A Track-By-Track with Techno Lords Human Movement

I hope I'm not simplifying Human Movement when I say that they remind me a bit of Disclosure. Albeit darker—in a demonic-meets-the-dancefloor kinda way—the Sydney duo do bear similarities: two young kids making powerful, house- and techno-driven tracks that have undeniable pop sensibilities and that, if you're wired a certain way, are capable of making you behave, well, kind of like this.

Early this year, "Dancing Room," from Human Movement's debut EP of the same name, was a standout release in Australian electronic music. Not to mention an absolute monster of a track. And recently, their shows have drawn crowds of heaving admirers, one such party had people offering ten times the asking price at the door on the night just to get a look in—or so we're told.

The second EP from Human Movement, Subcity, is an ultimately more reserved release. Still prone to those bass-heavy hallmarks we're coming to associate them with, the two-track EP sees the boys paring back their sound and homing in on the essentials—making music catered for the club.

"We wanted to put something out that reflects what happens at a human movement party, this record is an extension of what we do in the club environment, a gift for the people on our dancefloors."

Today, we host the EP on our SoundCloud, and have a track-by-track to go along with the release.

"Subcity"

"Subcity" is one of the more progressive and dynamic tracks to our collection. We felt like making something quiet raw and dirty in sound design, but in a clean fashion and structure. The lead to the track is quiet de-tuned with an aroma of overtones while being backed up with clean percussive drums, and a sine sub as the bass line. We were really inspired by our performances in the club environment and put together something that would blast in the club, while still maintaining an emotional melodic side to the whole tune. We are really trying to capture and have our own take on the Australian techno culture, and movement that we have experienced during our tours. This EP really focuses on being a little more subtle than our other previous material, and it really represents our changing tastes and style towards a more solidified sound. We are really excited to see how this EP translates to the community and we are stoked to keep smashing it out on the dance floor.

"Hi-Hat Conversation"

The main concept behind "Hi-Hat Conversation" was to make a rolling techno track but it sort of expanded into something else. We came up with the rolling bassline and started to base the track around that and the drum grooves. Then, we really wanted to throw in a left field vocal to take it to that next level, so we recorded some phrases and "Hi-hat conversation/let the hi-hat do the talking" came out! They're cool phrases but we wanted it to really fit with the instrumental which is why we put those 3 hi hat hits on the start of every 4 bars. So this the way the vocal hook would correspond with the instrumental hook which is why we think the track works so well. Everything has its place and serves its purpose in this song. It only took us like 2 days to make and we think it's those sort of tracks—the ones that just come together organically and quickly—are probably our best productions. Hope you all enjoy!

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