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• Gravité Fresq Turns Broken Tech Into Electro-Punk Friction On “Curry Sauce”

  06-06-2026 17:12 via magneticmag.com
  
  Gravité Fresq’s “Curry Sauce” is built around a very specific kind of frustration: trying to use technology for one simple task and somehow ending up in an argument with a system that was supposed to make the process easier.That is the best part of the track. It does not treat tech anxiety like some huge cultural thesis. It starts smaller, with the petty irritation of domestic chaos and a broken AI image generator, then pushes that annoyance through jagged guitars, elect
  
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• Best Plugins For Drum & Bass Production: The Illest 7 Tools You Need To Know

  06-06-2026 17:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  Here’s The Short ListBark24 | DynShaperBox 3Polyverse GatekeeperBaby Audio Transit 2Soothe2Baby Audio HumanoidMusik Hack Master PlanFinding the best plugins for drum & bass production comes down to speed, control, low-end trust, movement, and how quickly a tool helps you make decisions without turning the session into technical busywork. Drum & bass asks a lot from a production setup.
  The drums need to feel tight, punchy, and swing’y without getting stiff, the bass needs to,
  
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• Best Free Sample Packs For UK Garage: 14 Packs That Give You Thousands Of Amazing Sounds

  06-06-2026 17:38 via magneticmag.com
  
  UK Garage is one of those genres where the choice of samples tells on you fast, and having the best free sample packs for UK Garage can get you in the ballpark of the genre’s vibe without spending hours digging on Splice.The drums need swing, the bass needs movement, the chords need space, and the whole thing needs to feel loose without getting sloppy. That is why the best free sample packs for UK Garage are useful for new producers, experienced producers, and anyone trying to write faster
  
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• Best DJ Headphones For House DJs: 5 Choices And Some Guidance On What’s Best For You

  06-06-2026 01:22 via magneticmag.com
  
  The ShortlistAlphaTheta HDJ-F10V-MODA M-100 PROAIAIAI TMA-2 DJ WirelessAIAIAI TMA-2 Studio Wireless Gen 2Sennheiser HD 25 LightHow To Pick The Best DJ Headphones For House DJsFinding the best DJ headphones for house DJs comes down to a few practical things that matter in the booth: isolation, comfort, timing accuracy, cable management, durability, and whether the headphones stay useful outside the club. House DJs spend a lot of time lining up grooves, checking low-end relationships, riding long
  
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• Best Budget Music Production Gear By Price Point: 18 Studio Toys I Love

  06-06-2026 01:09 via magneticmag.com
  
  Buying the best budget music production gear gets messy fast because most producers do not need “the best” piece of gear in the abstract. They need the right next purchase for where their studio is right now.
  That is why I wanted to break down the best budget music production gear by price point instead of making one giant ranked list where a $99 plugin sits next to a rack interface, and somehow they are supposed to compete with each other. They solve different problems, and the smar
  
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• How To Master Music At Home: The Best Mastering Software For Getting Your Tracks Ready Faster

  06-06-2026 00:15 via magneticmag.com
  
  What We’re Talking AboutWhat Mastering At Home Actually MeansWhy One Mastering Plugin Makes Sense For Home ProducersDoes AI Mastering Require the Internet?The best mastering plugins in contextThree Use Cases For Mastering At Home1. Sending rough demos to labels2. Road testing music in DJ sets3. Revealing mix problems before the track goes any furtherHome Mastering Vs. Professional MasteringThe case for DIY masteringThe case for professional masteringLearning how to master music at home use
  
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• ADDAC System Mixology review: amazing control over the pedals you love

  05-06-2026 21:41 via magneticmag.com
  
  What We’ll CoverThe Two-Loop SystemThe Core Routing Is The Whole PointThe Feedback Section Is Next LevelIs Mixology Meant For Live Performance?What Types Of Pedals Work Best With It?Is Mixology A Good Looper?Why It Makes The Most Sense On SynthsEditor’s Choice AwardFinal VerdictThe ADDAC System Mixology started to make a whole lot more sense to me once I stopped thinking of it as just another effect pedal…That sounds obvious once you spend time with it, but it really does matt
  
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• Lottie Jones On “Surrender” And The Moments Phones Cannot Recreate

