News
Manifest Audio Deliver 12 Potent New MIDI Tools In MIDI Toolset 003
Manifest Audio’s MIDI Toolset 003 expands the creative options available in Live 12 with a powerful collection of four MIDI generators and eight transformations.
Q&A
Cody Chase: Biggest Frustration? Followers Over Talent
Cody Chase has been making waves in the techno scene with his dynamic four-deck sets and a groove-driven…
Gear/Software
Oblivion Sound Lab – Paradiso – Soundbank for u-he Diva
Oblivion Sound Lab is a small audio software company specialising in producing plugins and synth soundsets.…
Gear/Software
Purrfect Grooves? A Chord Cat Groovebox Review
The new Chord Cat from AlphaTheta is a surprisingly useful beast and it’s amazing we haven’t had something…
Columns
Don’t Lose Hope: Lessons From the Velvet Sundown AI Debacle
Here are some takeaways from the recent Velvet Sundown AI band controversy, the key one being human music is still very much viable.
Attack Store
Dance Music Producers’ Power Book Bundle
Get 2 best-selling music production books. Buy more, spend less.
Long Reads
10 Key Moments in Music Production History
Here are ten times that companies took chances on new tech and producers abused it in the name of fresh sounds.
Interviews
Roger Linn – “Asking My Permission Would Be Appreciated”
LinnDrum designer Roger Linn expands on the Behringer LM Drum, his dislike for litigiousness and the future of drum machines.
News
Create Music Group Acquires deadmau5 and mau5trap Catalogues in $55 Million Deal
Looking for new ways to make music pay? Build a catalogue, and it might be worth something some day……
News
Manifest Audio Supercharges Sonification Tools With Data Synth
Manifest Audio unveil a significant update to their acclaimed Sonification Tools, a collection of Max for Live devices and their first-ever polysynth instrument that transform data, text, images, video, and more into real-time synthesis, sequences, and modulation signal.
News
Experience The Secrets of Techno Production: Berlin Book Launch Next Week
Join us at Torte Bar on January 14th for an evening of workshops, networking and techno.…
The Best...
The 10 Best Secret Sauce Plugins Of 2024
Here are our choices for the 10 best secret sauce plugins of 2024, apps that can turn a blah track into a banger – and four of them are free!
News
Miguel Cullen’s Rave Poetry To Be Released In March
Featuring a sound chip playing a 1998 rave in Leceister, this multimedia homage to UK rave culture is a poetry…
News
Dreamtonics Announces The Release of Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro
The vocal synthesis software is gearing up for an official launch on 21 March.…
Gear/Software
Novation Launchkey 49 MK4
Up next on the test bench is the latest addition to Novation’s acclaimed Launchkey range – the Launchkey 49 MK4…
Deconstructed
Model 500 – ‘No UFO’s’
In our new book on techno production, we break down iconic techno arrangements to uncover what makes them timeless. Juan…
News
Detroit Label ISMOS Is Offering A Free Vocal Masterclass
To support their second release, ISMOS, has announced an exclusive Vocal Masterclass.…
News
Scaler 3 Continues Prerelease Reveals With VST/ AU Integration
Announced last month for a March release, Scaler 3 is shaping up to be something special, with exciting new reveals…
News
Attack Mag Releases The Secrets Of Techno Production Book
The Secrets of Techno Production, a comprehensive 218-page paperback, is now available! Covering techno from its roots to the…
Top Tracks
Barbara Lago: “True Classics Never Die”
Having established herself as one of techno’s most exciting emerging selectors, we couldn’t help but wonder: What are…
News
Catch Part Time Killer On Tour
With a name as fierce as his sound, Part Time Killer (PTK) is hitting the road for a massive tour…
News
Get Featured On The Next bitbird Compilation
Audius and bitbird have teamed up once again to invite producers to collaborate and submit original music for a chance…
The Best...
10 Of The Most Influential Pieces Of Gear & Software That Shaped Techno
From the 909 to samplers to Ableton Live, here is the hardware and software that helped shape the sound of techno – in all its many variations.
Synth Secrets
How To Recreate The Iconic Synths From Daft Punk’s ‘Something About Us’
One of the standout tracks from Daft Punk’s iconic 2001 album, Discovery, ‘Something About Us’ features subtle yet unforgettable…
News
Catch Franck On Tour: Scotland’s Hard Bounce Maestro
Catch Franck on tour this year starting next month in Manchester.…
News
Get UVI Falcon & 19 Expansions For 80% Off
The massive, all-in-one hybrid instrument—an Attack favourite—is now on sale. And it’s the biggest discount…
Interviews
Dave Clarke – “Dance Music Is In Disarray Right Now”
A true techno legend who needs no introduction, Dave Clarke remains an enduring force in electronic music. While his groundbreaking…
News
Teenage Engineering Release OP-XY
A follow-up to the OP-Z in a smart-looking black monochrome finish has been unveiled, and it comes…
News
NenaHalena’s Afro-Brazilian Fusion Takes Center Stage in 2025
Get to know NenaHalena, a rising force in electronic music. See him live in London next month.…
News
The Biggest And Best Black Friday Deals For Producers And DJs
Has it really been a year? No, it hasn’t! Everyone’s bringing their deals earlier into the calendar to…
Tutorials
The Theory Of Techno Pads (Part 1)
In an excerpt from our new book, The Secrets of Techno Production, we dive into the theory of techno pads…
News
Trifecta by Manifest Audio: Multitimbral Polyrhythmic Arpeggiator with Auto-Hocketting
Designed to arrive at uniquely interwoven patterns, Manifest Audio delivers a truly unique sequencing arpeggiator…
News
Juicy Romance Joins Boiler Room’s Hard Dance Tour
On the back of a new EP, Drink the Juice, Juicy Romance has joined Boiler Room’s Hard Dance Tour…
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…
Q&A
KRL MX
KRL MX has been released on Kobosil’s R-Label and Amelie Lens’ Exhale. These accomplishments have put him firmly…
Track By Track
Regal (ACIDBOY) – ‘The Final Chapter’
Three years have passed since we last invited Regal to break down his record, Track by Track. During this time…
