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.
News
Splice Adds Country Music To Splice Create
Country techno might just be on the horizon……
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
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!
Attack Store
Dance Music Producers’ Power Book Bundle
Get 2 best-selling music production books. Buy more, spend less.
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.
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.
Books/DVDs
Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital
The latest book in the Attack store is Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital by Oli Freke. Accompanied by lovely…
Long Reads
How Do You Organise Your Music Collection?
Alphabetically? Chronologically? All thrown together in one massive folder called ‘Jamz’? We speak to some DJs about how they organise…
Columns
The Story of UK Bass in Seven Books
Bleep Techno, Jungle, Drum & Bass, UK Garage, Dubstep and Grime – some of the finest innovations in dance music over…
News
NAMM 2021: Pioneer DJ Unveil DJ DJM-S7 Mixer
Pioneer DJ have announced the DJM-S7 two-channel battle mixer, the successor to the DJM-S9.
Tutorials
In The Red: Mixer-Distorted ‘90s Techno Drums
In this tutorial, we explore using a channel strip plugin to recreate mixer distortion.
Interviews
Annabel Ross: “We have to make a change in order to see change”
Journalist Annabel Ross talks to Attack Magazine’s Harold Heath about misogyny and sexual predators in dance music. …
News
NAMM 2021: Korg Announce New Synths, Drum Machine, More
Korg has revealed a truckload of new hardware for NAMM 2021, from classic synth revivals to a modern drum machine.
Track By Track
Brother Nebula
Brother Nebula is the pseudonym of a well-known house producer who is currently choosing to keep his identity secret…
Columns
So You’re Thinking About Attending A Plague Rave
Writer Ana Monroy Yglesias looks into Tulum, the dark side of dance music culture and why we need to wait…
Hardware Focus
Cleaning And Replacing Synthesizer Keys
Dirty keys are a fairly common issue with vintage synthesizers. Luckily, giving them a good clean isn’t so hard to do – and can add years back to the appearance.
News
Win a Recording Session With a Grammy Winning Engineer
Want to record with a Grammy winning engineer in London? Sure you do! Enter to win this amazing prize, worth…
Q&A
Demarkus Lewis
Housemaster Demarkus Lewis ‘is about to drop his ‘About U’ release on Eyedyllic Music with Erefaan Pearce…
My Studio
BEC
Techno talent BEC has just dropped her ‘Psilocybin Therapy’ EP on Monika Kruse’s Terminal M, including an Egbert remix…
Deconstructed
Jessie Ware – Ooh La La (Honey Dijon Remix)
In this month’s Deconstructed, we explore how Honey Dijon turned Jessie Ware’s pop song ‘Ooh La La’ into…
News
Black Friday: Buy Anything and Get An Enamel Badge 50% Off
This Black Friday we’re offering a different deal each day. Today is our final Black Friday promo drop and…
News
Spend £299 and Get Aperture Free
Spitfire Audio are offering a great deal this Black Friday. If you are looking to get into game or video…
Tutorials
Dynamic Modulation With LFOs
In this tutorial we program a dub techno beat and look at multiple ways to use LFOs to add layers of modulation.
Passing Notes
Using Unconventional Scales
In this installment of Passing Notes, we break down a universal workflow for analyzing unconventional scales and incorporating them into productions.
News
Waves Kick Off Cyber Monday with CLA Epic, A Multi-Channel Reverb and Delay Plugin
Waves’ newest is a suite of Chris Lord-Alge’s eight go-to reverbs and delays, emulating the gear used by the rock mixing legend to add depth to his mixes.
My Studio
Kernel Existence
Maral Salmassi’s Konsequent Records are about to release a new album, ‘Kripascular’ from German producer Kernel Existence (Tobias Draeger…
Q&A
Kevin Knapp
Kevin Knapp returns to Crosstown Rebels this month alongside UK production duo Audiojack with their ‘Under Your Skin’ release which…
Gear/Software
Korg SQ-64 Poly Sequencer
Korg’s hardware sequencer seems to have it all but how does it perform in the studio?
News
Black Friday: Analog Cases: 20% Off
This Black Friday we’re offering a different deal each day. Keep an eye on our socials and newsletter to…
News
Black Friday: Evermix: 20% Off
This Black Friday we’re offering a different deal each day. Keep an eye on our socials and newsletter to…
News
¡Attack publica Secretos de la Producción de Música Dance en español!
Debido a la gran demanda, el primer libro de Attack, The Secrets of Dance Music Production, ahora está disponible en…
Long Reads
Brexit: What Next For UK DJs & Performers?
With Freedom of Movement in the EU now ended for UK citizens, Harold Heath looks at what this might mean…
News
Black Friday: The Producer’s Manual is 20% Off
This Black Friday we’re offering a different deal each day. Keep an eye on our socials and newsletter to…
News
Waves Drop Free Combination Delay And Reverb Plugin For Black Friday
Waves continues its tradition of releasing a free plugin on Black Friday with CLA EchoSphere.
The Best...
The Best Freeware Instruments
This month, we highlight the top seven free plugin instruments that you need in your music-making arsenal.
Beat Dissected
Spastik-Style Percussive Techno
In this installment of Beat Dissected we emulate the beat of ‘Spastik’ – the signature track of Richie Hawtin’s Plastikman moniker.
News
Black Friday: The Secrets of Dance Music Production: 20% Off
It’s Black Friday and we’re offering lots of discounts in our online store running up until Tuesday.…
