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.
Long Reads
Devon Analogue Studio: A Holiday Home on Acid
Combining a killer gear collection with stunning countryside views, Devon Analogue is a new residential studio getting big-name UK…
Top Tracks
Red Rack’em
Still riding high on the success of the all-conquering ‘Wonky Bassline Disco Banger’, Danny Berman talks us through his…
News
News Round-Up: 11/8/17
Should we cut down on pressing vinyl to help save the environment? Will artificial intelligence write all music in the…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 7/8/17
This week’s top mixes include Simian Mobile Disco at Choose Love, Suicideyear’s Dreamy Southern Trap and Powder Exorcising…
My Studio
David Douglas
Analogue synths, tape machines and probably the nicest collection of house plants ever featured on Attack… David Douglas shows us…
My Studio
Krystal Klear
“When I’m making music, I often have a movie on in the background, with a book open on my…
News
News Round-Up: 4/8/17
make noise doepfer WMD pittsburgh modular mutable instruments ornament+crime (wtf does that even mean?) monome 4ms…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 1/8/17
This week’s top mixes include Bill Brewster Presents I Was Born This Way, Teki Latex On The French Riviera…
Track By Track
The Mekanism – Breath
“I’m a DJ first and foremost, so I really want to play my tracks in the right environment and…
My Studio
/AMBIANCE\
The LA-based producer shows us the tools behind his analogue-focused, tape-recorded music.…
News
News Round-Up: 28/7/17
Aphex Twin shows how he made one of the tracks on Drukqs. Surgeon explains his live hardware setup. Is there…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 24/7/17
This week’s top mixes include Simo Cell live at Freerotation, Discwoman Laurel Halo, Mount Kimbie’s ‘Motor’ Mix and…
Q&A
Liz Aku
With her new album out now on Sonar Kollektiv, Belgian soul singer-songwriter Liz Aku takes on our quick-fire…
Long Reads
Evolution & Iteration: Behind the Scenes at Native Instruments
We go behind the scenes at Native Instruments’ Berlin headquarters for an insight into the way the company develops new…
News
News Round-Up: 21/7/17
Chemical Brothers raise funds for Grenfell Tower fire victims. Stream ripping becomes fastest growing form of piracy. Watch Suzanne Ciani…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 17/7/17
This week’s top mixes include Plastician’s grime special, Objekt live at Freerotation, Fred P Live from Comunité Festival…
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…
Top Tracks
Archie Hamilton
“My mother used to play jungle and acid house tape packs in the car. I used to hate it because…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 10/7/17
This week’s top mixes include Kahn & Neek’s Essential Mix, Exercise One’s Ebb and Flow, Mr Mitch…
Beat Dissected
Driven 909
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a beat using Roland TR-909 hits we’ve processed through a Revox…
My Studio
Dense & Pika
“This is fucking mental. The best way I can describe it is batshit…” Dense & Pika show us the highlights…
News
News Round-Up: 7/7/17
First names announced for Ableton Loop. SoundCloud lays off nearly 200 staff in bid to be profitable. Experimental music pioneer…
News
News Round-Up: 30/6/17
Thomas Bangalter’s 909 for sale. Elektron Octatrack mk2 announced. Rare Legowelt footage unearthed.…
News
Building Bridges: ADE Beats
As preparations get under way for the 2017 instalment of the Amsterdam Dance Event, we speak to the team responsible…
Long Reads
Seven New House & Techno Labels to Watch in 2017
Preview music from some of the most promising new imprints for 2017, including “fruity music” from Shanti Celeste, classic acid…
Interviews
Yousef: 15 Years of Circus
As his Circus label celebrates its 15th year, we catch up with Yousef for a quick chat about the ups…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 26/6/17
This week’s top mixes include Avalon Emerson & Courtesy live at Sónar, Mr Scruff live in Shoreditch, Locked…
Top Tracks
Sid le Rock
“Late at night, chain-smoking alone in my underwear…” Canadian tech maestro Sid le Rock reveals his musical favourites.…
Long Reads
Synths, Samplers & More: the Best of NAMM 2017
As this year’s instalment of the winter NAMM show draws to a close, we pick out our highlights of…
News
News Round-Up: 23/6/17
New desks from Output. New synths from Ableton and Roland. DJ tips for grrrls.…
