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• Osterhouse Sounds Note Sampler Turns MIDI Ideas Into a Playable Keyboard Sketchpad

  25-08-2026 22:37 via magneticmag.com
  
  Osterhouse Sounds Note Sampler is built around a small but very producer-friendly idea: instead of dragging MIDI clips around a DAW timeline, you can record short musical ideas directly onto the keys of your piano and play them back by hand.That makes the plugin feel less like a standard MIDI utility and more like a sketchpad for people who think best at the keyboard. Hold the record key, play something, let go, and the last key you played becomes the armed key for that clip. From there, the cli
  
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• Neural DSP Introduces CorOS 4.1 and Cortex Control 4.1 Updates

  26-08-2026 17:17 via magneticmag.com
  Neural DSP today announced the release of CorOS 4.1.0 and Cortex Control 4.1.0, the biggest CorOS update in the company’s history. The release expands Plugin Compatibility to five additional plugins, bringing every currently available X-updated plugin to Quad Cortex and Quad Cortex mini, while introducing Device Presets, eight new Virtual Devices, and workflow enhancements that make building, managing, and performing with rigs faster and more flexible than ever.With Plugin Compatibility no
  
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• GHENGAR Announces ‘Rebirth’ North American Tour Alongside Debut Album Reveal

  26-08-2026 06:08 via magneticmag.com
  
  GHENGAR is expanding his heaviest era yet with the newly announced “Rebirth” Tour, a North American run stretching from October 2026 through March 2027.The tour begins October 23 at Otherworld in Philadelphia before moving through San Francisco, Costa Mesa, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, Portland, Boise, Spokane, Jacksonville, Reno, Calgary, Edmonton, Charlotte, and more. Support across select dates will come from All The Reason, Calcium, HVDES, Prosecute, yvm3, and Usaybflow, reinfor
  
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• Pierre To A Degree Defends The Weird Human Detour

  26-08-2026 02:14 via magneticmag.com
  
  Pierre to a degree’s second album, Omen, dropped bakc on July 3 as a project built around trust, intuition, and the strange creative turns that appear when the artist does not control every step too tightly. Inspired by Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, the album follows the idea of listening to signs, pursuing a personal legend, and staying open to the path as it changes shape.That idea shows up in the music itself. Omen moves between ambient music, organic and melodic house, cinematic
  
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• Frederik Neu Explains Why Relationships Shape The Music

  26-08-2026 01:45 via magneticmag.com
  
  Frederik Neu’s (@frederikneu.music) “Wanna Feel” lands on WAVES Volume 2, the latest compilation from Glasgow label Lava Lava, released back on August 14. The project moves across deep grooves, peak-time club cuts, tripped-out house, sci-fi electronics, and dub-leaning material, placing Neu’s contribution inside a wider label snapshot rather than a standalone single cycle.“Wanna Feel” sits in the brighter, more immediate pocket of the compilation. Built around
  
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• BARELY ALIVE Takes Killed It! Records on the Road With ‘RECONNECT’ Tour

  25-08-2026 23:33 via magneticmag.com
  
  BARELY ALIVE are turning their recent label expansion into a live platform with the newly announced “RECONNECT” Tour, a 15-plus-date North American run stretching from October through December.The routing begins October 10 in Vancouver before moving through cities including Calgary, Las Vegas, Detroit, Toronto, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Orlando, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Boston, and Minneapolis. Additional dates are still expected to be announced.Killed It! Moves Fr
  
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• Sample Focus Founder Daniel Trostli On Building A Better Sample Library

  25-08-2026 21:55 via magneticmag.com
  
  Sample Focus occupies a different lane in the sample-library market because it starts from a producer problem that never really went away: finding the sound in your head before the idea disappears. The platform was built around that moment of friction, when a session slows down because a folder full of “Kicks,” “Synth Melodies,” and half-remembered files forces the producer to become a librarian instead of a musician.That origin still explains the company’s identity
  
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• How It Was Made: Richard Seeley – Do You Want Acid? (Glue Music + House)

  25-08-2026 21:46 via magneticmag.com
  
  Richard Seeley has been releasing underground electronic music for over two decades, with records landing on Rekids’ Rek’d, V.V.V.W.I. and his own Glue Music Recordings along the way. His latest EP, Seeza Project No 4, brings that history back into focus, especially on opener “Do You Want Acid?”, where the influence of late-’90s rave and house comes into the production without Seeley attempting to recreate a record from that period. The four-track EP also includes &
  
