Beat Issue 247 August 2026

P2P | 17 July 2026 | 82.9 MB

(English & German Edition)

Done With Expensive! The best Hardware Deals Under 500 Euro

Fuel, food, going out … everything has been getting more expensive for quite some time now, and the fun is getting left behind. Or is it? No, because cutting yourself to pieces through saving isn’t the answer! In this masterclass, we’ll show you why 2026 is the year of the “Smart Producer.” From serious analog synths and wavetable and granular specialists to portable samplers, controllers, and effect pedals that won’t blow your budget, we present exciting hardware highlights under 500 Euros so you can more quickly find the tool that truly fits your workflow. So hopefully at the end of the money there won‘t be that much month left again.

Electronic Sound 132 2025

English | 100 pages | PDF | 47 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. Kraftwerk + The Divine Comedy ‘Radioactivity’ / ‘The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale’

Electronic Sound Issue 139

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 11 MB

We have an exclusive interview with Green to mark the reissue of Scritti Politti’s ‘Songs To Remember’ (1982) and ‘Cupid & Psyche 85’ (1985), two brilliant albums that took the band from scratchy post-punk outsiders to electropop giants. The second of these releases gave them no less than four hit singles and led to encounters with luminaries such as Kraftwerk, Miles Davis and Nile Rodgers. It was certainly a totally different world to the scuzzy squats where Green had started his music career. “I was like a non-league player suddenly thrown straight into a Premiership side,” he says. “It was completely exhilarating, but also excruciating.”

Electronic Sound 126

English | 100 pages | PDF | 43 MB

Ahead of their final studio album coming out in September, we’re saying a fond farewell to SAINT ETIENNE with this month’s Electronic Sound cover story and an exclusive blue vinyl seven-inch from the group. One side is a sparkling new offering and other is the track that launched the band way back in 1990. It’s incredible to think that it’s 35 years since Saint Etienne released their groovy version of Neil Young’s ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ as their debut single. Their forthcoming album, the wonderfully upbeat ‘International’, will be their 14th studio set but also their last – as Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs explain in our extensive and hugely entertaining interview. It will conclude a recording career that’s been both tirelessly eclectic and deeply indebted to their love of classic pop music. And with the list of guests on the new album including Vince Clarke and Nick Heyward, as well as radio and television presenters Katie Puckrik and Colin Murray, it’s a splendid way for the trio to bow out.

Beat Issue 245 June 2026

PDF | 19 May 2026 | 82.6 MB

(English & German Edition)

From Studio Hacks to Sound Design: 50 Solutions for When You’re Stuck. When your mind goes on strike, forcing it won’t help – inspiration will. In this survival guide, we deliberately shift down a gear and focus on what really matters: the joy of sound. Discover over 50 brilliant hacks covering music theory and sound design that will guide you playfully through any slump. Stay on track, gain fresh know-how, and get back into the flow with ease!

Electronic Sound Issue 128

English | 100 pages | PDF | 47 MB

Ahead of a brilliant new album landing in September, we have the fabulous FAITHLESS on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound, and we’re combining the issue with an exclusive red vinyl seven-inch featuring two almighty groovy tracks remixed by the band’s co-founder Sister Bliss. We think this is one of the most uplifting records we’ve ever released. Bliss and her production partner Rollo have called the album ‘Champion Sound’ and it sees Faithless stepping back into the limelight following the death of their singer Maxi Jazz in 2022. It’s been a very emotional time for the pair, as they note in our in-depth interview, but they have now crafted what is probably the best Faithless long-player since ‘Reverence’, their 1996 debut. The vinyl version is a double set, with the tracks on each of the four sides seamlessly sequenced into exhilarating sonic stories. The lyrics are sharp too, as we’ve come to expect from a group that’s never been afraid to balance the hedonism of club hits like ‘Insomnia’ and ‘God Is A DJ’ with some deep and serious thinking.

Electronic Sound Issue 120

English | 100 pages | PDF | 61 MB

Electronic Sound’s final cover star of 2024 is the legendary Jean-Michel Jarre and we are bundling the issue with a limited edition green vinyl seven-inch featuring live versions of ‘Oxygène 4’ and ‘Équinoxe 7’, two of the synth superstar’s biggest and best-known tracks. Jean-Michel Jarre’s impact on electronic music during the last 50 years is huge, not least because of his thrilling live performances. His concerts are the focus of our cover story, with Jarre detailing how his shows have evolved over the decades and guiding us through some of the events he’s most famous for. His picks include Paris, Beijing and Houston, plus his Docklands sets in London in 1988. Expect highly entertaining tales of epic staging and equally epic rainfall, as well as several billion lasers. Remarkably, at the age of 76, there’s no sign of Jarre starting to slow down yet, with more live extravaganzas scheduled for 2025. All power to his VCS 3, we say.