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We were joined by a number of incredible artists this year for a range of exclusive, insightful masterclasses. Whether it was breaking down their tracks, showing us their favourite plugins and workflow tips, or just shadowing them whilst they built a beat, 2018 has undoubtedly been one of our most diverse years for masterclasses. If you’re […]
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Last month we made our way to Amsterdam to visit the country’s legendary ADE gathering. Whilst we were there we caught up with the integral DJ, music producer and techno legend, Tom Hades, for an exclusive masterclass in the art of techno production. During our latest masterclass, Hades focuses on the importance of experimentation. Starting […]
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On Saturday 26 January we with be hosting another open day at our studio facility at 26 Orsman Road, London, N1 5QJ to bring in the New Year. This will give you the chance to learn more about our Higher Education music production, sound engineering, DJ and music industry courses as well as have a look around our state-of-the-art studios and […]
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For our latest track deconstruction video, we linked up with British-German duo, M-22 to delve into how they created their summer anthem, ‘How Does It Feel’. The pair, real names Matt James and Frank Sanders, have been working together for a few years now and although they are separated by geographical location they are united by a passion for […]
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For our latest track breakdown and masterclass, we invited Jordan Suckley to chat through his latest track ‘C.Y.M’, out on the Armada sublabel Who’s Afraid Of 138?! and inspired by Armin van Buuren. The label’s title became something of a mantra and mission statement for the harder, beat-driven side of trance music, in which Jordan Suckley […]
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Welcome back to another of our guest masterclasses. Following on from our recent session with Gammer, we’ve hit up another Monstercat artist in Stonebank, who covers pretty much all angles of the label’s output with Happy Hardcore, Electro and Dubstep all likely to emerge from the lab. Here, he describes how to make a lead […]
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Welcome back to another of our guest masterclasses. Following on from our recent session with Gammer, we’ve hit up another Monstercat artist in Stonebank, who covers pretty much all angles of the label’s output with Happy Hardcore, Electro and Dubstep all likely to emerge from the lab. Here, he describes how to make a lead […]
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We’re back with the third and final instalment from our music industry masterclass with Nick Halkes, and a wrap up of the talk in full. Nick is currently the manager of Liam Howlett (The Prodigy), Stanton Warriors, DnB dons Bad Company UK, Ministry of Sound-signed One Bit and more. He is also a member of the […]
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We continue our run of informative sessions with two new free masterclasses on two consecutive days. The first will see Sweatson Klank (Friends of Friends, Sony, Warp, Ghostly, Brainfeeder & more) give a demonstration of the Art of Mixing programme on Tuesday, August 14th (7-8pm). For the second, production wizard, studio native and composer Computo (worked with Flying Lotus, […]
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For our latest deconstruction video, we were graced by the presence of Gammer – happy hardcore legend and a good friend of our very own DJ Ravine. Despite his background in the super-fast rave sounds (in which Ravine also made his name), he has recently been turning his attention to huge stadium-ready dubstep tracks. It is […]
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