A reflection of my current tastes in electronic dance music :)

4 DECKS BITCHEZZZ (and questionable beatmatching)

Gallop

It's been a while since I put something like this up, but I think that makes it more refreshing. 

This is a live jam I came up with today. Something I am always trying to do with my music is contemplate some of my own feelings through the sound. I think in this genre of techno, trance, EDM, whatever you want to call it, it is so easy to slip into the pattern of only making tracks that exist purely in a functional, dance floor orientated sense, something I'm quite guilty of. I don't think there's anything wrong with this but I also think that electronic music can be such an amazing medium for more than this, for real expression of personal emotions through the sound. 

With this track I tried to soundtrack my own emotions currently. I'm not doing so great at the moment (is anyone?). The changing of the seasons, darker days, and my own struggle with mental health and physical illness has culminated into one big lump of general sadness. This is absolutely not helped by the evil force of social media and the endless scroll. I feel like my career is in the hands of the algorithm, this omnipotent presence that I'm devoting hours of each day to pleasing. I miss my friends, people I don't see so much lately, because all I can do is scroll. 

However, I'm hopeful that things will change, because they always do, and I hope this piece of music reflects this. Today was good because I spent the afternoon making this track instead of scrolling on Tik-Tok for hours. This is a good start, and I think there will be more and more days like this. 

Feel free to download, this is my gift to anyone else wrestling the endless scroll at the moment. I know it may seem insignificant but it's something :)

Lots of love, 
Joe

the endless scroll

Here's my set from that magical night spent in Fold. I've never experienced a booth like it, anyone who's attended/ played knows what I mean.

PS. Shoutout to the homies Repro , Habgud and Loif for supplying the unreleased heat, and to the infamous Colell for help with track selection <3

Faster Horses @ Ismus, Fold (15/10/22)

A track I started during the week I spent in Copenhagen working on my EP at the Euromantic studio in Copenhagen last winter. 

Download on as always

tvillingepulsarer

For Twice Infinity’s second solo release, the London and Geneva-based DJ and producer GFX – one of the most active newcomers of the past years – makes his vinyl debut with the aptly named Vibing The Groove EP. His three original tracks span a wide array of playful, groovy, punching and driving techno that perfectly showcase GFX’s musical vision for the near future and mark a preliminary goal in his search for a unique musical expression since his release debut in 2020.

The B-side accompanies two remixes by equally exciting members of the next generation of producers; while the approach by Cuban techno activist Hioll is more to the point and made straight up for peak time sets, Manchester-based trance wunderkind Faster Horses explores his not so well known passion for funky and stepping contemporary techno.

https://twiceinfinity.bandcamp.com/album/vibing-the-groove

Release date: 12th May 2023
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Mastering: Chlär
Artwork: Mesobroke & Ronja-Elina Kappl
Distribution: Ready Made

GFX - Vibing The Groove (Faster Horses Remix) (TWICE004)

having the luxury of DJing full time means I end up with a lot of spare time, and I've definitely fallen victim to procrastination (see the endless scroll). 

so recently I've been trying to force some sort of busyness, and I'm really enjoying these ambient sessions at the moment. It's always a gamble, I either feel it or I don't, and when I don't that's ok, I just get up and go clean or something.

However generally when I do, it REALLY clicks, and that's how all these ambient pieces get made. Always done in a few hours, in one session, usually during periods of heightened emotions. 

Today I felt super sad. The changes in my life have really caught up with me recently. It only recently occurred to me that I never really got any time to process what was going on around me. I went into lockdown a child, was forced to become an adult in isolation, then the pandemic ended, I moved to manchester, became a touring DJ and got into a serious relationship. Maybe some people can handle this stuff fine, but as someone who's spent their whole life dealing with a pretty tough anxiety disorder it's finally caught up with me, and I'm only now processing wtf is going on, and it's a little bit scary. 

I'm not saying I don't love it, because I do. But I can't help feeling a bit of nostalgia for simpler times, hence the track name. There was this really dreamy phase of my 19th year, where I'd just moved to Manchester, just met my girlfriend, had the most amazing friends around me, (I still do tbf) was so excited for what was to come, and looking back I really miss that feeling. I feel so burnt out these days. The hyper-socialisation of this scene has really taken it's toll on my head.