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• Donner VIVA Makes Guitar Feel Less Like Homework

  25-08-2026 21:36 via magneticmag.com
  
  Most people who quit guitar do not quit because they hate music.They quit because the first month can feel like a wall. Sore fingertips. Buzzing notes. chord shapes that feel impossible. Strumming patterns that fall apart the second singing enters the picture. That is the gap Donner is trying to address with VIVA, a stringless guitar built to let someone pick up an instrument and play a full song almost immediately.The idea is not subtle. VIVA removes the steel strings and replaces them with a s
  
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• Two Deep Keep It Direct on “Just Like That”

  25-08-2026 21:24 via magneticmag.com
  
  Two Deep are not overcomplicating the pitch on “Just Like That.”This is tech house built around a vocal that gets in fast, drums that keep the whole thing moving, and a bassline doing most of the heavy lifting underneath. The track is aimed at clubs and festival systems, but it does not feel like it only works in that setting. There is enough polish and bounce here to make it feel easy to throw on outside a set, which is usually where the better tech house records separate themselves
  
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• Sondela Talks A&R, Recoupment, And Building Afro-Electronic Artists

  21-08-2026 23:47 via magneticmag.com
  
  Sondela Recordings is expanding its world with Sondela Volt, a new imprint built for the deeper, darker, and more club-focused edges of African electronic music.
  The first release, “Ascendance,” landed back on July 24 and pairs returning Sondela artist Phila De Giant with newcomer Ayden J on a peak-time Afro Tech record built around hypnotic percussion, rolling grooves, and dancefloor pressure.The launch gives Sondela a more direct underground outlet beside the broader cultural and m
  
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• How It Was Made: David Penn & House Of Molly – Talk To Me (Cr2 Records + House)

  21-08-2026 21:48 via magneticmag.com
  
  David Penn (@djdavidpenn) has spent over three decades making house music, yet one detail in his production process has remained consistent: he wants to move quickly when an idea appears. That explains why his production setup for “Talk To Me” centers on software that lets him get ideas into the DAW without spending unnecessary time setting up complicated chains.Released alongside UK producer-vocalist duo House Of Molly, “Talk To Me” lands today on Cr2 Records on August 2
  
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• RAD Distribution Takes BABICZ FCH Global

  21-08-2026 21:28 via magneticmag.com
  
  RAD Distribution has announced an exclusive global partnership with BABICZ Full Contact Hardware, and while distribution deals can sound like back-office news at first, this one has a cleaner player-facing angle.BABICZ FCH is a hardware company. That means the story is not about another pedal, amp sim, or flashy piece of studio gear. It is about the parts of the instrument that decide how the string speaks, how the note holds, how the tuning behaves, and how the guitar or bass feels under the ha
  
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• Profetik Talks “Tetra,” Seraph Records, And Bass Design

  21-08-2026 20:40 via magneticmag.com
  
  Profetik’s (@profetiksound) “Tetra” arrives on Seraph Records as a melodic techno release built around scale, weight, and a very specific piece of source imagery. The title points back to the four-faced living creatures in Ezekiel’s vision, and Brian Van Anderson turns that idea into sound design by building the bass from four layered voices: a lion growl, an eagle screech, an ox grunt, and a human voice. Four faces, one motion.That kind of detail explains the larger Prof
  
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• Toddy Tang Turns “April Apocalypse” Into a Personal Collapse

  21-08-2026 18:46 via magneticmag.com
  
  The thing I like about Toddy Tang’s “April Apocalypse” is that it does not treat heartbreak like a simple before-and-after moment.The track is built around a stranger kind of loss: the collapse of a future that had already started to feel real. That is a sharper idea than another song about missing someone. It is about losing the person, sure, but also losing the imagined life attached to them. The plans. The private little timeline. The version of happiness you were already st
  
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• John Miller Keeps “When I Sleep” in a Late-Night Lane

  21-08-2026 18:21 via magneticmag.com
  
  John Miller’s “When I Sleep (Radio Edit)” is a good reminder that a dance track does not always need to sprint toward the biggest possible moment.The Paris-based French-American artist first came across my radar when we covered his previous release and he works across house, tech house, techno, and more melodic electronic spaces, and this single sits in the overlap where the club energy is still there, but the emotional center comes from the vocals and atmosphere. It feels shap
  
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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