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Showtek give us the lowdown on their first gig...
“We can remember our first gig that we did as a duo very well! We were just 17 and 18-years-old when we first played together...
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'.
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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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
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Huge library of top quality samples, MPC style workflow and a great price to boot!
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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...
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The latest and greatest DJs and producers rising to the top this month. From driving house, dark dancehall and cinematic drum & bass to fearsome...
Check his new single, ‘Like 2 Get Weird’...
Fast rising star Billy Kenny is up on the DJ Mag Podcast this week — and it's a stomping house mix of epic proportions!
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Our friends at Point Blank have put together another great prize for DJ Mag this time in partnership with Logic Café who have developed a...
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Three tunes: ‘Hourglass’, ‘Right All Night’, ‘Like XO’
For fans of: Billy Kenny, Claude Vonstroke, Green Velvet
J. WORRA has come a long way from her small town Midwestern roots. While her blue-collar peers were busy playing sports, Jamie Sitter spent her adolescence teaching herself...
And all new Push Controller
Not one but two reasons for Ableton users to be cheerful have been announced from the company’s German headquarters in the form of Live 9 along with a rather intriguing controller called Push. Not content with just improving their hugely popular Live software, for their latest incarnation, Ableton have also found the time to get teamed up with Akai to create a new Push controller specifically to control Ableton. It looks like they might have created the perfect Ableton controller in the process.
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Last November, Point Blank teamed up with SARM Music Village for a day-long event featuring masterclasses and workshops from some of the best producers in...