Loud (electronic music act)

LOUD are a psytrance / electronica / psychedelic music group consisting of Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter, both from Haifa, Israel. LOUD have been called "one of the hottest and most interesting groups in the world trance scene today."[1]

LOUD
Background information
Origin Haifa, Israel
GenresPsychedelic Trance, Trance, Goa Trance, Psychedelic Music, Electronica, Electronic Music
Occupation(s)Record Producer, Sound Engineer
Years active2006–present
LabelsDrive Records, Nano Music
Associated actsAce Ventura, Art of Trance, Astrix, Bliss, Domestic, Empirikal, Freedom Fighters, Hallucinogen (musician), Infected Mushroom, Oforia, Perfect Stranger, Prometheus, Psysex, Shayman, Space Cat, Son Kite, Sub6, Union Jack, Xerox & Illumination
Websiteloud-live.com
MembersKobi Toledano
Eitan Reiter

Members

Eitan Reiter was born on December 3, 1982, in Haifa, Israel, the son of a classical guitar player. He became fascinated by the sounds of synthesizers and when he was 16 started making music on his computer using Impulse Tracker.[2]

Kobi Toledano was born on December 1, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. Since his youth he was interested in electronic devices, taking them apart and putting them back together. Kobi worked for years in a recording studio managing and producing young artists. He discovered trance music and Psychedelic music while attending rave parties in the early 1990s in the forests of Northern Israel.[3] Kobi graduated from a leading sound school in the Galilee, northern Israel, and was the producer of a few psychedelic groups.

Music career

Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter have been producing electronic music together since 2006, blending old school roots with new sounds.

In 2009 the group was invited by BPM College, the leading institute in Israel for sound and music production studies, to conduct an artist workshop. The successe of the workshop led to an ongoing relationship with BPM.

In 2011 the group was signed to the English/South African label Nano Records and since then have released several recordings.

LOUD have collaborated and remixed, and have been remixed, by many artistes, including: Simon Posford, Art of Trance, Union Jack, Dr Motte – Founder of Love Parade Berlin (released on PAXXIZ), Sebastian Mullaert, Infected Mushroom, J.Viewz, Bluetech, Son Kite, Astrix, Perfect Stranger, Shulman, Prometheus, and Ace Ventura.

In 2013 LOUD assisted BPM in the development of its BPM Remixed project.[4] The successe of this collaboration lead to similar projects.[5]

Festivals

LOUD have performed in almost every country that holds electronic dance music. Among their international performances are (Highlights – 2013-2014):

  • Symbiosis Gathering (US)[6]
  • BOOM Festival (Portugal) [7]
  • Urban Art Forms (Austria),
  • Universo Parallelo (Brazil),[8]
  • Earth Dance (South Africa),[9][10]
  • Rainbow Serpent (Australia),[11]
  • Matreia Festival (Australia),
  • Glade Festival (UK),
  • XXXperience (Brazil),
  • Ozora Festival (Hungary),[12]
  • Antaris Festival (Germany),
  • Hadra Festival (France),
  • Time and Space (Mexico),
  • Luminate (New Zealand),
  • GeoParadise (Panama),
  • Electrance Festival (Brazil),
  • Amazon Halloween Ritual (Canada),
  • Sunburn Festival (India),
  • Origin Festival (South Africa),
  • Groove Attack (Israel),
  • SoulVision Festival (Brazil),
  • World Trance Festival (France),
  • Funjoya (Israel),
  • Atmosphere Festival (Israel),
  • Spirit Base Festival (Germany),
  • Burning Man Art and Music Festival (US),
  • Harvest Festival (Canada),
  • UNITY Festival (Israel),
  • Neverland Festival (Israel),
  • Tribaltech Festival (Israel),
  • Revolution9 (Pakistan)
  • BAT (Argentina),
  • Psytronic Festival (Brazil),
  • Equilibrium Festival (Brazil),
  • Fantastic Festival (Mexico),
  • Normafa NYE (Hungary).
  • Galaxy Evolution (India)
  • Hilltop Festival (India)

Discography

Studio albums

Some Kind of Creativity

(November 2006, Drive Records)[13]

