STEP TO THIS  Jul 1, 2007 We've all heard arpeggiators at some point or another. They've been used in everything from hip-hop to trance, techno and even glitch. Arpeggiators are...

ELECTRIC AVENUES  Jul 1, 2007 You may feel you've conquered and mastered many areas of electronic music's technical complexities the difference between hard and soft knee compression,...

THE MASTER DEBATE  Jul 1, 2007 Over the years as a producer, engineer and production tutor, one of the most common topics I'm asked about is mastering. Artists and budding producers...

BLACK STROBE  Jul 1, 2007 The entire rock 'n' roll aesthetic has long weighed heavy on the minds of today's electronic dance-music producers. Ever since acts like Underworld, Daft...

THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA  Jul 1, 2007 Just because I have a band called Cinematic Orchestra doesn't mean they have to be on every song with an ensemble sound, says frontman Jason Swinscoe...

Gypsy Queen  Jul 1, 2007 In 2007, after years of hyperdetailed, program-heavy albums that helped define and challenge contemporary music, Björk Guttir took a minimalist turn. Now...

BROADCAST NEWS  Jul 1, 2007 DJ Jazzy Jeff's ascent to veteran status is by now a well-known tale one that had traveled in hip-hop circles long before Jeff's alliance with the Fresh...

BALANCING POINT  Jun 1, 2007 With a few exceptions, post-'90s dance music has lacked any identity. Although top-flight DJs continued to thrive in clubs around the world, there was...

MPC FAQ  Jun 1, 2007 We Answer your questions about making music with Akai MPC sampling drum machines | Learn tips on using the Akai MPC samplers | How to make music with the Akai MPC sampling drum machines | How-to, MPC, sampling, drum machine...

COLD COMPRESSIN'  Jun 1, 2007 The only thing that'll glue together pulsing drums, gnarly synths, gargantuan bass lines and your favorite spatial ear-candy tricks into a perfectly balanced,...

COCOROSIE  Jun 1, 2007 Without a good dose of jet lag, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn would have turned out to be quite a different album. When Bianca and Sierra...

DNTEL  Jun 1, 2007 After five years in the making, Dntel's Dumb Luck hesitantly took shape, evolving into several acts after a splintering, disintegrated acoustic guitar...

COPPERPOT  Jun 1, 2007 More than just a victim of stage fright, Daniel Kuypers has long suffered from chronic angst while spinning hip-hop in his native Chicago. Every week,...

SAVATH & SAVALAS  Jun 1, 2007 The first thing you'll notice about the new Savath & Savalas album is the absence of Eva Puyuelo, whose aching vocals floated over the modernized Catalonian...

ALL SIDES NOW  Jun 1, 2007 When Sharam Tayebi and I met in 1991 and formed Deep Dish, we had modest aspirations of launching a local label with the hopes of realizing a few of our...

TAPES 'N' TAPES  Jun 1, 2007 Browsing the endless shelves of tapes, vintage vinyl, musical scores, session notes and photos archived in the basement of Teo Macero's Long Island home,...

ENJOY THE SILENCE  Jun 1, 2007 Car horns honking, trains zooming by, wind howling through trees, the incessant orchestra of crickets, unrepentant roommates one of these (or a multitude...

PROPHET OF RAGE  Jun 1, 2007 There's this big misconception that I started out as a spoken-word artist and then decided to rap, Sage Francis says with a rueful chuckle, his mood darkening...

JEDI FORCE  Jun 1, 2007 Just Blaze devoted son to his mother (a high school principal), superfan of Roland V-Drums and Ableton Live, owner of three feisty poodles and producer...

WALK THE LINE  May 1, 2007 Many albums see only the inside of a single studio during their creation, but when it came time to record her third full-length album, Bebel Gilberto...

HYPER DRIVES  May 1, 2007 Arguably the single most critical piece of gear in a computer-centric studio yet perhaps the most underrated, undervalued and unsexy is the hard drive....

CHA-CHING!  May 1, 2007 I was producing and writing part-time when I was in the U.S. Army. I decided after four years that it was time to go for it all the way. I moved to Atlanta...

Live Wire  May 1, 2007 It's good to be the king especially if you're Tim Mosley. For well over a decade now, the 36-year-old producer has spun his quirkily deconstructed beats...

PHAROAHE MONCH  May 1, 2007 For MC/producer Pharoahe Monch, being kept out of the studio for nearly seven years has been nothing less than stifling. After scoring the Godzilla-sampled...

STEPHEN MARLEY  May 1, 2007 Many reggae fans can close their eyes and remember some of their favorite and freshest irie riddims of the past decade and, chances are, five-time Grammy...

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