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• Harrison Flex-10 Puts Console Color on the Desk

  18-08-2026 17:38 via magneticmag.com
  
  A lot of audio interfaces are sold on clean conversion, more I/O, and low-latency performance.Those things matter, but they do not always answer the more interesting question for producers: what happens before the sound ever reaches the DAW?That is where Harrison Audio’s new Flex-10 feels more interesting than a normal desktop interface announcement. It is a 10-in/12-out USB-C and ADAT interface built for compact studios, mobile rigs, and hybrid producer setups, but the real hook is the fr
  
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• How It Was Made: JOKESONYOU & DJ IP – OTTF [Teletech]

  18-08-2026 21:31 via magneticmag.com
  
  Australia’s JOKESONYOU and Dutch artist DJ IP pair up for their brand-new single ‘OTTF’ this August, to be released on Teletech. ‘OTTF’ is a tribute to the emotion and energy of classic hardstyle. Inspired by the iconic sound of the mid 2000s, it combines euphoric melodies, driving kicks, and bounce influences while staying true to the raw spirit that defined the era. A release that sees both producers step out of their comfort zones; neither is affiliated with the
  
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• Marsh Explains Why Home Had To Start His New Label

  18-08-2026 20:55 via magneticmag.com
  
  Marsh (@marshmusician) is starting Marshan Records with the kind of statement most artists spend years working toward: a fourth studio album, two major headline shows, and a label name drawn from the fan community that has helped carry the project this far.
  Home, out November 3, marks his first fully independent album after a decade closely tied to Anjunadeep, and it opens a new chapter built around ownership, melodic identity, and the audience that has made the Marsh project feel less like a on
  
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• Audioscenic’s Angela Lee Explains Spatial Audio Inside The Lenovo Legion 7a

  18-08-2026 20:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  Laptop audio has always had a basic tradeoff.
  The machines keep getting thinner and more powerful, but the speakers still have to work within a small physical space, which is a real limitation when games, films, and creator workflows increasingly depend on spatial detail. Audioscenic is trying to solve that problem from the software side, using AI-powered spatial audio to make sound feel like it is coming from the space around the listener rather than from the laptop itself.The company’s l
  
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• Apos ARGOS Brings Electrostatic Listening Back Into Focus

  18-08-2026 20:43 via magneticmag.com
  
  Images All Courtesy Of AposA lot of producers spend so much time checking mixes that they forget how to listen.There is a difference between analyzing a track and letting a system reveal it. The first is work. The second is where taste develops. That is why the SJY ARGOS Electrostatic Headphones feel relevant beyond the usual audiophile lane.Apos is positioning ARGOS as part of a broader return to classic Japanese hi-fi thinking, with electrostatic listening at the center. The reference point is
  
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• Death On The Balcony Discuss Human Touch In The Studio

  18-08-2026 18:34 via magneticmag.com
  
  Death on the Balcony (@deathonthebalcony) return with Cycles Of Desire, a four-track EP out August 14 on SATYADGTL that splits the duo’s sound across two names and two related club instincts. Mark Caramelli and Paul Hargreaves use the Death on the Balcony side for deeper, groove-led material, while the DOTB cuts move into a more stripped-back house lane. The EP was not planned as one complete statement at first. It came together after old and newer ideas were played consecutively and start
  
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• Inside Weirloom Jeans for DJs and Artists

  17-08-2026 22:37 via magneticmag.com
  
  Dance music has no fixed dress code, even if black T-shirts and denim remain common in studios, airports, press photos, and DJ booths. The clothing has to work across a job that constantly changes location. An artist can spend eight hours at a computer, carry equipment into a venue, and play a late set without going home to change. That creates a specific case for jeans: they need to remain comfortable across long days, withstand frequent wear, and look considered without turning the artist into
  
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• John Monkman On Fatherhood, Repetition, And Creative Trust

  17-08-2026 21:51 via magneticmag.com
  
  John Monkman’s (@johnmonkman) “Connected” arrives on Beesemyer Music after his Kompakt release “Trace,” and the title says a lot about where his head seems to be at the moment. The track sits in a deeper, more hypnotic lane, built around groove, repetition, and the kind of dancefloor feeling that only really makes sense once bodies are in the room.
  Its starting point was not a grand melodic statement, but the way patterns and sequences began to talk to each other.Th
  
