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Hey everyone, it's Ramtin here.

So other than being a host and producer on ThruLine, I'm also a musician

who writes all the music for this show. And over the years, I've written a bunch of music

in different genres. But the music that's close to my heart is electronic dance music. That

includes everything from techno, house, drum and bass, trance,

so on. A few years ago, through line producer, Christina Kim and I made this episode about the

history of house music in Chicago and how it influenced the entire genre of EDM. In the process

of making that episode, I wrote a bunch of music that didn't make it in. So I went

back, I listened to it, and I decided, whoa, there's a lot of great music here that no one

has heard, that I could put together in a mix, that we could all dance to. Because honestly, we need

it. It's kind of a stressful time. So throw on your headphones or however you listen

and use this music to squeeze a little bit more fun out of your day. This is through line

dances.

Okay. There's still an inherent joy to going somewhere where the only thing people care about is the DJ.

How does house music make me feel an An experience to forget about your problems.

House music makes me feel you for it.

Empower, amazing, love.

Twirl, move around.

Moving, like energized.

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