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Introduction of Electronica Music
Electronica is a broad term that encompasses a variety of electronic music genres, including electronic dance music (EDM), techno, house, trance, and many others. These genres are characterized by the use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often designed for dancing and listening in clubs and other party settings. Electronica music often features electronic beats and synthesizers, as well as other electronic sounds and effects, and can range from high-energy, upbeat tracks to more atmospheric, ambient compositions. Electronica has a wide and diverse following, and is a major influence on contemporary popular music.
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Recent Electronica Interviews
Oseas Interview on Nagamag
Oseas
Interview
Nagamag:
Which are the genres that describe your music style better?
Oseas:
psybient, psychill, ambient, chill, relax, trip, psychedelic
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Oseas:
My first approach to music was through school where I received authoritative but basic instruction in music theory. I always liked the guitar and I started with an electric guitar that my father gave me for my 13th birthday.
Rock came first and I started practicing some songs on my guitar. When I was 16, a friend gave me a wooden guitar. And it wasn’t until I was 20 that I went on a trip with a backpack, a guitar, and a small djembe. I didn’t have much money and I met musician friends on the street, with whom we began to practice some cumbia, reggae, and ranchera style songs. These songs were very popular (even people sang along to them) and we played them in the street, I played guitar and sang, and sometimes I also accompanied only with percussion. For being travelers, we made money to have a good time.
Later, when I returned to my University life (I was studying Electrical Civil Engineering at that time) I always tried to be present in the musical instances of the University, I had learned many songs on the guitar and began to instruct myself in Andean music, songs that we often played at the University with a group of friends. When I finished my university degree at 24 years old, I decided to go on a trip before starting the job search as an electrical engineer (I already imagined what could come). So, I went on a trip again with my backpack, and my guitar but now with a quena and not within Chile, I went to the north of Peru towards Ecuador. A lot of things happened on that trip, I grew up. When I was in Ecuador I had a mystical experience. I participated in a Shamanic ceremony with Ayahuasca drinking and on the trip, I listened to my heart thanks to the plant Very simple was what my heart said through the plant. “Your thing is music” while listening to deep melodies and subtle harmonies.
After that experience my life changed. I returned to Chile to reorganize myself, now the plan was to go study musical composition. So I looked for a private teacher and started my theory classes again. Soon I found a job as an engineer and I was able to buy all the musical tools that I have now but unfortunately, the life of an engineer did not fulfill me, I did not have quality of life. So I made a plan to get out of the world of electrical engineering to pursue
completely into the world of music. It was tough financially at first but then I got used to it. With the savings made, I built my music studio and invested in taking music theory and music production classes for over 2 years. After this, I started building my psybient & downtempo project, Oseas in 2017. The name Oseas, comes from Jose Ascui, my name. If you join the words “Jose” and “Ascui”, then you have the result word Joseascui. And then, from the word “Joseascui” you take the letter “J” from the beginning and the syllable “cui” at the end, you just stay with the word “Oseas” (“J” -“Oseas” -“cui”).
Shortly after I funded Oseas, together with a great friend, Nicolás, we founded in the year 2019 a music label based in Chile, Quantum Cell Records.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Oseas:
My first love connection to music was in Ecuador. Before that, I was only comforting sensations but I couldn’t tell if it was love.
As I mentioned earlier, in Ecuador I took Ayahuasca, an experience that brought me closer to music in a different way. Here is my testimony;
When I was traveling alone in Ecuador 7 years ago I passed through a town on the coast called Canoa. There I stayed at a campsite and was invited by the owner, a
German woman in her 60s, to an ayahuasca drinking ceremony at the campsite next to her. Those who organized the instance had brought to a man recognized in the handling of the ceremony. After turning the invitation over, I decided to accept. Night came and it was time to go to the ceremony. The atmosphere was warm, there were about 20 people of multiple nationalities and the Shaman told us about the dynamics of the matter.
About 40 minutes after taking the ayahuasca concoction I began to have deep visions, something quite psychedelic. I closed my eyes and it was similar to being in a dream and then I suddenly began to hear melodies with timbres similar to a piano. I heard strings rubbed everywhere. I was literally listening to an orchestration but I couldn’t tell where the sound was coming from. What I could see were geometric forms similar to mandalas and the music behind them, more and more complex, deep, and firm, nothing could resist that vibration, it seemed to go through all forms, giving them love. And while I was in the front row of spectators at the most beautiful show of my life, I heard a voice attached to the music in my native language, Spanish. The voice clearly said “Your thing is music” (“Lo tuyo es la música”). At first, I felt a little scared because I didn’t know who was speaking, but then I calmed down because I thought it was the ayahuasca plant that was communicating. And after a while I realized that the plant was not the one that communicated, it only facilitated communication between myself and my heart. I saw it, it was explicit. My heart spoke. I felt love and its link with music. The liana showed me the fruit and I went for it.The next day when the ceremony ended, it seemed that the view was more active. The sea shells on the beach seemed more beautiful to me and their shape was very pleasing
to me. The melodies continued to sound slightly in my head and there I saw myself in a great dilemma. I had no idea how to write all the music I had experienced. I didn’t have the tools to do it and with every hour that passed, I remembered the melodies less. I tried to write a song sung to retain something but every time I played the song, the melodies were different and it got to a point where I practically didn’t remember any of the melodies, I only remembered the pleasant and stimulating sensations of having listened to them. And that’s how my musical path matured and I saw the need to develop my musical language in a conscious way.
