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.…
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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.
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Drum Synth Plugins
We run through our pick of the best drum synth plugins on the market, from basic kick drum generators all…
Deconstructed
Tessela – Hackney Parrot (Special Request VIP)
We deconstruct the arrangements of tracks to see what we can learn from their structure.…
Beat Dissected
Industrial Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we put together an industrial-inspired techno beat with a heavy, grinding groove.…
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Mixes Of The Week: 21/9/15
This week’s top mixes include Autechre’s Electro Inspirations, Carl Cox live and a tribute to Colin Faver by…
Top Tracks
Matthias Tanzmann
Ahead of his appearance at Belgium’s Extrema Festival this weekend, the German house mainstay runs us through his all…
Tutorials
The Psychoacoustics Of Drums
There’s a lot more to drum grooves than you may realise. Bruce Aisher investigates the psychoacoustics of rhythm programming…
News
News Round Up: 18/9/15
From the Moog and Bach with Craig Leon, Benga speaks out on battling mental illness, and SFX CEO Sillerman sued…
Top Tracks
Andrea Oliva
“First time I heard electronic music? A cassette tape my uncle gave me. I listened to that, loved it of…
Top Tracks
Fur Coat
“When I got back home and played it, my grandma thought I was possessed…” The Venezuelan-born duo run us…
My Studio
Andre Bratten
Ahead of a rare London appearance this Thursday night, the Norwegian producer gives us a studio tour, including an explanation…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 14/9/15
This week’s top mixes include Moiré’s Techno Transmission, Artwork live from Bestival and Americans taking Berlin.…
News
News Round Up: 11/9/15
Native Instruments releases Reaktor 6, tributes to pioneering UK house DJ Colin Faver, an event for Syrian refugees, and What…
News
BMC Reveals Technology Showcases
Brighton Music Conference reveals details of technology showcases for this year’s event.…
My Studio
Session Victim
Ahead of their live appearance at Fabric this weekend, the German house duo show us around their studio.…
My Studio
Roscius
Something a little bit different for My Studio as ‘world minimal disco’ artist Roscius shows us around his London space…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 7/9/15
In this week’s top mixes, Fred P’s perfect imperfection, a garage set from Brackles, Tiga at Piknic Electronik…
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Win A Studio Bundle Worth £1,000
Enter a prize draw to win a KRK, Novation and Focusrite studio bundle worth over £1,000.…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: New Synth Plugins
On the hunt for a new synth plugin or two? We’ve picked out ten of our favourite new VSTs…
News
News Round Up: 4/9/15
Women share music industry horror stories, EMI declares sampling amnesty, Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hütter speaks to Rolling Stone and…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 31/8/15
This week’s top mixes include Serge and Legowelt from Sonar, tech-house master Mr G, Juan Atkins in London…
My Studio
Mark Farina
Studio essentials? A cat and a signed basketball, of course. Mark Farina shows us around his creative space.…
News
New Gear At MusikMesse 2015
We round up the most exciting new product announcements from the MusikMesse trade show in Frankfurt, including huge news about…
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News Round Up: 28/8/15
PRS set to take legal action against SoundCloud, Camel Audio Alchemy returns in Logic 10.2, Carl Cox says “Ibiza…
Synth Secrets
Lush Vangelis Keys
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Tutorials
How To Mix Dance Music: Five Case Studies
With examples from Inner City, Daft Punk, Andrés, Skrillex and MK, Bruce Aisher examines five contrasting approaches and demonstrates…
News
Roland AIRA Goes Modular
With a teaser image released ahead of next week’s Musikmesse trade show, Roland looks set to introduce a new…
Introducing...
Will Clarke
“The more people that listen to my music, the bigger and stronger my beard gets… everyone’s a winner, baby…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 24/8/15
This week’s best mixes include Kyle Hall’s Fascinating Transmission, Dan Beaumont Talking To Spirits, Goon Club Allstars with…
My Studio
King Unique
With his new compilation out now, Matt Thomas shows us around his incredible studio.…
Long Reads
Correlations & Causations: Does Technology Define Dance Music?
Does technology define dance music? Kristan Caryl speaks to a range of producers to discover how much their tools dictate…
Top Tracks
Popof
“I hadn’t planned to go, and I loved it! From then on, I went back every week.” The Parisian…
