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Tarun Nayar

'Mushroom Dance' was recorded by Tarun Nayar using a red-belted conk 

A modular synthesist has harnessed the power of a mushroom’s bioelectricity to create a viral modular synth track. Tarun Nayar – who is formally trained...

How to Create Dark Techno Atmospheres Using Reverb

In this tutorial, Point Blank’s Course Content Developer, Chris Martin, demonstrates how to create dark techno atmospheres using reverb in Ableton Live as well as...

Artist designs instrument that allows you to create music by painting

Kansas musician Camry Ivory created the instrument after wondering what it would be like to paint with music

A Kansas City-based musician has created an instrument that allows you to create music by painting. The instrument, dubbed the Coloratura, was devised after multidisciplinary...

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For this tutorial, Point Blank demonstrate how you can add gorgeous textural percussion to your tracks, giving your song a more organic feel.

Much like the...

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The Point Blank Music Machine is their very own platform that allows you to quickly and easily put together a beat, and now it features...

Now a legend of the northern house scene in his own right, Darius Syrossian is looking to give back, tapping into the early spirit of...

When DJ Mag reaches Darius Syrossian at his home in Manchester late one November evening, he’s given up trying to sleep. That’s despite having just...

A composite image of the Roland and Univeral Music Group logos

The music instrument creator and major label behemoth have published a joint manifesto

Roland and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a new partnership and published a joint manifesto titled Principles for Music Creation with AI. The collaboration...

Sexual harassment is a widespread problem that remains prevalent in our supposedly progressive dance music scene. A number of new initiatives have proposed a solution...

In the year since the #MeToo movement, those who were previously unaware have, at last, been waking up to the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment...

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For this tutorial, Chris Martin, one of Point Blank’s Course Content Developers, shows how you can use resampling techniques in Ableton Live to create interesting...

orba2

This palm-sized looper, synth, and MIDI controller is the latest iteration of the award-winning Orba device

A new handheld device called the Orba 2 lets you turn found sounds into playable instruments. The portable, easy-to-use gadget is intuitively designed with a...

The latest version of the popular DJ software makes bold claims around stem separation. But does it actually work?

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Just over a month ago, Native Instruments launched the newest version of their flagship Maschine controller, the MK3. The latest upgrade represents the biggest leap...

The DYCP grant budget has also increased to £18 million

Arts Council England has expanded its creativity grants to include DJs, sound engineers, lighting designers, and more.

As part of the continued funding schemes for...

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Have you ever wanted to remix a track but couldn’t find the individual stems? Well, Algoriddim’s Neural Mix Pro app could be the answer to your...

Your favourite tracks reimagined

An artist is creating beautiful images so you can visualise your favourite tracks.

Alex Szabo-Haslam is a Sheffield-based creative who manipulates soundwaves from music to...