Before house music became a global genre, it was simply the sound of a room full of people who wanted to dance. There are moments in music history that seem almost too important to have happened in such an ordinary way. No major record company planned it, there was no marketing campaign behind it and nobody in the room knew they were witnessing the beginning of a genre that would eventually influence almost every corner of electronic dance music.

Before techno became a global sound, it was a group of young creators experimenting with machines, radio, records and the idea of what music could become.

The first track, the first mistake and the joy of figuring things out There is a particular kind of excitement that comes with making electronic music for the first time. You open your DAW, load a synthesizer and start turning knobs without really knowing what they do. You press a few keys, change a waveform, move a filter and suddenly the sound coming out of your speakers is completely different from what you expected.

The electronic music makers you rarely hear about Walk into any club and you will probably see a handful of names on the lineup. Open a streaming platform and you will find millions of tracks. Scroll through social media and a relatively small group of artists seems to dominate the conversation. But behind all of that is another world. A much bigger one. Millions of people around the world are making electronic music. Some release tracks every month. Some have played clubs a