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• Hraach On Why Social Media Cannot Replace The Dancefloor

  26-06-2026 19:10 via magneticmag.com
  
  Hraach (@hraachmusic) makes his SATYA debut with Shake Them, a four-track EP built around broken rhythm, controlled tension, and the kind of low-slung movement that can pull a room in without needing to hit it over the head. The Armenian-born, Barcelona-based producer made the record during a run of mornings in a new studio, and you can hear that reset in the music. The arrangements feel focused, the grooves have room to move, and nothing seems added simply to fill space.The Elektron Analog Rytm
  
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• Sennheiser HD 480 PRO Plus: An Excellent Closed-Back Studio Headphone Designed For Work And Play

  27-06-2026 19:03 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsHD 480 Pro / Plus Build QualityHD 480 Pro – Comfort480 Pro Specifications and Frequency ResponseKey SpecsSound QualityPower RequirementsWho Are These For?Sennheiser HD 480 Pro Plus Features:HD 480 PRO vs HD 490 PROThe HD 480 PRO Plus Is Worth ConsideringProsConsFinal ThoughtsI love the 480 Pro Plus, and it’s not just because I’ve spent years using Sennheiser headphones across just about every listening scenario imaginable. From studio work to travel and DJ gigs
  
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• Paul Leonard-Morgan Talks Watson, AI, And Protecting The Creative Process

  26-06-2026 22:29 via magneticmag.com
  
  Paul Leonard-Morgan has spent much of his career moving between orchestra, electronics, film, television, games, and concert music, so the score for Watson fits neatly into the way he already thinks about composition. Released through Lakeshore Records, the Watson: Seasons 1 & 2 soundtrack follows a modern version of Dr. John Watson as he returns to medicine after Sherlock Holmes’s death, treating rare conditions while his old connection to Moriarty continues to pull him back toward in
  
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• Blast Box and Blast Radio: A Fantastically Simple Return to Radio That Matters

  26-06-2026 21:32 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsWhat Is Blast Radio?The Blast Radio Manifesto – Music First, Metrics LastBlast Radio’s One Missing PieceThe Broadcast Hardware: The Blast BoxBuild Quality & DesignAudio Quality That Exceeds ExpectationsBuilt for Broadcasters, Not Content CreatorsMagnetic Magazine Is Joining the AirwavesMeet Blast Box, the revolutionary new gadget that is taking radio back to the DJ, and by that I mean human selector. In an era when just about every streaming platform tells you wh
  
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• Blind Man’s Daughter Uses Vocal Range and Tension to Shape “Say It Again”

  26-06-2026 19:59 via magneticmag.com
  
  Blind Man’s Daughter just released “Say It Again” giving Ashley Wolfe another chance to define a project built around full creative control. The Denver artist wrote, produced, and performed the single herself, which gives the vocal and instrumental arrangement a shared direction from the opening section through the final release.The song sits within cinematic progressive pop, drawing from alternative music and electronic production while keeping Wolfe’s voice at the cente
  
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• TEED On Taste, Trends, And Building A Creative Process That Lasts

  26-06-2026 19:06 via magneticmag.com
  
  Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (@teed) returns with a new DJ-Kicks mix for !K7 Records, and the whole thing feels like a reminder that a DJ mix can still say something about where an artist is living, what they are listening to, and how they imagine people actually using the music. TEED built this one around the feeling of getting ready for a night out in Los Angeles, having a drink, putting music on with friends, and letting the energy build before anyone has even left the house.That idea g
  
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• TOM LECHEF On “Do It Like That” And Building A Sustainable DJ Career

  26-06-2026 17:37 via magneticmag.com
  
  TOM LECHEF (@tomlechef_) comes out swingin’ on Southpoint’s Catalyst Sampler with “Do It Like That,” a collaboration with JNG, which dropped on June 26th. The UK producer has been developing a sound he calls 138, built around fast 4×4 motion, dark garage swing, house drive, and bass-led underground pressure. It is a direct, rave-focused approach that has already brought radio support from BBC Introducing, KISS FM, and BBC 1Xtra.The sampler places “Do It Like T
  
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• BUTCHABOI Talks Southpoint, DJ Burnout, And “Rhythm Is Taking Control”

