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• KDDO Steps Out From Behind the Hits

  31-07-2026 19:57 via magneticmag.com
  
  KDDO has spent more than a decade doing the kind of work that changes pop music from behind the glass.That is the strange thing about producers at this level. Their fingerprints can be everywhere, while their names still sit one layer behind the artist, the vocal, the hook, and the record’s public story. KDDO’s résumé is not small. He co-wrote and produced Chris Brown’s “Under The Influence,” worked on Davido’s “Fall,” and has built a
  
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• Factory Town Reveals Full Lineup for Hocus Pocus 2026:

  08-08-2026 00:41 via magneticmag.com
  
  Miami’s biggest Halloween celebration is officially taking shape. Factory Town and Insomniac have unveiled the complete lineup for Hocus Pocus 2026: <Dystopia Halloween>, returning to Hialeah’s sprawling nightlife complex from Friday, October 30, through Sunday, November 1.Now entering its sixth edition, the three-day festival will bring more than 100 artists across five stages to Factory Town, continuing its evolution into one of the most anticipated electronic music events on
  
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• The 15 Best Disco & Funk Tracks Of July 2026

  08-08-2026 00:27 via magneticmag.com
  
  July was a hot one, and I don’t just mean the temperature! It’s time again to listen to 15 of the best Disco & Funk tracks of the month, so whether you are a fan of Disco, Funk, Nu-Disco, Disco House, Yacht Disco, or anything in between, there should be something new for you to enjoy!Check out this month’s SoundCloud playlistRead Past Disco and Funk Charts HereD’Swing – Dream It ft. Lorna Harris [Razor-N-Tape]Danny Kane, using his 90s UK Garage moniker D’S
  
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• The Sway by Audima Labs Could Be the Most Innovative MIDI Controller of 2026

  07-08-2026 21:29 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsBuild Quality and HardwareGesture Control and User FriendlinessSoftware and the Theory EngineCompatibility and SetupIn the Field: Illenium’s Sphere ResidencyPricing and AvailabilityFinal Thoughts – Who The Sway is For and Who The Sway is Not ForEvery few years a piece of gear comes along that makes you rethink what a MIDI controller is supposed to do. The Sway, from Australian-based startup Audima Labs, is one of those devices. Instead of keys, pads, or touchstrips,
  
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• Foreign Rider Clothing Spotlight: Durable Menswear for Nightlife, Travel, and Creative Culture

  07-08-2026 20:45 via magneticmag.com
  
  All images are courtesy of Foreign Rider ClothingThe best clothing for nightlife rarely starts at the club.It starts earlier. In the studio. In the airport. In the hotel lobby. At soundcheck. In the back of a rideshare. Outside the venue at 1:30 a.m. when the night has already gone longer than planned and the outfit still has to feel intentional.That is where Foreign Rider gets interesting.The brand is not presenting itself as clubwear, which is part of the appeal. Its foundation is closer to du
  
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• DeHusslar Turns Māngere Into Bass Pressure

  07-08-2026 19:44 via magneticmag.com
  
  Festival-ready bass music often gets described as if it came from nowhere.Big low end, distorted synths, a vocal element, a track title, a release date, and suddenly the record is treated like it was made only for the speaker system. DeHusslar, who this article was made in partnership with, has a new banger called “II VII V DUB,” and it has a more specific starting point than almost anything I’ve heard in a while.The new single, released July 31, comes from Māngere, South
  
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• Christian Hornbostel Lets “Eridanus” Breathe

  07-08-2026 17:43 via magneticmag.com
  
  Christian Hornbostel 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 is not trying to force its way into attention with a cheap trick or a giant reset every sixteen bars. It works in a slower, more patient way, which makes sense if you have followed Christian’s wider body of work or read how he talks about the job of an artist in 2026.“Eridanus&rdqu
  
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• Lorna James Turns Classical Training Toward Trance on The Right To Be Forgotten

