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Best free sample packs for future bass soundsAd feature with BandLab Sounds
In future bass music, there’s no point keeping things subtle. As masters of the dark arts like REZZ, Zeds Dead and WHIPPED CREAM show us, boisterous, ear-grabbing basslines and dramatic, ethereal atmospheres make a successful pairing.

READ MORE: REZZ just wants to keep it simple

Whether you want to cause carnage or transport ravers to an epic space, creating electronic sounds for future bass music can be tough. Introducing a sample into the mix can help inspire you and drive your project forward.
We’ve partnered with BandLab to gather a selection of the best sample packs from the BandLab Sounds platform that suit this ruckus future bass sound. They’re all completely free, instantly downloadable, and royalty-free. There’s a range of sounds on offer, from modern, hard-processed bass riffs, to psychoacoustic textured bass and subs and packs that deliver otherworldly inspiration with ethereal melodies.
Big Room Bass Vol. 1, 2 & 3
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Big Room Bass has become so popular among producers that BandLab has gone on to release two more editions. This trio of free sample packs are full to the brim with speaker-rattling bass risers, atmospheric effects, “sizzling basslines”, and loads more.
In each, you’ll find 100 loops that will elevate any project, whether it’s in the style of DnB, dubstep or house.
Download Big Room Bass Vol. 1
Download Big Room Bass Vol. 2
Download Big Room Bass Vol. 3
Textured Bass II
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When it comes to future bass, a track’s distorted, dark bassline tends to be the track’s main character. Pushing melodies to the back, it’s important to let your crushing bass sit front and centre, growling, giving your track a dose of raw attitude.
One way to make your basslines rich is with a textured bassline. This sample pack, Textured Bass II, contains 100 loops of “ripped, modified and manipulated” bass riffs that add another layer to your track.
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Textured Subs
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You can’t make bass-heavy music, without a strong sub-bass.
This pack, Textured Subs, is sure to rattle ravers’ skulls, featuring 80 loops of “hard-hitting sub-basses processed with psychoacoustic magic”, BandLab says. There are processed 808 bass hits, driving reese basses, analogue basses and loads more on offer.
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Dubstep Essentials
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Dubstep has evolved vastly from its beginnings in the London suburb of Croydon. Today, the typically 140 bpm, head-bopping genre has been amplified, compressed, distorted, and able to cause chaos in huge venues — not just grimy basements.
This sample pack, Dubstep Essentials, explores sounds that suit many facets of modern dubstep. You’ll find punchy dubstep beats, dramatic synth leads and arps, strings, pads – all the sounds you need to build up to that bassy drop.
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Kawaii Future Bass FX & Kawaii Future Bass Vol. II
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Kawaii future bass is a subgenre of future bass, known for its happy and cute timbre and strong Japanese pop culture influences. It’s all about rising, rising, rising… and then switching up on the drop with a booming bass and a dramatic crash.
These two Kawaii bass-orientated sample packs, Kawaii Future Bass FX and Kawaii Future Bass Vol. II, help deliver those main stage moments, offering “ambient melodies, swooshing downlifters, and impactful sub drops” that tie segments of a track together. There are also some gnarly drum loops.
Download Kawaii Future Bass FX
Download Kawaii Future Bass Vol. II
Future Bass
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The fundamentals of future bass lie in the relationship between the drums and bass. This pack, aptly called Future Bass, is sure to give you the tools to build a strong basis for a future bass track that will get the crowd moving.
The free sample pack focuses on the more upbeat side of bass music. Inspired by the likes of Flume and Marshmello, it features 98 loops, from intense, scene-setting basslines to shuffly hi-hat sequences, intriguing claps and clean percussion.
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ARIUS: Bass Lab
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When they’re not delivering mindblowing live shows, Australian EDM duo ARIUS are busy helping producers by creating their own awesome free-to-download sample packs. These packs reflect the duo’s own dubstep-led sound, offering destructive low-end sonics and high-end dreamy melodic elements.
This collection, Bass Lab, follows that thumping sound, offering melody loops, dramatic risers, plucks, chords, and one-shot samples of slamming snares and kick drums.
Download ARIUS: Bass Lab
Ambient Downtempo
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Although electronic music can be high-energy, brash and chaotic, at times it’s allowed to be soft, sombre and melancholic. If you’re more inclined to create the latter, you might find inspiration in downtempo, ambient sounds evoking the likes of Photek, Phaeleh or Kelly Lee Owens.
This BandLab sample pack, Ambient Downtempo, features 50 electronic loops that can be layered to produce mellow soundscapes. Even if you’re building up to a big drop, this diverse collection of sounds – synths, pads, bass, drums, voice samples and effects – set the tone instantly.
Download Ambient Downtempo
Jordan Blackmon: Low-Budget Sci-Fi
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Jordan Blackmon is an American artist who up until recently was the live guitarist for Toro Y Moi. Now, he goes solo, having created a wide-ranging catalogue of music, dipping his toe in funk, soul, or even experimental noise.
This sample pack, Jordan Blackmon: Low-Budget Sci-Fi, has been created using Blackmon’s array of specialist hardware in his studio. Included are a series of one-shots that evoke retro sci-fi movies. They feel very Solaris – and when played as melodies, will give you an eerie vibe that works well with bass-heavy, dark music.
Download Jordan Blackmon: Low-Budget Sci-Fi
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Becos FX unveil CIQ Stella Pro Compressor MK2 The latest version of the CompIQ Stella Pro introduces feed-forward compression, switchable voicing modes, enhanced side-chain filtering and an optional transformer-balanced output. 

