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Fresh contender in the controller market

New to the controller scene is American company Electrix, with their all-new tasty, compact Tweaker controller. Tweaker can be used with Ableton Live, Traktor, Serato etc.

We take a peek at the studio set-up of 'G-house' dudes Amine Edge & DANCE...

French production duo Amine Edge & DANCE coined the phrase “G house” to describe their low-slung, tough and funked-up take on dance music. Initially drawing...

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Suitable for Mac, PC, Logic Pro or Ableton Live users, Point Blank’s brand new course covers a broad range of EDM taking in trance, progressive...

New series of hardware/software instruments

Novation have just launched a new hardware/software instrument — the Launchkey.

Based around a 25, 49 or 61-note keyboard controller with 16 velocity-sensitive multi-colour launch...

We speak to the Dutch techno enigma about why the decided to expand his DJ set into full-on live performance.    Why was it important...

Ed Banger's newest and brightest star!

Breakbot’s music career spans an extensive list of remix credits longer than your arm, combining French flair with a discerning ear for creating well-crafted pop-style dance tracks that have a definite musical song-based architecture. This means ‘By Your Side’ as an album sits nicely on the dancefloor, but also has a radio-friendly character that makes listening to Breakbot’s long-awaited debut an aural pleasure.

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'.

Ko Matsushima Mixes Up Electronic Pop Anthems

There’s a lot of mystique surrounding a lot of DJing, but a few talented mixologists are happy to put their skillz on display for many...

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Monstercat wonderboy Gammer joined Point Blank to breakdown his epic club track, ‘Out With The Old’. The “spiritual follow-up” to his previous hit, ‘The Drop’...

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Point Blank are back with another track deconstruction. This time, their Head of Education and Development and master of Track Deconstructions, Ski Oakenfull breaks down...

The big boys came out on top alongside some new faces...

The results are in and what an exciting affair this year’s DJ Mag Tech Awards has been. All the voting has been collated and below...

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Point Blank regularly host track masterclasses and breakdowns with some of the best musicians and producers in the business. They’ve sat down with the likes of...

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Point Blank are back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. In this series, course developer...

The hands-on system gets a major upgrade...

ROLI have added the Lightpad M to their versatile touch-based controller and instrument range BLOCKS. Based on a portable and modular multi-touch pad, the Lightpad...

And they sound big! 

There is a new player in the sample library arena titled UNDRGRND Sounds, offering an ever-growing selection of cool bespoke sample packs.

The sample...