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.
The Breakdown
Gesaffelstein – ‘Viol’
Attack’s dance music theory guru Oliver Curry breaks down this mid-tempo slice of electro-tinged techno to explain…
Top Tracks
PBR Streetgang
The Leeds duo take us on a journey through rave history, admit their fondness for ‘yacht rock’ and explain why…
News
News Round-Up: 3/1/14
A new free sampler plugin from Sonic Charge, details of a new Daft Punk book and a strange new plugin…
Q&A
Compuphonic
As he prepares to release the full remix pack of last summer’s slow-burning hit ‘Sunset’, Maxime Firket takes…
Tutorials
An Introduction To Arpeggiators
Bruce Aisher runs us through the fundamentals of arpeggiators, from the most simple one-note patterns through to basic step…
My Studio
Discodeine
Pilooski invites us into his new bedroom studio to talk us through some of the key pieces of equipment used…
Features
What We’ve Learned In 2013…
Our interviews offer a regular smorgasbord of insight, intrigue and irrelevance. Here’s what we’ve learned this year……
Gear/Software
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Another excruciatingly expensive hardware compressor gets the Universal Audio emulation treatment. Is this circuit-modelled plugin only fit for mastering…
Introducing...
Human Life
Following the departure of his former bandmates, Matthew Wasley is now going solo as Human Life. Back with a low…
Top Tracks
Pleasurekraft
The transatlantic duo reveal their all-time favourites, from late 80s R&B through to Slayer. Just don’t…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 9/12/13
Music to walk by, Four Tet live in Japan, a Rekids retrospective plus mixes from Jamie xx, Robert Hood and…
News
NAMM 2013: New Product Round-Up
Half of the Attack team is at the NAMM trade show in Anaheim, California this week (the rest of us…
Top Tracks
Noir
As he prepares the release of his In The House mix album for Defected Records, the Danish producer and Noir…
Introducing...
Kim Brown
Proper deep house, Zemeckis movies and the world’s best kimchi. We asked Kim Brown to introduce themselves and fill…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 2/12/13
In this week’s round-up of the best mixes and podcasts: drum trax from Bok Bok, a history of…
News
London Electronic Music Event 2013
We’re proud to announce that Attack will be the official media partner of the London Electronic Music Event, to…
Interviews
FCL
The Belgian house duo talk us through the creation of ‘It’s You’ – one of the most highly sought-after…
Gear/Software
ATC SCM25A Pro
Does the ultimate nearfield monitor exist? If it does, Greg Scarth thinks he might have found it.…
News
News Round-Up: 29/11/13
LA beat scene documentary, Black Friday deals, Cubase updated and details of a new analogue synth from Elektron.…
News
HMV Goes Into Administration
HMV Group has announced that it will be appointing administrators. Does this mark the beginning of the end for the…
Interviews
Darius Syrossian
In the past, Darius Syrossian’s name has often been preceded by adjectives such as ‘overlooked’ or ‘underrated’; but after…
Top Tracks
Jordan Peak
As he launches his own Rogue Society imprint, we asked the London house head to pick his all-time favourite…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 25/11/13
Snoop samples, hot tub slamz and a tribute to the world’s longest-running club night.…
Passing Notes
Main Room Chord Progressions
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry explains some of the principles behind big room chord progressions.…
Video Tutorials
Retro Organ Bass
Inspired by the likes of retro house legend MK and 90s revivalists Bicep, Attack’s synthesis expert Marc Adamo demonstrates…
News
News Round-Up: 22/11/13
Gesture control for Cubase, on the road with PMR Records, the Radiophonic Workshop returns and your chance to win a…
Q&A
Danny Howells
Cakes, wine and 80s Prince t-shirts. Globe-trotting selector Danny Howells takes on the quick-fire Q&A…
News
Vinyl Sales Increase Again
Official Charts Company releases impressive figures for UK vinyl sales over the last year. But are the figures as good…
Tutorials
Layering Kick Drum Samples
How do I create the perfect kick drum? It’s a question we’ve surely all asked at some point…
Introducing...
Airwolf
Cocktail umbrellas, funk and veggie gardens. Aussie house producer Justin Erougian introduces himself.…
