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
Neville Watson
The master of revivalist house talks rave epiphanies, his nerves on first meeting KiNK and why he’s not afraid…
Q&A
Sister Bliss
As she returns with her first solo single in a decade and launches her own Junkdog Records imprint, Bliss takes…
News
News Round-Up: 7/2/14
Rolling Stone explores Berghain, Prince showcases his latest project, Benga quits DJing and you can now DJ directly from Spotify…
Beat Dissected
80s-Style Chicago House
Our latest beat programming and sound design tutorial offers a retro house beat inspired by some of the sounds and…
News
The Future of MIDI Controllers?
The release of an innovative new stage piano gives us the perfect excuse to muse on futuristic MIDI controllers, retro…
Passing Notes
Sampled Chords
Our resident music theory expert Oliver Curry explains how sampling chords can add timbral complexity, distinctive harmonic character and a…
Gear/Software
KMI QuNeo & QuNexus
Keith McMillen Instruments’ unique MIDI controllers conceal incredibly deep features and unparalleled customisability.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 4/2/14
This week: 90s breakbeat nostalgia, strobe-lit house and silky garage. Oh, and a little Miley Cyrus.…
Introducing...
LPZ
Overcoming the 6,000-mile divide between members, Paraguayan production trio LPZ are making a name for themselves with releases…
Books/DVDs
The Secrets Of Subtractive Synthesis
Synth developer Rob Papen presents a book and DVD set which aims to provide the definitive guide to subtractive synthesis…
News
News Round-Up: 31/1/14
More Roland AIRA details emerge, Burial posts a #selfie, a brief history of sampling and a closer look at new…
Q&A
Till von Sein
The Berlin producer on ice cream lust, shoe addiction and why money’s more important than art.…
Top Tracks
Pete Dafeet
As he prepares the release of his Falling Off EP on his own Lost My Dog label, the deep house…
Interviews
Kirk Degiorgio
From Derrick May’s unique approach to mentoring through to his current obsession with modular synths, the British techno pioneer…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 27/1/14
Two-step treasures, hyperactive genre-hopping from Actress, and Four Tet battles SoundCloud to release his latest DJ mix.…
News
News Round-Up: 24/1/14
How to record ghosts, rave history and free samples of the ultra-rare EMS VCS4 from Coldcut’s Matt Black…
Interviews
Renato Ratier
As founder of São Paulo’s world-famous D-Edge club, Renato Ratier is one of the most influential…
Q&A
Blende
“Don’t be bitter, be better.” The London-based Swede takes our quick-fire Q&A, revealing which of…
Top Tracks
Munk
As he prepares to release a collaborative single with Pachanga Boys’ Rebolledo, the Gomma boss talks us through his all…
My Studio
Solvent
Jason Amm shows us around the studio where he created the soundtrack for the excellent I Dream Of Wires modular…
Beat Dissected
Sub-Zero Minimal Techno
Our in-house beatsmith turns his attentions to a raw, stripped-down techno groove with painstakingly processed percussion.…
Features
What We Can Learn From Other Genres
As dance music producers we sometimes forget how much we have in common with our counterparts in the worlds of…
News
News Round-Up: 17/1/14
Watch a UK garage retrospective, Four Tet makes a beat in ten minutes, download free tracks from Jesse Rose and…
My Studio
Guido
Proving that bigger isn’t always better, Bristol purple pioneer Guido shows us around the small but perfectly formed home…
Top Tracks
Kris Wadsworth
“Did you really think I was going to lie like other people?” Kris Wadsworth offers up one of the most…
Interviews
Andreas Tilliander – TM404
Andreas Tilliander’s latest album sees him focus his attentions on Roland’s classic x0x series. We spoke to him…
News
Roland To Reissue TB-303 And TR-808?
With the NAMM trade show just around the corner, leaked details of Roland’s new product releases hint at models…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 14/1/14
In this week’s round-up: ghetto house from Parris Mitchell, cutting-edge ballroom from Mike Q and library music…
Video Tutorials
Baauer – Harlem Shake
Learn how to program the drum pattern and create the synth sound from Baauer’s trap anthem ‘Harlem Shake’.…
Gear/Software
D16 LuSH-101
Three years in the making, D16’s emulation of the classic Roland SH-101 has been one of the most…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Hardware Drum Machines
We recommend ten of the best hardware drum machines available today, from brand new bargains through to money-no object…
