Columns
Attack’s Favourite Music Of 2022 (So Far!)
The Attack Mag team have come together to decide on our favourite electronic music of the year so far – we…
Article Results
Synth Secrets
Recreating The Sound Of Immaterial By Sophie Using Wavetable
In this Synth Secrets, we’re going to use Ableton Wavetable to show you the foundational elements of Sophie’s…
Reviews
Dance Music Documentaries
If you’ve got some time on your hands, there’s a wealth of good quality documentaries about dance music…
News
Horse Meat Disco Targeted By Far-Right Hackers
‘Operation Pride Fall’ is a far-right online campaign targeting this year’s Pride.…
The Best...
The Best Production Courses On Mix With The Masters
In this article, we share with you, five of the best ‘Mix With The Masters’ production classes from Finneas, Sonny…
Synth Secrets
Making 3 Garage Basslines with Sublab
In this Synth Secrets, we’ll be taking a look at some 808 sound design using Sublab from Future Audio…
News
T8V Joins Adam Audio’s T-Series Of Studio Monitors
Berlin-based Adam Studio has announced the T8V, the latest nearfield monitors in the T-series.
News
Black Lives Matter: Images from the Indiana Protests
Dirtybird recording artist DJ E-Clyps has been taking photos of Black Lives Matter protests in Indiana over the last…
Passing Notes
Four Tet-Style Guitar Arpeggios With Spitfire Audio’s New Fink Signatures
In this new Passing Notes we use Spitfire Audio’s new Fink Signatures acoustic guitar library to program live-sounding guitar arpeggios, melodies and percussion.
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.
News
Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Has Died
The band he co-founded were one of the most influential of the twentieth century.…
News
January’s Best Music
Replacing our long-standing Mixes of The Week, we start a new series highlighting our favourite music of the previous…
Tutorials
Organising Samples With AI And Waves Cosmos
Get your unwieldy sample folder under control with Waves’ Cosmos, a free AI-powered sample organizer. We walk you through the process.
Passing Notes
Ambient Breakbeats with Spitfire Audio’s Aperture: The Stack
In this tutorial we use drum, synth and guitar patches from Spitfire Audio’s most ambitious instrument to date to make an ambient breakbeat groove.
Gear/Software
Ozone 9 – Mastering the Modules
Up next on the test bench is iZotope’s Ozone 9. Released just two years after Ozone 8, is it…
News
News Round-Up: 25/10/19
Shoom comes to Electric Brixton. BBC Symphony Orchestra now available. French Senate tightens rave laws.…
My Studio
Honeysmack
“Why the fuck are people still asking which one is the closest to the original (TB-303). Are people conducting…
Tutorials
Getting Drum Machine Samples From Raw To Production-Ready
There’s a difference between raw drum machine samples and production-ready ones. We show you how to get your percussion samples in shape.
News
News Round-Up: 06/09/19
Korg make two announcements. Native Instruments lay off staff. ASM release the Hydrasynth and Roland revives a classic.…
News
News Round-Up: 26/07/19
Vestax introduces a $10,000 mixer. Sydney’s lockouts are costing the city big. Etsy to acquire Reverb. Attack becomes…
Beat Dissected
6/4 In The Style Of Thavius Beck
In this Beat Dissected, we make a beat heavily inspired by the 6/4 track “Coordinated Will” an Attack favourite…
Tutorials
Making An Electro Track With Nothing But A Snare Sample
Flex your sound design muscles by restricting yourself to one sample for every element in a song.
News
News Round-Up: 08/03/19
The Prodigy’s Keith Flint dies. The music community remembers a rave icon. Musicians Mental health is back in the…
News
News Round-Up: 08/02/19
Ableton Live 10 gets an upgrade. Disco digging made easier. Roland applies for copyright. HMV is rescued.…
Columns
Harold Heath ‘Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ To Smalltime DJ’
Harold Heath’s new book ‘Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ To Smalltime DJ’ is a funny, poignant…
Synth Secrets
Pacific State-Style Pads
The pads in 808 State’s genre-defining ‘Pacific State’ are no doubt at the top of the list of the most iconic sounds in dance music. In this Synth Secrets, we replicate the Mancunian quartet’s synthesis secrets.
News
News Round-Up: 01/02/19
Drum & bass producer Andy Skopes dies. Beatport eyes in-booth streaming. Traktor gets a flashy new update and more…
Track By Track
BNJMN
‘I’ve now delved deeper into the synth (Make Noise O-Coast) and realise it has so much depth – it…
Deconstructed
Prodigy – Out Of Space
In this Deconstructed we examine how the arrangement of The Prodigy’s ‘Out Of Space’ helped elevate it from warehouse slammer to chart-topper.
Beat Dissected
‘80s Electronic Soul
In this Beat Dissected, we use Oblivion Sound Lab’s Hex Drum to create a beat like Marvin Gaye’s groundbreaking ‘Sexual Healing’.
News
News Round-Up: 28/09/18
Mint nightclub to close. Bestival’s uncertain future and Cassette Week.…
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…