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Jeff Mills: "I’d advise anyone who makes electronic music to just go into your studio, pick one machine and try to do something with it that you’ve not done before"
Danny Turner chats to the Detroit icon about taking techno to the next level with new project, The Paradox, and collaborating with session jazz pianist Jean-Phi Dary
How to design your perfect modular system: filters
Our guide to designing your ideal modular set-up continues with an essential component of any rig: the filters
Beat Building: how to make a lo-fi hip-hop beat
We show you how to program a lo-fi hip-hop beat using free drum samples from SampleRadar
Beat Building: how to make a Big Beat beat
Learn how to build big Big Beat beats in our Beat Building series of tutorials. Now that's a tongue twister!
Beat Building: how to make a broken UK techno beat
We're showing you how to program convincing drum patterns in a variety of genres. Next up is broken UK techno
Flume: "I’ve seen some of my favourite electronic acts try to do a show with live bass and drums and it sucks"
After ten years of stardom, Flume’s Harley Streten ditched LA to return to his native Australia. Danny Turner discovers why
The Breakdown: Goodboys on how they treat vocals in-the-box
The Grammy-nominated production duo talk vocal processing and open up their DAW to show us how they made "This Feeling"
How to use modular synths to create ambient music
A true sound designer’s dream, modular synths are the perfect tool for ambient on several fronts…
Dave Smith: synth prophet
‘Legend’ can be an overused term, but there can be no argument when applying this description to synth pioneer Dave Smith. Here we trace his influential career…
Issue 385 of Future Music is out now
Create your perfect modular system. Plus: Jeff Mills, Flume, Boys Noize, Roland JD-08, Teenage Engineering TX-6, Tourist, Let’s Eat Grandma, V Collection 9 & much more!
The Breakdown: Goodboys on how to write the perfect pop hook
The Grammy-nominated producer duo reveal their songwriting secrets in the latest edition of The Breakdown
Classic Album: Lost Frequencies on Less Is More
Under his Lost Frequencies moniker Félix De Laet pulled away the blast and bombast of arena-primed EDM and began making tracks with heart, soul and subtlety
Future Music 385: Samples and downloads
Grab the bonus content to accompany the August 2022 issue of FM
How to create unique pads using Ableton Live's Spectral Time device
Create unique pads and drones to use in your songs
How to use mid/side EQ for mastering
Using a Mid/Side EQ can be very useful in the mastering process splitting a stereo signal into 'Mid' and 'Side' channels allowing you to EQ the stereo and mono information separately.
Nik Colk Void: "I couldn’t make a banging dance album or an experimental album – it had to be between the two"
Known for her improvised approach to modular systems, voice and guitar, Nik Colk Void talks to Danny Turner about her long-awaited debut album
How to release your music: the DIY guide to getting your tracks out there
Because what’s the point of creating music if nobody is ever going to hear it…?
Q&A: Can I control Ableton Live from my Android tablet?
We're used to disappointing people when it comes to talking about Android and music making but, in this case, there is some good news.
Ron Trent: "If you listen to the album you’d think I have a whole analogue world down here, but all I did was plug in a MIDI keyboard"
A key figure in the Chicago house scene for over 30 years, Ron Trent chats to Danny Turner about his latest project, WARM
Issue 384 of Future Music is out now
Ultimate Beat Builder. Plus: HAAi, Ron Trent, Polyend Play, Moderat, Goodboys & much more!
Moderat: "After 20 years of electronic music, the clean synth sound isn’t the most euphoric or rewarding sound to us"
Six years on from Moderat III, Berlin’s finest elektronische supergruppe emerge with sublime new album, MORE D4TA
Do analogue synthesizers really sound better?
Just what's the deal with analogue synths and why is something so theoretically outdated still so popular? We spoke to synth icons Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim and more to find out
HAAi: "As a non-male in dance music there's a narrative that people think a man has to be behind what you’re doing"
Teneil Throssell on collaborating with Jon Hopkins and Hot Chip for her lockdown-produced debut album
