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• How It Was Made: Christian Hornbostel – Eridanus (Magnetic Magazine Recordings + Progressive House)

  20-08-2026 23:27 via magneticmag.com
  
  Christian Hornbostel (@christianhornbostel) has never sounded especially interested in chasing the loudest part of the room.That is part of what makes “Eridanus” feel right for Magnetic Magazine Recordings. The track works with patience, letting its synth programming, harmonic detail, and gradual modulation carry the arrangement rather than relying on oversized transitions every 16 bars.Christian’s long relationship with progressive electronic music. His history stretches back
  
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• Nihil Young Explains Why AI Cannot Generate A Life

  20-08-2026 23:15 via magneticmag.com
  
  Nihil Young’s (@nihilyoung) Compass is built around the kind of personal material AI cannot fake with any real conviction.
  Released August 14 on Zerothree, the debut album pulls from the day he met his wife, the birth of his daughter, the death of his father, and the private emotional terrain that turns a body of work into more than a folder of finished tracks. The album features collaborations with Rowland Giles, Leo Wood, Lasada, Jordan Arts, FRDRK, Adriana Stone, TYGR TYGR, and others,
  
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• Emmys Giving Suite Turns Swag Into Support

  20-08-2026 22:18 via magneticmag.com
  
  Award-show gifting can be easy to misunderstand from the outside.At its worst, it can look like another pile of luxury products handed to people who already have access to everything. But the official Emmys Giving Suite has a more specific role here: turn the backstage ritual into support for the Television Academy Foundation, whose programs help open doors for emerging television talent.Distinctive Assets is back to produce the official Giving Suite for the 78th Emmy Awards, bringing presenters
  
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• How It Was Made: Jewel Kid – Explicit Behaviour EP (Rekids + House)

  20-08-2026 22:06 via magneticmag.com
  
  After two decades of releases across house music, Maltese producer Jewel Kid (@jewelkid) makes his Rekids debut with Explicit Behaviour, a three-track EP arriving August 14. The record follows releases for Abode and Toolroom alongside his work running Alleanza, and finds him leaning heavily on hardware across “Explicit Behaviour,” “In The Dance” and “The Tribute.”Much of the EP starts with the Moog Sound System, specifically the DFAM, Subharmonicon and Mother-
  
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