#39 Recondite: the art and culture of dance music, and can AI produce groundbreaking music?

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Recondite about dance music, recent performances, and the impact of AI on music production.

Recondite is one of our favourite guests and here we welcome him for his third appearance on the podcast. We discuss his recent performances at arguably the world's hottest music venue - the Sphere in Las Vegas, and also the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. And we get the inside story on what's going on in melodic techno, an area of dance music that has attracted some of the biggest audiences while being largely ignored by the press. The issue of dance music and popular culture as art is also discussed in detail, as well as the continuing developments in AI in music - both in ethical terms and in the practice of making music. This is a great conversation, get involved! -- If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features the show without ads, regular bonus podcasts, and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else. You can also make a one-off donation to the podcast using a card, with Paypal, or your Ethereum wallet! Head over to…

People in this episode

Host: Scuba

Guest: Recondite

Topics covered

• dance music
• melodic techno
• AI in music
• art and culture
• performances
• popular culture

Keywords

• Recondite
• dance music
• melodic techno
• AI music
• performances
• Pyramids of Giza
• Sphere
• Hotflush
• Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hotflush, Patreon, Acast

Places: Las Vegas, Egypt

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