LOUD are a 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."
Members Eitan Reiter was born on 3 December 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 on 1 December 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 1990s 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 success 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 artists, 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, Captain Hook, Dekel, and Ace Ventura.
In 2013 LOUD assisted BPM in the development of its BPM Remixed project. The success of this collaboration led to similar projects.
Festivals LOUD have performed in almost every country that holds electronic dance music. Among their international performances are:
Symbiosis Gathering (US), BOOM Festival (Portugal), Urban Art Forms (Austria), Universo Paralello (Brazil), Earth Dance (South Africa), Rainbow Serpent (Australia), Matreia Festival (Australia), Glade Festival (UK), XXXperience (Brazil), Ozora Festival (Hungary), Antaris Festival (Germany), Hadra Festival (France), Time and Space (Mexico), Luminate (New Zealand), GeoParadise (Panama), Electrance Festival (Brazil), Amazon Halloween Ritual (Canada), Sunburn Festival (India), Origin Festival (South Africa), Groove Attack (Israel), SoulVision Festival (Brazil), World Trance Festival (France), Funjoya (Israel), Atmosphere Festival (Israel), Spirit Base Festival (Germany), Burning Man Art and Music Festival (US), Harvest Festival (Canada), UNITY Festival (Israel), Neverland Festival (Israel), Tribaltech Festival (Israel), Revolution9 (Pakistan), BAT (Argentina), Psytronic Festival (Brazil), Equilibrium Festival (Brazil), Fantastic Festival (Mexico), Normafa NYE (Hungary), Galaxy Evolution (India), Hilltop Festival (India)
Discography Studio albums Some Kind of Creativity (November 2006, Drive Records) All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter. + Some Kind of Creativity track list Track number Title BPM Length #1 "G-mini Click" 137 08:25 #2 "Subinya" 141 07:18 #3 "Past Progressive" 145 08:03 #4 "Engines On" 142 06:35 #5 "In Rage" 143 06:29 #6 "Elastic Mood" 144 07:02 #7 "Sun Dance" 143 07:42 #8 1 "Missed Call" 144 07:34 #9 "Long Cut" 142 07:36
Abstract (January 2008, Drive Records) All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter. + Abstract track list Track number Title BPM Length #1 "Loose Senses" 140 08:13 #2 "Machines 2008" 143 06:24 #3 "DownUnder" 140 07:54 #4 "Abstract" 142 07:43 #5 "Next" 145 08:00 #6 "Tough Kid" 145 07:30 #7 "Hiss" 139 07:31 #8 "The Edge" 136 07:10 #9 "Disoriented (Sabotage mix)" 140 10:25
Free From Conceptual Thoughts (May 2010, Drive Records)
All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter. + Free From Conceptual Thoughts track list Track number Title BPM Length #1 "Enlightenment" 138 10:44 #2 "One Way" 144 11:21 #3 "All Rights Reversed" 144 10:16 #4 "Milestone" 140 10:08 #5 "Big Squid" 144 08:13 #6 "Sector 7 G" 149 07:42 #7 "You Are Everything" 143 09:33 #8 "Tales From the Loudmobile" 135 08:15
No More X (April, 2012 Nano Records) All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter. Track #1 If... written and produced by Yaniv Shulman, Kobi Toledano & Eitan Reiter
+ No More X track list Track number Title BPM Length #1 "If..." 135 10:25 #2 "Dr. Who" 135 09:07 #3 "Perpetuum Mobile" 165 11:28 #4 "Solid" 139 08:25 #5 "Shores of Titan" 138 09:10 #6 "Triceratops" 135 08:17 #7 "Station 42" 132 14:21
Compilations
Private Lesson (May, 2007 Drive Records) + Private Lesson track list Track number Title Artists BPM Length #1 "Pounding" (LOUD remix) Sub6 142 06:52 #2 "Insoc" (live edit) Panic 145 06:18 #3 "Keep Your Mind Open" (O.M.C remix) Cosma, O.M.C 140 08:13 #4 "Dominatrix" (LOUD & Domestic remix) Psysex 141 07:43 #5 "Tiny Noize Point" (live edit) LOUD 143 07:24 #6 "Yoki" Black & White 145 07:23 #7 "Internal Voice" Insomnia 146 07:38 #8 "Basic Conversation" Unoccupied 120 04:17
