The Bitwig Studio Sound and Where It Went on Love 2 Love You by Pearl Project
A Dutch Producer’s Bitwig Home Studio and a Piano Bridge Shape a Slow-Building Alt-Pop Single According to the project’s own website, the Pearl Project studio... Read More
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Recess of My Mind Finds xskarma Layering One Voice Into Harmonies, and How to Hear It
A Bristol Producer, Drummer and Songwriter Turns Memory, Love and Loss Into Downtempo Pop Listen to the voices first. Recess of My Mind is the... Read More
Why Rafael Montecruz Keeps Coming Back to Tell Me Why (Remix)
A Year After the Ballad, His First English Song Returns as Electro-Pop with Abraham Armell Synth pads and a light programmed rhythm open Tell Me... Read More
A One-Word Hook, and How to Hear It in HELLO by André
The Colombian-Born, LA-Based Artist Turns a Missing Greeting Into a Latin Disco-Pop Breakup Song HELLO by André runs on one English word dropped into a... Read More
Club Tempo at Pop Length, and How to Hear It in My Melodies by Geminee and Andrew Pololos
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Geminee’s First Release Packs a 126 BPM House Groove Into Two Minutes and 39 Seconds My Melodies runs at about 126 beats per minute, measured... Read More
Terra Olympia and Why the Olympic Synth Era Keeps Coming Back for George Voukanos
A Greek Composer Maps Ancient Olympia in Twelve Short Synth-Led Pieces Terra Olympia starts from a production choice most composers of Olympic music never make.... Read More
The TD-3 Acid Bass Behind The Contrarian, and Where Erick Castrillon Took It
An LA Filmmaker Layers a Colombian Flauta De Millo Over Glitchy Alt-Pop Electronica About AI Roland built the TB-303 in 1981 to stand in for... Read More
Alibii Turn a Battle with Coeliac Disease Into I Think My Body Hates Me
A Sydney Duo Stacks Two Voices Over a Fast Pop-Rock Track Produced by Adrian Breakspear The production choice at the centre of i think my... Read More
Sugar Relics Put Can’t Stay Awake Back in Play on Caught in the Middle
A 2022 Dark Electro-Pop Single, Returned to Service on a 2026 Album The synth line on Can’t Stay Awake arrives before anything else does. It... Read More
Kid Ørbit Slide: the 808 Sound, and Where It Went After 1983
How A Melbourne Melodic Rap Single Inherits the Drum Machine That Built Trap Roland discontinued the TR-808 in 1983, and the machine refused to disappear.... Read More
Why Boulevard of Broken Dreams Keeps Coming Back, and How Got Dibs Rebuilt It on Piano 
Elsa Eva Writes the Eerie Chorus in Fragments, and How to Hear It 
The Mild West: Space Cowboy Newt’s Tiny Synth Sound and Where It Went 
Why Big Room Keeps Coming Back on Twilight by JOYFIRE and Christine Elise