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…
News
Beatport Streaming Introduces Lossless FLAC Audio
Audio quality just got a big endorsement.…
News
Stay At Prince’s Home In Minneapolis
The legendary stars’ home will soon be available for rent on Airbnb.…
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.
My Studio
Timo Maas
The German techno veteran shows us around the studio he shares with production partner Mark Deutsche.…
Beat Dissected
Naughty Tech-House
In this instalment of Beat Dissected we’ll be creating a jackin’ tech-house beat based on Roland TR…
News
News Round-Up: 29/9/17
Music as therapy. Kick drum production tips from Randomer. Free EQ plugin from Eventide.…
Synth Secrets
Stormy Intros
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
My Studio
Dance Spirit
“We practise the art of bettering ourselves through alchemical transmutation…” Philosophically minded house duo Dance Spirit show us around the…
The Breakdown
Midland – ‘Final Credits’
The Breakdown is a regular series in which we analyse the production and composition of key tracks. Dave Clews…
News
News Round-Up: 22/9/17
London’s controversial Form 696 to be reviewed. What happens when rave meets kids’ TV. Celebrated photographer quits the music…
Top Tracks
Robbie Akbal
“I heard Zip playing Sascha Dive’s remix of ‘Two Armadillos’ and it blew my mind. Now having his remix…
Track By Track
Greg Gow – Lost Days
“Deep, dubby, techno with a Detroit edge and a touch of soul.” Toronto techno mainstay Greg Gow talks us through…
News
Orfium Upgrades DJ Mix Features
The SoundCloud-challenging startup has upgraded its options for hosting DJ mixes. We find out what the changes mean, and…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 18/9/17
This week’s top mixes include Ge-Ology and Red Greg at Dekmantel, a tribute to Mica Levi and Rampage…
News
News Round-Up: 15/9/17
Legowelt celebrates the Roland D-50. Modal introduce new DIY drum sampler. Could you make music at 10bpm?…
Features
303s & Space Cats: Why Superbooth is More Than Just a Synth Meet
Brand new synths and drum machines, workshops and opportunities to meet manufacturers… Greg Scarth explains why Berlin’s Superbooth has…
Synth Secrets
Moody House Strings
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 11/9/17
This week’s top mixes include Violet’s Gems and Jungle Flavours, Helena Hauff at Dekmantel Festival and Avalon Emerson…
News
News Round-Up: 8/9/17
Why tracks don’t fade out any more. Free chorus effect from Legowelt. NI update Maschine and Komplete Kontrol.…
My Studio
Bloody Mary
One half of hardware-focused live act The Jaydes, Bloody Mary shows us around her personal studio.…
Gear/Software
A Bit Deeper: Exploring the New Features in Bitwig Studio 2
The much-hyped DAW was updated earlier this year. Jonny Strinati has been exploring the new features in version 2…
Introducing...
Baldo
“Sometimes naive and dreamy, sometimes harder and more rough.” Baldo introduces his music.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 4/9/17
This week’s top mixes include Apron Records for Carhartt WIP Radio, Izabel Caligiore’s Label of the Month Blend…
Beat Dissected
Lo-fi Electro
In the latest Beat Dissected, we show how to create a lo-fi beat inspired by vintage electro styles.…
Track By Track
TenGrams – Outerspace Blues
Sci-fi meets krautrock on TenGrams’ new album. The Piatto brothers talk us through how they made it.…
News
News Round-Up: 1/9/17
Boiler Room faces backlash. Technics set to release premium turntable. New granular synth from Ableton.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 28/8/17
This weeks top mixes include Dana Ruh’s Sonic Sophistication, Ben Sims’ Essex Rascals Podjam and Hipsters Don’t Dance…
Top Tracks
Weiss
“I know it’s proper cheese… Please don’t rinse me for it!” Toolroom’s Weiss picks some all-time…
My Studio
AV AV AV
With an extensive gear collection and views over Copenhagen, AV AV AV show us around their studio.…
News
News Round-Up: 25/8/17
Glasgow’s Sub Club celebrates 30th birthday. New York set to appoint Nightlife Director. Korg release iMono/Poly synth app…
Beat Dissected
Dirty Tech House
In this instalment of Beat Dissected, we will create a dirty tech house beat from drum machine samples.…
My Studio
TRU
Working in an empty room with just a laptop and Ableton’s built-in plugins, TRU challenge themselves to think…
Long Reads
Taking Stock: Going Deep With Paul Woolford
“The human race has no chance. We are inconsequential in the grand scheme. So go full-pelt and let’s…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 21/8/17
This week’s top mixes include Mr Scruff, Amy Becker and Big Strick.…