  • All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
Some Kind of Creativity track list
Track number Title BPM Length
#1 "G-mini Click"13708:25
#2 "Subinya"14107:18
#3 "Past Progressive"14508:03
#4 "Engines On"14206:35
#5 "In Rage"14306:29
#6 "Elastic Mood"14407:02
#7 "Sun Dance"14307:42
#8 1 "Missed Call"14407:34
#9 "Long Cut"14207:36

Abstract

(January 2008, Drive Records)[14]

  • All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
Abstract track list
Track number Title BPM Length
#1 "Loose Senses"14008:13
#2 "Machines 2008"14306:24
#3 "DownUnder"14007:54
#4 "Abstract"14207:43
#5 "Next"14508:00
#6 "Tough Kid"14507:30
#7 "Hiss"13907:31
#8 "The Edge"13607:10
#9 "Disoriented (Sabotage mix)"14010:25

Free From Conceptual Thoughts

(May 2010, Drive Records)[15]

  • All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
Free From Conceptual Thoughts track list
Track number Title BPM Length
#1 "Enlightenment"13810:44
#2 "One Way"14411:21
#3 "All Rights Reversed"14410:16
#4 "Milestone"14010:08
#5 "Big Squid"14408:13
#6 "Sector 7 G"14907:42
#7 "You Are Everything"14309:33
#8 "Tales From the Loudmobile"13508:15

No More X

(April, 2012 Nano Records) [16][17][18]

  • All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
  • Track #1 If... written and produced by Yaniv Shulman, Kobi Toledano & Eitan Reiter
No More X track list
Track number Title BPM Length
#1 "If..."13510:25
#2 "Dr. Who"13509:07
#3 "Perpetuum Mobile"16511:28
#4 "Solid"13908:25
#5 "Shores of Titan"13809:10
#6 "Triceratops"13508:17
#7 "Station 42"13214:21

Compilations

Private Lesson

(May, 2007 Drive Records)

Private Lesson track list
Track number Title Artists BPM Length
#1 "Pounding" (LOUD remix)Sub614206:52
#2 "Insoc" (live edit)Panic14506:18
#3 "Keep Your Mind Open" (O.M.C remix)Cosma, O.M.C14008:13
#4 "Dominatrix" (LOUD & Domestic remix)Psysex14107:43
#5 "Tiny Noize Point" (live edit)LOUD14307:24
#6 "Yoki"Black & White14507:23
#7 "Internal Voice"Insomnia14607:38
#8 "Basic Conversation"Unoccupied12004:17

LOUD - The Remixes

(July, 2011 Nano Records) [19]

LOUD - The Remixes track list
Track number Title Artists Remixer BPM Length
#1 "L.S.Dance"PsysexLOUD14007:53
#2 "Subinya"LOUDAce Ventura13810:29
#3 "Sun Dance"LOUDPerfect Stranger13510:00
#4 "One Way"LOUDPrometheus14407:48
#5 "Digital Hippie"LOUDPsysex, Activator13709:13
#6 "Wired"LOUDCaptain Hook13508:52
#7 "All Rights Reversed"LOUDAvalon14407:53
#8 "Big Squid"LOUDLaughing Buddha14408:46
#9 "Enlightenment"LOUDZen Mechanics13809:57

Singles/EPs
  • "Digital Hippie", 2009, Drive Records
  • "1/3", 2010, Drive Records
  • "Engines On" (Perfect Stranger remix), 2010, Digital Structures
  • "People Music Money Drugs", 2011, HOMmega HD
  • "Genetic Lottery", 2013, HOMmega HD
  • "Moroccan Roll", 2014, Platipus Music