  05-06-2026 20:43 via magneticmag.com
  
  Lottie Jones (@lottiejonesuk) returns with “Surrender,” a new liquid Drum & Bass single that dropped back in May through Make Your Era. The release places her vocal identity at the center of the record, with soft atmospheric layers, rolling rhythm, and melodic detail giving the track a clear emotional focus while still keeping it ready for club and festival use.The single also fits the direction of Make Your Era, the UK label founded by Vibe Chemistry.
  The imprint has been giving
  
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• ROSTR And IFF LA Partner On Festival Data, Custom Booking Tools, And Industry Coverage

  05-06-2026 20:33 via magneticmag.com
  
  ROSTR is linking with International Festival Forum for IFF LA, the conference’s first North American edition, taking place September 14 through 16, 2026 at The London in West Hollywood. The deal makes ROSTR the official technology and media partner for the event, with the partnership centered on festival data, attendee tools, and editorial coverage through New Industry Focus.The short version is that IFF LA is built to help agents, festival programmers, promoters, and talent buyers get rea
  
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• Buso Audio Unity Targets The Low-Mid Problems In Small Studios

  05-06-2026 20:23 via magneticmag.com
  
  Buso Audio’s Unity panel is aimed at one of the most common problems in home studios and production rooms: getting acoustic treatment that helps with low-mid buildup without turning the room into something dead, awkward, or impossible to set up.The Unity is a wideband absorber panel with Class A rated broadband absorption from 100 Hz to 10 kHz, and that range is the part worth paying attention to. A lot of thinner acoustic panels help with reflections in the upper mids and highs, which can
  
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• A Definitive Small Business Guide To Background Music

  03-06-2026 01:04 via magneticmag.com
  
  Background music is one of those details small business owners tend to treat as a finishing touch, only to slowly realize it shapes the room from the moment someone walks in. We need to remedy that ASAP with this small business guide to background music.A cafe with dead silence feels different from a cafe with low-volume acoustic music during the morning rush. A boutique playing high-energy club music at 10 a.m. sends a different message than one using slower, low-pressure music while people bro
  
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• Black Lion Audio MIDI Eight Review: Why This Unsexy Device Snagged An Editor’s Choice Award

  03-06-2026 00:30 via magneticmag.com
  
  MIDI gear has a way of expanding slowly, then all at once, but it doesn’t have to if you have something like the Black Lion Audio MIDI Eight in your back pocket (not literally, of course).One controller turns into a controller and a desktop synth, then a drum machine gets added, then a sequencer gets added, then a pedal starts needing clock, and suddenly the MIDI port on the back of an audio interface feels completely out of its depth. That is the exact type of problem the Black Lion Audio
  
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• Fosi Audio i5 Review: Their First Full-Size Headphone Comes Out Swinging

  02-06-2026 23:48 via magneticmag.com
  
  Fosi Audio has spent years becoming a familiar name for affordable amps, DACs, and desktop hi-fi gear, so the Fosi Audio i5 immediately caught my attention because it feels like the company is trying to make a proper first entry into the full-size headphone market instead of tossing out a basic accessory to round out the catalog.
  This is a $549.99 open-back wired planar magnetic headphone with a 97mm driver, a large metal frame with a wood-style cup design, detachable cabling, and a comfort syst
  
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• Anthony Middleton Reflects On Philip Jung And The Human Side Of House Music [Op-Ed]

  02-06-2026 21:26 via magneticmag.com
  
  Philip Jung’s passing has left a clear absence across the house music community, and Anthony Middleton’s essay meets that loss with honesty, care, and a wider question about what the scene has become. His piece, titled The Air We Used to Breathe, starts from grief, then opens into something larger: a reflection on connection, shared purpose, and the human relationships that once sat much closer to the center of dance music.Middleton writes from the perspective of someone who remember
  
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• Parra for Cuva On Nacar, Creative Burnout, And Finding Space Between Shows

