Beat Dissected

How to Program Techno Like Dave Clarke

After our recent interview with the legendary Dave Clarke, we found ourselves asking, ‘Why haven’t we covered his style…

Hypnotic Techno Inspired by Phase Fatale’s ‘Love Is Destructive’

In this Beat Dissected, we’re making a hypnotic percussive heavy techno beat inspired by Berghain resident and BITE label…

Jamahook Launches Sound Assistant Offline Agent

Developed in partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute, renowned for the invention of the mp3 format, Jamahook, has unveiled the Sound…

Dirty Tech House

In this instalment of Beat Dissected, we will create a dirty tech house beat from drum machine samples.…

Ross From Friends Inspired Beat

In this Beat Dissected, we’re looking at the eclectic, brilliant beats by Ross From Friends. With elements of house…

Building Machinedrum and Holly’s 天の川 (River of Heaven)

In this Beat Dissected we turn our attention to Machinedrum and Holly’s collaborative EP.…

Jersey Garage

In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a Jersey-inspired garage beat with a mixture of drum machines sounds and…

Organic House

In the latest Beat Dissected, we use acoustic drum hits to create the sound palette for a heavily swung…

Burial -‘Ghost Hardware’

In this Beat Dissected, we break down a beat inspired by Ghost Hardware by Burial.…

Slicing Breakbeats Like Nia Archives

In this edition of Beat Dissected, we up the tempo and build a jungle beat inspired by Nia Archives.…

Big House

In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a bold, in-your-face house beat with a contemporary sound.…

Slow House

In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a slow house beat with mixed drum machine samples and live hits…

Beat Dissected ‘Calling Out’ By Overmono

Inspired to make beats like Overmono? We show you how.…

How To Make An Electro Beat Inspired By Cybotron’s ‘Clear’

Today on Beat Dissected we’ll be showing you how to create an electro beat inspired by Cybotron’s timeless…

Synthwave Drums

In the latest Beat Dissected, we focus on retro-influenced sound design to create a synthwave groove.…

Found Sound Groove

In the latest Beat Dissected, we show how mixing found sound elements with conventional drum hits can create a…

Make A Beat Inspired By Alexander Robotnick’s ‘Problèmes D’Amour’.

This time on Beat Dissected we’ll be showing you how to create groovy electro drums in the style of…

Make A Beat In The Style Of KiNK’s ‘Perth’

Build a beat inspired by Bulgarian producer KiNK’s dancefloor-filling track ‘Perth’.…

Industrial Techno

In the latest Beat Dissected, we put together an industrial-inspired techno beat with a heavy, grinding groove.…

New Wave Drums

In the latest Beat Dissected, we create an 80s-inspired new wave beat.…

Underground Resistance ‘The Final Frontier’

In this instalment of Beat Dissected, we’re going to be building a hard-hitting techno beat inspired by Underground…

Building A Tech House Beat Inspired By Classmatic’s ‘Catuca’

This time in Beat Dissected we’re writing a tech house beat inspired by Brazilian DJ and producer Classmatic’s…

Skippy Broken Techno

In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a beat with hints of garage flavour coming from a broken kick…

Grinding Analogue Techno

In the latest Beat Dissected, we tackle a complex, glitchy techno beat based on analogue drum hits.…

Beat Dissected: ‘Mogeri’ By Dan Kye

This time on Beat Dissected we create a beat inspired by the gorgeous drums from Mogeri by Dan Kye.…

Beat Dissected: Disclosure: ‘Never Enough’

In this Beat Dissected, we’re building a breakbeat-infused garage beat in the style of Disclosure’s 2021 track…

Live Hi-Hats

In the latest Beat Dissected, we look at how detailed programming and hit placement can deliver a live…

Low-End Theory

This week we tackle a wonky downtempo beat inspired by the LA beat scene.…

Recreating Olive ‘You’re Not Alone’

In this Beat Dissected, we turn our attention to the break beat infused trip-hop of Olive’s You’re…

Breaking Down How To Make Beats Like Autechre’s ‘Bike’

There’s been a lot of 90s nostalgia lately. Its time Attack throws our hat into the ring and goes…

Garage Shuffle

In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a shuffling garage beat laced with swing.…

Early 80s Groove

In the latest Beat Dissected, we explore the early 80s with a retro pattern based on classic digital drum machine…

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