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.
Interviews
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Greg Scarth talks to the LA-based musician and producer about the making of his Kickstarter-funded new album, CHURCH…
Features
The Art Of Sampling
Recorded at this year’s London Electronic Music Event, Greymatter and Mr Beatnick discuss the art of sampling.…
Deconstructed
Jamie xx – Girl
By popular demand, we deconstruct the arrangements of tracks to see what we can learn from their structure.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 23/2/15
This week’s top mixes include Inkke’s grimey cutting edge, Bjork’s RinseFM takeover, Bambounou celebrating the new, and…
Help
Are You Sure You Want To Quit?
We scour our mailbox for the most deserving recipient of the Attack readership’s collective advice in the first experiment…
The Best...
The Best Reverbs For Dance Music
We break down our favourite reverb effects, covering everything from cutting-edge digital hardware to lo-fi analogue options.…
Gear/Software
Korg Volca Sample
Greg Scarth checks out the latest addition to Korg’s Volca range: a unique sample sequencer with its own character…
News
News Round Up 20/2/15
A tour of the Erica Synths factory, how the Blurred Lines lawsuit could change music forever and tributes to new…
Beat Dissected
Polished House
In our latest sound design and drum programming walkthrough we take a look at techniques used by some of the…
Long Reads
Can You Feel It? The Meaning Of House
With overtly politicised or socially conscious dance music seemingly no longer in vogue, Kristan Caryl investigates whether house has lost…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 16/2/15
This week’s top mixes include Selected Aphex Works, Ricardo Villalobos at the peak of his powers, Tiga’s Mixed…
News
DSI Announces Pro-2 “Ultimate Monosynth”
Dave Smith Instruments introduces new flagship monophonic synth. We want one. You probably do too.…
My Studio
Bobby B
The artist formerly known as Bobby Browser shows us round his unique loft studio in Brooklyn.…
News
SOR Transformation
Oliver Schmitt’s latest sample pack breaks with genre conventions to deliver a singular take on robotic sound effects.…
News
News Round Up 13/2/15
Carl Craig on Detroit, how Boiler Room works, Jimmy Edgar making modulars sexy, the US Copyright Office considers licensing proposals…
Gear/Software
WaveDNA Liquid Rhythm
The latest update to WaveDNA’s unique beat programming software introduces a number of attractive new options. Greg Scarth explores…
News
Meltdown Sessions
Big discounts on entry to Ableton and CDR’s Meltdown Sessions at the James Lavelle-curated Meltdown Festival.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 9/2/15
This week’s top mixes include the off-kilter meditations of Joey Anderson, Will Saul at Studio 80 and strictly…
News
News Round Up 6/2/15
James Holden on modular synthesis, discounts on Ableton courses, the political legacy of Detroit techno, and watch a live KiNK…
Q&A
Doc Daneeka
With his new single out this week on Numbers, the Welsh producer tells us why he wrote ‘Walk On In…
My Studio
Christian Wünsch
Two decades deep in the game, the techno master finally releases his first studio album. We asked him to show…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 2/2/15
This week’s top mixes include Dennis Ferrer and Juan MacLean on BIS, the “creep side” of Dance Mania and…
Beat Dissected
Retro Garage
In the latest Beat Dissected, it’s all about layering with a raw, bouncy old-school garage workout.…
Top Tracks
Archangel aka Bruno Pronsato
With a new album of ‘no-wave inspired electronic pop’ out now, the DFA and Perlon affiliate looks back at…
News
News Round-up: 30/5/14
The story of Mr Scruff and vinyl, Radio 1’s playlist secrets uncovered and the breakdown of talks between labels…
News
News Round Up 30/1/15
Unreleased Aphex Twin Tracks uploaded anonymously, Logic Pro X 10.1 update, Lil Louis loses hearing and the history of…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 26/1/15
This week’s top mixes include Marcel Dettmann on Dekmantel’s new podcast, Mr G pulling no punches, DJ Funk…
My Studio
El_Txef_A
Aitor Etxebarria shows us round the Basque studio where he recorded his new album, We Walked Home Together, with help…
Tutorials
Ten Tips For Better Drums
Bruce Aisher runs through ten essential tips for getting the most from your drums.…
News
News Round Up 23/1/15
Caribou shares 1000-song mixtape, MIDI HD protocol discussed, Laidback Luke promo controversy and Disclosure sued over alleged stolen lyrics…
