Long Reads
What Makes A Great DJ?
What makes a great DJ? Kristan Caryl asked a group of top selectors including Dave Clarke, Mr G, Mosca and…
Article Results
Interviews
Vince Watson on 25 Years of Studio Evolution
Having produced dance music since the late 80s, Vince Watson has witnessed the evolution of studio gear first hand. We…
News
News Round-Up: 18/4/14
Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’ Unraveled, 20 questions with Robert Hood, Berlin nights and a Bob Moog exhibition debuts.…
News
Mixes of the Week: 14/4/14
This week’s best mixes include the Jakbeat ethos of Charles Manier, high-octane grime from Spooky, the techno-soul…
Technique
Character & Crunch: Replicating The Sound Of Vintage Samplers
Vintage flavours don’t just come from analogue gear. Bruce Aisher explores the technology behind classic vintage samplers and explains…
Job Envy
20/20 Vision Label Manager Bobby Connolly
“Follow your heart, do what you love and never stop dreaming.” Motivational words of wisdom from 20/20 Vision label…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 31/3/14
This week’s best mixes include all things acid from Luke Vibert, music to make you hardcore from Mumdance and…
Columns
Thomas Cox: The Gear Myth
Thomas Cox questions whether our obsession with expensive production tools is in danger of overshadowing the more important issues of…
Deconstructed
Blawan – ‘Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage’
We deconstruct the arrangements of tracks to see what we can learn from their structure.…
Tutorials
Low-End Theory: Exploring Eight Common Bassline Styles
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Gear/Software
iZotope Nectar 2
Offering a total of 11 vocal processors including compression, EQ and reverb, Nectar 2 promises a lot for one plugin…
Interviews
JD Twitch
What does ‘trance’ really mean? Is it time we cast aside the stereotypes and got back to the true meaning…
Columns
Thomas Cox: Should We Be So Festive?
Thomas Cox explores the problems with the growing influence of festivals and argues that we should choose to attend events…
Long Reads
Looking For The Perfect Beat: 8 DJs On Their Most Prized Records
How do you play music? It’s a simple question with a complex answer. Kristan Caryl spoke to DJs including…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 16/3/14
This week’s best mixes include Ron Morelli, low-end legend DJ Clent, forward-leaning 4/4 from Jon Rundell…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 9/3/14
Jam City drops a second Earthly mix, an instrumental grime b2b from BoxedLDN, Mickey Pearce releases Up West beat tape…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: Compressor Plugins
We pick ten of our favourite compressor plugins, from affordable all-rounders through to top quality analogue hardware emulations.…
Top Tracks
Walker & Royce
“One of the characters in Breakin’ does a dance with a broom and Kraftwerk’s ‘Tour De France’ plays. It…
Passing Notes
Further Chords
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry demonstrates how to break away from basic chords and create more complex harmonic structures…
News
News Round-Up: 21/2/14
Skrillex plays new material in Williamsburg, a documentary on Gil Scott Heron, Kode9 hints at repress and reggae revolutionary Wayne…
Track By Track
Jorge Savoretti
After releases on the likes of VIVa Music and M-nus, Argentine producer Jorge Savoretti shows further facets of his…
Beat Dissected
Linn LM-1 Beat
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a full-bodied disco-style beat using Linn samples.…
Top Tracks
Shonky
Dub, disco and a family favourite from Neneh Cherry: the Apollonia man reveals his all-time favourites ahead of an…
Columns
Thomas Cox: Pulling No Punches
Our new regular columnist Thomas Cox introduces himself and sets out his manifesto for this column: an honest, no-holds…
Gear/Software
U-he HIVE
U-he follow their fiendishly complex Bazille synth with a much more straightforward plugin. Greg Scarth puts HIVE to the…
Deconstructed
Disclosure – Bang That
We deconstruct the arrangements of tracks to see what we can learn from their structure.…
News
News Round-Up: 14/2/14
Four Tet shares unreleased material, a rare Metalheadz video, new kit for building your own electronic instruments and 10 are…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 10/2/14
This week: EZ’s party-centric UKG, 20 years of Bugged Out, energetic house from Todd Edwards and all manner…
Columns
Gregory Scott’s Kush Cafe: Don’t Mix Ignorable
Mix brash, mix cheesy, mix bold or mix beautiful… mix however you like, but don’t mix ignorable, writes Gregory…
Top Tracks
Mahk & Morpheus
Fresh from collaborating for a single on Tiefschwarz’s Souvenir label, Mahk and DJ Morpheus join forces once more to…
Top Tracks
Munk
As he prepares to release a collaborative single with Pachanga Boys’ Rebolledo, the Gomma boss talks us through his all…
Advertising
Marketing & Advertising With Attack Magazine
If you’re reading this, you might consider working with Attack Magazine. Read on to find out how we can…
Quizzes
Crossword #10 April 22
Aprils’ crossword is Ukrainian themed. How much do you know about Ukrainian music? Time to find out.…
Quizzes
How High is Your Roland IQ?
You have 15 mins to complete 14 practical tests for a chance to win £2,000 worth of Roland gear…
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…
Long Reads
What Makes A Great DJ?
What makes a great DJ? Kristan Caryl asked a group of top selectors including Dave Clarke, Mr G, Mosca and…
The Best...
Ten Of The Best: New Analogue Mono Synths
2014 was an incredible year for analogue synths and 2015 looks set to deliver even more. We run through some…