chord-with-live-and-note/What is the formula for making a hit record? Is it a balance of talent, inspiration, and years of practice? Or is the process simply a matter of luck, or perhaps even the result of some higher powers at work? Romantic poets such as Coleridge and Shelley believed that in…Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:28:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/aril-brikha-remaking-groove-la-chord-with-live-and-note/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/andrey-sirotkin-in-ukraine-music-is-my-shelter/Most music makers today can attest to the disruption that world events can have on their work. In recent times, while society at large had barely started on its long road to post-pandemic recovery, a new kind of crisis emerged as Russia launched its military invasion of Ukraine. For the…Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:01:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/andrey-sirotkin-in-ukraine-music-is-my-shelter/Artists