Long Reads
Hot Mass: Rebuilding Pittsburgh’s Dance Music Culture
It’s not easy to throw a good party, but it’s even harder to keep one going. Justin Kelly…
Article Results
Tutorials
Working With Samples: The Secrets of Dance Music Production
This tutorial is a shortened excerpt from our book, The Secrets of Dance Music Production, which is available to buy…
Track By Track
Alex Banks – ‘I Slept In The Studio For Four Days’
With a lion’s den of incredible gear from Vermona’s to Moog, Alex Banks has a lot to work…
Charts
SONNEE June 22 Chart
Top ten for June from SONNEE featuring Jamie XX, Jeshi, Flume, Teebs and more.…
Tutorials
The Secrets of Dance Music Production: Layering Drums
This tutorial is a short excerpt from our new book, The Secrets of Dance Music Production, which is available to…
Tutorials
The Secrets of Dance Music Production: Lo-Fi Sound
This tutorial is a short excerpt from our new book, The Secrets of Dance Music Production, which is available to…
Charts
Kryder Mar 22 Chart
Top ten for March from producer & DJ Kryder featuring KETTAMA, Susanne Sundfor, Noisia, Fred Again…, and more.…
Charts
Cromby Mar 22 Chart
Top ten for March from producer & DJ Cromby featuring Radioactive Man, Luca Lozano, Cytokinesis, Luke Slater and more.…
News
Attack Releases The Secrets of Dance Music Production Book
Attack’s first book, The Secrets of Dance Music Production, is available now via the all-new Attack…
Columns
Do Good Artists Copy? Plagiarism In Dance Music
“It’s the public who end up paying the price, putting money and faith behind artists who are liberally taking…
Charts
MDM Factory Jan 22 Chart
Top ten for January from DJs & producers MDM Factory featuring Lis Sarroca, Julianna, Photonz, DJ Hell and more.…
Top Tracks
Frazi.er – “I Hate These Over-Saturated Main Room Sounds”
Frazi.er is a producer and DJ hailing from Scotland with releases on Exhale and collaborations with Pan-Pot. We…
Tutorials
How To Mix Dance Music: Five Case Studies
With examples from Inner City, Daft Punk, Andrés, Skrillex and MK, Bruce Aisher examines five contrasting approaches and demonstrates…
Columns
Thomas Cox: Is House A Feeling? Influences In Dance Music
Can you own the feeling of a track? Thomas Cox argues that dance music needs to define its own understanding…
News
Rebekah Announces ‘End The Silence’ GoFundMe Campaign
Rebekah, who announced the #Forthemusic campaign in the summer of 2020, has announced a GoFundMe Campaign to raise funds for…
Reviews
Five Key Takeaways From BMC 2021
There’s more to Brighton than the ongoing #Lab21 and #BMC2021 did not disappoint.…
Passing Notes
Bored of 4/4: Other Time Signatures In Dance Music
In our latest Passing Notes article, dance music theory expert Oliver Curry explains why it’s OK for producers to…
Synth Secrets
Drum ‘n’ Bass Foghorn Bass With Wavetable
In this Synth Secrets, we show you how to craft a bass sound that will both devastate dance floors and guide ships through a foggy harbour.
Track By Track
The Peaceful Ones: ‘7000 Possibilities of Existence’
For this month’s Track By Track we talk with UK producer Andy Riley about his album recorded with the…
Introducing...
Mazoulew
With “Ditto” recently released from his Movments EP, a piano-driven, sun soaked drop of downtempo electronica, we asked Mazoulew…
Synth Secrets
The Baddadan Synth Bass Sound
The sound of the summer. We retrospectively look at the Baddadan horn synth bass that continues to rumble dance floors…
Interviews
Production Tips From 5 CRSSD Festival 2024 Artists
CRSSD Festival returns to the San Diego waterfront next month. We caught up with Rex The Dog, Azzecca, Narciss, Mathame…
Columns
Better Days, Better Nights
The effects of the pandemic and the corresponding inadequate government support have put UK nightclubs and dance music culture under…
Interviews
“Personality and celebrity have become more important in some areas of the industry” – Harold Heath
‘Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Small-time DJ’ is a new book written by former DJ…
Q&A
Sara de Araújo: “Good Music Never Goes Out Of Style”
Sara de Araújo’s debut on Adam Beyer’s Truesoul, ‘Who Is?’, was released in July. We decided to…
Introducing...
Jesabel – “I’m Influenced By Everything”
Having arrived in Britain to pursue her music career, Jesabel’s latest single, ‘Control’, is out now. We asked her…
News
August’s Best Music
Another month and another round-up of some of the best techno, house and electronic music released in August.…
News
Help Secretsundaze Survive The Covid-19 crisis
Over £40,000 has already been raised to support and save Secretsundaze.…
Show & Tell
Raw Ideology: “Gaming Is The Ultimate Artform”
Raw Ideology might be well known already to fans of hardstyle techno but what makes him tick is more than…
The Best...
The 13 Best Electronic Music Tracks Of The Year
The annual thankless and impossible task is upon us. Here are 13 tracks we really got into this year.…
Track By Track
Paul Cut
French DJ and producer Paul Cut released his ‘Le Bal des Douaniers’ album earlier this year, a feast of precisely…
Advertising
Marketing & Advertising With Attack Magazine
If you’re reading this, you might consider working with Attack Magazine. Read on to find out how we can…
Quizzes
Crossword #10 April 22
Aprils’ crossword is Ukrainian themed. How much do you know about Ukrainian music? Time to find out.…
Quizzes
How High is Your Roland IQ?
You have 15 mins to complete 14 practical tests for a chance to win £2,000 worth of Roland gear…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Headphones For Music Production
We offer a selection of our recommended headphones for studio use, picking out our top choices at a range of…
Long Reads
What Makes A Great DJ?
What makes a great DJ? Kristan Caryl asked a group of top selectors including Dave Clarke, Mr G, Mosca and…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: New Analogue Mono Synths
2014 was an incredible year for analogue synths and 2015 looks set to deliver even more. We run through some…