1+ week, 5+ day ago   (277+ words) Following the success of Time Machine, Olivia Artz has a new idea for playing with temporality in Eurorack modular. Patience is a “lowest” frequency oscillator, setting duration in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years … or decades. It’s just launched on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) Benji B did this interview in 2017, but it’s even more essential in 2026: Mike Banks talks about the meaning behind techno music, with legendary tracks mixed right in. And let’s go around the corner to hear from Waajeed and the Underground…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) Now, we’ve lost Dolly Parton, which is a wake-up call to stand up for the values she stood up for—in music and in life. All this is to say that this is the opposite of a lot of the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1216+ words) Dennis DeSantis is known by a wide swath of the music production community as a face of education at Ableton, including the Making Music book. His new role is at the Eastman School of Music, where he’s helming their new…...

3+ week, 23+ min ago   (317+ words) Can you really tell the difference between encoding methods? Two different kick drum emulations? 16-bit versus 24-bit? These aren’t subjective questions: you can actually test them–with science. (Science!) Here’s a site that lets you create your own ABX tests,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (850+ words) I wanted to do something to mark some of the great music released so far this year. I’m focusing on music that CDM fam will enjoy (electronic, experimental, y’know), and I’m leaving out the stuff that’s already been well-covered. I…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (332+ words) Bored with linear mixing, bland cookie-cutter rhythms, and blunt TikTok-friendly hooks? Let’s tune into Loone Berlin instead, as the Homsi from the bleeding-edge MNJM label joins with DJ Saliva. This one is full of layers of polyrhythms and grooves, creative…...