Track By Track
DESIREE Chooses Her Top Tracks
At CRSSD Festival in September we followed DESIREE into the Chapter One vinyl pop-up and asked her to select…
Q&A
JKS – “The Importance Of Silence Is Underrated”
We caught up with JKS to put him through the paces of the quick-fire Q&A.…
News
Music Production For Women (MPW) Has Announced A Free 2 Day Course
Music Production for Women (MPW) has announced a two-day Women in Music Tech Summit on October 19th and 20th…
News
Ableton Launches Move: A Portable, Standalone Instrument for On-the-Go Music Creation
After various mystery marketing campaigns, the wait is over. Move from Ableton is here and it’s a long awaited…
Gear/Software
Audiomodern Soundbox Review: The Kontakt Killer?
Upstart plugin developer Audiomodern is challenging the hegemony of Kontakt with its new sampler, Soundbox. Is Audiomodern Soundbox good enough to dethrone the Native Instruments mainstay?
Attack Store
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
The world-leading book on dance music production. Comes with samples too.
Max for Live: Knob Studio
Knob Studio offers dynamic waveform manipulation and parameter mapping capabilities.
The Producer’s Manual
Everything you need to take a mix, from initial recording to final master.
Max For Live: Chance Engine
Add controlled yet random fluctuations to your most important parameters
Max For Live: Mouth Play
Unconventional vocal shaping with a brass model or FM oscillator source
Replicants – Elektron Analog Rytm Sample Pack
Electro sounds for the Elektron Analog Rytm. Free your spirit.
Interviews
Roger Linn On Swing, Groove & The Magic Of The MPC’s Timing
How important are a few milliseconds? When it comes to sequencers, they can mean the difference between a perfect groove…
Top Tracks
Giles Smith
The producer, DJ and Secretsundaze promoter shares his favourite tracks, from a Now That’s What I Call Music D…
News
Mixes of The Week: 21/4/14
This week’s best mixes include Rolando’s Detroit afterhours set, Kode9’s Hyperdub 10.1 mini-mix, Xosar’s…
News
News Round-Up: 18/4/14
Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’ Unraveled, 20 questions with Robert Hood, Berlin nights and a Bob Moog exhibition debuts.…
Interviews
James Holden
As the Border Community boss releases his long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s The Idiots Are Winning, Greg Scarth…
Long Reads
The Danger Of Being Retro: Revivalism In Dance Music
When does retro dance music cross the line from respectful tribute to tiresome pastiche? Kristan Caryl talks to artists and…
News
Mixes of the Week: 14/4/14
This week’s best mixes include the Jakbeat ethos of Charles Manier, high-octane grime from Spooky, the techno-soul…
Top Tracks
Acumen
The Frenchman talks us through his musical history, from Elton John and Carl Craig to a future classic from Ten…
News
Finally… iTunes Radio
Apple finally announces its own streaming service, with major implications for the rest of the music industry.…
Long Reads
A Few Old Tunes… A Tribute To Boards of Canada
As they plan for a Boards of Canada tribute night next week in London, DJ Food, Tom Central, Posthuman and…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 7/4/14
This week’s best mixes include a set of tributes to Frankie Knuckles, a back to back session with Jamie…
Q&A
Spencer Parker
“My greatest regret? Giving up the modelling work to pursue music. I don’t like to talk about it…” Spencer…
Gear/Software
Native Instruments Komplete 9
Ten years on from its launch, Komplete is bigger and better than ever. Bruce Aisher gets to grips with the…
Interviews
Paul Woolford
Paul Woolford’s name has been synonymous with quality British house and techno for over a decade but it’s…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 31/3/14
This week’s best mixes include all things acid from Luke Vibert, music to make you hardcore from Mumdance and…
Columns
Thomas Cox: The Gear Myth
Thomas Cox questions whether our obsession with expensive production tools is in danger of overshadowing the more important issues of…
News
Following The Hype Trail
The treasure at the end of the hype trail – Boards of Canada to live stream Tomorrow’s Harvest later today…
Agony Aunt
Pink Moogs & Ponytails
Our resident agony aunt Charlie Leigh Gamble is here to answer your queries on music, life and existential crises. This…
News
News Round-Up: 28/3/14
MDMA link to tinnitus cure, a new boutique analogue synth from Macbeth and free Funktion One impulse responses.…
Gear/Software
iZotope Nectar 2
Offering a total of 11 vocal processors including compression, EQ and reverb, Nectar 2 promises a lot for one plugin…
Video Tutorials
Darius Syrossian & Hector Couto – ‘We Both Loco’ Bass Synth
Released on Hot Creations last month, Darius Syrossian and Hector Couto’s ‘We Both Loco’ is a killer slice of…
The Breakdown
Disclosure – ‘You And Me’
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry examines some of the key features of the duo’s latest single, and explains…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 23/3/14
This week’s best mixes include spontaneous electronics from Xosar, a Jessy Lanza mixtape and Marquis Hawkes’ Dimensions Festival mix…
Gear/Software
Roland AIRA VT-3 Voice Transformer
The VT-3 is the surprise package of the AIRA range. Greg Scarth finds out if it might become a…
Tutorials
Ten Tips For Better Basslines
From synthesis to mixdown, we offer ten tips for producing punchy, powerful basslines. Follow these guidelines and you’ll be…
Introducing...
Sad City
With an EP of beautifully crafted electronica forthcoming on Phonica Special Editions, we asked Glasgow-based producer Gary Caruth to…
Interviews
JD Twitch
What does ‘trance’ really mean? Is it time we cast aside the stereotypes and got back to the true meaning…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 16/3/14
This week’s best mixes include Ron Morelli, low-end legend DJ Clent, forward-leaning 4/4 from Jon Rundell…
Job Envy
Digital Innovations Manager
As digital innovations manager for Universal Music, Marc Langsman is responsible for developing exciting new digital music concepts. We find…
News
Digital Village Closes UK Stores
The UK’s largest remaining high street music equipment retailer closes all but one store, refocusses on mail order sales…
Tutorials
Quantisation & Velocity Editing Basics
Quantisation and velocity editing allow us to correct inconsistencies in our beat programming, but when should we use it? Bruce…
