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Dark Cinematic Hypnotic Techno
In this Beat Dissected, we’re creating a beat in the style of Paula Temple’s Raging Earth — a thrilling…
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Interviews
Protecting Your Music Pt 1: The Legal Centre for Dance Music
Maeve de Bordons speaks with Jennifer Marr about her new venture, The Legal Centre for Dance Music, and its mission…
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Sister Zo – “Give Yourself Fully To What You Love With Zero Expectation Of The Outcome”
Sister Zo has recently released her “Freak Shift” EP on the “3024” label. In support of her release, we asked…
Track By Track
Sandilé
Cologne-based DJ and producer Sandilé has recently put out the 4-track EP “Home Again 04” as her debut…
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…
Long Reads
10 Key Moments in Music Production History
Here are ten times that companies took chances on new tech and producers abused it in the name of fresh sounds.
Charts
Dam swindle June 22 Chart
Top ten for June from Dam Swindle featuring East Coast Love Affair, Orlando Voorn, Amy Dabbs, Space Ghost and more…
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Nikki Nair – “A Rub-A-Dub Soldier, Fighting To Keep The Rockers Alive”
DJ and producer Nikki Nair recently released his ‘The World Is Always Ending’ EP with Nala on Dirtybird records. We…
Deconstructed
Model 500 – ‘No UFO’s’
In our new book on techno production, we break down iconic techno arrangements to uncover what makes them timeless. Juan…
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10 Of The Most Influential Pieces Of Gear & Software That Shaped Techno
From the 909 to samplers to Ableton Live, here is the hardware and software that helped shape the sound of techno – in all its many variations.
News
8 Things You May Have Missed This March
With so many stories released every day, it’s easy to miss some. Here’s a round-up of some…
Track By Track
Defrag – ‘Float’
Jeff Dodson aka Defrag has recently released his 13-track album ‘Float’, on Hymen Records. We asked him to run…
Synth Secrets
How To Recreate The Iconic Synths From Daft Punk’s ‘Something About Us’
One of the standout tracks from Daft Punk’s iconic 2001 album, Discovery, ‘Something About Us’ features subtle yet unforgettable…
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?
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Tim Green – In New Light
Tim Green has just dropped his ‘In New Light’ remix album featuring Mathew Jonson, Lost Desert, Dave DK, Janus Rasmussen…
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Samples From Mars Announces Xmas Sale
Hardware sample company, Samples From Mars has announced a massive Xmas sale. Be good and perhaps Santa might drop this…
Beat Dissected
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…
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STEYA: “Relentless Techno Rollers…With The Right Amounts Of Punchiness”
As a rare new signing to Marcel Fengler’s IMF label, our ears were perked. It’s time to find…
Charts
Danny Goliger Dec 21 Chart
Top ten for December from producer & DJ Danny Goliger featuring Overmono, Kessler, Forest Drive West, Elkka and more.…
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Vince Watson: ‘DnA [re]Sequenced’
Producer, DJ and live performer Vince Watson has just dropped his ‘DnA – (Re)Sequenced’ remix album, which features reworks…
Interviews
Atsushi Hoshiai: The Man Behind The TR-909
This is the story of the creation of one of the most famous drum machines of all time, the Roland TR-909.
Gear/Software
Sample Science Super Lynn Drums Review
Go back to the ‘80s with Sample Science Super Lynn Drums, a surprisingly deep and astonishingly affordable LinnDrum-style drum machine plugin.
Gear/Software
Dubler2: Your Voice to MIDI
Dubler2 now works with any microphone so “if it’s in your head, you can sing MIDI into your DAW…
Top Tracks
CICI: “‘Show Me Love’? It just irks me now…'”
We put Cici to task and asked her to run us through her Top Tracks. There’s not much love…
Track By Track
Kerrie – Machine Alliance
With a new EP out on Tresor Records, Irish producer Kerrie flexes her hardware muscles, musically connects to early Detroit…
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IDRISS D: “Bled EL Fen – Algeria In An Electronic Key”
‘Bled El Fen’ is an ambitious double vinyl release by IDRISS D that celebrates Arabic electronic music. 303, Roland, and…
Q&A
Last Nubian
Last Nubian has just released his superb four-track ‘Ghetto Child’ deep house EP on Leicester’s Flat White Records…
Interviews
“Personality and celebrity have become more important in some areas of the industry” – Harold Heath
‘Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Small-time DJ’ is a new book written by former DJ…
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The 13 Best Electronic Music Tracks Of The Year
The annual thankless and impossible task is upon us. Here are 13 tracks we really got into this year.…
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Ten of the Best Abandoned Plugins
From an early NI emulation to trackers and more, some of the best soft synths and effects ever made are now lost to the inexorable march of technology.
News
Prism – Elekton Digitone Preset Pack
Our latest product in our online store is “Prism” – a preset pack for the Elektron Digitone.…
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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…
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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…