In the studio with… Subjective Goldie and James Davidson’s second album looks back to drum&bass history… from the shores of Thailand. Classic Album: Addictive TV, Orchestra of Samples Producer’s Guide to… Physical Modelling Synthesis
IN THE STUDIO WITH… Nightmares on Wax George Evelyn talks 30 years of Warp, new album Shout Out! To Freedom and re-evaluating life’s important stuff.
IN THE STUDIO WITH…Sally Shapiro The enigmatic Swedish italo-disco/ synthpop duo emerge from hiatus for new LP Sad Cities. RETROSPECTIVE: Hard house It’s house and it’s hard. This pleasingly straightforward subgenre has never taken itself too seriously
The idea of using chance, probability and generative systems in music making is nothing new, but tools to accomplish these things have certainly become more common of late. Just look at some recent gear highlights – Novation Launchpad Pro, Arturia KeyStep Pro, Elektron Model Cycles, Korg opsix and Wavestate all come equipped with some kind of randomiser or probability-driven feature. It seems these tools that have long been popular in the modular realm are making their way into mainstream music gear. But why should we care? As we dig into in this issue’s cover feature, far from just being a lazy way to auto-generate sounds, adding a bit of chance and unpredictably to your music making can be a great way to inspire creativity, add variation and generate ‘happy accidents’ you might not discover otherwise.
IN THE STUDIO WITH… Boys Noize Alex Ridha discusses his fifth album and the uncompromising techno style that has won him fans in high places Plus In the studio with Eris Drew Classic Album Seefeel, Succour
In the Studio: FEED ME Where has Jonathan Gooch’s penchant for colourful characters taken his for his latest LP?
