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Today we’re talking with Bruce Zalcer from Panama. Bruce is a multi-instrumentalist who began with music in his teens playing in rock bands and DJing. After school, he largely left the scene and moved on to a more conventional life selling insurance and raising a family for many years until 2018 when he decided to return to music. Since then, Bruce’s unique approach to techno incorporating synthesizers, drum machines, and sounds sampled from daily life has been making waves in the techno world. He’s released a dozen tracks including his Lifeblood EP and already has tracks signed on some of the biggest techno labels in the industry including Terminal M, 1605, and Codex Recordings. Additionally, his first live performance in 20 years was in Amsterdam for ADE! Finally, because there isn’t a huge techno following in Panama he created Dialectic Live: an organization that is dedicated to growing the techno movement in that country.
You’ll Learn
- How his metal rock background influences his techno
- His process for constructing a techno track
- His experience transitioning from a semi-anonymous DJ brand to a more open, personal brand
- How he uses modular gear
- His experience writing a film score
- How he’s building the techno scene in Panama
Resources
- Bruce Zalcer music – Beatport
- Bruce Zalcer (@brucezalcermusic) – Instagram
- Dialectic (@dialectic.live) – Instagram
