Latest articles by Matt Mullen
"You'll make so much bad music, and that's great": Tourist's advice for aspiring producers
We visited the electronic artist in the studio ahead of the release of his fifth album to learn his hard-won lessons for artists starting out
“I want you to just dive in, use the music, and see what happens”: Moby makes 500 instrumental tracks available for free as he relaunches Mobygratis sound library
"You can remix it, you can edit it, you can add parts to it, you can play clarinet on it, you can use it for social media, for films, for choreography: the idea is complete creative freedom"
Splice acquires Spitfire Audio in rumoured $50m deal
The two companies plan to work together on new products that "blend Spitfire Audio’s cinematic soundscapes and orchestral expertise with Splice’s sample catalog and AI-powered discovery engine"
"Thank God I was French and my voice was terrible": Air's Nicolas Godin reflects on the success of Moon Safari
As Vegyn releases a remix album of the 1998 chillout classic, the pair join producer Nigel Godrich for a wide-ranging conversation that digs deep into Moon Safari's history
The obscure Andean instrument heard on The Last of Us' soundtrack is the star of Spitfire Audio's latest plugin
Ronroco by Gustavo Santaolalla captures the haunting sound of HBO's post-apocalyptic video game adaptation
Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates
V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series
Waves makes 7 plugins available for free, including convolution reverb, FM synth and tube saturator
Snag Lil Tube, IR Live, V-EQ3, V-Comp, GTR Solo, Flow Motion and AudioTrack for no charge with free future updates
Reverb has been sold by Etsy to investors in Fender and SoundCloud
After being acquired by two new investors, the online musical instrument marketplace will become independently operated again for the first time since 2019
“It pretty much half killed us”: The Radiohead album that almost broke up the band - and became their best record
“It’s our classic album - our Transformer, our Revolver, our Hunky Dory”
Price of Sonicware’s CyDrums drum machine jumps from $399 to $978 following Trump tariffs
Gear and instrument prices are soaring in response to Trump's ongoing global trade war as CyDrums jumps from $399 to $978
"That's what it takes to make music that's gonna last forever": Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Daniel Nigro on crafting timeless tracks
In the first episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-winning producer/songwriter opens the doors to his studio and shares some valuable insights into his creative process
Bon Iver - ranked: from Sable, Fable to For Emma, Forever Ago
As Justin Vernon releases an unexpectedly buoyant fifth album, we chart his path from backwoods crooner to indie-pop icon
"We were sampling Steve Winwood in between bong rips on my OP-1": How Bon Iver met Haim
Danielle Haim features on Bon Iver's If Only I Could Wait, from new album SABLE, fABLE
Super-producer Benny Blanco reveals the surprising reason why most of his early hits are at the same tempo
Kesha's Tik Tok, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and Taio Cruz's Dynamite are all at 120bpm
Universal Audio releases its UAFX Woodrow '55 pedal as a plugin, putting an "American classic" in your DAW
Another of UA's amp modelling pedals gets the plugin treatment - and this time it's the company's take on the 1955 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe
Baby Audio's Smooth Operator spectral balancing plugin goes pro
With a redesigned interface and an upgraded core algorithm, Smooth Operator Pro promises to address common mix issues and improve balance and clarity
Teenage Engineering drops knockout update for its EP-133 K.O. II sampler, bringing much-requested features like resampling, song mode and increased polyphony
OS 2.0 also brings MIDI sidechaining, larger note intervals and more
Learn production, DJing and songwriting from pros like Fraser T Smith, Carl Cox, Skream and Joe Goddard with Whatclass
Whatclass also offers a personalized music feedback service that gives you the chance to have your music critiqued by top artists
“If you've got one follower or 10 million, that doesn't matter”: Dr Dubplate on "gatekeeper mentality"
We sat down with the fast-rising DJ and label head in ec2a's Bristol HQ to talk inclusivity and reflect on the label's fifth anniversary
Cre8audio releases two super-affordable, modular-friendly bits of gear in one day: the Boom Chick analogue drum machine and Assembler mixer
Boom Chick and Assembler can both be used standalone or integrated into a Eurorack set-up
Aphex Twin's MIDI-modded Yamaha GX-1 goes up for sale for almost £100,000
Fewer than 100 of these ultra-rare analogue behemoths were ever made - and this one was owned by Richard D. James himself
“Entrance Song is a massive 808 sub and a 909 kick. Those two shouldn’t work together - I’m not sure they were even in key”: Eats Everything on his ever-changing approach to production and DJing
We visit Dan Pearce in the studio to hear about his new project We Lost Ourselves and Found a Family and dig deep into the studio techniques behind some of his biggest tracks
Happy 404 Day: Roland's latest SP-404 MKII update transforms its legendary sampler into a Serato DJ controller
SP-404 MKII's V5 software update brings native support for Serato DJ Pro, Serato DJ Lite and Serato Studio