Unionised YouTube Music staff reportedly “laid off” in the middle of Austin City Council meetingA group of YouTube Music staff were reportedly “laid off” in the middle of a meeting with Austin’s City Council, where they sought a resolution that would urge the company to negotiate with their union.
According to Complete Music Update, the workers have been embroiled in a year-long dispute with YouTube and its parent company Google (Alphabet) over new rules restricting remote work and a refusal to engage in negotiations with union representatives.

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Jack Benedict, a data analyst for YouTube Music, said during the meeting, “It’s been over a year since we first went on strike over our employer’s return to office policy”. He added that employees opposed the mandate not because they didn’t want to work from YouTube’s Austin office, but because the post-COVID policy change was “essentially a lay off against a large percentage of our team who didn’t live in the Austin area”.
“Again in September we went on strike over our employer’s refusal to bargain with our union,” Benedict continued. “To this day they refuse to come to the negotiating table and Google still refuses to acknowledge us as their employees even after countless losses in court which say the contrary.”
The latter refers to Google’s insistence that the workers were contracted via third-party professional services Cognizant, and should therefore be bargaining with “their employer” instead. This is despite a January ruling by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which deemed Google’s refusal to bargain with unionised workers as illegal.
In the video below, Benedict, who’s a member of the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA), was speaking on the podium when his coworker walked up and said: “Not to interrupt but they just laid us all off”.

He later released a statement calling the move “devastating”, saying: “We have been fighting for years now to get Google, one of the most powerful and well-resourced companies in the world, to negotiate with us so that we could make a living in exchange for the work we do to make their products better. It is disgusting that Google has taken this path when confronted with its workers’ modest demands to be treated fairly on the job.”
In a statement to The Verge, Google spokesperson Courtenay Mencini said that the decision to fire the team was made by Cognizant, and that “Contracts with our suppliers across the country routinely end on their natural expiry date.”
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Long live pub raves: How big-name DJs are helping to save British pubsPint-flinging pub raves are on the rise: Nia Archives recently brought her jungle beats to a packed Sebright Arms in Hackney, Disclosure DJ’d in the garden of the People’s Park Tavern last summer, and London’s DIY party crew The Cause take over Peckham’s iconic The Greyhound this week. Oh, and who can forget that viral clip of Fred Again.. behind the decks while serving Guinness during his secret after-party at Dublin pub Doyle’s?