I'll figure it out, I usually do. In the mean time, you guys get to enjoy these ambient pieces inspired by my lack of knowing what the fuck is going on. 

Love you all <3

Joe

i was 19 once

work for your dopamine

Deadmau5 - I Remember (Horses Love Makina Edit)

Free Download

Overmono - Bby (Faster Horses Edit)

reclamation

Faster Horses - Across The Kuiper Belt (Method 808)

Bandcamp: https://akronymcollective.bandcamp.com/album/waverider
YouTube & Spotify: https://www.akronymcollective.com/releases/akr025

Release date: 22.03.2024

Artist: Faster Horses
Title: Eurostar
Label: AKRONYM
Catalogue: AKR025
Release Name: Waverider
Genre: Techno
Release date: 22.03.2024

Tracklist:
1.  Faster Horses - Shadowmoss 
2. Faster Horses - Til Valmue 
3. Faster Horses - Akita
4. Faster Horses - Waverider 
5. Faster Horses - Eurostar

Mastered by Warnung
Distributed by Ingrooves
Artwork & Visualizer by Jimi Joel 

Faster Horses presents his „Waverider“ EP on AKRONYM: Five trance and hypnotic techno-bangers from the future that shake the ground with a massive but soulful soundscape, hovering pads and a bittersweet melancholy that leaves you hypnotized on the dance floor. By combining catchy synth-riffs and vocal-elements with an experimental sound design, Faster Horses creates this warm atmosphere that feels like coming home after traveling through space.

Follow Faster Horses:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/faster_horses
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fasterhorses_/

Follow AKRONYM here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akronym_collective/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/akronymcollective
Website: https://www.akronymcollective.com/
Bandcamp: https://akronymcollective.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnvAhzhuyxqm9W4B7_KS9tw
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@akronymcollective

Faster Horses - Eurostar (AKR025)

Audio recording from possibly the best party I ever played <3

Huge thanks to the Sonder team for getting hold of the audio for me.

You can watch the video recording here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97-_22m0TU

Lots of love, Joe :-)

Faster Horses @ Sonder Festival 2024

A test recording of the liveset I wrote under my pathfinder project, which was used to soundtrack the walk in for Azyr's all night long set at the BEC arena in south Manchester.

Focusing on downtempo / ambient sounds in order to create a peaceful environment before the carnage was unleashed, and also to soundtrack the beginning of the attendees descent into stimulation and euphoria.

Recorded with a Digitakt, Laptop, Polymoog pedal, some old Akai midi controller and a lot of patience.

I hope it brings you some peace :)

Faster Horses / Pathfinder - Liveset #1 (Azyr ANL)

the first in a series of more experimental pieces i'm going to slowly release under my pathfinder alias over the next few months. 

drawing inspiration from the peace and nostalgia I found in early sci-fi movies, along with the cosmos itself. 

I made this track today to help me feel better after a difficult week, hopefully you can find some peace within it too :)

Faster Horses & Pathfinder - The Spacing Guild (intro)

An old track of mine, made in the early months of 2022, which was never released. I've given it a fresh mixdown and master for you all to enjoy. It's a little rough, and probably not as detailed as my usual stuff, but it has a very special place in my heart. <3

SHOUTOUT MANSION POINT!!!

Faster Horses - Met Her At XLR (2024 Mix)

My debut liveset - focusing on slower, ambient sounds in the start moving into some techno and breaks towards the end. 95% original Faster Horses + Pathfinder productions. 

TRACKLIST

Pathfinder - Electron Rush
Pathfinder - The Ancient Temple
Pathfinder - Innehåll (Sunrise Mix)
Pathfinder - Hangzhou East
Faster Horses & Pathfinder - Run With The Wind
Faster Horses & Pathfinder - Bionic Interference
Funeral Future - Neverest (Pathfinder Edit)
Faster Horses & Pathfinder - The Cycle Begins Anew
Faster Horses - Sevastopol + Bicep - Water (Faster Horses Edit)
Faster Horses - I’m Not Meant For This World (Faster Horses Edit)
Radiohead - Everything In It’s Right Place (Faster Horses Edit)

This one is for Bena <3

Pathfinder (Live)

Another old track from the vault. This one's dating back to around late 2021. Made after a trip to a Fast Forward party at KPH Volume. Love <3

Faster Horses

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