Hello everyone and welcome back to the Electronic Music Alliance - May 2020 Newsletter where we keep you awesome Earthlings updated on the latest goings on from the EMAlien Mothership!
Firstly though, we continue with extending our well wishes to everyone in regard to the Coronavirus pandemic. We also want to say thank you to all the health workers caring for the sick and everyone looking after the more vulnerable - you are all legends! As for EMA, a big thanks to all of you for the continued support and sharing all the good vibes on Twitter! It's been another EMAzing month with releases on the community run Electronic Alliance Records label, more mixes on our EMA DJ Mix Series and we have a more in depth look at this month's Featured Artist, Cylotron! Let's dive in! EMA Community
Shout out to those following our EMA and EAR Twitter accounts and welcome to all the new followers as we are approaching some more milestones! We've been steadily adding to the playlists and release catalog in May and here's a full run down of how things have shaped up this past month:
As always a big thanks to our EMAliens on the Mothership, keeping everyone's spirits up and making it a fun place to be!
Regular Playlists
We have our regular weekly EMA curated playlists going across various streaming platforms featuring tracks no older than 3 months from our members, keeping things as fresh as possible! We've also added the Apple Music and Hearthis platforms to our rotation, which are regularly updated so there's no shortage of places where you can find our music. Here's a little reminder of our schedule:
Featured Playlist
Skaarl has been back at it again with his playlist curating! This time around, he takes us on a rave journey with the 3rd installment of his "EMAliens At The Rave" featuring House and Techno tunes from the Mothership. Enjoy this 13 song bonanza and get those glow sticks out!
EMA DJ Mixes
Although Miss EfeMBy is on a short break (and we wish her well), we have continued the cool vibes from the EMA DJ Mix Series each week thanks to Radio Dark Tunnel. Our 1 hour slot has moved to Friday evenings from 19:00-20:00 UTC for the time being, where our EMAliens showcase their mixing talents along with a host of electronic music ranging from downtempo to house to drum and bass. Feel free to stream the latest mixes from our Mixcloud page below:
Electronic Alliance Records
Our community run label Electronic Alliance Records continues to grow with some more releases this month from our EMAliens who have been beaming their beats down from the Mothership! Make sure you follow us on our Beatport page for the latest releases. Wrap your EARs around these:
Featured Artist - Cylotron
Each month the "Featured Artist" section of our newsletter gives us a chance to find out more about one of our EMAliens and this time round, we're going to be shining the spotlight on Discord "High Flyer" - Cylotron! We digitally sent Nicky Havey over to find out more about this chatty legend and this is what happened!
Alright so here we are Mr Cylotron! Congrats on chatting your way in to DJ Overlord's "hug list" in our Discord! I'm sure we're all looking forward to finding out more about you here! So, who is the man, the myth, the legend aka Cylotron? Tell us a bit about yourself and how you got involved with music?
Electronic music has been my passion ever since I was a kid in the 80’s. They didn’t play electronic music on radio or television back then, but I had a friend with a fancy radio. We’d mess around with it and pick up pirate radio stations playing electronic music. That’s when I was introduced to artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Cybotron, etc. My grandmother, Veronica, also introduced me to artists such as Clara Rockmore, Delia Derbyshire, Pauline Oliveros, etc. These women were actually the pioneers of “Electronic music” and were making experimental sounds back in the 1950’s.
I’ve basically been a lifelong fan and knew at some point in my life I wanted to make electronic music. In the late 90’s, I started tinkering with “Fruity Loops” and bought a Roland JX-305 and an SP-808. Tinkered around with that stuff for a while and even started DJ’ing under the name VoXiGeNBoY. I mainly just performed at house parties and small events in warehouses. Unfortunately, life took me in a different direction.
I did not get back into music production until the early 2010’s with my girlfriend, Roxana. She encouraged me to get back into it and even helped me produce various tracks. Sadly, she is no longer with us as she passed away from cancer on her 40th Birthday (Sep, 13 2019). I decided to continue on with music production as I knew she’d have wanted me to… as it’s also my passion and the main thing that’s keeping me going.
Ah man, we're really sorry to hear about Roxana but it sounds like she had a really positive impact on your life and her legacy lives on with your music by the sounds of it. As for the pioneering women you mentioned, I think we all have a lot to be thankful for what they did, particularly at that time in history when they were innovating against the odds. Can you tell us a bit more about the kind of music you make?
I primarily make electronic/techno music under the name “Cylotron”. I had also made a lot of dance/house tracks under the name “Altern8 Frequen-C”.
That's pretty epic news for the Techno and House fans then! Maybe you can shed some light on any releases have you got now or coming up? What about “The Anthem”, your latest release with EAR?
I’m always working on something. Have a new EP that should be available shortly entitled “Detroit EP”. It’s a 2-track release inspired by the sounds from the Detroit Techno scene. As for “Anthem”, that was actually a track that I had started on several years ago. One of many incompletes that I finally got around to finishing. It’s not the usual style I make, but wanted to get it finished regardless.
There's a great driving energy in this one and we're all looking forward to hearing more about the Detroit EP! So, the big question, how did you get involved with or hear about EMA/EAR?
I had first heard of EMA in late 2019. I believe it was someone by the name FLOTRON who had told me about it. Oddly enough I don’t believe I’ve seen him in EMA? I liked the community & how we all work as a team. It is really inspiring. I am glad to be a part of it!
Well, we're really glad you are a part of the community too and love having you around! It's been great to catch up with you for this month's newsletter and find out more about you!
You can follow Cylotron by clicking on the links below:
We hope you have enjoyed this month’s newsletter, let us know in the comments below and catch you soon for the next one!
Yours EMA (Bufinjer, DaveyHub & Nicky Havey)
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