Music Production
"He didn't tap a foot or move his head or anything. He listened to it all the way through and I thought he hated it": When an Eagle, Heartbreaker, Roger Linn and an Oberheim OB-X combined forces for a pop masterpiece – the Boys Of Summer story
Tom Petty rejected Mike Campbell's synth and drum machine demo, Don Henley didn't make that mistake… but the 1984 hit had other obstacles to overcome
Rayne Talks “Techno Games” And Denver’s Underground
Rayne’s “Techno Games” comes from an artist who spent years learning the floor before turning fully toward production. Born in New Jersey, shaped by New York nightlife, and now based in Denver, Rayne brings a long club history into his current run of dark, peak-time techno releases. The record’s aim
How It Was Made: Nikita von Tiraspol & U-T – Maison Amper (Nikita’s Version) (Kontrapunkt + Deep House / Dub Techno)
U-T and Nikita von Tiraspol’s (@nikitavontiraspol) Nights In Tokyo EP started with a late-night studio meeting at Maison Amper in Tokyo, then split that original idea into three different interpretations. U-T takes the more rhythmic, energetic route, Ko Umehara moves toward minimal territory, and Ni
How It Was Made: MARNIK – Synthetic Heart feat. Crooked Bangs (ARENA Records + Tech-Trance)
MARNIK (@marnikofficial) have spent the last decade operating at the festival end of electronic music, but the duo’s current phase is moving further into hard dance, techno and neo-rave without abandoning the scale that built their audience in the first place. That evolution now has a home in ARENA
Thechi Finds His Sound Between Memory And Movement
Thechi’s Echo State EP starts from a place a lot of producers know but do not always admit: coming back to music after a pause and realizing the old instinct to keep adding more is not always the answer. The London-based artist, born Arjun Yohannan, grew up in Kerala, India, where his first relation
Acon Digital Releases Ambitious AI-Powered Audio Editor
The longstanding editing, mastering and restoration suite gets a major update loaded with AI-powered tools
KONEKT Blends Bass-House Bounce and Romance on “WORTH”
KONEKT’s “WORTH” sits in a lane that more producers are starting to explore: club music with a little romance under the surface. The track blends bass house, slap house, and R&B influence, giving it enough bounce for a dancefloor setting while keeping the mood lighter, warmer, and more emotionally o
Matt Serletic – Grammy-winning producer, ex-Virgin Records, Amazon Music exec – named Dean of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music
Serletic is the sixth person to serve as dean of the Frost School of Music, which was established in 1926 and recently marked its 100th anniversary. Source
Blacc Sam & Bino Rideaux Break Down Nipsey Hussle’s Prolific | Billboard R&B / Hip-Hop House 2026
Blacc Sam and Bino Rideaux sit down with Billboard to talk about Nipsey Hussle’s long-awaited project Prolific—recorded in 2017 and finally released this year. They break down what it meant to finish the rollout with the full team, what studio life with Nip was really like, and why preserving the in
"Superb playability, a versatile sound set, and pretty unbeatable value": Shergold Telstar Standard ST14 12-String review
This is an affordable retro inspired 12-string that punches well above its weight
Acon Digital Releases Acoustica 8 with AI Tools
The longstanding editing, mastering and restoration suite gets a major update loaded with AI-powered tools
Girl Ultra's New Single 'Te Caigo'
Mexico City’s Girl Ultra makes chrome-plated synth-funk with an 80s new-wave edge, co-produced with Chromeo. New single ‘Te Caigo’ is a manifesto for acting on desire rather than waiting around. The v
The Beatles share early version of ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ featuring George Harrison sitar mastery
“It was quite spontaneous. I picked the sitar up and kind of found the notes,” Harrison previously said. “We put it on and it seemed to hit the spot”
The Beatles share early version of ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ featuring George Harrison sitar mastery
“It was quite spontaneous. I picked the sitar up and kind of found the notes,” Harrison previously said. “We put it on and it seemed to hit the spot”
HorsegiirL's Whimsical Dance Music
Fuelled by hope and pure horsepower, German producer-DJ extraordinaire Stella Stallion is galloping towards new creative horizons
HorsegiirL's Exclusive Playlist for The Cover
The half-horse, half-human producer-DJ curates a rejuvenating mix of nightcore, Eurodance and more
Dance yourself clean with HorsegiirL’s exclusive playlist for The Cover, ‘Music So Hard It Will Heal You’
The half-horse, half-human producer-DJ curates a rejuvenating mix of nightcore, Eurodance and more
Acon Digital Releases Acoustica 8 with AI-Powered Tools
The longstanding editing, mastering and restoration suite gets a major update loaded with AI-powered tools
HorsegiirL proves the neighsayers wrong with her joyous, whimsical dance music
Fuelled by hope and pure horsepower, German producer-DJ extraordinaire Stella Stallion is galloping towards new creative horizons
John Lennon favored a specific Beatles track he contributed to
John Lennon called it “one of my favourite Beatle tracks”