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Energy Flash: How Two Companies Are Making Clubs Sustainable Through The Power Of Dance
Energy Floors and TownRock Energy are redefining how we think about energy and heat generation by taking it from the punters themselves.
Long Reads
Energy Floors and TownRock Energy are redefining how we think about energy and heat generation by taking it from the punters themselves.
Long Reads
Chances are, you’re making music on a DAW or with plugins born in Germany. How did the country come…
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New plugin Voice by Auribus integrates real singers into DAW workflows while ensuring artist compensation.…
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CRSSD Festival has announced its Fall 2025 lineup, marking a decade since its debut with a diverse slate of electronic…
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The new system, L-Acoustics DJ, offers immersive audio control without altering familiar DJ workflows…
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Track By Track
Released last month, Moments In Time Vol.2 Various Artists, is a stomping compilation of fiery techno. We asked the…
Synth Secrets
We go back to the ‘80s and synthesize some polysynth licks inspired by post-disco heat from Larry Levan and the New York underground.
Track By Track
Manni Dee’s most recent EP, released on South London Analogue Material, is a boisterous return of heavy rolling techno…
Q&A
Last Nubian has just released his superb four-track ‘Ghetto Child’ deep house EP on Leicester’s Flat White Records…
Tutorials
In the first-ever installment of our Mixing Demystified series, we mix a microhouse beat using Waves plugins in Ableton Live.
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Smooth Operator is described as an ‘Intelligent Signal Balancer’ this interesting new plug-in from Baby Audio uses spectral processing…
Interviews
‘Long Relationships: My Incredible Journey From Unknown DJ to Small-time DJ’ is a new book written by former DJ…
Tutorials
We get to grips with Live 11’s two new spectral effects and use them to process a breakbeat.
Beat Dissected
In this installment of Beat Dissected we program a dub techno beat in the style of Basic Channel, the duo that pioneered the genre.
News
Ableton Loop has confirmed a new event, Loop Create, will take place online on June 26-27th. The event is…
Long Reads
In this second part of a two-part series, we further explore the history of vocal synthesis, this time diving deep with the talk box and vocal pitch correction.
Q&A
10 years deep in the game, Dense & Pika have forged a reputation for a smorgasbord of electronic sounds. Their…
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My Studio
UKG producer Joss Ryan has a new EP out in collaboration with UK vocalist Rachel Foxx, their ‘Never Say Never…
Hardware Focus
MIDI routing can get cumbersome and complex. We untangle the cords and look at solutions for managing a studio full of MIDI gear.
Passing Notes
In part one of this new two-part Passing Notes series, we break down the French duo’s bassline composition techniques to draw lessons from some of their greatest hits.
News
The British firm has acquired the San Francisco-based company with Dave Smith staying on board to power the next…
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Wandler is a new tool, designed and developed during the global pandemic, that helps musicians working remotely to give and…
Deconstructed
Deconstructed is a series where we break down the arrangement of a song. This time, we’re laser focussed on Catz ’n Dogz and Gerd Janson’s melodic house track, ‘Modern Romance’.
My Studio
Cadenza co-founder Quenum (Cocoon, Second State) is about to drop a three track underground house EP ‘Little Secret’ featuring…
Q&A
No Label is a young Italian producer, multi-instrumentalist who makes beat-driven esoteric electronica inspired by Flying…
News
French pro-audio company, Arturia, has unveiled its largest update yet to Pigments with Pigments 3. The release introduces a…
Long Reads
In the first installment of a two-part story, we look at the evolution of vocal synthesis, from primitive speech-mimicking machines to modern software vocoders.
Tutorials
In this second installment of our LFO-focused tutorials, we complete the house beat from part one with a modulating pad and randomized vocal effects.
News
Endel, the creator of personalized sound environments with over two million users, has partnered with Plastikman (Richie Hawtin) to release…
Job Envy
Love Shodipe is a producer and engineer working at QMF (Quality Music Freak), a new outlet part of Spitfire Audio…
Long Reads
With the Dutch dance music industry, which has been closed for twelve months, still lacking cultural recognition from the government…
Track By Track
UK DJ and producer extraordinaire Silverlining has just dropped his superb seven-track album Simulacra. Like all his work it…
News
Inspired by the peculiarities and eccentricities of UK club culture, ‘The Times’ is a new book written by producer/DJ…