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• Bound to Divide Brings “Cycles” to MMR

  17-08-2026 20:22 via magneticmag.com
  
  Bound to Divide’s (@boundtodivide) “Cycles” is out now via Magnetic Magazine Recordings, marking the label’s 55th signing and adding a familiar progressive name to the catalog. There is also a dedicated Cycles Beatport chart, giving DJs a broader look at the records surrounding the release and how Bound to Divide is performing for club use.For Magnetic Magazine Recordings, this one feels like a clean fit. Bound to Divide has already built trust across labels like Enhanced
  
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• BOTE WULF Aero Gets Producers Out of the Studio

  17-08-2026 20:07 via magneticmag.com
  
  A lot of producers treat the studio like the only place where music happens.That is understandable, but it is also where the work can start to fold in on itself. The same loop plays too many times. The same plugin chain gets tweaked for an hour. The same eight-bar idea starts to feel either genius or worthless depending on mood, sleep, and how long it has been since the last real break.That is where something like the BOTE WULF Aero makes more sense than it might at first glance.On paper, it is
  
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• Borna Libertines On The Six-Month Stay Behind 120h to Tokyo

  14-08-2026 22:20 via magneticmag.com
  
  Borna Libertines’(@borna_libertines) 120h to Tokyo plays like a record built from movement: airport arrival, train platforms, convenience-store loops, jazz bars, izakaya nights, small techno rooms, and the strange emotional compression that happens when a city only fully reveals itself once you know you have to leave. Released back on July 1, 2026, the eight-track album moves across hard techno, peaktime pressure, acid bass, live sax, and jazz-coded melodic detail while keeping its focus o
  
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• Lana Crow Turns “Japrisot” Into a Summer Synth-Pop Escape

  14-08-2026 20:36 via magneticmag.com
  
  Lana Crow’s “Japrisot” sounds like a summer drive with the rearview mirror doing too much talking.The independent singer-songwriter’s new single is out now, and it takes a bright 80s synth-pop setting, fills it with coastal motion, then threads something more uneasy underneath. Produced by Grammy-winning Tristan Boston, the track uses retro synth tones, driving drum machines, and a clean pop shape, but the writing comes from a stranger and sharper place.The title points t
  
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• Culoe De Song Brings “Moonhound” to Crosstown Rebels

  14-08-2026 19:59 via magneticmag.com
  
  Culoe De Song’s first release on Crosstown Rebels does not feel like a random label move.It feels like two paths finally crossing in public.The South African house artist has spent more than fifteen years building a sound that pulls African electronic music into deeper, more hypnotic club settings. Crosstown Rebels, led by Damian Lazarus, has long operated in a similar zone of ritual, rhythm, late-night atmosphere, and left-of-center house music. So when Culoe lands on the label with Moonh
  
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• Starke Sound Beta5 Makes Stereo Less Intimidating

  14-08-2026 19:51 via magneticmag.com
  
  Not every listening room starts with floorstanders and a giant budget.Most people begin smaller. A desk. A sideboard. A spare bedroom. A small apartment. A vinyl corner that gradually evolves into a full two-channel system. That is where a speaker like the Starke Sound Beta5 makes the most sense.The Beta5 is a compact two-way bookshelf speaker built around a 5.25-inch format and priced at $499 per pair through Vigilant Audio. That puts it in a lane that matters for music fans who want to start b
  
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• MILYAM Turns “Dream” Into Late-Night Art Rap

  14-08-2026 19:32 via magneticmag.com
  
  MILYAM’s “Dream” works best when it does not try to explain itself too quickly.The Los Angeles-based artist builds the single around a hushed rhythmic cadence, dark R&B atmosphere, and a left-field Art Rap approach that feels closer to late-night thought than direct confession. The track is out now after its July 24 release, and it follows the momentum of “Intimacy,” a prior single that became a Semi-Finalist in the R&B/Soul category for Unsigned Only 2026.T
  
