This sample set focuses on the essentials of vintage house and techno: beats and basslines. These two instruments are subdivided into tempo (120, 125 & 128bpm) and, in the case of the beats, ...

We're showing you how to program convincing drum patterns in a variety of genres. Next up is broken UK techno When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Djax-Up-Beats is techno royalty. Founded in 1988 by Miss Djax, the Dutch label helped shape the sound of techno up until the early ’00s, thanks to the funky and rough approach it championed. Simply ...

Alva Noto is the performing name of German electronic musician Carsten Nicolai whose work ranges from collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto (they wrote the score for the film The Revenant together) to ...

Expanded reissues of marginal, long out of print albums seldom get more ambiguous than this oddity initially released in 1994. The theory behind it is enticing. Alan Douglas, who was at the time in ...

When Detroit techno made its way from the Motor City in the late ‘80s to overseas locales like London and Berlin, it launched a worldwide phenomenon that quickly grew into a longstanding international ...