FUTURE MUSIC

Editor-In-Chief Si Truss, simon.truss@futurenet.com Reviews Editor, Music

House keeping

In 2023, ‘house music’ is a sprawling, multifaceted

Serato brings stem separation to your DAW

Serato Sample 2.0 could be an instant remixing secret weapon

BLEASS' Fusion is the Swiss Army knife of distortion

BLEASS has announced the release of an innovative

Cherry Audio's Harmonia combines additive, vector and wavetable synthesis

Cherry Audio has unveiled a new synth plugin.

Universal Audio's Apollo Twin X USB is a gift for Windows users

Universal Audio has revealed the latest tweak to

Native Instruments' new Traktor DJ Controller: 'X1 of a kind'

It’s been over five years since Native Instruments

Dubreq launches pocketsized drum machine Stylophone Beat

Stalwart manufacturer Dubreq has announced the release of

Fort Knox Five Radio Free DC

Fort Knox Recordings, 2008

Aphex Twin, Forwards Festival

© Beth Whelan Bristol, 2 September Now in

ON OUR PLAYLIST

TRACK Waleed, Diario City Slang Waleed first

ghost orchard, Re: Rainbow Music

© Nik Arthur Winspear ALBUM Sam Hall’s Rainbow

Machinedrum & Holly, River of Heaven

Vision Recordings EP Portuguese producer Holly and American

PRODUCER’S Guide

The 808 kick Whether used as a kick

Aphex Twin

A man of many names, many genres, and many myths, Richard D. James doesn’t play by the rules

Transient shaping

UNDERSTANDING:

Quick effect tips: Part 5

Get more out of your processors with our series of quick-and-simple effect ideas

GEAR GUIDE

SEMI-MODULAR SYNTHS Intellijel Cascadia £2,025 Full Review:

Piezo

Luca Mucci talks studio gear, weird effects, and why he records absolutely everything

HANIA RANI

Moving beyond her classical repertoire, Hania Rani faces her fears with expansive new album, Ghosts. Danny Turner finds out more

Paper Dragon

The Bristol trio combining their varied industry experience to create raw, nostalgic club music

LUKID

Adding a lick of paint to his first new Lukid album in ten years, Danny Turner chats to Luke Blair about ditching his pursuit of perfection

THE 2023 GUIDE HOUSE

It’s not a competition, but if we were

CINTHIE

As a DJ, producer, label boss and owner of the Elevate record store, Cinthie is a cornerstone of Berlin’s contemporary house scene

HOUSE BUILDING

Learn how to structure a great house track with our 6-step guide

OCTO OCTA

DJ/producer Octo Octa (Maya Bouldry-Morrison) has been lauded for her modern yet classic approach to house. We sat down with her to get her production take

JOSH CAFFÉ

With his edgy, charismatic take on Chicago house, Josh Caffé tells all about his ambitious debut LP – Poppa Zesque

IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X £520

FM | REVIEWS

Intellijel Cascadia £2,025

With this coast-crossing, platform-hopping, semi-modular synth, Intellijel aims to win a torrent of new fans. Rob Redman gets into the flow

Knobula Pianophonic £420

Rob Redman settles in at the old Joanna and explores “the percussive detail of sampled sounds”

Kurzweil K2700 £2,969

With its vast array of synthesis and performance technologies, Kurzweil continues its legendary workstation ethic, through an updated workhorse. Dave Gale investigates

The t.bone RB 500 £85

Fancy some retro ribbon sounds? Jon Musgrave gets miking with this re-issued affordable design

Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen Interfaces from £140

Focusrite’s most popular interfaces have received a welcome update. Jon Musgrave sizes up the new Scarletts

Arturia Acid V €99

The French brand plugs a 303-shaped hole in its V Collection line-up but, Si Truss asks, is Acid V missing a little mojo?

SOUNDS & SAMPLES

Impact Soundworks – Water Piano $69 >Sometimes