Start enhancing your electronic music with acoustic instruments
Thanks to Alignment for pulling back the curtain on how melody fits into his process. The Mystical Energy EP hits hard, but what makes it stick is the emotional contrast. Using tools like Noire and Kontakt, he finds subtle ways to add tension, atmosphere, and humanity to tracks that could otherwise lean wholly into the mechanical.
What’s clear is that melody isn’t a soft edge in his world – it’s a pressure point. Even a few well-placed notes can shift the weight of a track, heighten the intensity, or pull the listener into something deeper. That’s not about breaking from techno’s rules – it’s about expanding what the genre can hold.
If you’ve been afraid to reach for something more expressive in your own productions, this is proof you can do it without compromising energy.
Sometimes the most challenging track in your set is the one that evokes a genuine emotional response.