  07-08-2026 17:36 via magneticmag.com
  
  Lorna James’s The Right To Be Forgotten lands with an unusual amount of backstory for a dance album. James is a classically trained pianist and composer, a former human rights barrister, a BBC Introducing-supported artist, a FreshSoundz Radio resident, and now an electronic producer pulling deep house, melodic house, trance, piano writing, string movement, breakbeats, and soprano vocals into one 12-track statement.Check The Music On Beatport HereThat could easily become too many identities
  
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• Vancoo Makes His Where The Heart Is Debut With “I Can Feel It”

  07-08-2026 17:24 via magneticmag.com
  
  
  Vancoo’s “I Can Feel It” lands on Where The Heart Is with the kind of patient emotional pull that fits the label well. The Moscow-based producer and DJ has been working across Organic House and Downtempo for years, with releases on The Purr, Kosa, Journey Of The Soul, HOROSHO., Try To Find Sound, Botanica, One of Those Days, Chuvstvo Ritma Rec., and Under The Palm Trees, but this single marks his first appearance on Where The Heart Is.That debut context gives the record a littl
  
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• Mastering The Mix MIXVAULT Makes EQ Feel Less Like Guesswork

  07-08-2026 17:13 via magneticmag.com
  
  Mastering The Mix has released MIXVAULT, a new EQ plugin built around a simple idea that solves a very real mixing problem: most EQ decisions are harder to trust when level changes start fooling your ear.MIXVAULT is described by Mastering The Mix as a “fast, smart, honest EQ,” and the plugin earns that description by making level matching part of the workflow from the start. Every move is loudness-matched in real time, so when you boost, cut, audition presets, or bypass the plugin, y
  
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• Monkey Safari Lean Into French House Warmth on “Future”

  07-08-2026 17:02 via magneticmag.com
  
  Monkey Safari’s “Future” feels like the track in an album rollout where the lights change. After the emotional pull of “Otherside” and the more direct floor pressure of “Okonokwa,” the German duo’s third single from You Don’t Know What To Do turns toward old-school French house, filtered disco chords, and a warmer kind of repetition.Out now via their Good Vibes From Paradise imprint, “Future” is not trying to disguise its referenc
  
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• AlphaTheta Brings New DJ Gear to DJX

  04-08-2026 21:41 via magneticmag.com
  
  A DJ trade show is a different test than a launch video.The product can look polished online, the spec sheet can read well, and the demo can hit all the right lines. Then it lands in front of working DJs, mobile crews, club regulars, wedding selectors, bar residents, educators, and gear nerds who want to know how fast it feels under the hand.That is why AlphaTheta/Pioneer DJ’s return to DJX 2026 is a smart calendar moment.The 36th annual DJX tradeshow and exhibition runs August 10 to 13 at
  
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• Sunset Shades Rebuilds “Hold You” From the Inside

  04-08-2026 21:29 via magneticmag.com
  
  A safe remix keeps the vocal, adds a bigger drum section, pushes the drop a little harder, and calls the job done.Sunset Shades took the harder route with his official remix of Jasper Tygner’s “Hold You.” The original already had its own emotional lift, built around Tygner’s synth work and euphoric production, so the obvious move would have been to polish around that feeling and keep the arrangement close. Instead, Sunset Shades pulled the track apart and rebuilt it into
  
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• KRK Gives Studio Monitors Wireless Control

  04-08-2026 20:57 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsKRK Mesh is the real headlineThe acoustic tuning side is seriousThe V4, V6, and V8 choices are about room scaleConnectivity and installation details round it outStudio monitors used to be sold around one question: how do they sound?That question still matters, obviously, but the room around the speaker has become just as important. Producers are mixing in spare bedrooms, small studios, treated garages, writing rooms, post rooms, Atmos setups, and hybrid spaces where the monitors
  
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• Bruno Marc Sneakers Fit the Festival-to-Club Run

  04-08-2026 19:30 via magneticmag.com
  
  Festival and club footwear has a way of exposing bad decisions fast.A shoe can look good in the mirror and still fall apart once the night turns into a mile-long walk to the gate, a hot floor, a rideshare wait, and a late food stop afterward. Summer makes the problem worse because heat, sweat, and concrete are ruthless. The best pair is usually the one you stop thinking about because it keeps up.That is the lane Bruno Marc is aiming for with its latest sneaker lineup. These are not statement sne
  
