Touring the United States as an international artist involves far more than securing bookings and confirming travel dates, and many performers only realize this once their plans are already in motion. U.S. immigration law treats live performance as work, which means entering the country without the correct visa can place shows, relationships with promoters, and [...]

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Hayden F has built his sound around subtle pressure rather than obvious release. His productions favour repetition, restraint, and small shifts in energy, leaning into mood and texture over overt narrative. It is a style that rewards patience, where minimal harmonic ideas and evolving sound design are given the time to settle and do their [...]

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Today, Ring Noord kick off 2026 with a two-track release that turns a single vocal idea into two distinctly different tracks.  Out now on VISION, “It Never Lasts Long Enough + It Never Whatever” serves as a paired statement, released together as one combined single, where shared source material is pushed toward two very different emotional [...]

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It’s hard to find an artist with a more unique story than New York City’s own Kozlow. In the music industry, you often find someone wearing one or two of the following hats: producer, DJ, live instrumentalist, event planner, promoter, label owner, A&R. Remarkably, Kozlow wears all of them with pride. A classically trained violinist, [...]

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For this edition of How It Was Made, Amirali breaks down the production of “Endless High”, taken from his new EP on Mélopée Records. Iranian-born and now UK-based, Amirali has built a reputation for records that balance emotional weight with club functionality, shaped by releases on Crosstown Rebels, Diynamic and Sincopat, and a background that [...]

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Longtime readers of our monthly Disco & Funk charts will recognize this name: The Loneliest Hunk is back at it again. Last month, he returned to Follow Joy Records with “The Keys“, a concise yet expressive EP that leans into one of dance music’s most enduring instruments: the piano. Across two tracks, the New Zealand–based producer [...]

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Image Cred Above: Magnetic Magazine Recordings’ Artist Discognition When I talk about hooks with electronic music producers, I usually start with a simple truth: the hook is the part of the track people remember, hum, or wait for when it comes back around. In a streaming-driven environment, that matters more than ever, because most listeners [...]

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Image Cred: Khris Cowley Detroit duo Floorplan continue to operate from a place of purpose, grounding their selections and productions in message, memory, and lived experience. Their work has long bridged house and techno through a shared spiritual language, shaped by Robert Hood’s legacy and Lyric Hood’s presence as an equal creative voice. That foundation [...]

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GIK Acoustics has added a new option to its growing diffuser lineup with the release of the Q11D, a one-dimensional quadratic diffuser designed to address midrange and upper-mid reflections with greater precision. Built on the foundation of the company’s well-established Q7D, the Q11D shifts the focus higher in frequency by using an 11-root well sequence, [...]

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When Baby Audio released Tekno in late 2025, it landed with a clear purpose. This was not another sample-based drum machine competing on preset count. Tekno positioned itself as a circuit-modeled drum synthesizer built for producers who wanted hands-on control, fast sound shaping, and drums that responded like hardware. With Tekno V1.1, that foundation stays [...]

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