Beatport has launched indie tech, a standalone genre category with its own Top 100 chart, separating it from indie dance. Beatport has added indie tech to its store as a standalone genre, giving the ...

Mike Taylor’s vocals and creative ideas have shaped some of dance music’s biggest records. With “LOVE.”, he puts his own artistry back at the centre. We sat him down for our regular round of questions ...

NOT BAD FOR A GIRL founder Martha Bolton on why balanced lineups start years before the poster, and why “fewer women DJs” doesn’t hold up. Debates about representation in electronic music tend to get ...

A hands-on sampler and sequencer built with Richie Hawtin, the Bullfrog Drums wears “educational” lightly and delivers serious performance power. I’ve spent thirty-odd years now making noise with ...

Arturia’s Pre SUB was designed for 808s and Reeses, making it now easier than ever to dial in massive bass. It’s surprisingly affordable too. The specification of plugins continues. For some reason ...

UVI suits up for the bass wars with Rumble, a low-end focused synthesizer that ingeniously splits every sound into three component bands. Is this enough to compete with established instruments like ...

u-he head honcho Urs Heckmann talks us through the development of Zebra 3, staying relevant in an era of sample packs and AI, and weathering industry storms for 25 years. This year marks 25 years of ...

XLN Audio brings the magic of RC-20 to your drums with DB-30 Drum Butter, a drum bus multi-effect processor built around the idea that drums should be fun. Does it deliver? When it comes to drums, XLN ...

The Manchester-based startup is building a platform where fans can buy stakes in artists tied to streaming performance, raising bigger questions about value, ownership, and speculation in music. Dune ...

Ableton Live 12, released in 2024, introduced five MIDI Generator tools designed to spark ideas across different stages of the creative process. Here’s how they work. We’ve all got pretty strong ...

The quality of free plugins just keeps getting better. These are the best free plugins for 2026. We really are spoiled for choice. Not only are paid plugins better than ever, with analog-style ...

Emulating classic synthesizers for plugins is something of a dark art. We talk to Cherry Audio to find out how they turned the rare Roland SH-5 into their newest plugin, SH-MAX. Cherry Audio has an ...