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The best news for fans is that many of these events are free entry, meaning no cash barrier for ravers, plus more pennies for pints to support local venues. Last year was the worst on record for venue closures, with 16 per cent closing for reasons including vast rent increases, rocketing operating costs and crazy energy bill raises.
There is a stark difference, however: 2023 was the best year on record for the commercial end of the sector, says George Fleming, founder of campaign group Save Our Scene (SOS), which has been standing up for UK music culture since May 2020.
“We want to highlight that the issues our sector is facing aren’t just about music venues. It’s also affecting our community spaces, such as pubs,” he says. “We wanted to shine a light on that fact,” he adds, citing that the UK is currently seeing two pubs close every day. “In reaction to the current demise of our pubs and venues”, SOS launched their Culture Calling campaign last winter with the aim of getting the UK Government to reduce VAT to 12.5 per cent (down from 20 per cent) for the hospitality and cultural sectors.
Pub fireworks
At the start of that campaign, BRIT-Award-nominee Charlotte Plank got in touch with SOS to show her support. This resulted in them teaming up to host a bonfire night d’n’b rave — complete with fireworks — on the doorstep of Hackney pub Anchor & Hope in November 2023. “The Anchor had no idea what was coming,” Fleming recalls, but the pop-up — which also saw sets from Danny Byrd, Lens and Issey Cross — resulted in “their busiest ever night”.
Rudimental-collaborator Plank has similarly fond memories. “It was mad! We docked a barge outside The Anchor & Hope in Hackney,” she recalls. “It was rammed and so good of the pub to let us use their space, allowing hundreds of ravers to come drink ’em dry of booze and gatecrash their firework night. It was such an amazing, surreal experience.”
Considering the “huge success” of that d’n’b rave — 900 people attended at short notice, which generated hundreds of supportive emails to MPs, as well as providing the pub with a record taking on the bar — Fleming thinks “it’s time for the top end to step up”. Like Plank, who “genuinely cares and loves her scene”, he feels that artists with influence — many of whom have come through the grassroots circuit, playing in small pubs and venues — “could definitely do more to support the spaces and people who helped nurture and develop them”.
But how could this be achieved? Fleming thinks the answers are pretty simple: “whether it’s implementing a ticket levy on their big shows, ensuring funds are filtering down, or even playing events in small pubs and clubs to help drive needed awareness and funds to those spaces, we all have a responsibility to stand up for our grassroots, rather than just focusing on the commercial end of the sector.”
Laurence Guy at the White Hart
One artist who has been making all this seem effortless is Laurence Guy. The British electronic producer hosted his album launch party at his local, The White Hart, in Stoke Newington last summer, and even left some exclusive dubplates behind the bar. “It was one of the best nights of the year,” he says. In fact, Guy loved it so much that he returned to the pub at Christmas to throw another free party which resulted in, as he puts it, “rowdy vibes”.
The idea of doing the pub parties in general was inspired from the first DJ gigs that Guy and his friends used to put on in their hometown. “We just needed a room and some speakers and had the time of our lives,” he says, adding that it was usually a pub or village hall. “Everyone would show up and it would boot off.”
The Christmas party idea, Guy adds, was a nod to his mates who used to run a festive get together called ‘Unwanted Wooly Garments’ every year back home. “The atmosphere at both parties was rowdy, which is exactly what I was after — something chaotic and messy and not glossy or overproduced; something free and for the fans and friends.”
These goals largely sum up the ethos of throwing a pub rave in the first place. “For me, it boils down to wanting to run a party for the party’s sake, rather than for money or tactics,” he says. Instead, Guy sees it as “a way of connecting with my fans and building a community without asking for anything in return”. He feels this is even more important considering the ongoing cost-of-living crisis: “times are tight for everyone right now, so why not offer something easy and free to the people that support my music so much?”
Pub selfie with Laurence Guy and friends