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• Best Studio Monitor Stands for Desktop Setups in 2026: What I’d Buy (…And What I’d Skip)

  04-08-2026 19:12 via magneticmag.com
  
  Table of ContentsA n overviewHow I compared these desktop monitor standsIsoAcoustics ISO-155: best overall for medium-sized monitorsIsoAcoustics ISO-130: best for compact studio monitorsGator Frameworks Clamp-On Stands: best for crowded desksK&M 26772: best for precise tweeter heightK&M 26774: best for larger monitor cabinetsGator Frameworks Desktop Wedges: best budget optionCommon mistakes when buying stands for studio monitorsHow to choose the right stand for your desktop setupWhich st
  
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• Eternal Research Lets EMF Become an Instrument

  04-08-2026 18:45 via magneticmag.com
  
  Electronic music has always had a close relationship with invisible forces.Voltage. Signal. Feedback. Interference. Magnetic pull. The hum that leaks out of machines before anyone decides whether it is a problem or a texture. Eternal Research has built an entire instrument around that last part, and its latest Rite of the Demon performance showed how strange the idea can get once it leaves the product demo table.Rite of the Demon: Summer took place at Gray Area in San Francisco as a sold-out imm
  
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• P.F. Flyers Goes Handmade for Nightlife

  04-08-2026 18:24 via magneticmag.com
  
  Nightlife fashion moves fast on the surface.One weekend it is oversized pants, washed tees, racing jackets, battered sneakers, and tiny sunglasses. The next weekend it is something else pulled from an archive, a thrift rack, a merch table, or some micro-trend that got copied too quickly. The best pieces tend to sit outside that cycle. They feel lived-in before they feel styled.That is the more interesting read on the new P.F. Flyers and Story mfg. collaboration.The two brands have linked for a l
  
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• Nomadix Makes Festival Bags Less Precious

  04-08-2026 18:19 via magneticmag.com
  
  Festival weekends and DJ travel always look cleaner in recap posts than they feel in real life.The bag is usually the thing dealing with the worst of it: dust, rain, airport floors, rideshare trunks, green rooms, cable spills, hotel room chaos, security lines, and the constant small panic of wondering where the adapter, charger, sunglasses, or passport ended up. That is the more interesting angle behind Nomadix’s new DayTripper collection.The brand has launched its first bag lineup with th
  
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• Fender Motion Turns Pads Into Song Starters

  04-08-2026 17:53 via magneticmag.com
  
  Most MIDI controllers still ask the same basic thing from the producer: bring the idea first, then use the hardware to enter it.Fender Motion is built around a different pressure point. It is still a controller, with pads, encoders, touch strips, transport control, DAW navigation, MIDI I/O, and drum-programming use cases. The more interesting angle is that Fender Studio is trying to make the controller participate earlier in the writing stage.That is why Chord Mode leads the announcement. Motion
  
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• Best MIDI Controllers For Hybrid Studios Without Routing Headaches

  04-08-2026 01:33 via magneticmag.com
  
  The best MIDI controllers for hybrid studios need to control software instruments without treating external hardware as an afterthought. A controller can feel complete beside a laptop, then expose its limits as soon as a hardware synth or drum machine enters the setup. USB covers the computer connection, while five-pin MIDI lets the controller communicate directly with instruments that cannot host a USB device on their own.That difference becomes increasingly important as the studio grows.
  A con
  
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• Best Microphone Boom Arms for Studio Desks In 2026: What We Love (…And What We Don’t)

  01-08-2026 20:17 via magneticmag.com
  
  Disclosure: Magnetic Magazine may earn a commission when you purchase an item using a retailer link in this article. This does not affect the price you pay or the editorial criteria used here.The best microphone boom arms for studio desks solve one physical problem before anything else: they place the microphone where I can use it without surrendering the desk to a floor stand.
  That sounds basic until a rear cable tray blocks the clamp, a wide display occupies the ideal mounting point, or a heav
  
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• Download The Free Music Career Resource Bundle

