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The production secrets behind 'Leave It All Behind'

“‘Leave It All Behind’ began as an eight-bar guitar/drum/synth loop Patrick wrote on his Akai MPC 2000XL. The main chords you can hear in the song were created using the MPC's note-repeat function. I also used the note-repeat function on an MPC 1000 to create the chords in 'Malmo'.

P Diddy aka Sean Coombs has signed a deal with Burger King. He's now "brand ambassador".

Hip hop mogul and dance music wannabe P Diddy has signed an agreement with Burger King to become its "brand ambassador".

Presumably the company feels...

The producer released records via labels like Transient Force and Solar One Music

German electro producer Das Muster has died.

The artist, real name Marcus Mumm, reportedly passed away at the weekend. No cause of death has been...

Midland, Dense & Pika, Ejeca and Citizen play our party this weekend

Space Ibiza opened its doors on Sunday night with a monster party headlined by the Chemical Brothers. The Ibiza season is now officially open, and...

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MN2S annex The End

On Friday 27th June MN2S (Milk 'n' Two Sugars) will be the first night to take over both London's The End AND its sister DJ...

At Corsica Studio - 11th to 13th December

After hijacking Corsica Studio’s hefty Funktion One soundsystem last summer for a weekend long celebration of Italo disco, proper electro, new beat, EBM, cold...

Win Funkagenda's incredible live set up

Setting yourself up as a DJ and producer is an expensive business in the digital age, with a whole load of hardware and software needed...

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COURSES, SOFTWARE DEALS, FREEBIES & MORE

For this video, Point Blank caught up with DJ, producer and performer, GRiZ, to talk about how he performs live with instruments during his DJ...

Killer tunes can now be made on the go with these tasty Apps offering pro features on the move.

Akai Professional iMPC

£9.99
Hype
Huge library of top quality samples, MPC style workflow and a great price to boot!
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It's not a full-blown...

David Zowie’s smash hit House Every Weekend is still causing damage on the dancefloor, here are five of this weekend warrior’s studio essentials

Native Instruments’ Maschine 2 I use the Maschine by Native Instruments for most of my drums. It has a nice setup and workflow, especially if...

Juke Bounce Werk co-founder, Alexis Gutierrez — aka DJ Noir — explores how language can be used to appropriate Black culture and leave behind its...

We have been forced to address the elephant in the room.In light of historic current events, the dance music community has been forced to reflect...

New MK Sample Pack available for free on Converse Rubber Tracks Website

Mount Kimbie have just created a rather interesting sample pack in conjunction with those original innovators of rather cool plimsolls Converse

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August's edition of vital label