  02-06-2026 20:23 via magneticmag.com
  
  Press Images Courtesy Of Max HartmannParra for Cuva (@parra_for_cuva) has spent the past decade building a catalog that moves through downtempo, organic house, ambient electronica, and club-focused material with a clear sense of personal taste. His sixth studio album, Nacar, continues that path across 12 tracks, with collaborations from Nathan Ball, orbit, CRi, Vraell, Cile, PALLADIAN, Aukai, and Vines, along with three solo pieces that give the record its central shape.The album was written acr
  
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• Lost Boy And Haider Uppal Break Down The Studio Process Behind Piya Meray EP

  02-06-2026 19:49 via magneticmag.com
  
  Lost Boy (@lllostboyyy) and Haider Uppal (@haideruppal) return with Piya Meray EP, a new project shaped between Toronto and Lahore that connects Western house and techno frameworks with South Asian melodic language, vocal source material, and studio culture.
  After the heritage-focused 1 to Oneness EP, which received support from DJ Harvey, Sv4 of Ghostly International, Nabihah Iqbal, and other selectors, this release brings the duo into a shared studio in Lahore and gives the music a tighter, mo
  
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• Will Holland On The Enhanced Progressive Refresh And The Return Of Trance

  02-06-2026 19:37 via magneticmag.com
  
  Enhanced Progressive is entering a new era with a refreshed visual identity, a renewed label direction, and a first release that points clearly toward where the imprint is heading next. The refresh begins with “Talk,” a new single from dj try and yerbby, which dropped on May 29, 2026, and the track gives the label a direct way to reconnect with the emotional, melodic, club-ready trance sound that helped define its history.Founded in 2008, Enhanced Music has grown into one of dance mu
  
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• Ableton Opens Live Suite To Custom Tools With The Extensions SDK

  02-06-2026 19:26 via magneticmag.com
  
  Ableton’s Extensions SDK is one of those updates that probably sounds technical at first, then gets a lot more interesting once you think about what it can actually do inside a Live Set.
  The new public beta gives developers and curious Live users an open JavaScript toolkit for building custom tools that run alongside Live Suite, accessible via a right-click from anywhere in the Set.That right-click detail is the important part. Extensions are built to sit close to the actual music-making p
  
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• Meris Ottobit X Turns Lo-Fi Damage Into A Full Performance System

  02-06-2026 19:20 via magneticmag.com
  
  Meris Ottobit X feels like the kind of pedal that takes the fun part of lo-fi processing and gives it enough depth to become a real performance tool. The original Ottobit pedals already had a cult appeal because they made bitcrushing, stutter, and vintage gaming-style damage feel immediate, and Ottobit X pushes that idea into a much bigger modular system with glitch, pitch, filter, ambiance, preamp, modulation, sequencing, looping, and expression control all living inside the same box.The headli
  
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• ICE THOMPSON flips Kelis sample into a house bomb

  02-06-2026 15:12 via magneticmag.com
  
  Colombian-born, US-based DJ and producer ICE THOMPSON links with fellow Medellín artist Jose M on “Say Hey”, a stripped-back club cut that flips a classic ODB and Kelis vocal into something deeper, tougher and built squarely for late-night floors.For ICE THOMPSON, the release adds another chapter to a career that has stretched across more than a decade. A key figure in Medellín’s electronic scene, he has built an international reputation through releases on labels
  
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• Pure Talent interview: Sequence Six

  28-05-2026 14:26 via puretrance.com
  Sequence Six: “Music has allowed me to be seen for all that I am.“
  Pure Talent interview: Sequence Six
  Pure love: when and how did you get into music?
  I grew up around music. My mom was a multi-instrumentalist, my older brother a classically trained pianist, so there was always some form of music around me. I always found music to be a soundtrack to my life with different styles and tones connecting with different moods.Pure beginnings: what about the process of getting into product
  
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• Within ALTRIGO’s Expanding Creative World

  21-05-2026 13:11 via magneticmag.com
  For ALTRIGO, evolution, growth, and creative exploration are the defining pillars of his musical journey. With roots that trace Classical Music and Electronic Music, the path into his current artistic direction has been supported by a wide range of experiences and inspirations. From taking on the alias ILIKTRONIK KREMENEL to now channelling his ideas into his identity as ALTRIGO, Fathi Saleh appears unafraid to shift, develop, and expand into fresh territories: continually pushing into spaces th
  