Appearances
  • "Beautiful Day": Various – Enemies & Allies
  • "Elastic Mood": Astralex – 24/7
  • "Small Talk": Various – Return Of The Boom Shanti – Trinity Series Vol. 1
  • "Machines": DJ Ayawaska – The Ayahuaska Experience
  • "Tiny Noise Point": Various – Desertdust
  • "Warzone": Various – Darklines
  • "Grind" (rmx): Elyxir And Inner-G – Sunrise
  • "Gogo": Various – Goa Love Vol. 1
  • "Betone" (version 2005): Nitro & U-Recken – Soul Anatomy
  • "Gogo": Various – Absolute Trancelucent
  • "Beautiful Day" (remix): Xerox – Eruption
  • "DMT Server": Various – Goa Trance Missions Volume 6
  • "Subinya" (Perfect Stranger remix): DJ Gino – Chacruna
  • "Small Talk 2009": DJ Bog & DJ Solly – The Union
  • "Past Progressive": K-Isuma – Fullon Dreams
  • "Teleport": Various – Israliens V.6 – Close Trance Encounters
  • "Old Faces": X.S.I. – Universal Religion
  • "Pink Noize": Various – Blacklite Tubes
  • "Dustortion": Various – Set: 12 – Iboga Trance Classics
  • "Pigz Don't Give A Damn": Various – Fractal Nature Vol. 1
  • "Network": Easy Riders – New Order 3
  • "Tales From The Loudmobile" (Broken Toy rmx): Regan – Origin Four
  • "Enlightment" (Oforia remix): Various – Flight 604
  • "Motorcycle From Hell": Driss – Resistrance
  • "Engines On" (Mute remix): Funk Truck – Reconnexion
  • "Distortion": Liquid Soul – Groove Attack
  • "Dustortion" (Perfect Stranger remix): Banel – 25 DJ Anniversary
  • "Sundance" (Perfect Stranger 2012 remix): Various – Set: 17 – Iboga Trance Classics
  • "If...: Raja Ram" – Raja Ram's Pipe Dreams Volume 02
  • "Dr. Who" (Headroom remix): Captain Hook – Best Of My Sets vol 09
  • "Loose Senses" (Mr. What? remix): Mr. What? – Best Of My Sets Vol 13
  • "Moroccan Roll" (original mix): Various – Flight 604 II
  • "Walk The Plank" (Logica remix): Gaudium – Best Of My Sets Vol 10
  • "Dr Who" (Headroom remix): Various – Set: 20 – Iboga Trance Classics
  • "Dustortion" (Suntree & Antigravity remix): Egorythmia & DJ Bim – Goa Culture XIII
  • "Zapped": Ace Ventura – Goa Session Galaxy Evolution, Goa, Morjim Plateau

Collaborations & Side Projects

Kobi Toledano
  • With Samuel Wallerstein (aka ON3): Chain Reaction

Eitan Reiter
  • With Sebastian Mullaert (aka Minilogue): Eitan Reiter & Sebastian Mullaert [20]
  • With Avishay Balter (aka A. Balter): Eitan Reiter & A. Balter [21]
  • With Nadav Katz (aka Cuts): Unoccupied [22]
  • Also acting in his own project under the name Eitan Reiter [23]

Production equipment
Product Type Product Name
Computer MacBook Pro i7
Studio Monitors ATC 100
Yamaha NS-10
Synthesizers Korg MS-10
Roland SH 101
Roland TB 303
Roland JUNO 6
Arturia MikroBrute
Novation Bass Station II
Controllers 2 X LIVID CTRLR
Effects Moog Delay MF 104
Moog Filter MF 101
Moog Phaser MF 103
Moog Freqbox MF 107
Electro Harmonics
Holy Grail
Microphone Neumann TLM 103

Videos
Year Title Director Link
2012 "LOUD & Shulman - If..."Oron AicheWatch it!
2012 "LOUD - DR. Who"Oron AicheWatch it!
2012 "LOUD - Perpetuum Mobile"Oron AicheWatch it!
2012 "LOUD - Solid"LOUDWatch it!
2012 "LOUD - Shores of Titans"Oron AicheWatch it!
2012 "LOUD - Triceratops"Oron AicheWatch it!
2012 "LOUD - Station 42"Oron AicheWatch it!
2013 "LOUD Doco"Ben KirschenbaumWatch it!
gollark: Isn't there some exotic O8 molecule which can form under overly high pressures?
gollark: The unlimited power of Goodhart's law, as they say.
gollark: You can imagine what this incentive does to people.
gollark: Apparently the mark scheme for practicals here gives you more points if your data is close to the known real value.
gollark: Actually, you can be safe if you train in all combat sports ever for several years retroactively.

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