Nagamag:
Many artists listen to genres that they are not producing music for. Which track is your favorite that is NOT similar to yours?
Oseas:
Kumara Encrypted Stones
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which is the track from a similar artist you admire?
Oseas:
Eguana Deep Sleep
Discover & Listen to Oseas
Oseas on Spotify
Oseas’ Signature Track
Oseas on Social Media
Facebook: @oseas.chillmusic – https://www.facebook.com/oseas.chillmusic/
Instagram: @oseas.music – https://www.instagram.com/oseas.music/
Oseas’ Website: https://oseas.bandcamp.com/
Stickleback Interview on Nagamag
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Nagamag:
Which are the genres that describe your music style better?
Stickleback:
Experimental, Down-Tempo, Varied
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Stickleback:
Started my music career playing in bands in my teens, having some success with funk/ hip-hop bands in the 90's, playing at Glastonbury Festival, Womad and various other venues around the UK and Europe. I quickly got into the electronic side of things and have been producing music ever since.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Stickleback:
The dance music scene in the UK during the 90's was a huge influence on me and I grew to love the electronic possibilities that were starting to open up around this time.
Nagamag:
Many artists listen to genres that they are not producing music for. Which track is your favorite that is NOT similar to yours?
Stickleback:
Massive Attack "Teardrop"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which is the track from a similar artist you admire?
Stickleback:
Tipper "Tit For Tat"
Electronica Featured Releases
Momentum Review: She calls (featuring Regus Deplus) – Yiannis Silver | Electronica
Music Review:
“Η ατμοσφαιρική μελωδία μας μεταφέρει σε μια μοναδική υπερκόσμια διάσταση όπου η ψυχή μας απελευθερώνεται και το μυαλό καθαρίζει από τις δύσκολες σκέψεις του. Η επιβλητική παρουσία της προκαλεί δέος και μια γοητευτική αναστάτωση. Τα εντυπωσιακά φωνητικά γεμάτα μυστήριο μας διαπερνούν και μας απογειώνουν. Ο ρυθμός μας ξεσηκώνει και κάνει την καρδιά μας να χτυπά δυνατά.”
-Nagamag.com
Press Release – About Song:
https://yiannissilver.bandcamp.com/track/feel-it-in-the-reain-vocals-akis-theodoropoulos
Momentum Review: Zalizomae – Iason Rovis & BITSOFCIEL | Electronica
Music Review:
“Το πάντρεμα αυτό της παράδοσης με την σύγχρονη μουσική οπτική μας προφέρει σίγουρα ένα άρτιο και εντυπωσιακό αποτέλεσμα. Η επιβλητική μελωδία που σε κάνε να ταξιδεύεις αλλά και να νιώθεις περήφανος είναι μια μοναδική ακουστική εμπειρία. Τα φωνητικά με την καθαρή χροιά τους και τη μαγευτικό τόνο τους σε μεταφέρουν σε μια μεθυστική ατμόσφαιρα. Ο ρυθμός με τις εναλλαγές του αναστατώνει στις αισθήσεις σου και σε απελευθερώνει. ”
-Nagamag.com
Press Release – About Song:
“Zalizomae” is a dance-house rework of a traditional Epirus song, blending deep electronic beats with the raw, organic sound of Klarino and Lout. It keeps the essence of the original while reshaping it for the dancefloor.
Samedi – Damian Boylan
“Οι όμορφες πρωινές δροσοσταλίδες ξεκινούν τη μέρα με τόσο μαγεία και ενθουσιασμό. Η απίστευτη αυτή μελωδία είναι ακριβώς αυτό που χρειαζόμουν. Μια απίστευτή χαρά με διαπερνά και μεθώ από το άγγιγμα της. Μοιάζει σαν όλη η φύση μα ξεδιπλώνεται μπροστά μου χωρίς κανένα δισταγμό. Ο ρυθμός ήρεμα κυλά σαν να μη θέλει να αναστατώσει τη γαλήνια περπλάνησή μου.”