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• STAY GOLDEN Turns Invisible Bonds Into Silent Covenant

  14-08-2026 19:26 via magneticmag.com
  
  STAY GOLDEN (@stay.golden.music) makes his All Day I Dream debut with Silent Covenant, a seven-track album out August 14 that translates memory, trust, and invisible connection into a nearly 40-minute run of indie-dance textures, melodic techno detail, organic rhythm, and deep house movement.
  The release begins with the title track before moving into “Fragments of a Dream,” “RITUAL PAUSE,” “Stay With Me,” and a second half built around collaborations with Alex
  
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• Leo Sawikin’s “Burning Love” Starts His Next Album Era

  14-08-2026 19:25 via magneticmag.com
  
  Photo Cred Throughout: Tommy KrouseLeo Sawikin’s “Burning Love” is out now, and it gives the Manhattan-born singer-songwriter a clear first step into the next phase of his catalog.The single comes ahead of his forthcoming self-titled full-length album, expected in 2027, and lands after a period in which Sawikin has been steadily widening his profile through intimate club dates, solo support slots, and a run of releases that balance indie edge with classic pop instinct.That bala
  
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• AFROJACK Goes Club-First on “Monopoly Man”

  14-08-2026 18:56 via magneticmag.com
  
  AFROJACK does not need to prove he can make a record feel massive.That part of his career has been proven for years. The more interesting thing about “Monopoly Man” is that it finds him working inside a tighter club frame, making his debut on Loco Dice’s Desolat with a track built around groove, pressure, and a recognizable lead synth that does not feel dropped in for nostalgia.“Monopoly Man” is out now via Desolat, and the label context matters here. Desolat has al
  
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• AVRENNI’s New Album “Apotheya” Is Available To Pre-order Now

  14-08-2026 18:12 via magneticmag.com
  
  AVRENNI drops a brand-new album, ‘Apotheya,’ on his own label Apotheya Records. A full, eight-track project, the collection takes listeners on a journey through high-impact beats, deep, dark soundscapes, and sound design that feels considered and controlled. First debuting with his single, ‘Coldhelix,’ AVRENNI continues his evolution with this next release: following up with an album that epitomises his creative focus and signature sound.  Approac
  
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• Nihil Young Releases Debut Album Compass

  14-08-2026 17:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  Nihil Young’s Compass is out now, and the title fits the way the record is being presented.This is not framed as a debut album chasing a big dramatic reset. It is closer to a record built from markers: the day he met his wife, the birth of his first child, and the kind of personal memories that slowly become reference points for everything that follows.That gives Compass a different kind of pressure than a standard melodic release. Nihil Young has already spent years building a catalog acr
  
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• Best Compact Digital Mixers: What I’d Buy in 2026

  11-08-2026 19:46 via magneticmag.com
  
  A digital mixer sounds like an excessive purchase right up until your live set has a laptop, a couple of stereo synthesizers, a drum machine, vocals, and separate monitoring all asking for a place to go. I have enough hardware connected around my own studio to know how quickly the channel count disappears, and taking that same equipment onstage adds a completely different set of problems. You need to know where every cable goes, you need access to the levels that could cause problems, and you ne
  
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• Red Axes Explain Why Tracks Still Need Time To Tell A Story

  11-08-2026 19:31 via magneticmag.com
  
  Red Axes (@redaxesofficial) have always sounded like a project built from records that were found, lived with, bent out of shape, and then sent back into the room with a new pulse. Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi started together in the post-punk and new wave world before reshaping their focus around house, disco, techno, edits, and psychedelic club music, and that background still explains a lot of why their tracks rarely feel locked to one clean category.Their Red Axes remix of Psycho Radio Vs LC A
  
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• How It Was Made: FairPlay & Roo (JO) – Al Jaw (Places & Spaces + Afro House)

  11-08-2026 19:09 via magneticmag.com
  
  Pete Tong signing a record from Jordanian producers FairPlay (@__fairplay) and Roo (JO) (@roo.music) to Places & Spaces already gives “Al Jaw” an interesting position, especially after Tong opened his IMS Ibiza set at Dalt Vila with it and later played it again at Blue Marlin. Support has also come from Black Coffee, Themba, and Robin M, giving the record considerable exposure around its August 7 release.The production itself is much less complicated than that early support might
  
