After meeting the Incendia crew during a late night at Hulaween in 2015, it was only time before we would write about them again. This time comes at the introduction of Anton Tumas, the man behind Love Long Beach Festival and Subtract, the largest supplier of sound on the west coast and genuinely some of the best house music parties in the world on the Long Beach pier.
You will have to listen to Hernan Cattaneo, Guy Mantzur and Anton Tumas syncing up a Burning Man 2022, and dive deeper into this style of music. But first sample a rare EP release from Anton Tumas titled ‘Dreaming’ with Dave DK on Endless Records.
E N D L E S S records tells the story behind the EP best, “Transport yourself to the majestic peaks of Topanga mountains where the air is thick with magic and surrender to the embrace of these sumptuous melodies. Within the Dreaming EP, crafted by the visionary minds of Anton Tumas and Dave DK, lies a sanctuary where every note is a thread weaving a cozy blanket of ethereal sound around your consciousness.”
As a conduit of the sound experience, it was a privilege to get to understand the inner-workings of such refined music ahead of Love Long Beach Festival 2024 as we chatted with Anton.
What we discovered from Anton is coveted and to keep the mystery of his wizardly sound alive but offering a taste, we can safely share that the progressive house Anton offers comes from the classic trance world, think Sasha for one and the adventure continues from there. Combining the subtle intricacies of original trance and the unquestionably riveting rhythms of today’s house music gathers the energy and beauty to sink your teeth into, get lost in the journey and truly blow you away.
What makes Subtract’s events so revered is the quality of sound. As you will find, Anton Tumas and the Subtract team are curating the best stages for LLB because simply put there is more, more top-notch speakers tuned for the best possible sound, every speaker plays their role as if a member of an orchestra.
From what Anton shared, we discovered that another key to the evolution of sound is education, more people fully-capable of handling sound with authority. We can only imagine the quality of sound that will be possible years from now and Anton is at the forefront of that expedition.
Anton Tumas has releases on All Day I Dream, among other reputable labels, cut his teeth at LA’s clubs as well as desert parties like Moontribe and Burning Man, where he’s played everything from Robot Heart to DISTRIKT and Mayan Warriors (who just announced their return), plus made festival appearances at Lightning in a Bottle, Desert Hearts, Further Future and Woogie Weekend.
Let’s hear it for the man behind the magic, the man behind our favorite set from 2023 at the Love Long Beach afters, Anton Tumas. Enjoy his 4-hour set for Stereo Montreal this year and him going B2B with Rinzen.
As for the latest, Subtract has announced the 2024 installment of LLB and a DJ contest to win a slot of the carefully curated LLB 2024 lineup that is already packed with underground’s finest such as Lost Desert, Tim Green, Doc Martin, Treavor Moontribe and Öona Dahl, Heidi Lawden among Anton Tumas and more across four stages. Then keep some energy the afters on Sunday, because the end can be the juiciest part. Pick up your tickets now.
Love Long Beach Festival 2024 Lineup
After talking to Anton about sound we were curious to explore more into sound systems, starting with what makes Funktion-Ones, well Funktion-Ones and found this interesting breakdown from the company’s Founder, Tony Andrews, plus learned more about Funktion-One’s Evolution X.
Continuing to stay inspired from Anton’s story we dived deeper into more of the science behind sound engineering with ChinoSounds, following their contribution to Desert Hearts Festival this year where we learned about sound alignment, the speakers frequencies and more behind the festival’s sound system that we will share in our next article in line with the evolution of sound.
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