Electronic Sound 130 2025

English | 100 pages | PDF | 45 MB

Red alert!! Ahead of a UK tour to mark the 45th anniversary of his seminal ‘Telekon’ album, we’re delighted to have GARY NUMAN on the cover of this month’s Electronic Sound. We’re bundling the issue with an awesome red vinyl seven-inch too, which is an exclusive release featuring two tracks from ‘Telekon’ selected for us by the great man himself. Gary Numan’s ‘Telekon’ album was a stark and futuristic landmark of electronic music, but it was also the sound of a young man struggling to come to terms with his sudden and often overwhelming fame. At one point in 1980, with three records sitting in the UK Top 20, everybody wanted a piece of him. ‘Telekon’ is one of the main topics of our lengthy and detailed conversation with Numan, in which he talks candidly about death threats, stalkers, plane crashes, ghosts and much more, explaining what it was really like to live with the machines while the world lost its head all around him. It’s a hugely entertaining read, both for ardent Numanoids and curious onlookers alike.

Beat Issue 227 December 2024

PDF | 13.11.2024 | ENG:59.56 MB | GER:22.92 MB

(English and German Edition)

55 Synth Plugins reviewed – Which ones do you really need? Synths are simply indispensable! With the flood of new releases, however, it can be difficult to keep track and find the perfect plug-in for your sound. But don‘t worry, we‘ll do the work for you! On 22 pages, we evaluate the latest instruments, show them in use case workshops and provide audio demos so that you know exactly which synth is right for you. Of course, there are evergreens and freeware gems that no setup should be without. And as a bonus, there are over 10,000 presets to download so you can get started right away!

Electronic Sound 131, 2025 

English | 100 pages | PDF | 50 MB

Electronic Sound is the best electronic music magazine in the world. In-depth coverage of the current scene, the pioneers, the machines, and the current thinking of the electronic music world.

Electronic Sound 129 2025

English | 100 pages | PDF | 46 MB

BRIAN ENO and BEATIE WOLFE are gearing up for the release of their third collaboration of 2025, so it’s fantastic to have them on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound. We’re bundling the magazine with a lush purple vinyl ENO & WOLFE seven-inch too, one side of which features a track previously only available in Japan. Brian Eno’s partnership with composer and conceptual artist Beatie Wolfe, who Vice called “a musical weirdo and visionary”, has already given us two albums this year. Another is coming out next month. All three records – ‘Luminal’, ‘Lateral’ and the forthcoming ‘Liminal’ – blend dreamy, mesmeric and opulent ambient atmospherics with snatches of hushed Americana. The results are alluring and fascinating, as is our interview with the pair, which sees them talking about everything from the joys of hauling abandoned speakers out of skips to the very idea of creativity itself. Exploring the zone where music, art, science and technology come together, it’s a perfect cover story for Electronic Sound.

Electronic Sound 119

English | 100 pages | PDF | 43 MB

This is something special. With an exciting new boxset in the shops any day now, the latest Electronic Sound cover stars are the magnificent Throbbing Gristle and we’re bundling the issue with a limited edition red vinyl seven-inch featuring two previously unreleased TG tracks, including one of the last two recordings the industrial pioneers ever made. We’re looking back over the story of Throbbing Gristle this issue, interviewing the surviving members of the band and others associated with TG. Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson ripped up all the rules, both sonically and visually, both as a live act and a recording unit. They are widely recognised as the prime movers of industrial music, but their influence and impact stretches way beyond any particular genre. Their early gigs attracted everybody from acid-fried hippies and spotty anarcho-punks to oddball alt-funkateers and hot-wired electronics freaks. There has never been another group even remotely like Throbbing Gristle.

Electronic Sound 121 2025

English | 100 pages | PDF | 38 MB

Electronic Sound is the best electronic music magazine in the world. In-depth coverage of the current scene, the pioneers, the machines, and the current thinking of the electronic music world.

Beat 228 Januar 2025 GERMAN

PDF | 03 January 2025 | 22.97 MB

STUDIOMONITORE: Alle Antworten zu Setup und Produkten auf 20 Seiten Das wichtigste Werkzeug zum Beurteilen von Mixen sind – na klar – die Studiomonitore. Doch worauf sollte man bei der Auswahl von Studiomonitoren achten? Warum ist es wichtig, dass diese einen linearen Frequenzgang haben? Und sind 2-Wege- oder 3-Wege-Lautsprecher für das Studiomonitoring die bessere Wahl? Das lösen wir gleich auf! Freue dich auf Antworten zu den häufigsten Fragen zum Thema Studiomonitoren. Plus Marktcheck zu allen aktuellen Aktiven inkl. geeigneten Kopfhörern.