Lonefront is the production moniker of Ross Lafayette Hutchens, a hybrid trackmaker, Live PA and modular synth artist whose work is both integral to and anomalous within Minneapolis’s percolating techno underground. His recording catalog reveals a project that remains singularly focused while navigating a slurry of idiomatic shifts and material rigs: the churning Cimilada Qaxootiga (MJMJ, 2017) drew from materials re-composed from a live modular set, while 2019’s Plastic Dreams EP seems to signal toward the place where Gradient Descent dwells.

Gradient Descent marks the crystallization of Lonefront’s trademark carbon-on-silicon method into a sharp and distinct compositional style: equally deft with unruly, extended trips into modular deep-dreaming as he is with sculptural sound-design gestures that dangle listeners in the void of ‘post-rave,’ Hutchens’s defamiliarized mode of techno re-stitches these busted compositional forms into a “program for the reanimation of dead materials.”  The brisk triad of extended pieces on Gradient Descent takes up distinct techno-idioms while maintaining a unitary feel throughout. 

The lead title track bubbles with a pressurized tension, lightly surfing a recombinant grid of narrow arpeggios and gardenpath rhythms before opening up onto a plain filled with gushing channel noise. The pressure never quite boils over before the torched-metal orchestrals of “Fear Collapse” slam into lock-step. A lucid and dramatic centerpiece, the track shows Lonefront’s aptitude to reroute oft-abused generic markers (in this case, the industrial kick) by channeling them into a system that draws out latent affect without demanding it. The rinsed, cackling synth warbles of “Everything is Dripping with Laughter” round out the effort, summoning a base of warm colundi frequencies and Stalker-reminiscent reverberations, riding the bounce of self-inoculating humor coyly toward a receding info-horizon.

Everything Is Dripping With Laughter

Josiehight is a dynamic music ad and promotion specialist with over 10 years of experience in the industry. With a passion for connecting artists with their audiences, and have help a lot of artists has been successfully crafted and executed innovative marketing campaigns that have propelled numerous musicians and bands to new heights.

https://on.soundcloud.com/TZ2yuLoTrGDT5JmS9

A music platform that hosts intimate live music sessions catering mainly to the underground House and Techno genres

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊 Collecting and creating sweet sweet frequencies 𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

| Sound practitioner & DJ | 


DJ sets 2024: 
Sumor Festival, June 
Pocket Radio, July
Pocket Radio, ambient set, 7 November 
BMC Radio, 6 December 

Immersive Sound Baths 2024:  
Above Below Festival, May 
Sumor Festival, June 
Twisted Festival, July
Sauna Social Club, London, September
The Chapel, London, September 
We Don't Know What This Is, London, September
Sauna Social Club, London, October 

Immersive Sound Baths 2025:  
Soma Home, London, 16 January 
The Chapel, 15 February 
Unknown Species, April 5, London
The Chapel, 26 April, London  
Resonance Calder   - 13 July, Hebden Bridge 

Hybrid live sets (gong & electronic) 2025:   
Om Being, 28 Feb, London
Unknown Species, April 5, London 
Twisted Festival, 11 July, Hampshire  
Monument Festival, 2 August, Norway 
Ouroboros Festival, 13 September, Cantal, France 
House of Worship, TBC October, Nuremberg

DJ Sets 2025:
Deep Listening Lounge, Om Being, April 12
Netil Radio, August 10
Kromosonika, Spanners, September 26
Deep Listening Lounge, Om Being, 8 November
plena-sound@outlook.com

I’m a gardener by trade and a DJ by passion. I started learning to DJ at 14, and now at 38, I’m finally putting my sound out there—recording sets, producing original tracks, and sharing my journey online.

The goal? To cultivate a lifestyle where music and nature meet. It’s all about rhythm, growth, and staying true to my roots. 

Dig deep, play bold!

Thank you for stopping by and please leave me some feedback. I value your time and thanks for listening.

My YouTube channel is www.youtube.com/@subsoyl