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• Eddy D’Amato’s Expanding Vision for Techno and the Future of MODVL

  21-05-2026 13:01 via magneticmag.com
  Eddy D’Amato continues to pick up pace in his musical journey. With frequent releases and work for his label, MODVL, he continues to gather momentum, remaining unfaltering in his dedication and energy. Hailing from Italy, he seeks to move beyond the local circuit with releases that resonate on a global scale while contributing to the evolution of Electronic Music.Recently, Eddy has been channelling his efforts into developing the reach of his label and its growing roster of releases. From
  
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• MYOON Turn Brotherly Chemistry Into Cinematic Pop On Run With The Stars

  21-05-2026 01:02 via magneticmag.com
  MYOON’s Run With The Stars works because it feels built from a real creative relationship rather than a loose collection of songs. The Paris duo, made up of brothers Augustin and Charles Hurez, uses the EP to connect cinematic indie pop, analog synth detail, guitar texture, and direct songwriting into a release that feels personal without getting too heavy-handed.The project has a clear foundation from which everything else can expand upon.
  Three tracks are vocal-led, three are instrumenta
  
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• Leyla Romanova’s “Self-Control” Finds Power In Refusing To React

  21-05-2026 00:57 via magneticmag.com
  Leyla Romanova’s “Self-Control” works because it starts from a feeling most people know well: the pressure to react when everything around you is loud, rushed, and pulling at your attention. The track takes that idea and turns it into a dark, controlled electronic record that feels tense without becoming obvious.The concept is simple, which is why it lands. Real control does not always mean dominance or volume.
  Sometimes it means holding your position, choosing where your atten
  
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• The 15 Best Disco & Funk Tracks Of April 2026

  21-05-2026 00:35 via magneticmag.com
  April not only brought Spring with it, but a fresh new batch of fantastic Disco & Funk tracks! Let’s dive into 15 of the best songs that made us groove through the month.Check out this month’s SoundCloud playlistRead Past Disco and Funk Charts HereFSQ, Moniquea, XL Middleton – Feeling Wide (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) [Soul Clap Records]No one adds space to a song like Prins Thomas, both in the expansive sound he creates and in the spacey synths that take tracks like FSQ, Moniq
  
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• Mazda — Mazda – Ergonomic (Trance, Hard Trance 1994) (Music Video) - Dork | Down With Boring

  20-05-2026 22:30
  Mazda — Mazda – Ergonomic (Trance, Hard Trance 1994) (Music Video)  Dork | Down With Boring
  
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• Artists Who Sound Like ARTBAT: 10 Names To Follow When You Want Melodic Techno Built For Huge Rooms

  20-05-2026 20:44 via magneticmag.com
  ARTBAT records have a very specific kind of impact. The drums hit with festival-scale pressure, the synth lines stay direct, and the arrangements usually know when to hold tension before the release. That is why their tracks work across Afterlife-style sets, UPPERGROUND showcases, main stages, and late-night melodic techno playlists.The hard part with ARTBAT comparisons is avoiding the lazy answer. A lot of melodic techno sits near the same festival circuit, yet ARTBAT’s best records have
  
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• Baum Audio Ellipse Brings Danish Guitar-Maker Detail Into Closed-Back Headphones

  20-05-2026 19:01 via magneticmag.com
  Baum Audio has launched Ellipse, a premium closed-back over-ear headphone that moves the Danish brand from boutique guitar building into hi-fi personal audio. That background is the most interesting part of the story, because Baum is entering the headphone category from a musician-first perspective rather than from the usual consumer electronics lane.Ellipse is designed in Denmark and priced at £359 in the UK through selected retail partners.
  The headphone uses custom-tuned 50 mm dynamic d
  
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• YAMATOMAYA On “Endless” And Finding Music Beyond The Algorithm

  20-05-2026 18:25 via magneticmag.com
  YAMATOMAYA’s (@yamatomaya_jp “Endless” arrives through Magik Muzik and Black Hole Recordings during a larger growth phase for the Japan-based artist project, with five new songs on the way and Amo Recordings preparing to roll out additional artists later this year. That timing gives the release a useful frame, since the track is tied to a broader push around artist identity, label development, and long-term presence across trance and EDM communities.That context also connects w
  
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