  26-06-2026 17:36 via magneticmag.com
  
  BUTCHABOI (@butchaboiii) is on Southpoint’s Catalyst Sampler with “Rhythm Is Taking Control,” a track that brings organ speed garage, piano house, and UK club energy into the compilation’s wider focus on emerging talent. The sampler arrives June 26 and places BUTCHABOI alongside JNG & TOM LECHEF, No Boundariez, Olivar, and Mango, with Southpoint continuing to spotlight new producers working across UK garage, bass music, and rave-focused club sounds.Southpoint ·
  
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• Tai Woffinden On Discipline, Music Production, And Life After Speedway

  26-06-2026 17:31 via magneticmag.com
  
  Tai Woffinden’s (@twoffinden) move from professional speedway to electronic music already gives him a different starting point from most new producers, though “Mirror Mirror” feels like the point where that background begins to take shape as a clearer artistic identity.
  The three-time Speedway World Champion links with Scottish trance veteran David Forbes for the new single through Hannah Laing’s doof label, and the result leans into peak-time trance with enough atmospher
  
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• Onysia’s My Soul Is… Split Series Finds Detail Inside Deep House And Minimal

  26-06-2026 17:19 via magneticmag.com
  
  Pictured Above: Bruno PronsatoOnysia continues its Split Series with My Soul Is…, a four-track vinyl release built around J Gabriel, Thomas Melchior, and Bruno Pronsato.The record sits in that part of deep house and minimal where small changes do most of the work. The grooves stay controlled, the arrangements leave room for detail, and the psychedelic side comes through gradually rather than forcing itself into the front of the mix. That gives the release a useful dual purpose. It can str
  
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• 24 Amazon Prime Day Deals Music Producers Should Check Before The Sale Ends in 2026

  24-06-2026 22:25 via magneticmag.com
  
  Prime Day can be a mess for music producers because Amazon puts cheap podcast bundles beside proper studio tools and presents them as the same kind of deal. Most of the listings are easy to skip, though there are real price cuts on gear that can improve how you write, record, mix, or perform.
  Donner has one of the broadest music gear promotions in the sale, with a weighted digital piano and a complete electronic drum kit leading the way.
  There are also useful discounts on synths, interfaces, mic
  
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• Donner’s Prime Day Sale Cuts Up To 37% Off Music Gear On Amazon

  24-06-2026 17:14 via magneticmag.com
  
  Prime Day is here, and Donner has 19 products marked down across its Amazon US store. The sale covers guitars, digital pianos, keyboards, electronic drums, ukuleles, loopers, PA gear, and orchestral instruments, with discounts ranging from 15% to 37% off MSRP.
  There is a lot on sale, though a few deals make far more sense to call out than the rest.
  The DDP-80 gets the biggest cash discount at $200 off, while the DEK-610S receives the largest percentage cut at 37%. Donner is also discounting a co
  
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• PSB iQ Series Brings BluOS Streaming Into A Cleaner All-In-One Speaker Setup

  23-06-2026 19:54 via magneticmag.com
  
  PSB has introduced the iQ Series, a new range of all-in-one streaming speakers aimed at listeners who want proper stereo sound without filling the room with separate amplifiers, streamers, DACs, and cables.The new range includes the iQ1 and iQ2, with each model built around PSB’s BluOS ecosystem and the acoustic foundation introduced with the Alpha iQ. The larger idea here is pretty easy to understand. You place the speakers, connect them to the network, open the app, and start listening w
  
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• Eddie Leader Talks Hudd Traxx, Self-Branding, And The Changing Shape Of DJ Culture

  23-06-2026 19:48 via magneticmag.com
  
  Eddie Leader (@eddieleader_) is celebrating 20 years of Hudd Traxx with a new compilation that brings together twenty all-new tracks from Chez Damier, Jovonn, Cinthie, Seven Davis Jr., DJ Sneak, and many others. The UK label has long been a trusted home for house music with a deep sense of identity, and this anniversary release shows how that identity still feels connected to both its history and its current community.Hudd Traxx has maintained a clear underground house focus over two decades, wi
  
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• Larrabee Studios Creator Series Offers 15 Emerging Artists A Fully Funded Week With Manny Marroquin

  23-06-2026 19:29 via magneticmag.com
  
  Emerging producers, engineers, songwriters, and artists have until June 26 to apply for the 2026 Larrabee Studios Creator Series, a fully funded five-day mentorship program led by Manny Marroquin inside one of Los Angeles’ most recognizable recording studios.The program will bring 15 creators to Larrabee Studios from August 10 through August 14 for hands-on studio experience, mentorship, collaboration, and career development. Travel, lodging, meals, and programming are included, and there
  
