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…
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Beatport Streaming Introduces Lossless FLAC Audio
Audio quality just got a big endorsement.…
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Stay At Prince’s Home In Minneapolis
The legendary stars’ home will soon be available for rent on Airbnb.…
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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.
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News Round-Up 31/08/18
DJs cancel on Meteor festival, Moogerfooger to be discontinued and Fabric upgrades Room Three.…
Long Reads
Ash Lauryn: Preserving The Culture
Ash Lauryn is concerned that the younger generation are unaware of dance music’s heritage. Kristan Caryl finds out more…
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Mixes Of The Week: 26/11/18
This week’s top mixes include Specter for Dekmantel, Fideles for Rinse FM and SG Lewis or Dummy.…
Gear/Software
U-he Colour Copy
“Colour Copy is analogue delay brought slap-back up to date”. We review U-he’s latest offering.…
Track By Track
Brecon – Cairn EP
Production duo Brecon talk us through their debut release, track by track.…
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NEWS ROUND-UP: 23/11/18
Farewell Prophet 12. Australia hopes to save live music. New Eurorack modules are here. The death of the album. Autechre…
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Black Friday 2018 Deals for Music Producers
A round-up of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, from cut-price plugins to huge discounts on…
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News Round-Up: 24/8/18
Good news. London nightclub, The Nest, is set to reopen under new ownership and be renamed UNDR. The developments include…
Deconstructed
Krystal Klear – ‘Neutron Dance’
In our latest Deconstructed we break down the arrangement to one of the most likeable tracks of the summer…
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Mixes Of The Week: 19/11/18
This week’s mixes include Throwing Snow for DJ Mag, The Juan Maclean for Slothboogie and The Reactivitz for Techno…
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News Round-Up: 17/8/18
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin dies aged 76. Trouble on the horizon for Spotify. More closures for the night…
Beat Dissected
Breakbeat House
In this instalment of Beat Dissected we show you how to create a Breakbeat house beat.…
Gear/Software
ADPTR Metric AB
Plugin Alliance’s ADTPR Metric AB promises a comprehensive solution to mix referencing. DJ Pangburn explains further.…
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NEWS ROUND-UP: 16/11/18
Cubase gets an update. Reach for the stars in Camden. Sven Marquardt had the winning hand.…
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News Round-Up: 10/8/18
Where does the music industry revenue go? Is drill music really the cause of London’s wave of violent crime…
Track By Track
Rework – Heat
Production duo Rework talk us through their new album, track by track.…
Introducing...
Bufi
‘I used to sound like piña colada by the pool in a fancy beach hotel… now I’m switching…
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Mixes Of The Week: 12/11/18
This week’s top mixes include Mustafa Ismaeel for Sunset Grooves, Objekt for Resident Advisor and Mytron & Otofo for…
My Studio
Billy Turner
“It ain’t what you got, it’s what you do with what you have.” Rising UK techno talent Billy…
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NEWS ROUND-UP: 09/11/18
More good news for London’s nightlife. New female led radio station goes on air. An interface for women?…
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Mixes Of The Week: 05/11/18
This week’s top mixes include A Guy Called Gerald for Rinse FM, Julia Mira for Red Light Radio and…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best MIDI Keyboards
We run through ten of the best MIDI keyboards for dance music production.…
My Studio
Jonas Rathsman
“It’s easy to fill your room with stuff you’ll end up never using. Keep it simple and save…
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NEWS ROUND-UP: 02/11/18
The music industry mourns the loss of two icons. Soundcloud under the spotlight. Pharell not happy with Trump. …
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Mixes Of The Week: 29/10/18
This week’s mixes include Jonas Friedlich for Inverted Audio, Eclair Fifi for the Keinemusik Radio Show and El Ni…
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News Round-Up: 20/7/18
Ableton announce Loop artists, Arturia announce DrumBrute Impact and Hackney Council announce more restrictions. …
Gear/Software
Back on Track: Akai MPC X & MPC Live
Akai return to standalone mode with the current MPC range. We put the X and Live side by side to…
