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What can we say about Azari & III, that we haven’t already covered when we looked at their track ‘Manic’ back in March of this year? During the band’s relatively short existence, there weren’t many events that could be considered milestone achievements in terms of popularity and success. Today we look at possibly th...

In the world of electronic music, Daft Punk need no introduction. Effortlessly cool, they’ve built a unique brand that’s as recognisable by sight as it is by sound, with technology forming the backbone of their image. Robots are cool, flashing LED lights are cool, and with Daft Punk you get both; iconic helmets and ...

The evolution of audio technology is constantly providing new ways for DJ’s and artists to interact with, remix, play and perform electronic music. Digital DJ controllers offer many more creative possibilities than a pair of standard vinyl turntables, and software like Ableton has revolutionised live performances. ...

Back in 2001, the relationship between the music industry and the internet was very much in its infancy. Still feeling the effects of an uninvited guest called Napster turning up and ruining the party, the music industry concentrated on defending optical media consumption rather than contemplating a digital, disc-le...

Born in the 80s and now based in Berlin, Jan Blomqvist is much more than just another techno worshipping DJ, unable to resist the call of the country’s creative capital. It is almost a disservice to refer to him as a DJ; more like a singer/songwriter, he has a head full of emotion and a mind for melodies, with which...

The English duo Moloko are probably best known for their biggest hit ‘Sing it back’ with a little help from the remix skills of German DJ Boris Dlugosch, when his funky reworking of the 1998 track received the attention of house DJs worldwide. Before this, the Sheffield based pair had managed to gain international e...

Luke Abbott’s music has a sort of freeness, refusing to conform to any particular genre tropes or trappings, it weaves its own atmospheric path, much to the delight of a solid fan base accumulated from ten years worth of Border Community releases. 2011’s ‘Brazil’ is no exception, with its ambient phasing pads maskin...

In January 1994, Underworld released ‘Dubnobasswithmyheadman’, their third studio album and a pivotal moment in the band’s evolution. It was the first full-length release to feature new member Darren Emerson and was a solid statement of how the group’s sound had transformed into a house/techno oriented direction. Pr...

Back in November of 2018 we took on the bass and keys sounds from Nathan Fake’s ‘The Sky Is Pink’, and today we’re going all the way back to his first ever release on the Border Community label, ‘Outhouse’. Released in 2003, Outhouse was championed by label boss James Holden and was heard across dance floors globall...

In the over-saturated market of electronic dance music, it's often the quirkier acts and artists that are the most memorable. Making music has never been easier, and now that anyone with a laptop can produce club-worthy tracks, the process of getting noticed is no longer just a case of letting your music speak for i...

As a professional artist, it’s good to have a variety of skills at your disposal, to make sure that you’re never short of work and your bills always get paid every month. Someone who has really got this locked down is this week’s guest artist Moritz Friedrich aka Siriusmo, who is in the enviable position of bei...

If you see the word ‘Innervisions’ on a record sleeve, you can be pretty confident that the vinyl inside is going to contain either some high-quality house, some top-notch techno, or something in between. Innervisions was founded in 2005 by Steffen Berkhahn, aka ‘Dixon’, and Kristian Rädle and Frank Wiedemann,...

It’s fair to say that we’ve been producing DRC Sound Design Tutorials for quite a while now, featuring a multitude of different genres from a diverse range of artists, all over the world. There’s one city that we keep coming back to though, a magnet for creativity; Berlin. It’s the birthplace of so many of the ...

So much of electronic music is dominated by the kick drum. It commands control of a club with its pumping pulse, a bass fueled metronome for the crowd to coordinate their dance moves. Depending on your workflow, (and genre of course) it might very well be the first note you lay down for every single track you c...

The art of remixing is a powerful one. Through a kind of creative iteration by collaboration, it is possible to produce something which completely eclipses the original recording in terms of popularity, exposure and success. A prime example of this is the 2006 house classic ‘We Are Your Friends’ from ‘Justice Vs...

In today’s interconnected world of digital downloads and access to streaming services anywhere you can get a phone signal, it’s easy to take music for granted. Rapidly clicking through an endless selection of MP3s on sites like Beatport, feels almost robotic in comparison to the tangible experience and exciteme...