About
High Pass Radio is a podcast featuring tracks and mixes featuring the hi-hat sound and hosted by DJ Kristov Gjesdal out of Oslo, Norway. Hi-ha is an electronic music genre that emphasizes the very high and some parts of the upper-mid range of tracks in order to prominently feature the hi-hat sound of a traditional drum kit.
It is in stark contrast to conventional electronic dance music where a pounding bass drum sound is prominently featured, and the bass line is emphasized.
Since the absence of bass doesn’t resonate through walls as easy, it is a preferred genre of club night afterhours that take place in residential areas, as it does not bother sleeping neighbors as easily.
It is considered a DJ mix connoisseur’s preferred style as it exposes mixing errors more prominently.
Minimal techno was one of the first genres to experience “hi-hat-ification,” as it was first featured on Norwegian DJ DJ Kristov Gjesdal’s radio show “High Pass Radio.”
DJ Kristov Gjesdal
Kristov has been a major player in the underground electronic music scene in Oslo, Norway since 1992. DJing techno and drum and bass, promoting and throwing parties, and hosting and DJing on a number of internet radio stations before forming High Pass Radio, an online radio station / podcast featuring a genre / DJ style called “hi-hat,” a term he coined to describe his unique musical perspective of emphasizing the hi-end (the frequency of the hi-hat). The show features a podcast of mixes by Kristov and his guests, MP3 downloads of original tracks, video interviews with artists and DJs, and live streaming DJ video mixes.