What Guy enjoys most about the pub parties is the intimacy that they enable. “I invite my friends to DJ, I can chat to fans, everyone mingles. We don’t hire the pub out, we just set up our speakers on their usual Saturday night, right in the thick of it,” he says. Guy also likes the possibility of doing different things in the future: “maybe on the next one I can invite fans to come DJ or bring their demos to play, or it could be an early listening party for a release,” he adds. The crucial point is, he reaffirms, “to keep it small and keep it free”.
From a DJing perspective, Guy adds that there are many benefits to such pub parties. “You can be a bit more fast ‘n’ loose with the music selection. Maybe play a few more classics and fun stuff. Also, and probably most importantly, you can genuinely get to know the crowd and create a really lovely atmosphere.” The only “downside”, as he puts it, “is that you can’t install a state-of-the-art soundsystem”. He’s not so worried about that, however: “this is balanced out by the vibes in my opinion. I love both the full club experience and these small parties in equal measure for different reasons”.
With all this in mind, Guy says he could see more high-profile pub parties popping up across the country. “There’s plenty of places to do it!” He enthuses, before outlining his one concern. “If it becomes more of a ‘thing’ and we end up in a situation where the events are ticketed or too ‘produced’, then the essence would be lost for me.”
Guy’s comments are extremely timely, especially as iconic South London boozer The Greyhound gears up to reopen six days a week and with a DI Audio soundsystem. Under the helm of the capital’s DIY party crew The Cause, the 240-capacity two-floored Peckham pub has been reinvented with help from South London music heads Warren Mansfield (Zsa Zsa Sapien), Nathan Saoudi (Fat White Family / Dash The Henge), Oliver Mosley (Meat Raffle dancer) and Matt Pryer (former general manager of Rye Wax).
Laurence Guy behind the bar
To kick things off, there will be two weekends (Thursdays to Sundays) of move-in parties with Ambient Babestation Meltdown, FYI Chris, Meg Paine, Richard Sen, Tom Unlikely and Al White’s ‘Avant Practiced’ jam among the artists booked. The Cause’s former and current residents will also play alongside the odd special guest, and there will be regular pub quizzes with a musical twist.
“Nearly nine months in the making, we are really proud to present our latest venture,” says Eugene Wild, co-founder of The Cause… “our first tiptoe into the pub game, with a twist we all hope you will love!”
So, with The Greyhound reopening this week and 300-capacity Shoreditch boozer Horse & Groom having hosted dance favourites since 2007 (including Dimitri From Paris, Greg Wilson, Move D, Jamie Jones and MK), things are moving in the right direction. Add to that the rise of “anywhere but a club” party-throwers Lab54 — who teamed up with rising Irish duo NewEra to transform Dublin pub The Wellflington into a nightclub complete with strobe striplights — and it’s clear that, alongside Save Our Scene, such initiatives are making a positive impact by thinking outside of the box.
“These aren’t just boozers, they are essential spaces which are vital for communities to have access to,” affirms SOS’s George Fleming. “I sometimes think, if I was a lonely elderly man and my local pub shut down, what else would I have? The cold park bench? These pubs provide human connection, which is the most important thing we need for a happy existence.” He draws a stark conclusion, however: “We’ve got fewer licensed spaces now than since venue records began – it needs attention.”
The White Hart
We’ll leave the last word to someone who knows this better than most. “Historically, pubs were at the heart of communities,” recalls Charlie Short, general manager of The White Hart. “But, after the last few years, and with the current issues, we need connection more than ever. Dancing together is more than just a Saturday night out,” he attests. “It’s a chance to connect and release; these events are medicine for the modern world.”
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Playing Piano MontunoIntroductionUnlock the rhythmic magic of Latin piano with our comprehensive guide to mastering the Montuno style. In this blog post, we’ll break down an 8-step exercise based on the iconic piano arrangement from Gloria Estefan’s “Conga.” Whether you’re a seasoned pianist or a beginner looking to delve into the world of Latin grooves, this step-by-step breakdown will help you understand the nuances of playing a Montuno.

