{"id":295392,"date":"2025-06-18T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/i-hate-models-techno-buntovnik-koji-ne-pristaje-na-obrasce"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:40:35","slug":"i-hate-models-techno-rebel-refusing-to-conform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfest.org\/en\/i-hate-models-techno-rebel-refusing-to-conform","title":{"rendered":"I Hate Models \u2013 Techno Rebel Refusing to Conform"},"content":{"rendered":"

A true icon of the contemporary techno scene, I Hate Models rejects genre labels and clich\u00e9s of any kind. He creates a sound that is both violent and tender, destructive and cathartic. Like an emotional alchemist, he uses techno, trance, and industrial merely as raw materials to forge deeply personal narratives \u2013 brutal, fragile, and always authentic. His tracks defy linearity \u2013 energy can erupt in an instant and then collapse into introspective silence, without rules or warning. For I Hate Models, rebellion is the essence of musical expression; it\u2019s resistance against anything that limits or confines. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Guillaume Labadie, known on the techno scene as I Hate Models, is a French producer and DJ who did not wait for the pandemic to embrace the mask that has become his signature, adding authenticity and a layer of mystique to his persona.<\/p>\n

He launched his career under the pseudonym in 2015, releasing his debut track \u201cPersephone.<\/strong>\u201d Just a year later, he dropped his first EP, \u201cWarehouse Memories.\u201d<\/strong> The labels T\/W\/B, Voitax<\/strong>, and Pls.uk<\/strong> played a key role in shaping his genre-fluid sound. On Voitax, he released \u201cAbsolution XXL,\u201d<\/strong> an EP steeped in the brutality of industrial techno but also marked by moments of introspective melody, now a defining element of his work. On T\/W\/B, tracks like \u201cState of Control\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cTotsuka No Tsurugi<\/strong>\u201d further cemented his reputation as a producer who merges aggression and euphoria within a single release.<\/p>\n

The tracks \u201cToro\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cDaydream\u201d<\/strong> rank among his most recognizable, racking up millions of streams across all major platforms. While the former leans dark, the latter reveals a nostalgic, introspective side, a contrast that is central to his artistic signature. The track \u201cIntergalactic Emotional Breakdown\u201d<\/strong> even became the soundtrack for a Prada Men\u2019s<\/strong> runway show in Milan, highlighting the growing crossover between fashion and the electronic scene. Though his stage name might sound provocative in the context of fashion, it\u2019s not aimed at the fashion world, but intended as a rejection of rigid patterns and genre \u201cmodels\u201d within electronic music.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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