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April 25, 2013

15 Questions With Tim Wolff

Dutch Techno producer Tim Wolff has been responsible for some of our favourite club weapons of 2012 and his recent ep on Darko Essers' Wolfskuil imprint is still reverberating around dancefloors worldwide. He has just released an EP on Bulletdodge Records on December 10th and we caught up with him for 15 Questions....

February 01, 2013

15 Questions With Moodymanc

Moodymanc aka Danny 'Dubble D' Ward knocks out some of the UK's finest deep-house goodness. His new Clear Mountain EP hits the streets on December 3rd on Fly By Night Music

December 06, 2012

15 Questions With Cold Blank

Los Angeles based, Electro-House duo Cold Blank have recently been destroying dance floors everywhere, with the release of their debut album, "The Agenda", out now on their own independent imprint Burn The Fire Records.

November 16, 2012

15 Questions With Funk D'void

Funk D’void knows his music. Whether he’s jacking it out on Soma Records, going melodic on his Outpost vibe or taking it deep with his Francois Dubois hat on, his productions forever have a certain timelessness about them that’s often lacking in a lot of club-orientated electronica these days...

October 19, 2012

15 Questions With DJ Cyantific

In the next of our 15 Question series... London based Drum and Bass DJ Cyantific (Jon Stanley), talks Sonic Academy through what parts of the production process he finds most challenging and his current live/DJ set-up

October 12, 2012

15 Questions With Guillaume Coutu Dumont

With collaborations alongside various artists such as Julien Roy, David Fafard and Vincent Lemieux as part of his association with MUTEK, and his third full length album, “TWICE AROUND THE SUN”  set to be released through Circus Company on 8th October, Berlin based Guillaume

 

October 04, 2012

Video Interview with Jupiter Ace

Sonic Academy sits down with Jupiter Ace to quizz him further about his 'Main Room House' walkthrough course. This is a bonus interview to give you an insight in Gregory's production techniques and his thoughts on the current state of the EDM world.

October 04, 2012

Video Interview with Paul Aiden

Sonic Academy sits down with top line writer Paul Aiden. Having written vocal lines for the likes of Axwell and Jupiter Ace we ask where do you start when writing vocals and how do you end up working with Axwell.

September 20, 2012

15 Questions With Phil Kieran

Phil Kieran has toured the world many times over, released music that has found it's way on to the likes of Cocoon, Soma Records and of course his own label Phil Kieran Recordings

August 02, 2012

15 Questions With Satoshi Tomiie

In the next in our 15 Questions series, SAW Recordings' Satoshi Tomiie talks Sonic Academy through his current set-up from iPad Djing with Traktor through to his production workflow using Ableton Live and Pro Tools….

July 27, 2012

15 Questions With Alexander Robotnick

The Italian producer Alexander Robotnick this year embarked on a series of releases from the archives of his illustrious career in electronic music which has spanned nearly 30 years

 

July 05, 2012

15 Questions With Robosonic

Sacha Robotti and Henning Labuhn make up the Berlin based electronic duo Robosonic who this week go 15 Questions with Sonic Academy….

June 13, 2012

15 Questions With Ian O'Donovan

Ian O Donovan kicks off the first in a series of upcoming Sonic Live events on Belfast on July 7th at the Stiff Kitten. We grabbed five minutes with him to give you an insight into what to expect....

 

June 01, 2012

15 Questions With Kristian Heikkila

Swedish producer Kristian Heikkila is noted as being one of the country’s finest hip-hop artists who has since moved firmly into house and techno territory with recent releases on Thomas Heckmann’s AFU Lab, Snokr Enterprises and most recently his outing on EPM

May 16, 2012

15 Questions With Arveene & Misk

Arveene & Misk are an electronic duo from Ireland who have scored massive success with their remixes for the likes of The Prodigy, Felix Da Housecat and Mr Oizo

May 02, 2012

15 Questions With Psycatron

Having had a string of successful releases on Carl Craig's Planet E Communications, Hotflush, Bedrock and many more over the past 3 years, Psycatron have just launched their own new label for 2012. 

April 24, 2012

15 Questions With Paul Mac

Paul Mac has been on of the UK's most prominent figures in Techno for the best part of the past two decades.

April 17, 2012

15 Questions With Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer are brothers Paul & Al Farrier from Manchester who have just released their 6th EP for Boysnoize Records this week. 'Second City' sees them drop deep, brooding techno alongside some authentic vintage electro stylings

April 12, 2012

15 Questions With Addison Groove

Bristol's Addison Groove is just about to release his debut album 'Transistor Rhythm' on Modeselektors' 50 Weapons imprint. Here he talks exclusively to Sonic Academy about his approach in the studio...

April 02, 2012

15 Questions With D. Ramirez

Dean Ramirez has been releasing music for over 15 years achieving five top 20 hits in that time and even appearing on BBC's Top of the Pops! Here Dean catches up with Sonic Academy revealing his studio secrets...

March 30, 2012

15 Questions With Toob

Jakeone and Rich Thair (Red Snapper) have been making music together as Toob since the mid-2000s as well as keeping themselves busy with other bands soundtracks for American cop shows, helping run East London recording studios and realizing various sound art projects.

March 21, 2012

15 Questions With Carl Taylor

In January, English techno producer Carl Taylor delivered his second album True Faith on EPM Music. From tough warehouse-style vibes to soulful, melodic electronica he adopted some old-school production techniques in the form of his MPC to help create a live, dynamic feel.

March 15, 2012

15 Questions With Ed Davenport

Ed Davenport is set to release his debut album on one of the UK's finest house imprints, Bristol's NRK Records this spring.

March 09, 2012

15 Questions With Stelios Vassiloudis

At the tail-end of 2011, Bedrock newcomer Stelios Vassiloudis dropped a remarkable debut album on John Digweed's esteemed imprint.

March 06, 2012

15 Questions With Tom Demac

London-based house producer Tom Demac first came to our attention through the massive Jamie Jones mix of 'Crewcuts & Curls' on Murmur Records in 2010.

February 29, 2012

15 Questions With Bicep

Bicep are the Irish production duo behind the most-excellent Feel My Bicep blog which has a reputation for blogging only the finest quality house, disco and techno

February 24, 2012

15 Questions With Affkt

With more than 35 releases on some of the world's coolest labels, Affkt is considered one of the most exciting young Spanish producers on the scene.

February 16, 2012

15 Questions With Gavin Herlihy

Irish-born, Berlin-based former Mixmag columnist shares his insights