Long Reads
From Dance Floor to Dashboard: How Techno Is Helping Change The Sound Of Cars For the Better
Electric vehicles are giving automobile companies a chance to reinvent how cars sound – and many are turning to electronic music producers.
Article Results
Columns
“Manufactured Moments” Is There A Loss Of Authenticity On Dance Floors?
Is it too easy to bemoan the loss of authenticity? Or does it exist lurking beneath the piles of cash…
News
First Floor Volume 1: A New Book Analysing Contemporary Electronic Music Culture
Published by Velocity Press, Shawn Reynaldo’s new book takes a critical look at contemporary electronic music culture during times…
News
Black Friday: The Secrets of Dance Music Production: 20% Off
It’s Black Friday and we’re offering lots of discounts in our online store running up until Tuesday.…
Long Reads
Mark Archer: “I’ve always tried to just make stuff straight for the dance floor”
This month’s feature interview is with UK producer Mark Archer who began with trail-blazing UK techno outfit Nexus…
Columns
Boxia: Life on the Dancefloor
Can studying your audience help the music you make relate on a deeper level? In his own words, Boxia reveals…
Interviews
Muallem: “In dance music, it’s hedonistic – but it’s also business”
For the first of this month’s The Business of Music interviews, we speak with Muallem, booker and one of…
Books/DVDs
Book Smarts Pt. 2: More of our Favourite Dance Music Books
The history of dance music and DJ culture continues to be written. There are always new tales to tell and…
Long Reads
In Order To Dance: 40 Years Of R&S
R&S Records celebrates four decades of incredible music with a new compilation, In Order To Dance 4.0.
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The Best Artists At Seismic Dance Event 2022
Attack Magazine breaks down 5 must-watch sets at this year’s Seismic Dance Event taking place Nov 11-13th…
Columns
Book Smarts: We Pick Our Favourite Dance / Electronic Music Books
If you’ve got a bit of time at the moment there are some superb DJing and dance/electronic music…
Interviews
Mumdance
With the release of his new free mixtape, eclectic producer Jack Adams returns to music after a two year hiatus…
Columns
Double Drop: The Symbiotic Interdependence of Dance Music Duos
Harold Heath looks into the science of dance music duos……
Long Reads
How Prevalent Is Ageism In Dance Music?
We spoke with Fabio, Anja Schneider and I:Robots about the reality of getting old working in dance music.…
Features
2012: The Year In Dance Music
We take a look back at the highs and lows of 2012 in music and gear, pausing to reflect on…
Beat Dissected
Raw Dance-Punk
This week’s beat is a straight-up dance-punk groove inspired by the likes of LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture…
Long Reads
Is Dance Music About To Change Its Tune?
Artists and manufacturers are working to explode the piano roll as we know it. There are more than 12 notes…
Columns
What Happened To Progress In Dance Music?
Dance music used to be about pushing the envelope. Attack writer Adam Douglas wonders when that changed.
Top Tracks
Shadow Dancer
New Order, Jean Michel Jarre and a-ha are on the playlist of the Manchester-based techno duo’s Top…
News
5 Things We Learned: XP Music Futures 2023
XP Music Futures is now in its fourth year. We visited the conference to find out more.…
Interviews
Krust: “Great artists, painters, musicians, designers, dancers: they’ve transcended the genre”
This month’s feature interview is with Krust, currently riding high with the remix version of last year’s superb…
Interviews
Violet: “There’s an underground & a super-commercialised thing that’s almost like a caricature of dance music”
She’s recently released her ‘Espírito EP’ and is boss of the excellent naive label, co-promoter of the…
News
What’s On: Benny Benassi & Special Guest OFFAIAH
On 24th November, catch OFFAIAH and Benny Benassi at the Ministry of Sound. presented by FUTURE.…
Introducing...
Ghost in The Glass: “Quitting Booze Is The Best Decision I’ve Ever Made”
Six years deep into music production, it’s time Ghost in the Glass introduces his sound.…
Columns
Beyond Liverpool: Dance Music’s Accountability Problem
While the scenes from Liverpool’s ‘First Dance’ event were a joy to behold, writer Isobel Moloney looks at the…
Long Reads
“I’d be disappointed if we went 100% back to normal”: How the Dutch Dance Music Scene Intends to Reform Upon Reopening
With the Dutch dance music industry, which has been closed for twelve months, still lacking cultural recognition from the government…
Q&A
UMEK: Two Decades Till Drumcode
Nearly two decades since sending Adam Beyer his demo, UMEK finally gets Drumcode debut.…
Track By Track
Maud Geffray ‘Nite Sessions’ – “I Wanted to Show A New Vision Of My Tracks”
Hailing from France, Maud Geffray has turned her talents to the dance floor with her latest mixtape ‘Nite Sessions’.…
Columns
2020 A Year In Dance Music. Pt. 2: Plague Raves – Watch Like Nobody’s Dancing
We continue our review of 2020 in dance music, with the second half of a year in which DJs tragically…
Long Reads
A Certain Ratio: 40 years on the floor
Once described by Tony Wilson as having “all the energy of Joy Division but with better clothes”, unsung heroes A…
News
Love Injection Founders Launch Kickstarter For New Paul Klipsch Book
The book, titled ‘Dope For Hope’, contains a collection of newsletters, draft papers, sketches, captions and indices from Hi-Fi…
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…
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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…