Killer Sounds
‘Life in Black + White’ production tips
“So to provide a little backstory on the album... 'Life in Black + White' started out as a private side project that I would go...
Fresh production tips from the Cocoon Hero
“I’ve got to say, most of the time I produce together with Dana Ruh because I think we are a very good team. When...
Killer sounds
Denis Chepikov from Russian DJ and production duo Hardrock Sofa details how they got the Killer Sound on their dancefloor smash 'Quasar'...
Get Physical boss on moving with the times
This year I will celebrate 25 years of DJing, so let me take this opportunity to look on the technical side of DJing rather than...
The Detroit-style basslines of Mark Fanciulli
Mark Fanciulli discusses the Killer Sounds of his hot new track ‘Game Plan’ on Saved Records...
Sick basslines aplenty
Breakbeat and bass music badman ILS is a master of baleful bassline building. Here he hips us on how he transformed Prof Green's 'Remedy' into a low-end beast...
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'.
The method behind 'This City’s Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me'
Johan Agebjorn is the Swedish producer behind Italo disco singer Sally Shapiro. Here he tells us how they recorded the strangely-titled 'This City’s Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me'...
Ra Ra Riot explain their sound.
Ra Ra Riot weren’t afraid to use mistakes and accidents to create their killer sound for their new album ‘Beta Love’. Wes Miles tells us more…