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.
Job Envy
Ableton Certified Trainer Simon Stokes
Think you know Ableton Live inside out? Ever wondered what’s involved in becoming a Certified Trainer? Simon Stokes explains…
Interviews
Max Cooper
With his debut album, Max Cooper expands on the glitchy, melodic sound which has become his signature. Kristan Caryl called…
Q&A
Matador
“What’s underrated? Burgers. Essential on-tour snacking.” The Minus man takes on the quick-fire Q&A.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 19/1/15
This week’s top mixes include Helena Hauff’s Secret Thirteen, Grime Don Slackk on Solid Steel, Tony Humphries’ Beats…
Columns
Thomas Cox: Boiler Room – A Missed Opportunity?
Is it time we took the focus off the DJ? Thomas Cox argues that live streaming platforms like Boiler Room…
My Studio
Vin Sol & Matrixxman
Vin Sol shows us round Soo Wavey HQ, the studio where he and label co-owner Matrixxman work.…
Introducing...
Rekord 61
With the Radio Slave remixes of his new single ‘Sverh’ out this week, we asked the up-and-coming Russian…
News
News Round Up 16/1/15
24-hour parties at London’s Studio Spaces, 15 years of Creme Organization compilation, Ultra Music Festival co-founder found…
Passing Notes
Counterpoint
Oliver Curry explains the theory of counterpoint, with help from JS Bach, Steve Reich, The Orb, Lorn and children’s…
News
Mixes of The Week: 5/5/14
This week’s best mixes include Maxmillion Dunbar’s Gorilla Bliss, what Brooklyn’s Mister Saturday Night are playing and…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 12/1/15
This week’s top mixes include Plastic People’s closing party, Axel Boman, James Holden’s leftfield selections, and Bobby…
News
News Round Up 9/1/15
25 questions for Aphex Twin, Chilly Gonzales reveals pop hit secrets, a flying drum machine, and the original Funky Drummers…
My Studio
Hold Youth
Seuil and Le Loup show us round the Paris basement studio where they made their forthcoming debut LP.…
Top Tracks
Finnebassen
“Everything he touches is genius. But don’t tell him I said so!” The Norwegian prodigy talks us through his…
Q&A
Lee Van Dowski
“Make a beat you can listen to for hours without being bored, then you may have a track.” Lee Van…
My Studio
Berkson & What
Dan Berkson and James What show us around the studio where they made their long-awaited debut album, Keep Up…
Tutorials
Improve Your Creative Process On A Budget
We break down some of the most cost-effective ways to improve your creative process, from optimising your monitoring system…
Q&A
Vince Watson
The Glaswegian techno don talks juicing, chocolate, drum machines and why he hates silence.…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 5/1/14
This week’s top mixes include Ron Morelli live on Beats In Space, Mister Saturday Night making reputation Fact and…
Gear/Software
Bitwig Studio
The latest DAW on the market promises to address some of the weaknesses of existing options, but can it succeed…
Interviews
Route 94
Fresh from a stint at the top of the UK charts and planning for the Rinse Easter party at Fabric…
News
News Round Up: 2/1/15
The Guardian reports on the deep tech scene, Bandcamp users’ tax problem solved and two free plugins to download.…
News
The Best of Attack: 2014
As the year draws to a close, it’s only natural to look back at the last 12 months and…
Beat Dissected
Soulful Deep House
In our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial, we construct a dusty deep house beat from live drum hits…
Q&A
Danny Daze
“If it wasn’t for MIDI I’d still be killing cockroaches.” Danny Daze reflects on past careers, high school…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 22/12/14
This week’s top mixes include Maelstrom’s Electronic Exploration, a PBR Streetgang NYE celebration, Frank & Tony contemplating melancholy…
Introducing...
Low Steppa
“I’m Low Steppa, I’m 5’9″ and I love David Bowie and eating pizza.” The hard-working house…
Features
LEME 2014 Live Blog
We’re at London Electronic Music Event all weekend for production sessions, industry panels and some artist Q&A…
News
News Round-Up: 11/4/14
Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory, Microsoft put the PC in the MPC, an unreleased Aphex Twin album from…
Job Envy
New Project Manager
As New Project Manager at London-based youth and community music organisation CM, Sam Johnson splits his time between fundraising…
