The 4 rules of techno minimalism

A lot of dance music revolves around maximising the impact of a very limited set of musical ideas. How do we achieve minimalist elegance but avoid sounding amateur, simplistic, underproduced? Here are the 4 steps to getting effective minimalist productions. The poster ▶ My Foundations of Electronic Music course ► My Industrial Techno follow-along course ► Torc IG ► Torc Soundcloud ► The track in this video ► Contents: 0:00 The four magic ingredients 2:38 How to groove at all levels 5:24 How to create movement in the timbre 7:00 Dealing with too much movement 9:19 The golden rule of movement 9:29 How to add polymeters to your techno groove 14:45 How to build tension and release in minimalist music 17:27 Summary and next steps