Close out 2025 with a creative recharge – explore some of our standout videos, tutorials, and features from the past year, and let the inspiration flow.
A Year in Sound: Eight Features, Videos and Tutorials That Resonated with Us in 2025
Go behind the scenes with the playback specialists who help artists like Residente, Chappell Roan and Overmono strike the perfect balance between studio polish and in-the-moment magic while performing live. Plus, learn helpful tips for making your own electronic music live rig shine.
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Raúl Sotomayor: Timeless Rhythms in Mexico City
See how Raúl Sotomayor draws on Mexico City’s rich network of sounds, artists and traditions to think outside the musical box.
Flava D: The Evolution of a Producer
Delve into Flava D’s journey through drum & bass and learn about her favorite plugins, production techniques, and pieces of gear. For a closer look at her process, download the “Blackwall Tunnel” Live Set for free, and find out how she builds a track in detail.
Buci’s Push 3 Performance
Watch producer Buci combine lush layers of traditional Chinese instrumentation with trap rhythms in a genre-bending performance centered around Push 3.
KMRU on the Art of Sharing Music
Download a free selection of field recordings by Nairobi-born, Berlin-based experimental sound artist KMRU, and read about the spirit of openness that shapes his approach to making and releasing music.
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Rival Consoles: Making Landscape from Memory
Learn how British electronic musician Rival Consoles left burnout behind by shifting his creative process to focus on quick, simple gestures – like the brush marks on canvas that inform the title of his latest album, Landscape from Memory. Plus, watch him break down his track "Known Shape" and perform another, "Sudden Awareness of Now," live in Berlin.
Patricia Wolf: Natural Synthesis
Step into a world of ethereal synths and nature-inspired sound design in this interview with Portland-based composer Patricia Wolf, who talks about her approach to scoring an experimental documentary set along the craggy landscapes of the Icelandic coast. She also shares a pack of free field recordings and samples to weave into sonic worlds of your own.
Explore Micro-Sound Design in Granulator III with dnksaus
Discover a galaxy of tips and tricks for designing sounds with Granulator III – from otherworldly textures to ethereal vocal slices and beyond – in this comprehensive video tutorial by dnksaus.