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How to make some sounds from Levon Vincent 'Man Or Mistress' in DRC

Levon Vincent is not short of confidence. Not afraid of hard graft, years of gigging and bedroom based production has built up a steady resilience to negativity. But at the same time, he’s also a deep thinker, somebod…

How to make the sounds from Bebetta 'Uppercut' in DRC

If given the impossible task of describing Anika Schnabel aka German DJ Bebetta in just one word, we’d probably go with ‘charming’. With neon pink hair and a penchant for pyjamas, wherever Anika plays, she radiates po…

How to make the bass and pad sounds from Kiasmos 'Bent' in DRC

The origin stories of creative collaboration partnerships are most commonly fueled by love. A shared love and passion for each other's work can easily plant the seed of thought about working together. Brought together…

How to make the sounds from Dusty Kid 'Kore' in DRC

Classical music and electronic dance music were once worlds apart, the two genres attracting polar opposite audience demographics. In terms of culture and society, the enjoyment and understanding of classical music an…

How to make the sounds from Der Dritte Raum 'Hale Bopp' in DRC

If you make electronic dance music, specifically instrumental tracks, how do you come up with each track's title? Do you sit down (or stand!) at your DAW already armed with a name in your head, based on a particular i…

How to make the sounds from Monolink 'Return To Oz' (ARTBAT remix) with DRC

Continuous improvement. It’s a kind of mini-mantra here at Imaginando, and indeed the human race as a whole. Powered by the motivation of a ‘what if?’ mindset, we just can’t help but tinker, tune and change all manner…

How to make the sounds from Pachanga Boys 'Time' with DRC

‘A German DJ and a Mexican DJ walk into a recording studio’ - don’t worry, this is not the setup to a corny joke, rather it is the story of the creation of tech-house duo ‘Pachanga Boys’. The German half being ‘Superp…

How to make the sounds from Madonna 'Vogue' with DRC

In the world of pop music, a little bit of controversy can generate a lot of publicity. No stranger to flirting with the provocative, Madonna has certainly leveraged her fair share of attention grabbing behavior acros…

Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene IV - How to make with DRC

Jean-Michel Jarre - where do we begin?! Often referred to as the ‘Godfather of electronic music’, it’s hard to think of any other single person who has contributed so much to the field of electronic music. A composer…

How to make the sounds from Maceo Plex 'Solar Detroit' with DRC

If you fancy recreating the sounds of Maceo Plex, and you don’t mind travelling to Spain, you can now get hands on with some of the actual hardware that Eric used to create hits such as ‘Solitary daze’ and ‘Solar Detr…

How to make the sounds from Jan Blomqvist 'Dark Noise' with DRC

Putting out a regular tutorial series, week in week out, it’s always nice to hear from viewers, to both validate the quality of our content and also steer us in the right direction. Whether it’s a YouTube comment, soc…

How to make the sounds from Weval 'The Weight' in DRC

Under the umbrella of ‘electronic music’ there will always be a constant evolution of genre and subgenre classification. Aside from pleasing the more obsessive music enthusiast, the main benefit to categorisation is o…

How to make the bass and pad from Mark Knight 'Your Love' in DRC

With only a single letter differentiating his name from an alias of Batman, DJ and Producer Mark Knight could be described as a superhero of house. With his sidekick and sibling Stuart by his side, and a garden shed a…

Oxia Domino - How to make the bass and lead with DRC

It’s fair to say that most electronic music producers would love to leave their mark on the dancefloors of history, by releasing a track so popular that it becomes accepted as a genuine classic. A tried and tested tun…

How to make the sounds from Matador 'Air' with DRC

It’s no secret that we love the deeper and darker side of today’s melodic techno and house offerings, achieving an almost meditative state from minimal and moody mixes. Sometimes however, we want our minds to be moved…

How to make the sounds from Azari & III 'Hungry for the power' (Jamie Jones Remix)

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 b…

How to make the arpeggio from Daft Punk 'Son Of Flynn'

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.…

How to make the bass, back and lead sounds from Kollectiv Turmstrasse 'Sorry I Am late' in DRC

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…

How to make the bass and lead sounds from Billie Eilish 'Bad Guy' in DRC

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 indus…

How to make the back sounds from Jan Blomqvist - The Space In Between (Ben Böhmer Remix) in DRC

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…

How to make the bass sound from Moloko - 'Fun For Me' in DRC

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 attenti…

How to make the bass and lead sounds from Luke Abbott - 'Brazil' with DRC

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…

How to make the bass, arpeggio and pad sounds from Underworld 'Dark & Long' with DRC

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…