Step 1: Embracing the Chord Progression The foundation of any Montuno lies in its chord progression. In this case, we’ll explore the common structure found in many Latin tunes: I minor – bVII – bVII – I minor (or Em D | D Em in E minor). Dive into the importance of repetition and understand why this progression is the backbone of Latin piano playing.

Step 2: Crafting Compound Lines Montunos are characterized by compound lines, combining melodic patterns and rhythmic intricacies. Explore the melodic line played in octaves and the rhythmic pattern within the Montuno. Practice the melodic line on downbeats, emphasizing the importance of hearing and playing the accents.

Step 3: Mastering 16th Note Syncopation Delve into the heartbeat of the Montuno by practicing the essential 16th note syncopation. Learn the basic rhythm that gives the Montuno its groove, and discover the significance of placing accents on the syncopated notes.

Step 4-7: Building Layers of Complexity Gradually build the complexity of your Montuno by incorporating syncopation into the melodic line and inner rhythm. Explore playing with both hands, focusing on the left hand in step 7 to expose weaknesses and enhance syncopation skills. In the video tutorial we show you all the these steps in detail.

Step 8: Polishing the Montuno Refine your Montuno by addressing specific challenges on each hand. In step 8, focus on the right hand while omitting octaves on specific notes for smoother and more efficient play. Finally, play the entire Montuno, bringing together all the elements you’ve practiced.

Conclusion: Congratulations! You’ve navigated the intricate steps of mastering the Latin groove through the art of playing Piano Montuno. As a bonus, “exclusive access” members of the mDecks Youtube Channel can access a downloadable PDF linking to this video and a call & response video for further practice. Join our community and enhance your Latin piano skills.

AALTO seeks to democratize high-speed internet access through solar-powered dronesIn the beginning of 2021, Alphabet shuttered Loon. It was a familiar story within the annals of Google X history: an ambitious moonshot with tremendous upside that sputtered out prior to gaining any sort of meaningful traction after nearly a decade. “Despite Loon’s extraordinary technical progress,” X explains with a tinge of melancholy on the […]
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Crosses in RaleighCrosses is currently on tour in North America and Europe, showcasing their sophomore LP, “Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.”

Crosses (stylized as †††) is an electronic alternative rock music group featuring vocalist Chino Moreno and producer/guitarist Shaun Lopez. Their music project seamlessly blends elements of alternative rock, synth-pop, trip-hop, and ambient music, emphasizing melody and mood. Despite the protentional for dark undertones, the duo characterizes their sound as “contemporary.” They draw influence from notable bands such as Nine Inch Nails and The Cure, which adds depth and richness to their musical pallet.

Crosses recently emerged from a self-described “hiatus.” Although there hasn’t been much public news or releases, Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez have been quietly immersed in music production for the past four years. In 2022, the band made a comeback with a new EP titled “Permanent Radiant,” signaling to fans that they are back with their signature sound. Shaun Lopez highlighted that the success of this release bolstered their confidence, leading to the creation of tracks that eventually found their place on the 2023 sophomore album, “Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.”

Chino Moreno, producer and vocalist of Deftones, brings his distinctive vocals to Crosses, contributing to a new and ethereal atmospheric sound.  Producer and multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez carries his own weight within the group, boasting a strong background in music production, guitars, and synthesizers. Shaun intuitively knows when to step up, making his sounds heard, and this ability can be particularly impressive at times.

The 18-song setlist you’ll experience on most tour night offers a blend of old and new tracks, including classics such as “This Is a Trick,” “Bitches Brew,” and “Telepathy” from their self-titled 2014 debut LP. The lineup also features big hits like “Invisible Hand” and “Big Youth” from their 2023 LP, “Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.” One of the standout moments of the show was the Depeche Mode-influenced track “Vivien” from the 2022 ‘PERMANENT.RADIANT – EP,’ boasting a captivating mix of fluttering electronic and ‘80s new wave sounds.

Crosses continues on tour in North America until March of 2024 with upcoming shows in Sacramento, California; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. After a brief break, the band will embark on a European tour in June 2024 with shows in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

You can find additional tour dates and music at crossesmusic.com

An ESP32 MultiFactor TOTP GeneratorMFA, or multifactor authentication, is a standard security feature these days. However, it can be a drag to constantly reach into one’s pocket, scroll to Google Authenticator (other MFA applications are available!), and find the correct TOTP code to log in to a site for a short while. [Allan Oricil] felt this pain point, so they took the problem by the horns and created a desktop MFA TOTP generator to make life just that little bit easier.
TOTP, which stands for Time-based One-Time Password, is a security measure that uses a device or application to provide unique codes that expire after a short time. Two-factor authentication requires a physical item (something you have), such as a key or swipe card, and knowledge of a fact (something you know), like a password, rather than relying on a single factor. This approach ensures a higher level of security. [Allan]’s project is a physical thing one would use with a password or key file.

