# ZenOne

> ZenOne is DJ and producer Steve Zenone, with roots in the Los Angeles underground and releases across techno, trance and psytrance.

Markdown companion to the artist hub at https://bio.zenone.org/ (the canonical human page). It carries the page's prose and links. Release dates, versions and availability are not repeated here; the canonical catalog at https://music.zenone.org/ is the source for those.

## About

I make hypnotic techno, trance and psytrance. Some of it is for a peak-time room. Some of it makes more sense on headphones with your eyes closed. I like the space between those two.

I started DJing in the Los Angeles underground in the late 1980s. ZenOne is where that history landed.

I started DJing in Los Angeles in the late 1980s - clubs, warehouses, desert parties, later radio. I spent a long time listening, collecting and playing before I started releasing my own music as ZenOne.

The music moves between hypnotic techno, trance and psytrance. I like rolling low end, repetition and arrangements that take their time. Behind the decks I'd rather let a groove develop than reset the room every few minutes.

I've opened the official Gareth Emery x LSR/CITY Cyberpunk Tour afterparty at August Hall in San Francisco, played a pre-sunrise set at Lotus Moon Gathering and held recurring nights at Dead Ringer Analog Bar.

I got curious enough about trance to write a book about it. *Euphoria Unleashed* goes into the history, how the music is built and the research around what it does to us as listeners. I also write ZenOne Music about what I'm learning while making and playing this stuff.

I want to know why a sound works, not just whether it works. That's probably the thread I keep following.

## Live

Sets usually run 60-180 minutes. I'd rather give a groove time to develop than reset the room every few minutes.

## Listen

- [ZenOne release catalog](https://music.zenone.org/): every release, version, date and where to listen.
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qd2fr18V3LFALbrYTWd7K)
- [Beatport](https://www.beatport.com/artist/zenone/770326)
- [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/zenone_music)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcdY6Qdu22HB7dUo5TQXmQ)

### Coherence

*Coherence* is about being close to someone without disappearing into them. A three-note phrase and a four-note phrase stay separate for most of the track, then join as one seven-note hook. I say “Not less of me” alone. Wendy joins me for “more of us.”

## Booking and press

Available for festivals, warehouse events and club residencies in the U.S. and internationally. The electronic press kit includes booking details, a bio, photos and logos.

- [Booking inquiry form](https://inquire.openinapp.co/zenone)
- [EPK](https://epk.zenone.org/): booking details, bio, photos and logos.
- [Booking email](mailto:booking@zenone.org)
- [Resident Advisor](https://ra.co/dj/zenone)

## Writing

- [ZenOne Music](https://zenonemusic.zenone.org/): Writing on production, DJing, listening and making music.
- [Euphoria Unleashed](https://www.euphoriaunleashed.com/): Trance history, how the music is built and what the research says about its effects.
- [Steve Zenone](https://steve.zenone.org/): Work and writing beyond music.
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/zenone.music)
- [Zenone shared home](https://www.zenone.org/)

## Credits

Written, arranged and produced by Steve Zenone.

ZenOne is human-made music. Steve writes, arranges, designs the sounds, produces and mixes every ZenOne release. No generative AI is used for audio, composition, lyrics or vocals unless explicitly credited. Mastering is credited per release.