Production
Should dance music be organic and 'real'? Should it fuck, the more synthetic the better says our resident ranter...
Time was, in the '80s and '90s when dance music was so massively marginalised by mainstream culture (yeah, so what’s new?) that trying to get...
Exclusive studio access
How have you developed as an artist during your production and DJing career?
“That’s a tough question right away from the start, how have I...
SSL bring their legendary reputation for building high-end studio mixers to the project studio...
There are few names in the production world that enjoy the same status as SSL, who have been building some of the world’s most desirable...
Essential dance music plug in collection
Plug in manufacturers Waves have teamed up with US producer to the stars Dave Aude to create an essential collection of plugins for dance and electronic music producers. Dave Aude is the man behind many of todays pop and dance hits and has worked with artists such as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Madonna, Coldplay, Celine Dion, Chris Brown, U2 and Selena Gomez so he knows a thing or to when it comes to making hit records.
A pint-sized analogue monster...
When it comes to soft-synths, there are few names as highly esteemed in the world of production as Arturia’s. This is largely because of their incredibly faithful reproductions of classic synthesisers that are used daily by the biggest names in the game. In recent times, Arturia have taken the bold move of going beyond the virtual world by creating their range of hybrid Spark drum machines and the full-blown DSP monster Origin, which have proven to be extremely popular with the recording community — and for good reason too.
An electric piano synthesizer plug-in delivering authentic Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds
Welcome to Plugin Corner, our monthly expose of some of the best Plug-ins around for creating electronic music
London Electronic Music Event
The dates and a line up for the second ever London Electronic Music Event (LEME) have been announced.
The event, which takes place on 12-14th...
At Manchester Midi School
Manchester's leading DJ & production school have teamed up with prominent Mancunian producer Marcus Intalex to offer scholarships.
Manchester Midi School, based on Bexley...
White label business
Fresh samples from the team over at Sample Magic