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•  Ibiza Season Survival Guide for Touring Artists

  11-08-2026 19:04 via magneticmag.com
  
  Each summer, the island of Ibiza transforms from a restful island in the summer into the epicenter of the electronic music community.  For more or less five months every year, the island is less a holiday destination than it is a high-performance, flawlessly constructed performance ecosystem in which the world’s best top-billing and underground DJs, hospitality companies, promoters, and private aviation operators dance a carefully synchronized and choreographed routine. In the backgro
  
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• OBNE Beam Splitter V2 Turns One Guitar Into Three Takes

  11-08-2026 18:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  The idea behind Beam Splitter V2 is simple in the best way: make one guitar feel like it was tracked several times.Old Blood Noise Endeavors built the pedal around the sound of a guitar recorded in multiple passes, where each take has a slightly different drive character, timing feel, and placement. Instead of asking the player to recreate that in a DAW after the fact, Beam Splitter V2 puts the concept on the floor.A single input becomes three drive paths. Each path has its own Gain, Volume, and
  
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• SOUNDBOKS Lightboks Deal Brings Party Lighting Down to $200

  11-08-2026 18:44 via magneticmag.com
  
  End-of-summer party gear usually gets framed around sound.That makes sense to a point. A loudspeaker can carry a tailgate, rooftop hang, backyard party, college move-in weekend, or pre-game. But the thing people remember once the playlist is already handled is often the room itself: how it looked, how fast the energy changed, and whether the setup felt like someone actually thought about the atmosphere.That is where SOUNDBOKS Lightboks enters the conversation.The music-reactive party light is cu
  
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• Matt Fax On Jaytech, Ruben de Ronde, BT, And Creative Growth

  10-08-2026 19:29 via magneticmag.com
  
  Matt Fax (@mattfaxmusic) returns to Colorize with Innerframes, a four-track EP out August 5 that pulls together the darker, more futuristic side of his progressive sound without losing the melody and emotional detail that have followed him through the last decade of releases. Opening with “Till You Let Go,” then moving into “Tomorrow,” “High On Life” with 88Birds, and “Oddity,” the EP feels like a project rather than a loose run of singles, which i
  
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• Niall McCallum, ModeAudio’s Co-Founder, On Why Sample Packs Still Need A Human Ear

  10-08-2026 18:50 via magneticmag.com
  
  ModeAudio has built its name on royalty-free sounds that feel a little more considered than the average download folder. The company’s catalog now covers more than 400 collections, ranging from ambient textures, loops, one-shots, MIDI files, field recordings, and synth presets to more focused tools for Serum 2, Reason, Ableton Live, and other production environments. It also gives producers a few easy entry points into that world, including a free taster sound-pack page and a larger 885MB
  
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• Afriqua Talks Running His Own Career Without Waiting For Validation

  10-08-2026 18:36 via magneticmag.com
  
  Image Cred: youcancallmeo_Rebirth Records is marking 20 years with Rebirth 20 Part Two, out August 7, and the second chapter of the anniversary project digs deeper into the label’s roots, community, and creative DNA.
  The release brings together long-running Rebirth artists, hidden catalogue moments, and new reinterpretations from names including Red Axes, Darren Emerson, Soul of Hex, Elado, Valentino Kanzyani, and Afriqua, whose remix of Square Mode’s “The Wheel” appears
  
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• Shield Talks Rebirth Records, Long-Term Vision, And Rebirth 20

  10-08-2026 18:35 via magneticmag.com
  
  photos by Cosmo Rush (cosmorush_)Rebirth Records is marking 20 years with Rebirth 20 Part Two, out now as of August 7, and this second chapter looks deeper into the label’s roots, community, and creative DNA. The release brings together long-standing Rebirth artists, hidden catalog moments, and contemporary reinterpretations from names including Corrado Bucci, Chromatic Filters, Blue Mondays, Federico Baracco, Afriqua, Red Axes, Soul of Hex, Darren Emerson, Valentino Kanzyani, Ramonpang, a
  
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