Test your vintage drum machine knowledge and see if you can guess these 10 famous rhythm machines by sound alone in this month’s quiz. The history of drum machines is just incredible. From the early days of furniture-sized boxes for organ accompaniment, so the modern powerhouses of today, there’s just so much to love. Today,…

She’s recently released her ‘Espírito EP’ and is boss of the excellent naive label, co-promoter of the mina parties, and an all-round underground hero. This month’s feature interview we’re very happy to talk with Inês Coutinho, better known as Violet.  Inês ‘Violet’ Coutinho is a walking talking embodiment of the ethos of underground dance music…

Despite the ravages of the pandemic, 2021 has served up some truly brilliant dance and electronic music. Here’s a list of some of the Attack’s staff’s favourite music of 2021 so far. Featuring house, techno, breaks, balearic and more – and we’ll also be doing a full round-up at the end of the year! Ken…

In this latest Beat Dissected, we put together a Brazilian bossa nova-inspired beat with acoustic and percussive textures. The driving rhythms and syncopation of Latin American genres have made their way into all forms of dance music but we’ll be looking at numerous sounds and patterns that specifically work well together. Jose Padilla’s ‘Bossa Rosa’…