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Radiohead-Style Low End Layering
In this Beat Dissected, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ by working through some of the drum programming techniques used in the title track.
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Dirty Tech House
In this instalment of Beat Dissected, we will create a dirty tech house beat from drum machine samples.…
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Jersey Garage
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a Jersey-inspired garage beat with a mixture of drum machines sounds and…
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Armando-Style Acid House
In this new Beat Dissected, we program a vintage acid house beat inspired by Armando’s classic ‘151’.
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Drunk Drummer-Style Grooves
In this latest Beat Dissected, we program a hip-hop beat with a drunk drummer feel inspired by J Dilla and more contemporary users of the technique like Flying Lotus and Kaytranada.
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Organic House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we use acoustic drum hits to create the sound palette for a heavily swung…
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Big House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a bold, in-your-face house beat with a contemporary sound.…
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Truncate-Style Melodic Percussion
In the latest Beat Dissected, we program a techno beat featuring melodic percussion inspired by Truncate’s ‘The Bell’.
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DJ Seinfeld
In this latest Beat Dissected, we demonstrate how to program an electro breakbeat inspired by DJ Seinfeld’s “Sakura.”
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Slow House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a slow house beat with mixed drum machine samples and live hits…
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Synthwave Drums
In the latest Beat Dissected, we focus on retro-influenced sound design to create a synthwave groove.…
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Jazzy House
In this latest Beat Dissected, we’re going to program a house beat inspired by the likes of Project Pablo…
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Pearson Sound
We create a beat inspired by the hypnotic rhythms and textures of Hessle Audio’s Pearson Sound.…
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Found Sound Groove
In the latest Beat Dissected, we show how mixing found sound elements with conventional drum hits can create a…
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Industrial Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we put together an industrial-inspired techno beat with a heavy, grinding groove.…
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UK Drill
We break down a UK drill beat, a genre that rapidly became one of the dominant sounds in the UK…
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Lo-Fi House
In this latest Beat Dissected, we show you how to program a Lo-Fi house beat full of nostalgic warmth…
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New Wave Drums
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create an 80s-inspired new wave beat.…
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Skippy Broken Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a beat with hints of garage flavour coming from a broken kick…
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Skee Mask
In this latest Beat Dissected, we’re going to create a beat inspired by Skee Mask.…
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Joy Orbison
In this latest Beat Dissected, we’re going to create a beat inspired by the percussion-heavy techno of Joy…
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Grinding Analogue Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we tackle a complex, glitchy techno beat based on analogue drum hits.…
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Live Hi-Hats
In the latest Beat Dissected, we look at how detailed programming and hit placement can deliver a live…
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Rolling Techno
In this latest Beat Dissected, we’re going to create a rolling techno beat inspired by the likes of Andre…
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Progressive Techno
In this latest Beat Dissected, we’re going to create a progressive, multilayered techno beat with plenty of swing inspired…
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Low-End Theory
This week we tackle a wonky downtempo beat inspired by the LA beat scene.…
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Garage Shuffle
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a shuffling garage beat laced with swing.…
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Dark Techno Rumble
In this latest Beat Dissected, we show you how to program a modern dark techno beat with a defined low…
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Big Beat Techno
In this instalment of Beat Dissected we’re going to create a techno beat influenced by Big Beat.…
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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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