  01-08-2026 19:24 via magneticmag.com
  
  Building a career in music comes with a long list of questions. How do you promote a new release, improve a small home studio, develop your identity as a DJ, and prepare for paid performances in the United States? Finding detailed answers normally means buying separate books, courses, sample packs, and consultations from several sources.This free collection brings those subjects together in one download. You will receive four detailed ebooks created with Mixed In Key, IK Multimedia, Boost Collec
  
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• Interview: Lucas F. Jordan talks us through his approach to neo-classical experimentation on “À Procura”

  01-08-2026 12:22 via magneticmag.com
  
  The enigmatic and talented artist talks us through his background and musical approachLondon and Zürich-based artist Lucas F. Jordan is a flutist, composer, and producer whose work bridges diverse worlds, but he’s far more than that in many, many ways. Raised across Brazil, the USA, Switzerland, and the UK, Jordan’s compositions are deeply influenced by an immigrant sensibility—the experience of navigating multiple cultures and never fully belonging to one place.His recent
  
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• Dangerous Music Makes BAX Earn Its Plugin

  31-07-2026 20:39 via magneticmag.com
  
  The easy version of this story is that Dangerous Music has turned the BAX EQ into a plugin.That undersells the actual tension.Plenty of hardware brands have moved classic studio boxes into software. Sometimes it works. Sometimes the plugin becomes a convenient approximation with the name, the faceplate, and a familiar curve, while the reason people cared about the hardware in the first place gets thinned out in translation.Dangerous Music clearly knew that problem before it started talking about
  
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• PRAANA Talk Insight Out, Presence, And Looking Inward

  31-07-2026 20:33 via magneticmag.com
  
  PRAANA (@praanamusic) return with Insight Out, their second studio album, out now on Colorize.
  The 16-track project follows 2023’s Supernal Dawn and pushes Chad Cisneros and Dave Reed further into the reflective, melodic side of progressive house, where glowing synth work, hypnotic grooves, and emotional songwriting all sit at the center of the record.
  It also lands during a strong stretch for Colorize albums, following the kind of full-length melodic-progressive worldbuilding I wrote abou
  
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• Best Desktop Studio Monitors For Producers Working In Small Rooms

  31-07-2026 19:55 via magneticmag.com
  
  The best desktop studio monitors for small rooms need to solve a problem that monitor companies have ignored for years. Producers are creating music in bedroom corners and converted home offices, yet many speakers are still designed around longer listening distances and rooms with dedicated acoustic treatment. A larger woofer can excite untreated walls and corners before it gives the producer any extra confidence in the low end, which is why I usually point smaller studios toward compact nearfie
  
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• Collision Devices Turns Summer Into Pedal Season

  31-07-2026 19:36 via magneticmag.com
  
  Most summer gear sales blur together fast.
  Same discount language, same countdown energy, same vague push to grab something before the season ends. Collision Devices’ latest sale has a little more bite because the scarcity is specific.The company is running 15% to 25% off its shop through August 20, but the more immediate detail is the hardware count. There is only one TARS DLX in RAW finish left, plus the final three TARS Black and White units. That changes the read from a broad summer ma
  
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• Best Granular Plugins For Electronic Music: What I Use When A Sound Needs To Become Something New

  31-07-2026 19:18 via magneticmag.com
  
  Best granular plugins for electronic music are worth covering on their own because granular processing solves a specific kind of production problem. Sometimes I do not need another reverb, another delay, or another synth preset. I need one sound to break apart, smear, freeze, repeat, stretch, or turn into a new layer that still remembers where it came from.
  That is where granular tools become valuable for electronic music, especially when a track needs motion without adding another lead line. Fo
  
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• Flowers On Monday On Slowing Down When Music Culture Speeds Up

  31-07-2026 18:58 via magneticmag.com
  
  Flowers on Monday (@flowers_on_monday) return alongside Rowee and Amega on “Lost in Space,” out now via Where The Shadow Ends. The release includes an extended mix from Rowee, Amega, and Flowers on Monday, plus a Madraas remix, with both versions sitting in the organic house lane. It is a good fit for Flowers on Monday, whose work has already shown up in my Magnetic coverage as part of the same melodic and organic house orbit, including their 2024 single “Miharu” on Where
  
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