-Nagamag.com
Additional information/sources for Damian Boylan – Samedi
Samedi is the stand out track from composer, producer and visual artist, Damian Boylan’s upcoming debut album ‘Rarefactions’. It’s soft steel drum arpeggios and floating white noise hum, open the track in a wistful, unrestrained, yet curious manner, while the soft driving kick drum and gently unfolding piano steadily increase that sense of yearning. Much like the song’s name, from the French for ‘Saturday’, the track dials into that alluringly familiar feeling of a well spent weekend, driven from sleepy and humble, morning-time beginnings, to a rousing, punchy Roland TB-303 & SH-101 night-time fuelled climax. Mastered by Matt Colton (Jon Hopkins, Four Tet, Thom Yorke, BICEP, Caribou), and conducted with live strings from Air Studios, London (Hans Zimmer, Ólafur Arnalds), Samedi’s rich textures merge with airy choral vocals in a triumphant crescendo, that somehow seems to sum up the full spectrum of human emotion, from the entirely hopeless to the altogether hopeful. The track is supported by an original music video created by the artist himself.
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Some Electronica subgenres
There are many subgenres within the broad umbrella of electronica music. Some of the more well-known subgenres include:
Techno: This genre originated in Detroit in the 1980s and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often experimental and experimental.
House: This genre originated in Chicago in the 1980s and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often upbeat and danceable.
Trance: This genre is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often hypnotic and characterized by repetitive rhythms and melodies.
Electro house: This genre is a fusion of house and electro, and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often upbeat and energetic.
Dubstep: This genre originated in the UK in the late 1990s and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by heavy bass and complex rhythms.
Drum and Bass: This genre originated in the UK in the 1980s and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by fast tempos and complex rhythms.
Ambient: This genre is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often atmospheric and ambient.
Breakbeat: This genre is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by broken beat rhythms.
IDM (Intelligent Dance Music): This genre is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often experimental and characterized by complex rhythms and structures.
Electroclash: This genre is a fusion of electro and punk, and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by a raw and edgy sound.
Glitch: This genre is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by the use of digital errors and glitches as part of the musical structure.
Acid House: This genre originated in the UK in the 1980s and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by the use of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer.
Acid Techno: This genre is a fusion of techno and acid house, and is characterized by its use of electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques to create music that is often characterized by the use of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer.
These are just a few more examples of the many subgenres within the broad umbrella of electronica music. There are many other subgenres as well, each with its own unique characteristics and influences.
The most used instruments in Electronica Music
There are many electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques that are commonly used in electronica music. Some of the most common instruments and equipment used in electronica music production include:
Synthesizers: Synthesizers are electronic instruments that generate sound by creating and modifying waveforms. They are an essential part of many electronica music genres and are often used to create a wide range of electronic sounds, including bass lines, lead melodies, and special effects.
Drum machines: Drum machines are electronic instruments that are used to create and sequence electronic drum sounds. They are an essential part of many electronica music genres and are often used to create beats and rhythms.
Samplers: Samplers are electronic instruments that are used to record, manipulate, and play back audio samples. They are often used in electronica music to create beats and rhythms, as well as to incorporate pre-recorded sounds and samples into music.
Digital audio workstation (DAW): A digital audio workstation (DAW) is a computer software program that is used to create, edit, and produce music. Many electronica music producers use a DAW to create, arrange, and mix their music.
DJ controller: A DJ controller is a device that is used to control a digital audio workstation or DJ software. Many electronica music DJs use a DJ controller to mix and scratch electronic music in real-time.
Effects processors: Effects processors are electronic devices that are used to modify the sound of an audio signal. Many electronica music producers use effects processors to add special effects to their music, such as reverb, delay, and distortion.
Vocals: Vocals can be used in psychill music, although they are not always a prominent feature of the genre. Some psychill tracks may feature vocals as the main focus of the music, while in other cases, vocals may be used more sparingly as an additional element within the music.
When vocals are used in psychill music, they can take a variety of forms, including singing, spoken word, or chanting. The lyrics of psychill tracks may be abstract or metaphorical, or they may be more literal and narrative in nature. In some cases, vocals in psychill music may be treated as another instrument, with the use of pitch shifting, effects processing, and other production techniques to create unique and otherworldly sounds.
Overall, the use of vocals in psychill music is a matter of artistic choice and can vary widely from one track to the next. Some psychill tracks may feature prominent vocals, while others may use vocals sparingly or not at all.
These are just a few examples of the electronic instruments and computer-based production techniques that are commonly used in electronica music. There are many other electronic instruments and technologies that are also used in electronica music production, each with its own unique capabilities and characteristics.