Music Production
‘We Know What We Want’: With a New Recording Studio and Label Deal, DMA’S Are Just Getting Started
Billboard caught up with DMA'S Matt Mason to discuss the band's self-recorded fifth album.
Minimal Audio's Lucid Offers Advanced Granular Synthesis
This "next-generation" granular effect combines a flexible granular engine with per-grain tuning, filtering, panning and delay, alongside a host of additional effects
Mac Miller's Estate Announces 10th Anniversary Edition of The Divine Feminine
The anniversary edition of the rapper's fourth studio album comes out in October. Mac Miller’s Estate Announces The Divine Feminine 10th Anniversary Edition, Unveils “Butterflies”: Stream Travis Bland
Mac Miller’s Estate Announces The Divine Feminine 10th Anniversary Edition, Unveils “Butterflies”: Stream
The anniversary edition of the rapper's fourth studio album comes out in October. Mac Miller’s Estate Announces The Divine Feminine 10th Anniversary Edition, Unveils “Butterflies”: Stream Travis Bland
How It Was Made: Christian Hornbostel – Eridanus (Magnetic Magazine Recordings + Progressive House)
Christian Hornbostel (@christianhornbostel) has never sounded especially interested in chasing the loudest part of the room. That is part of what makes “Eridanus” feel right for Magnetic Magazine Recordings. The track works with patience, letting its synth programming, harmonic detail,
UMG-backed Music Holdings Announces AI Music Patent Portfolio
Licenses, secured by Udio and GRAI, will support the development of licensed AI services including covers, remixes, and "a wide range of interactive music experiences" Source
UMG-backed Music IP Holdings unveils AI music patent portfolio, aiming to ‘set a standard for how AI and music grow together’
Licenses, secured by Udio and GRAI, will support the development of licensed AI services including covers, remixes, and "a wide range of interactive music experiences" Source
How It Was Made: Jewel Kid – Explicit Behaviour EP (Rekids + House)
After two decades of releases across house music, Maltese producer Jewel Kid (@jewelkid) makes his Rekids debut with Explicit Behaviour, a three-track EP arriving August 14. The record follows releases for Abode and Toolroom alongside his work running Alleanza, and finds him leaning heavily on hardw
Publishing Briefs: Ayra Starr Production Duo The Elements Signs With Electric Feel
In this week's column, Alison Nichols signs with BMG, Swapmeet signs to Concord Music Publishing ANZ and more.
A.N.I On Shaping Her Techno Without Chasing Every Trend
A.N.I (@a.n.i.official) is moving through the European techno circuit with a sound that pulls hard techno, hard trance, and rhythmic genre-blending into the same high-pressure frame. The Berlin-born and based DJ and producer has become increasingly visible through her “Transition Tuesday 
Enslaved Releases New Single "Solar Will"
The veteran metal act's 17th studio album is out October 30th via Nuclear Blast Records. Enslaved Announce New Album, Unleash Single “Solar Will”: Stream Langdon Hickman
Enslaved Announce New Album, Unleash Single “Solar Will”: Stream
The veteran metal act's 17th studio album is out October 30th via Nuclear Blast Records. Enslaved Announce New Album, Unleash Single “Solar Will”: Stream Langdon Hickman
FIRST LOVE Makes FM Synthesis Feel Playable
FM synthesis has never lacked power. It has lacked patience from the people trying to learn it. The sound can be glassy, metallic, percussive, strange, emotional, and almost impossible to fake with subtractive synths, but the workflow has scared off plenty of musicians who do not want to spend the f
Minimal Audio Lucid Turns Granular Effects Musical
Granular processing can be one of the fastest ways to turn a plain sound into something that feels alive. It can also become a mess almost immediately. A vocal turns into a cloud. A synth becomes a smear. A drum loop gets pulled apart until the groove is gone. That can be great when the [...] Read M
Ilja Varha Explains The Sound Design Behind Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars
Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars is the next title from Grand Engineer Corps, the team behind Grand Tactician: The Civil War. The series is built around realistic tactical and strategic warfare during the musket era, and the new game moves the scope into the Napoleonic period from 1792 to 1815. For
Someone put a chiptune synth and 16-step sequencer in a watch - and it looks as bonkers as it sounds
Is this retro-styled DIY build the world's first wrist-worn sequencer?
Apple Corps Ltd and Universal Music Group announce landmark partnership for The Beatles ahead of biopics
The four-part "cinematic event" arrives in 2028
Jennifer Walton and Proc Fiskal Remix My New Band Believe’s “Numerology”
Both versions will appear on a 12” sold exclusively at Cameron Picton and co.’s upcoming shows
Excel Music Launched by Excel Entertainment and Universal Music
In January, the Universal Music Group announced that it had acquired a 30% stake in Excel Entertainment, the Indian production house behind such hit Bollywood movies and soundtracks as Dil […] The pos
Weirloom Jeans: Functional Apparel for Artists
Dance music has no fixed dress code, even if black T-shirts and denim remain common in studios, airports, press photos, and DJ booths. The clothing has to work across a job that constantly changes loc