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Simon Baker's influences

Simon Baker – TaSimon Baker studied classical guitar and musical theory as a kid, a grounding that undoubtedly put him in good stead once he...

Weird Science!

He started listening to Tiga and Boys Noize and making rudimentary electro on Ableton. After a low-key release on an American label, he broadened his sound palette and found his music ending up in the inbox of Alex Ridha, aka Boys Noize.

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'.

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Cartoony drum & bass

News broke last week that Hospital Records' artist, and highest placed drum & bass DJ in the Top 100, was working with Disney.

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Celebrating his new release for Banoffee Pies...

Marenn Sukie takes a chilled out trip through leftfield dance on the later edition of our Fresh Kicks series.

The UK producer — otherwise known...

London club has drum & bass on a Saturday for the first time

British clubbing institution Ministry Of Sound have announced that Sigma will be the first ever drum & bass act to headline their famous Saturday Sessions....

Hospital Records duo talk third album business...

Fred V & Grafix have been confirmed for the next edition of DJ Mag Panels, which will take place at our London hangout, Work Bar...

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Korg EMX-1 Drum Machine

“My Korg EMX-1 is something that gives me that particular sound I am known for when I am programming drums and percussion for my tracks...

femme culture’s Ehua steps up with an hour of hypnotic gqom, bass and breaks as part of our Fresh Kicks series...

We first became aware of Ehua when we premiered her debut track ‘New Moon’ in September 2018. Released via our Best of British Breakthrough Label...

Test your luck with this Friday the 13th dance music report

Kick the weekend off with American DJ, producer and vocalist, Lea Luna’s curation of the top eight releases in dance music this week.

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Born in the UK in the early ‘90s, during a period of explosive creativity, the freeform breakbeats of jungle became the soundtrack to many producers’...

An avalanche of snare drums, sub-bass that pulverises your rib-cage, possessed divas wailing from the abyss; fragments of funk, shards of techno, dabs of dancehall...

Portable Beat Machine Integrates Drums, Percussion, FX and Instrument Samples

There's an increasing number of music production gadgets coming out that will run on batteries. Akai's offering is aimed at people wanting to make beats...

The new version adds new drummers, instruments and sounds...

Apple have updated GarageBand for iOS, adding some serious new music-making features. The popular iOS app has added a Sound Library featuring downloadable loops, one-shots...

New Music!

Back in the day, Italy’s Marco Corona was a member of the Heineken BPM Tour, which was a tour that sent DJs spinning through...