Utilising the snappily titled Sunton ESP32-2432S028 EVB, based around the Espressif ESP32-WROVER-32 module and a generic touch screen, the neat little package is intended for custom IoT projects. However, we can use it for practically anything. The project uses the PlatformIO infrastructure and associated plugins for VSCode, which are a winning combination if you ask us. The service details and associated secret strings are stored as plain text files on an SD card, so moving from one physical device to another and adding new services is simple. If you’re wondering why a physical device needs a Wi-Fi connection, this is to sync the RTC (the local measure of ‘time’ for that TOTP) with a downstream NTP server. If you don’t do this, you quickly get out of sync with your target services, and your codes could expire prematurely or even fail outright.
If you want to read more, see our guide to Two-Factor Authentication. Regarding hardware implementations, here’s a sweet macropad-based solution, and a tiny one using a BadUSB for good.

Micro Jeep Model Kit is Both Business Card and PortfolioWhen finding work in product design and prototyping, two things are important to have at hand: a business card, and a sample of one’s work. If one can combine those, even better. Make it unique and eye-catching, and you’re really onto something. That seems to  have been the idea behind [agepbiz]’s 1:64 scale micro Jeep model kit that serves as an  “overcomplicated” business card.
Complete with box and labels in a shrink-wrapped package.
At its heart, the kit is a little print-in-place model kit that looks a lot like larger injection-molded model kits. Completing it is a custom-made box with custom labels, and it’s even shrink-wrapped. The whole thing fits easily in the palm of a hand.
There’s a lot of different tools effectively used to make the whole thing. The model card itself is 3D printed in multiple filament colors, and the box is constructed from carefully glued cardstock. The labels are custom printed, and a craft cutter (which has multiple uses for a hobbyist) takes care of all the precise cutting. It’s an awfully slick presentation, and the contents do not disappoint.
Get a closer look in the video, embedded just below. And if you like what you see, you’re in luck because we’ve seen [agepbiz]’s work before in this mini jet fighter, complete with blister pack.

Interscope Geffen A&M and Capitol Music Group are now officially consolidated under the ‘Interscope Capitol Labels Group’; Steve Berman and Annie Lee both promoted to new rolesInterscope Capitol Labels Group is headed up by Chairman and CEO, John Janick
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Sound Particles’ International Women’s Day sale Sound Particles have announced that they are offering a 30% discount on all of their products until 9 March 2024 in celebration of International Women's Day.

Moby breaks down how he made his classic track Extreme WaysVeteran producer Moby has given a full multitrack breakdown of how he put together his popular 2002 song, Extreme Ways.
The song was originally released as part of his sixth studio album, 18, which landed that same year. It is also famously used across the Bourne film franchise.

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In a new video shared to YouTube, Moby has given insight into how he built each layer of the song, including drums, bass, guitar, string pads, electric piano and other synth elements.
The track remains one of Moby’s most popular, with nearly 100 million streams on Spotify alone. In just three minutes, you can get a closer look behind the track. Watch the full video below:

Moby released Ambient 23 last year – a collection of sixteen ambient tracks that span two-and-a-half hours long in total, which are inspired by some of his ambient music heroes – from Brian Eno to Jean-Michel Jarre and Will Sergeant.
“[It is] made to help anxiety (my own, and hopefully yours, too),” he wrote following the release. “For 2023 may we all be less anxious (and may we all stop looking for validation from a culture we don’t respect…)”
It’s not uncommon these days for artists to give fans a deeper look into how their music is pieced together. In November last year James Hype released a 30-minute video showing how he pulls together a remix. In Ableton Live, the DJ and producer remixed the track Baby by Quality Control, Lil Baby and Da Baby in full.
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Unofficial Guide to Music Industry Events during SXSW 2024The Music Tectonics and Rock Paper Scissors team has pulled together an impressive list of official and unofficial music industry and music industry and music tech events happening next week in Austin during SXSW.....
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Warner Music makes $1.8B bid to buy Believe, TuneCore, Naïve, Nuclear BlastWarner Music Group (WMG) has confirmed its intention to acquire Believe for $1.8 billion, a price greater than one made by a consortium led by Believe founder Denis Ladegaillerie.....
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