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Point Blank music school's Ski Oakenfull breaks down the rebuilds the legendary trip hop ballad...
In their latest deconstruction, Point Blank Music School's lead course developer Ski Oakenfull gives an extensive, in-depth history into Bristol electronic act Massive Attack’s groundbreaking...
Jungle Brothers 'I'll House You' – produced by Todd Terry (Idlers, 1988) The JBs essentially added a rap to Todd's early house classic 'Can You...
Todd Terry started DJing around his home city of New York in the mid-'80s. “When I started — around '84, '85 — I was just...
Garageband, Korg, Novation...
DJ Mag Tech has been playing with some wonderful apps that will help you craft killer dance tracks. We’ve put together a list of our...
DSI announce the LinnDrum II for mid 2008
Move over BoomChik, the LinnDrum II is taking over. After the initial mock-ups, rumors and proposed specs, Dave Smith and Roger Linn have revealed the...
The seminal tracks that changed dance music forever
Layo & Bushwacka! were a popular tech house duo before Millennium time, but after they released ‘Love Story’ in 2002 they totally went supernova. They met at the legendary central London nightclub The End, where Bushwacka!, aka Matthew Benjamin, was a resident DJ and Layo Paskin was co-owner (with Mr C).
Funk-dripped drum & bass head plays us his most inspiring tracks
Always that most steadfastly independent genre, today drum & bass is splintered into a panoply of micro camps. In one corner, the giant, fizzy-pop electro chords and high fructose rushes of labels like Hospital; in another, the clipped, dark minimalism and sub bass caverns of its most underground soldiers, the Critical crew.
Luke Dzierzek uses Ableton Live to produce all his tracks. Here he guides DJmag.com through how to make a tune from start to finish using...
Luke Dzierzek is part of a new wave of young and talented producers, who are utilizing the latest technology and software to produce killer dancefloor...
The music creation and sample service has also paid $5m to artists so far...
Splice has raised $35m in funding and has paid artists $5m in revenue since it began operating in 2013. The music creation platform and sample-sharing...
The series of products are based around some classic Roland kit
Roland have announced a series of new products based around the Juno-60, classic MC-303 and Jupiter synths. The new 'DAW-less groovebox' takes its name from...
Disclosure continue their return to the fore with two lush house cuts...
Disclosure dropped two new tracks today (21st August) and they are, frankly, divine.
‘Moonlight’ and ‘Where Angels Fear To Tread’ follow the joyous and minimal...
The new synth is based on vector synthesis and comes in the same format as the minilogue
Korg have announced a new synth called Wavestate. The 37-key synth features a new Wave Sequencing 2.0 technology that allows users to morph and shape...
Add-on controller for Serato DJ
Pioneer has upped the game for Serato DJ users with yet another new controller this time in the form of an add-on unit the DDJ-SP1. The DDJ-SP1 is an additional controller to be used alongside any existing Serato DJ set up.
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During ADE last year, Point Blank joined the techno duo GNTN for an exclusive masterclass packed with techno tips. Specifically, the duo demonstrates creative ways...
The duo's first new music in two years features a stunning vocal sample from Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara...
Disclosure have dropped their first new music since 2016’s ‘Moog For Love’ EP.
The track, ‘Ultimatum’, is a joyous, minimal affair with a marvellous sampled...
Hudson Mohawke shares five beats he wishes he’d laced...
1. Birdman feat The Clipse 'What Happened To That Boy’ (produced by The Neptunes)
“That was a big influence in terms of making beats out...