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.
Track By Track
Scuba – Claustrophobia
Scuba talks us through the making of his fourth album, out now on his own Hotflush Recordings label.…
Columns
Thomas Cox: Is House A Feeling? Influences In Dance Music
Can you own the feeling of a track? Thomas Cox argues that dance music needs to define its own understanding…
News
News Round Up: 12/8/15
SFX Entertainment Collapsing, The Safe Clubbing Tragedy, and Are People Using Apple Music?…
Synth Secrets
Twisted Neuro Bass
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Deconstructed
Daft Punk – Da Funk
By popular demand, we deconstruct the arrangements of tracks to see what we can learn from their structure.…
Job Envy
Jack Haighton – Hotflush
Think you could handle running Hotflush Recordings? First you’ve got to learn to put up with Scuba… Label manager…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 17/8/15
This week’s top mixes include Shawn O’Sullivan’s classic teen angst, the Martinez Brothers’ Found mix and rarities…
News
News Round Up: 14/8/15
Beatport apologises for ‘trapped’ payments, first glimpses of Pioneer’s new DJ software, and Spotify to offer premium-only content…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Headphones For Music Production
We offer a selection of our recommended headphones for studio use, picking out our top choices at a range of…
My Studio
Vince Watson
The Amsterdam-based Scottish producer shows us around his studio, picking out a few key pieces of gear from his…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 10/8/15
This week’s top mixes include Carl Craig, Armand Van Helden B2B with Jackmaster, Juan Maclean guesting on Business As…
Introducing...
Son of Sun
“Kinda like when old 90s rap stars lose touch with what’s cool, but with a real 909.” Tyson and…
Job Envy
Paul Jack – London Warehouse Events
Paul Jack, owner/director of London Warehouse Events and Ticket Tannoy, gives us an insight into his working life.…
News
Brighton Music Conference Programme Revealed
Brighton Music Conference unveils the first details of its 2015 professional programme.…
News
News Round Up: 7/8/15
Beatport in controversial royalty freeze, 808 Day celebrations, and what are the audiophiles hearing?…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 3/8/15
This week’s top mixes include Masters at Work, Karenn at Awakenings, Joey Negro’s 90s mix, and FaltyDL Playing…
Interviews
Nicky Siano
Attack editor Greg Scarth calls one of the true pioneers of dance music for an in-depth chat about sound…
Tutorials
What Does Analogue Gear Do To Sounds?
Bruce Aisher explores the effects of analogue recording methods, explaining why they might be beneficial to your production process.…
News
News Round Up: 31/7/15
Mixing with NI’s Stems, SoundCloud’s subscription service plans, the evolution of acid and the magic of musical skin…
Show & Tell
Nail
There’s more to life than music. In our Show & Tell series, artists talk us through some of their…
Top Tracks
Dorian Paic
The Raum…musik boss digs in his crates and pulls out some all-time favourites for our listening pleasure.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 27/7/15
This week’s top mixes include Juan MacLean’s Pop-Kultur Mix, Andrew Weatherall for Crack, the Dekmantel Soundsystem Festival…
News
News Round Up: 24/7/15
Richie Hawtin’s Performance Masterclass, fascinating shots of London’s Bagleys, I Dream of Wires documentary premiere, and Glasgow, Make…
Track By Track
Noir – Noir
René Kristensen talks us through the making of his hotly anticipated debut album, forthcoming on Noir Music.…
Long Reads
Into The Groove: How Have Clubs Reacted To The Vinyl Resurgence?
Has the so-called vinyl resurgence changed the experience of playing vinyl in clubs? Kristan Caryl speaks to some of…
Top Tracks
Santé
Berlin’s Santé reveals his all-time favourites, including classics from Marvin Gaye to Talking Heads.…
Introducing...
Marcel Lune
“All I can see in my peripheral vision is an expansive black void and I’m floating down into it…
Synth Secrets
Garage Bass
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of…
Beat Dissected
Loose Disco
In the latest Beat Dissected, we program a disco beat inspired by the tight, raw drum sounds of classic late…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 20/7/15
This week’s top mixes include Scuba’s Awakenings, rare dubs from Kode9 and an improvised ambient performance from Surgeon…
