Go to modular meets, music instrument expos like Superbooth, dj sets and live concerts.
I met all my best friends this way, everybody is a record collector, beat maker or techno producer.
Record conventions are also fun, after couple of occasions you will realize how small the scene is.
Despite AI starting to crowd this space, I've been spending all of my free time learning music production (doing it the old fashion way without AI). It's a great mix of technical and creative problem solving. Mostly focusing on dark ambient/cinematic composition, playing around hardware synths (Prophet 6, Subsequent 37, modular / eurorack, Digitone II).
Very nice listen. Perfect sort of song to have on while working. It reminds me of an album called Obsidian by Jónsi. It had a special exhibit at the museum of old and new art in Tasmania that was stupendous. (https://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/exhibitions/741-jonsi-h...)
That is a mighty compliment that this reminds you of Jónsi, thank you for that! He has been an inspiration of mine for a long time, amongst a long list of other very talented artists.
I had no idea about his Obsidian project, I will certainly be taking a look at that, thanks for the recommendation!
Thank you so much for that! I've actually been debating starting a self hosted blog (or maybe a Substack...) to capture and document my process and provide more context around the music I'm producing, maybe I'll spend some time working on that this weekend!
you know the OP has "ion" and "dust" in the middle so this was hard to find.
I normally can't stand ambient, but you went a different direction in the middle there. You should put out an album, that probably no one will buy, but maybe eventually you get asked to do soundtracks for things.
How does one find these people? Asking for a friend! :D
I've also gone down the synthesizer rabbit hole: prophet-6, full modular setup (rip bank account), subsequent 37. It's great fun!