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• EPROM Turns His Current Sound Design Into A Playable Instrument With Memory Rites

  23-06-2026 18:49 via magneticmag.com
  
  Minimal Audio, who brought us Poly Flanger and this dope little freebie, has released Memory Rites, a new Current expansion created with EPROM and built around the distorted bass, complex rhythm, and machine-like texture that have shaped his production for years.The pack includes 60 patches designed in Current, but the bigger idea here is how producers can access them. Existing Current users can buy the preset expansion for $19, while anyone who does not own the full synth can purchase the new C
  
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• MPEQ-1 Gives Every EQ Band Its Own Saturation Control

  22-06-2026 20:59 via magneticmag.com
  
  Undertone Audio has released the MPEQ-1 Super-Parametric Saturation Equalizer Plugin, turning one of its hardware designs into a software tool with a few additions that could make it useful well beyond simple corrective EQ.The biggest feature is independent saturation on every band.
  That gives producers and engineers a way to decide where harmonic color enters the signal, rather than adding a single broad saturation stage across the entire sound. You can push the upper mids while keeping the low
  
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• Sampleson Aeronaut Turns Any Audio Input Into Real-Time Cinematic Ambience

  22-06-2026 19:05 via magneticmag.com
  
  Sampleson has released Aeronaut, a spectral effects plugin designed to turn guitars, vocals, synths, chords, and other incoming signals into evolving cinematic ambiance in real time.The basic idea is immediately usable in the studio. Insert Aeronaut on an audio or instrument track, play something into it, and the plugin begins to freeze, stretch, and rebuild fragments of the source. Those fragments keep moving alongside the live input, so the resulting atmosphere follows the performance rather t
  
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• Decent Rides On Like We Do, Vinyl Culture, And Running Interloot Records

  22-06-2026 18:39 via magneticmag.com
  
  With a steadily growing reputation for blending deep house, techno, jazz, disco and hip-hop influences into their own distinctive sound, Decent Rides have become one of the most exciting underground duos to emerge from Bavaria in recent years.
  Through releases on respected labels including Quintessentials, Morris Audio, Moment Cinetique, Inhale Exhale and their own Interloot Records, they’ve developed a style that balances meticulous drum programming with warm musicality and dancefloor ene
  
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• Hollow Shift Turn Personal And Societal Conflict Into Darkwave Tension On WAR

  22-06-2026 18:13 via magneticmag.com
  
  Hollow Shift’s WAR starts from a subject that could easily become too broad, then brings it back down to the scale of the individual. The three-track release looks at conflict through fear, division, survival, identity, and the smaller battles people carry long before those tensions become public.That gives the project a sharper emotional center than a record built solely around politics. Jessica Bell and Alexander Zamparas are interested in what conflict does to the person living through
  
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• Bobi Stevkovski Talks Stranger Things And The Power Of Subtle Control

  20-06-2026 00:12 via magneticmag.com
  
  Bobi Stevkovski (@bobi.stevkovski) links back up with YokoO on Stranger Things, their second EP for SATYA, and a release that leans into the stranger, deeper edges of their shared language. Across “Someone Else” and “They From Space,” the record moves with that patient, hypnotic energy SATYA has built its name around, with Sublee and Hostox adding remixes that pull the source material into their own deeper zones.
  It is club music, clearly, though it feels like the kind bu
  
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• Zig-Zag Supply Leans Into At-Home Nightlife With Loungewear, Hoodies, And Vintage-Inspired Apparel

  19-06-2026 21:57 via magneticmag.com
  
  All pictures courtesy of Zig-ZagZig-Zag Supply is placing more emphasis on apparel, and the timing aligns with how many people are approaching summer plans now. The night out does not always mean getting dressed for a bar, waiting in lines, spending too much money, and pretending the room is better than the couch.
  For a lot of Gen Z and younger millennial consumers, the better move is becoming simpler: make the apartment feel good, put on a record, order food, invite a few friends over, and let
  
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• How EDC 30 Proved Experience is the New Headliner

