October 14, 2021No Comments

Ableton: Techno Demo

I explored creating a techno track on Ableton to exercise my skills in the program.

I chose techno because both it's simplicity and the strength behind it's minimalism. Techno has a rich background I feel like a lot of people do not look into.

I just created a simple drum pattern using the 4AM Drum Pack.

September 13, 2021No Comments

Performance Practice Response (Week 1 Designing Club Culture)

In response to "Performance Practice as a Site of Opposition" from Let's Get it On: the Politics of Black Performance; bell hooks, Catherine Ugwu

Space of sound and politics

Techno is black. House is black.

An example, of just a bit of what I've experienced of the summer of 2020 were consistent protesting in Capitol Hill Seattle - which consists of repetitive chants. Here a protest happening in Detroit during the BLM movement with chants 'no justice no peace no racist ass police' over a techno track.

https://twitter.com/madiidanae/status/1269100581840392192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1269100581840392192%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2Fnews%2Ffrom-techno-to-go-go-how-music-is-moving-protests-around-the-world%2F