The new ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN is a “must have” resource for anyone who makes music, plays music, and shares music. Every issue includes “gig tested” product reviews on music gear, tons of how-to’s, and interviews with today’s stars revealing the secrets of their songwriting approaches and audio-production concepts.
We seem to say it every time we sit down to put together our end-of-year lists, but what a 12 months it has been for electronic music. Especially for our cover star Julie Campbell, aka LoneLady. As well as being the winner of our Album Of The Year award, she’s also partly responsible for a second record in our Top Five. She’s the first artist to achieve anything like that, by the way. We reviewed almost 900 albums in 2021. Not all at once, obviously, because that would be mad. But covering 900 releases is pretty staggering. And we’d have liked it to have been more. The wealth of incredible music out there means that for every record we did review, there was a big pile of others we weren’t able to include. That’s the problem with being a print magazine. There’s only so much room in each issue, so we have to draw the line somewhere.
“Take your time when auditioning speakers; discover the speaker’s flaws in the demonstration room, not a week after you’ve bought them.” Of all the decisions you’ll make when assembling your dream system, choosing just the right speaker for your room, listening tastes, and budget is by far the most important. The speaker not only has an outsized influence over the system’s sound quality, it’s also the only component that becomes a significant part of your decor. Electronics and sources can be neatly tucked away in racks and cabinets, but a pair of speakers is almost like another member of the family. The nearly 1000 speakers listed in this special annual directory issue represent just a small sliver of the total loudspeaker universe. We’ve carefully curated the many tens of thousands of models…
We’re marking 100 years since the invention of THE THEREMIN in this month’s Electronic Sound. We have a fantastic yellow vinyl EP featuring four tracks by some of the world’s leading thereminists too. Russian boffin Leon Theremin was meant to have been constructing a sonar system when he came up with his iconic electronic instrument. Goodness only knows how audiences reacted when they first heard its ghostly wail, which had no real precedent in music. What’s more, you didn’t even have to touch the instrument to play it. You seemingly just had to wave your hands about somewhere in the vicinity. We have interviewed a host of contemporary thereminists for our in-depth cover feature, including top players such as Herb Deutsch, Gaudi, Dorit Chrysler, Bruce Woolley, Carolina Eyck, Charlie Draper, Javier Díez Ena and more. We also have a piece about the incredible double life of Leon Theremin by his biographer Albert Glinsky. As well as being the inventor of a bizarre musical instrument, Theremin was a key figure in the Soviet Union’s espionage activities, his other creations including a device that snooped on the American Embassy in Moscow for several years.
2021 Gear Of The Year • Universal Audio Volt audio interfaces • Arturia MiniFuse 1 & 2 audio interfaces • Ashdown NFP-1 monitors • iZotope RX 9 Advanced • Alice 828 Mk3 mixer • Cherry Audio Memorymode soft synth • Slate Digital MetaTune • Slate Digital Custom Opto • Novation Circuit Rhythm • IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro • Audix A127 mic • Austrian Audio CC8 mic • Soundtheory Gullfoss v1.10 • Headrush MX5 pedal effects • Focusrite FAST Verb • Pulsar 1178 plug-in • Spitfire Audio Hammers sample library — and plenty more!
Interviews KURTIS MANTRONIK The man responsible for a ton of modern pop staples on why he was an early exponent of all things digital iPads are now as powerful as your desktop; here’s how to go mobile! The best 18 music apps for the iPad revealed!
Often the drop is the deciding factor in whether or not a song carries the listener along. It has long played an important role not only in club music such as EDM, Trap and Trance. Even if you produce Pop, Hip-Hop, rock or even trailer music, you can learn a lot from the skilful tension flow of successful club tracks. In this big special, we reveal how you can provide all your tracks with coherent and rousing arrangements and inspire the listeners and dancers.