LOUD - The Remixes (July, 2011 Nano Records) + LOUD - The Remixes track list Track number Title Artists Remixer BPM Length #1 "L.S.Dance" Psysex LOUD 140 07:53 #2 "Subinya" LOUD Ace Ventura 138 10:29 #3 "Sun Dance" LOUD Perfect Stranger 135 10:00 #4 "One Way" LOUD Prometheus 144 07:48 #5 "Digital Hippie" LOUD Psysex, Activator 137 09:13 #6 "Wired" LOUD Captain Hook 135 08:52 #7 "All Rights Reversed" LOUD Avalon 144 07:53 #8 "Big Squid" LOUD Laughing Buddha 144 08:46 #9 "Enlightenment" LOUD Zen Mechanics 138 09:57
Singles/EPs "Digital Hippie", 2009, Drive Records "1/3", 2010, Drive Records "Engines On" (Perfect Stranger remix), 2010, Digital Structures "People Music Money Drugs", 2011, HOMmega HD "Genetic Lottery", 2013, HOMmega HD "Moroccan Roll", 2014, Platipus Music
Appearances "Beautiful Day": Various – Enemies & Allies "Elastic Mood": Astralex – 24/7 "Small Talk": Various – Return Of The Boom Shanti – Trinity Series Vol. 1 "Machines": DJ Ayawaska – The Ayahuaska Experience "Tiny Noise Point": Various – Desertdust "Warzone": Various – Darklines "Grind" (rmx): Elyxir And Inner-G – Sunrise "Gogo": Various – Goa Love Vol. 1 "Betone" (version 2005): Nitro & U-Recken – Soul Anatomy "Gogo": Various – Absolute Trancelucent "Beautiful Day" (remix): Xerox – Eruption "DMT Server": Various – Goa Trance Missions Volume 6 "Subinya" (Perfect Stranger remix): DJ Gino – Chacruna "Small Talk 2009": DJ Bog & DJ Solly – The Union "Past Progressive": K-Isuma – Fullon Dreams "Teleport": Various – Israliens V.6 – Close Trance Encounters "Old Faces": X.S.I. – Universal Religion "Pink Noize": Various – Blacklite Tubes "Dustortion": Various – Set: 12 – Iboga Trance Classics "Pigz Don't Give A Damn": Various – Fractal Nature Vol. 1 "Network": Easy Riders – New Order 3 "Tales From The Loudmobile" (Broken Toy rmx): Regan – Origin Four "Enlightenment" (Oforia remix): Various – Flight 604 "Motorcycle From Hell": Driss – Resistrance "Engines On" (Mute remix): Funk Truck – Reconnexion "Distortion": Liquid Soul – Groove Attack "Dustortion" (Perfect Stranger remix): Banel – 25 DJ Anniversary "Sundance" (Perfect Stranger 2012 remix): Various – Set: 17 – Iboga Trance Classics "If...: Raja Ram" – Raja Ram's Pipe Dreams Volume 02 "Dr. Who" (Headroom remix): Captain Hook – Best Of My Sets vol 09 "Loose Senses" (Mr. What? remix): Mr. What? – Best Of My Sets Vol 13 "Moroccan Roll" (original mix): Various – Flight 604 II "Walk The Plank" (Logica remix): Gaudium – Best Of My Sets Vol 10 "Dr Who" (Headroom remix): Various – Set: 20 – Iboga Trance Classics "Dustortion" (Suntree & Antigravity remix): Egorythmia & DJ Bim – Goa Culture XIII "Zapped": Ace Ventura – Goa Session Galaxy Evolution, Goa, Morjim Plateau
Collaborations & Side Projects
Kobi Toledano With Samuel Wallerstein (aka ON3): Chain Reaction
Eitan Reiiter With Sebastian Mullaert (aka Minilogue): Eitan Reiter & Sebastian Mullaert With Avishay Balter (aka A. Balter): Eitan Reiter & A. Balter With Nadav Katz (aka Cuts): Unoccupied Also acting in his own project under the name Eitan Reiter
Production equipment Product Type Product Name Computer MacBook Pro i7 Studio Monitors ATC 100 Yamaha NS-10 Synthesizers Korg MS-10 Roland SH 101 Roland TB 303 Roland JUNO 6 Arturia MikroBrute Novation Bass Station II Controllers 2 X LIVID CTRLR Effects Moog Delay MF 104 Moog Filter MF 101 Moog Phaser MF 103 Moog Freqbox MF 107 Electro Harmonics Holy Grail Microphone Neumann TLM 103
Videos Year TitleDirectorLink2012"LOUD & Shulman - If..." Oron Aiche Watch it!2012"LOUD - DR. Who" Oron Aiche Watch it!2012"LOUD - Perpetuum Mobile" Oron Aiche Watch it!2012"LOUD - Solid" LOUD Watch it!2012"LOUD - Shores of Titans" Oron Aiche Watch it!2012"LOUD - Triceratops" Oron Aiche Watch it!2012"LOUD - Station 42" Oron Aiche Watch it!2013"LOUD Doco" Ben Kirschenbaum Watch it!
References
External links LOUD's store LOUD's Beatport LOUD's label Eitan Retier official website