Years active 2006–present | Website loud-live.com | |
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Genres Psychedelic Trance, Trance, Goa Trance, Psychedelic Music, Electronica, Electronic Music Occupation(s) Record Producer, Sound Engineer Labels Drive Records, Nano Music Associated acts Ace 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 Albums No More X, Some Kind of Creativity, Gullywood, 5 Billion Stars, The Remixes Profiles | ||
LOUD are an Israeli 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."
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Members
Eitan Reiter was born in 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.
Kobi Toledano was born in 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 90's in the forests of Northern Israel. 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. The successe of this collaboration lead to similar projects.
Festivals
LOUD have performed in almost every country that holds electronic dance music. Among their international performances are (Highlights – 2013-2014):
Some Kind of Creativity
(November 2006, Drive Records)
Abstract
(January 2008, Drive Records)
Free From Conceptual Thoughts
(May 2010, Drive Records)
No More X
(April, 2012 Nano Records)
Private Lesson
(May, 2007 Drive Records)
LOUD - The Remixes
(July, 2011 Nano Records)
Singles/EPs
Kobi Toledano
Eitan Reiter
Songs
Small TalkFree From Conceptual Thoughts · 2010
Africa 1015 Billion Stars · 2016
SubinyaSome Kind of Creativity · 2006