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How Notre Dame uses Battery to shape drum-driven emotion in his tracks
Notre Dame’s new single “Do For Your Love” is built around emotional friction – the kind that doesn’t fully resolve, and isn’t supposed to. Released as the debut on his new imprint Paranormal Society,...
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Building tracks with generative ideas: how iorie uses Reaktor
iorie has been a fixture in Berlin’s downtempo and slow house scenes for years, putting out records that balance groove, melody, and a tight sense of arrangement. Tracks like “Golden Spree” and “What...
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Will Clarke on turning Maschine+ into a live performance weapon
With his debut album, Midnight Mass, now out on Armada Music, prolific producer and budding podcast titan in the dance music space, Will Clarke has entered a new era, both in terms of sound and...
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Why Ainonow uses FM8 for percussion, noise, and everything that isn’t a lead
FM8 isn’t the first thing most producers reach for when they need percussion. For Ainonow, that’s exactly the point. His latest double-sided release on Onset Audio shows how deep this approach runs....
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What is phonk music? A beginner’s guide and how to produce it
Phonk is one of those curious genres that could have stayed relatively obscure if not for its virality on TikTok and across the internet. But whether or not you’re active on social media, you’ve...
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How Sainte Vie uses Battery to shape rhythm across cultural sounds
Sainte Vie’s latest single, Unconditional, lands ahead of his upcoming album Pablo, a project dedicated to his late father and built around themes of memory, loss, and persistence. The track moves...
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How the Kontrol S88 keyboard helps Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith translate emotion...
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s upcoming album GUSH – slated for release on August 22nd – is rooted in physicality. Not in the usual way techno or ambient producers talk about movement, but in how sounds feel...
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Why Monark plays a central role in Broken Hill’s Detroit-influenced club tracks
Some producers layer twenty synths to get their low end right. Others make one sound carry the weight. For Broken Hill, Monark is the tool that does exactly that. His new single “Brain Delay” – a...
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How to make music: the beginner’s guide
Curious about how to make music? This beginner-friendly guide walks you through the essentials, from songwriting and music theory basics to building a home studio, mixing and mastering, and even...
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How to add definition to your tracks with effects
It’s the holy grail of music production: a clear, crisp mix with every element picked out in high definition. How do you get there? The answer isn’t simple. Every track is a unique mixture of sounds,...
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