- Hey WHITEOUT! Glad to have you here to talk with you about your latest release ‘Haunted’.
- Thanks for having me! I’m glad to join you today and talk about “Haunted” and my musical journey.
- Can you please tell us more details about ‘Haunted’? How did it come to life and when?
- ‘Haunted’ is a track that’s been living in my head for a while before it finally made it out into the world, so it feels good to see it land on ‘ERRORR’. The label has a really distinct identity in the melodic space, and I felt like this record fits naturally into what they’re building. In fact, during the creation process, I went from 1 to as many as 4 versions and settled on this version with a bright melody, epic build-up and gentle vocals, I think this is what is needed!
- What sets ‘Haunted’ apart from your previous work, and why should listeners tune in?
- Honestly, Haunted is probably the biggest departure from my usual sound to date. I’m known for trance and peak-time techno, and that’s still my home, but with this track I wanted to push into more hybrid territory, where different genres bleed into each other rather than stay separate. It felt like a genuine experiment, and I think listeners who follow my work will notice that immediately. Whether you’re coming from the trance side or the techno side, there’s something in it for you, but it doesn’t fully belong to either world, and that’s the point.
- How would you describe your sound?
- Right now I’d say my sound is in a new phase of exploration. I’m blending melodic techno and melodic house, but I’m also experimenting with layering trance melodies over peak-time and progressive structures. It’s about finding where those worlds intersect, that emotional, melodic depth that trance carries, combined with the energy and drive of modern techno.
What I find most interesting about this approach is the element of unpredictability it creates for the listener. When you’re working across genre lines, people can’t quite anticipate where the track is going, what the breakdown will feel like, or how the drop will hit. That tension, that moment of not knowing what’s coming, is something I think adds a lot to the listening experience. I’m genuinely curious where that leads.
- Who is WHITEOUT and why music? At what age did you get into music and how?
- My love for electronic music started long before I ever touched a sequencer. I was around 10 years old when I first heard artists like Armin van Buuren, Benny Benassi, and David Guetta on the radio and something about that sound just got to me on a deep level. I literally used to fall asleep to those tracks. There was an emotion in that music I couldn’t explain at the time, but I knew I wanted to be part of it somehow. By 14, I started experimenting in a sequencer, trying to figure out how to actually create the sounds I’d been absorbing for years. It was rough at the beginning as it is for everyone, but that process of discovering how music is built from the inside only deepened my connection to it. For me, music has always been about sharing emotion. That’s the core of it. WHITEOUT as a project was born in 2016, but honestly, it was building inside me for years before that, every track I heard as a kid, every late night spent in front of a DAW was leading there
- Do you remember the name of the first song that made you love electronic music?
- It was Armin van Buuren & Sharon Den Adel – In And Out Of Love. I heard it and just couldn’t get it out of my head. But back then Shazam wasn’t really a thing the way it is now, so finding out what the track actually was took some real effort. That track stuck with me, and I think in many ways it still shapes how I think about the emotional power a single record can have.
- Who or what has been your biggest inspiration throughout your music journey?
- Without a doubt, trance music has been my biggest inspiration since childhood, it was there from the very beginning. And as my taste evolved, melodic techno became another huge part of that. There’s a darkness and depth in that sound that I’m really drawn to.
Beyond music, I’m deeply inspired by space and the bigger questions: who are we, why does the world exist the way we perceive it, are we alone? That sense of vastness and the unknown feeds directly into how I create. I’m trying to capture something I can’t fully put into words, and maybe that’s exactly why I need music to express it.
- What’s the one activity you love doing in your free time when not making music?
- I love spending time in nature, watching sunsets with friends, travelling is a big part of my life too, experiencing new places and cultures keeps me inspired. And I genuinely love being around creative people, those conversations where ideas just flow naturally. I think all of that finds its way into the music eventually.
- Can you tell us more about your dream and future collaboration and what do you hope to achieve in the next 4 years in your professional career?
- My dream collaboration is Armin van Buuren because trance music is the reason I fell in love with this music in the first place.
For the next 4 years I want to work more closely with vocalists and talented producers. I feel like there’s so much creative territory that opens up when you bring the right voices and minds together. Beyond that, I just want to keep pushing forward without a fixed template. Experimenting, crossing genre boundaries, surprising people and maybe surprising myself in the process. I never want to make music that’s predictable, and I think the next few years will be the most creatively open chapter of my career so far.
- This is all for now. Thank you for your time answering our questions. Where can our community find out more about your music and your future releases?
- Thanks for the interview! It was so cool to dive down into my memories and remember my roots, which are the reason I’m here today! You can follow me on Spotify, on Instagram by subscribing to @whiteoutmusic, where I share my thoughts and new releases and in other social media!
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