■ DATALORE IS A MUSIC PROJECT BY CHICAGO BASED SEAN Y, FOCUSED ON SHARING AND RESHAPING THE SOUNDS OF THE 90S. INSPIRED BY RAVE CULTURE, RETRO-FUTURISTIC AESTHETIC AND A LOVE OF nostalgic SYNTH PRESETS, DATALORE AIMS TO MOVE YOUR FEET AND YOUR BRAIN ON THE DANCEFLOOR.

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SEAN Y STUDIED AUDIO ENGINEERING AND ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE WROTE HIS Capstone ON INCLUSIVITY IN RAVE CULTURE.

HE BRINGS A TRAINED MUSICAL EAR AND A LOVE FOR FAR-FLUNG SOUNDS TO HIS PRODUCTION STYLE, EXPERIMENTING WITH FOUND SOUNDS, FIELD RECORDING AND the intense energy of the rave era.

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Throughout his youth, Sean STRUGGLED WITH SELECTIVE MUTISM AND HAS USED MUSIC AS WAY TO EXPRESS Emotions AND IDEAS. the feelings of house+techno+trance+rave are those of belonging, safety, joy and inclusion, and he’s been chasing a sound that conveys exactly what those words mean to him.