Loud (electronic music act)
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 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 on 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 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 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, 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 :Discography
Studio albums
''[Some Kind of Creativity]''
- All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
| 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''
- All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
| 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 " | 140 | 10:25 |
''Free From Conceptual Thoughts''
- All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
| 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''
- All tracks written and produced by Kobi Toledano and Eitan Reiter.
- Track #1 If... written and produced by Yaniv Shulman, Kobi Toledano & Eitan Reiter
| 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''
| Track number | Title | Artists | BPM | Length |
| #1 | "Pounding" | Sub6 | 142 | 06:52 |
| #2 | "Insoc" | Panic | 145 | 06:18 |
| #3 | "Keep Your Mind Open" | Cosma, O.M.C | 140 | 08:13 |
| #4 | "Dominatrix" | Psysex | 141 | 07:43 |
| #5 | "Tiny Noize Point" | 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''
| 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", 2010, Digital Structures
- "People Music Money Drugs", 2011, HOMmega HD
- "Genetic Lottery", 2013, HOMmega HD
- "Moroccan Roll", 2014, Platipus Music
Appearances
Collaborations & Side Projects
Kobi Toledano
- With Samuel Wallerstein : Chain Reaction
Eitan Reiter
- With Sebastian Mullaert : Eitan Reiter & Sebastian Mullaert
- With Avishay Balter : Eitan Reiter & A. Balter
- With Nadav Katz : Unoccupied
- Also acting in his own project under the name Eitan Reiter
Production equipment