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Is there a productivity crisis in music? The PR material put out by some software companies suggests so.

My early introductions to electric guitar came via the big‑box VHS cassettes we rented from the video store for our family movie nights.

Bethia Beadman has toured with Courtney Love and worked on Nigel Godrich’s ‘From The Basement’ sessions with guests including Radiohead, PJ Harvey, and The Stooges. She's also a formidable artist in her own right, with the excellent Tchad Blake‑mixed track ‘Kitten Feel’ just released as we go to press.

The invitation to meet Solid State Logic’s new Oracle console at Real World Studios arrived the day I finished Joe Boyd’s book And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain. That might not sound like much of a coincidence, but bear with me...

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Nadah El Shazly is now based in Montreal. Her recent album Laini Tani blends Egyptian improvised music, manipulated vocals, deft electronic production and acoustic percussion.

As any professional musician, composer or producer will attest, when you take the leap to the professional domain, everything changes.

One of the central figures behind XAOC Devices' success is Maciek Bartkowiak, a veritable heavyweight in electronic instrument design and a charming fellow to boot.

Disiniblud are producers, composers and multi‑instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith, whose self‑titled debut LP is released this July on Domino imprint Smuggler’s Way.

My early musical experiences included a university course in electronic music as well as playing guitar in various garage...

Thoughts from our Leader on the launch on 19 June 2025 of SOS FOR ARTISTS.

Some people see modelled equipment as a lacklustre substitute for the real thing. Others view it as an amazing opportunity for modern musicians to access vintage gear...

Refreshingly shrewd and not a little iconoclastic, Ross Fish founded Møffenzeef Mødular with all the creativity and risk you might expect, given the modules in the Møffenzeef range.

Los Angeles‑based Aron Kobayashi Ritch first fell in love with production in a friend’s father’s garage studio, recording local bands while skipping school to assist at the legendary Sound City Studios with engineer David Boucher

I’ll never tire of scanning through a press release to see if a new product could slot into my studio workflow.

In October, this magazine turns 40, and it says a lot about SOS that despite having been part of the team for two‑thirds of that time, I’m not even close to being the longest‑serving employee.

Already movers and shakers in Melbourne/Naarm’s musical underground, producer Kuya Neil and rapper Teether began collaborating in late 2020.

If you like things to be as uncomplicated as possible, Logic Pro’s Sampler fits the bill nicely.

It seemed as though a different major studio was closing down every week, but has the tide turned in favour of large recording studios?

Synthesist and producer Julien Guillot started his project Stazma the Junglechrist back in 2008, in his words at “the super violent and punk end” of the breakcore scene, before breaking out into more experimental territory.

Colombian‑born Ela Minus was studying jazz performance as a drummer at Berklee College Of Music when she got a taste for electronic music.

Problem solving seems to find its way into so many of the things I do, and I’ve come to realise that rather than being a burden, it gives me a huge amount of pleasure.