House On The Spectrum is the new house music track from CommsBreakdown + Michael Herman aka MyAutisticHusband
The track features the spoken vocals of Michael Herman – aka the social media sensation, MyAutisticHusband – exploring the affection that he and the neurodivergent community have for pattern-based electronic music, and house music in particular.
House On The Spectrum goes back to the four-on-the-floor roots of house music and brings the beats and basslines right up to date for 2025.
The track is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and to buy through Beatport, Bandcamp and iTunes
My sincere thanks to Kajetan Sumila for the use of his amazing Unsplash image for the cover art of this single. Check out his photographic work here.
Background to the track:
Back in early June 2025, Michael and his wife, Rachael, posted a reel through the MyAutisticHusband Instagram and TikTok accounts.
In this candid video Michael talks incredibly eloquently about how much house music and rave culture means to him and to the wider autistic and neurodivergent community.
Autistic people tend to crave structure in their lives, and Michael explains how the rigid structure, beats and patterns of house music are extremely welcoming to those on the spectrum. The sounds, the lights, the people are all part of the predictable, but hugely enjoyable, sensory experience of being immersed in dance music and club culture.
This resonated strongly with Steve, when he inadvertently discovered the reel in his Instagram feed. ‘This guy has an amazing voice…and what he’s saying really strikes a chord with me. I wonder if I could turn this into a house track…’ thought Steve.
And so, he did! Ripping the audio from the reel, Steve built a house beat around Michael’s vocals, adding deep sub bass, top-end percussion, congas and synth effects and risers around the cut-up and processed vocal line.
Fortunately, Michael and Rachael loved the track!
The end result has a classic house vibe, with a modern feel that openly discusses the links between autism, neurodivergence and the repetition and euphoria of house music.
Biographies:
CommsBreakdown
CommsBreakdown is Steve Ash, a British music producer, composer and writer now based in New South Wales, Australia.
Steve has been involved in music since an early age and was part of the Black Dog Productions crew in the early noughties. He contributed several tracks to The Black Dog’s ‘Unsavoury Products’ album, as well as remixing tracks for Elbow, A Guy Called Gerald, Hanson and a remix of ‘New York’ by U2.
He records a mix of house, techno, electronica, drum & bass, downtempo beats, and ambient soundscapes from his home studio in the Southern Highlands, NSW.
- CommsBreakdown Bandcamp page: commsbreakdown.bandcamp.com
- Links to CommsBreakdown releases: linktr.ee/commsbreakdown
Michael Herman
Michael is a Chicago-based director, playwright and teacher. He loves nothing more than watching a new play come to life, while increasing access to the arts.
He’s the Executive Director & Creative Producer of The Outer Loop theatre experience, and also the man behind MyAutisticHusband where he and his wife Rachael share candid thoughts and reactions to life on the spectrum.
- MyAutisticHusband on Instagram: instagram.com/myautistichusband
- MyAutisticHusband on TikTok: tiktok.com/@myautistichusband
- The Outer Loop website: outerlooptheater.org
More Music From COmmsBreakdown
You can find more music from Steve on the CommsBreakdown Bandcamp page and on all the main music streaming platforms. Just search for ‘CommsBreakdown’.
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