Recondite: Make Your Own Color
Recondite has become a distinct voice in techno over the past three years. We discuss the enduring importance of melody and losing your physical self in technology.
Learn about different artists and how they make music
Amanda Ghassaei: Design, Sound, and Science
Linking science and music, Amanda Ghassaei’s diverse projects include a record cut from wood, leftfield Arduino and Max controllers, and other cutting-edge works of media design.
Steve Nalepa: Craft and Dedication
For years a secret weapon in mentoring producers like Djemba Djemba, Steve Nalepa steps into the spotlight with The Acid, and discusses collaboration and dedication.
To the Nines - The Legacy of the TR-909
Some of our favorite 909 tracks - including Jeff Mills, Daft Punk, Phil Collins & more - plus make your own with the Drum Machines Pack.
Input/Output: Massimiliano Pagliara
Massimiliano Pagliara’s new album With One Another is a lesson in how to use big warm vintage sounds. He walks us through the workflow behind the record.
Abayomi on Push
Watch Jesse Abayomi aka Zone3 perform his bass music track, “Chemistry”, live on Push. Building beats and bass lines in real time, Abayomi also shares some behind-the-scenes info on his setup.
Jonathan Zorn: The Uncanny Vocoder
Creating poetry with Google Translate. Jonathan Zorn reveals the process behind two pieces which make use of spoken word and a vocoder.
From Homage to Elaboration: the Heritage Orchestra in conversation with CDR
Watch the Heritage Orchestra talk to CDR about the pressures and processes behind reinterpreting some of music’s most-loved artists at this year’s Meltdown Sessions.
Mendelssohn Effektorium: How to Control an Orchestra (with Live)
Mendelssohn Effektorium: conduct a full orchestra without formal training, using Live.
Behind the Mixes: CDR x Meltdown with Andrea Parker and Sie Medway-Smith
Go behind famous mixes in interviews with Andrea Parker and Sie Medway-Smith, conducted by CDR at this year’s Meltdown.
Yesterday and Today - Mo'Wax Artists in Discussion with CDR
Watch legendary Mo’Wax artists DJ Shadow, Andrea Parker, Attica Blues, and Kirk Degiorgio discuss the history of sampling and recording technology with CDR.
Surgeon: Plugging into the Moment
Veteran techno producer Surgeon reflects on his evolution as a DJ and performer and how technology has helped him stay plugged into the moment.
808 Day: Celebrating an Iconic Drum Machine
From electro to acid house to trap, we celebrate the legacy of the Roland TR-808 drum machine and run down some of our favorite 808 tracks.
Mason Bates: Alternative Energy
Contemporary composer Mason Bates discusses his compositional process and explains how he uses electronics with the orchestra to tell stories
Ira Glass and Viral Creativity
Feel like the music you make never matches up to the music you like? Don't despair - get inspired by a video featuring insightful and encouraging words on ambition, from Ira Glass.
Erin Barra’s Beats by Girlz
Inspired by her own experiences as a female beat maker, Erin Barra started Beatz by Girls - a curriculum designed specifically for aspiring female electronic musicians.
Jan Nemecek: Persist To Advance
Serbian sound artist Jan Nemeček talks staying experimental in a small scene and getting interesting results from simple effects.
Time to X: Audio in the Fourth Dimension
David Hochgatterer explains how his Time to X installation unites sound, time and space with a 96-channel speaker array.