  19-06-2026 21:51 via magneticmag.com
  
  (above photo credit: Skyler Greene, Insomniac).
  This article was written by Candese Charles, a guest contributor to Magnetic.The Electronic Daisy Carnival (EDC) has always held a special place in my heart. For more than 30 years, the EDM festival has been redefining the way music festivals are produced. This year’s return to Las Vegas was no exception, as the iconic spectacle dropped more than half a million attendees into a world of art, community, and marvel that went far beyond just a w
  
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• How To Extract Vocals From A Song For Remixing: Absolutely Everything You Must Know In 2026

  19-06-2026 21:39 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsThree Biggest TakeawaysWhat Does Vocal Extraction Actually Do?LALAL.AI Any Good?How To Extract Vocals From A Song For RemixingBring It To The DAWMake Sure It Actually Sounds GoodFind The TempoFind The KeyClean It Up!Why You Would Want To Extract Vocals In The First PlaceWhere To Find Good Songs To Extract Vocals FromFinal ThoughtsLearning how to extract vocals from a song for remixing, and having the best tools for the job, has become one of those production skills that feels wa
  
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• AIR Music Technology Summer Sale Includes Free Plugins, Jura Chorus, ReValver, MPC Expansions, And BFD Drum Deals

  19-06-2026 20:31 via magneticmag.com
  
  AIR Music Technology’s Summer Sale is now live, bringing together a wide set of discounts across instruments, effects, expansions, collections, MPC-ready tools, BFD drum libraries, and guitar amp software from the wider inMusic family.
  The sale runs through August 2, 2026, with Buy + Get Free offers active from June 1 through August 2.The main offer is simple: buy two qualifying plugins and get one free, buy three and get two free, or buy four and get three free. The free items are taken f
  
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• Akai Professional MPC One G2 And MPC Key 37 G2 Bring More Power To Standalone Production

  19-06-2026 20:03 via magneticmag.com
  
  Akai Professional has introduced the MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2, two updated standalone production systems that bring more processing power, more memory, and a more modern MPC3 OS workflow into two familiar hardware formats.The update is pretty direct on paper: an 8-core processor, 4GB RAM, and 64GB of internal storage across each unit, with Akai saying the new models deliver four times the processing performance of the previous generation. That matters because standalone production can fall a
  
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• MYLAMINE Brings Deep House Back To Its Soulful Center On “Elevation87”

  19-06-2026 19:28 via magneticmag.com
  
  MYLAMINE returns to Electronic Brew Records with “Elevation87,” a new deep house single that pulls the genre back toward the soulful, musical, and groove-led center that first gave deep house its identity.The track is built around a warm chord progression, original vocal touches, fluid melodic phrasing, and a bassline that keeps the record moving without pushing it into anything too obvious. That balance is the useful part if you really think about it.
  “Elevation87” has e
  
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• Matt FX Brings Big Dish Energy To Non-Friction Records

  19-06-2026 19:23 via magneticmag.com
  
  Matt FX returns to Non-Friction Records with Big Dish Energy, a four-track house EP that keeps the label’s early catalog loose, playful, and wired for late-night movement.Recorded between New York, London, and Montreal, the project carries that cross-city energy without turning into a cleanly polished club package. There is a slightly crooked quality to the record that feels intentional, with each track leaning into oddball hooks, vocal flashes, and rhythms that feel built for DJs who like
  
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• SEMPA On PullUp, Southpoint, And Building Independence Inside A Scene

  19-06-2026 19:11 via magneticmag.com
  
  SEMPA (@sempauk) continues his run through the UK underground with You’re Mine, a new three-track release through Southpoint.
  The Newport artist has been moving fast since starting production in 2022, and you can hear why on this project: grime pressure, dubstep low-end, 140-focused rhythm, and club-focused production choices that feel built for late systems rather than background listening.The release follows growing support from Kettama, Oppidan, Mike Skinner, Sicaria, and Notion, with p
  
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• Robin Thurston On “Equinox,” Nick Warren’s Support, And Progressive House That Takes Its Time

  19-06-2026 18:42 via magneticmag.com
  
  Robin Thurston (@robin_thurston) has been a familiar name for progressive house listeners who pay attention to melody, structure, and patience in a record. His catalog has touched labels including Particles, Soundteller, Bonzai, Emergent Properties, ARRVL, AH Digital, BC2, and The Soundgarden, with support from Hernan Cattaneo and Nick Warren helping put his music in front of a wider club audience.
  Magnetic Magazine · PREMIERE: Robin Thurston – Equinox [Magnetic Magazine Recordings]
  
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