Diaries of Distortion
An insider's perspective on the hidden politics of underground techno, revealing personal stories, industry secrets, raw lessons, and the realities of navigating the club scene. https://diariesofdistortion.art
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DAW‑ANXIETY.EXE boots the night‑shift mind
DAW‑ANXIETY.EXE – booting the night‑shift mind3 a.m. – the room smells of stale espresso and ozone from the synth that’s been humming for hours. Six browser tabs flicker: a “new track out now” promo, a tutorial on “how to choose a DAW,” a l...
Suno’s Factory, Mozart’s Faders. Edit the Song or Trust the Black Box?
At the most basic level, music production is still the same old problem. You are moving frequency, loudness, and time around until something starts feeling intentional instead of accidental. Mozart AI and Suno both live in that world, but t...
[PODCAST] I thought the underground was something you could hear. Eventually it becomes a festival sound.
For a long time, I thought the underground was something you could hear. I thought it lived in the sound itself….the weight of the low end, the refusal to give you the obvious payoff, the kind of track that made you wait longer than you wan...
Techno tribes want you to pick sides
A while back I wrote that "handling haters" piece and even then something felt off. Like I was trying to sell some neat little solution to something that isn't neat at all. It's bullshit. Haters didn't just show up in electronic music by ac...
Suno bought the gig calendar. The same one small promoters rely on.
Quick at what’s inside today:
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The company that makes AI music just bought the calendar where real artists book real shows.
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44% of uploads are now AI-generated—and the algorithm is learning to prefer them.
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They’re not just...
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