Higgs Massive
By Disposable Planet on February 13, 2026 5:09 pm
Another week, another LSDJ tune! This week marks the halfway point on the concept album. 5 tracks down, 5 to go. In keeping with the elementary particle theme, this week is the Higgs Boson, also known colloquially as "The God Particle", which was discovered at the CERN Large Hadron Collider last decade! The Higgs Boson links to other particles and has to do with the Higgs Field, which is what gives particles their mass - hence the cheeky title, which also fits because this is a drumnbass tune.
I don't set out to incoporate other genres and musical styles into my music before I start making a tune. Usually that kind of thing just happens as I'm making it. This tune is a drumnbass tune with a heavy flamenco influence in the lead melody parts. I used to play Spanish classical guitar for many years and have listened to a lot of classical guitarists and flamenco artists over my life so I guess it just naturally found its way into this. Also the progression is kind of flamenco inspired as well, though I just wanted something descending in a minor key, at first.
There's a grimy bass at the intro and a drone that plays some harmonies and chords to create a dark introduction. Then the melody kicks in. You can hear those fast note runs associated with flamenco guitar especially in the second melody and solo. The bass gets a little amped up after a while in a Squarepushery fashion. There are some stops and starts and there is even a fake echo section later in the song after some staccato arps. Happy with how this one came out - it captures the implied heaviness of the Higgs Particle.
Thanks, as always, for listening!
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