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Alan Braxe
The Vulture Music boss talks about production techniques, addresses some of the myths of 90s French house and lets us…
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Ambivalent
We chat with Kevin McHugh about the reasons behind his departure from Richie Hawtin’s Minus collective and the development…
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Joe Howe
“Slightly robotic synth funk with big awkward chords.” Joe Howe introduces himself and gives us an exclusive stream of ‘Chewww…
News
News Round-Up: 2/4/14
Yeezus accepts innovation award on behalf of the 808, Moog to bring back the Emerson Modular, and a Lego machine…
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Mixes Of The Week: 20/1/14
Live sets from Nina Kraviz and Craig Richards, previews of new White Material tracks, and Spencer Parker pays tribute to…
Interviews
Bok Bok
We grabbed the Night Slugs co-founder for a quick chat by email ahead of his Fabric takeover this Friday…
News
BeatCamp
BeatCamp is a new project which aims to bring otherwise solitary musicians together in order to help them create. “Meet…
News
Mixes of The Week: 21/4/14
This week’s best mixes include Rolando’s Detroit afterhours set, Kode9’s Hyperdub 10.1 mini-mix, Xosar’s…
Features
2013 Review
As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of our thoughts on…
Long Reads
The Best Of Attack, 2013
Our most popular articles published this year – plus a few bonus picks of our personal favourites.…
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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…
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News Round-up: 13/12/13
James Zabiela plays free 200-capacity event, Fabriclive listings announced and download Todd Edwards’ Essential Edits.…
Top Tracks
Petar Dundov
The Croatian techno producer runs us through his all-time favourites, from rave anthems to pioneering electronica.…
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Mixes Of The Week: 7/4/14
This week’s best mixes include a set of tributes to Frankie Knuckles, a back to back session with Jamie…
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…
News
News Round-Up: 6/12/13
A frenzy of festive spirit as producers keep giving (apprenticeships in Berlin)… and giving (production tips)… and giving (free tracks…
Tutorials
Cold Pads
Pads come in all shapes and sizes. Here we explore the chillier end of the sonic spectrum – perfect for those…
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…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 23/3/14
This week’s best mixes include spontaneous electronics from Xosar, a Jessy Lanza mixtape and Marquis Hawkes’ Dimensions Festival mix…
The Breakdown
Four Tet – ‘Angel Echoes’
The Breakdown is a regular series in which we examine the background context, composition and production of some of our…
Long Reads
Rewind: The Benefit Of Hindsight
If you could go back and edit your past, what would you do differently? We asked a group of eight…
Interviews
JD Twitch
What does ‘trance’ really mean? Is it time we cast aside the stereotypes and got back to the true meaning…
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…
Interviews
Deetron
As he releases Music Over Matter, the follow-up to his 2006 debut album Twisted, we speak to Sam Geiser…
Long Reads
Model Behaviour: LA-2A Emulations vs Hardware
Kush Audio’s Gregory Scott uses new LA-2A compressor emulations from Universal Audio and Cakewalk as the starting point…
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…
Passing Notes
Further Chords
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry demonstrates how to break away from basic chords and create more complex harmonic structures…
Passing Notes
Syncopation
Attack’s resident dance music theory expert Oliver Curry explains how emphasising off beats can change the feel of a…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 22/10/13
This week’s choice listening fodder comes courtesy of techno royalty, grime kingpins and a selection of London’s finest…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 17/2/14
This week: ice-cold techno from Scuba, a vinyl-only celebration of Dilla’s 40th and Appleblim and Komon consolidate…
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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…
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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…