MAGAZINES, RADIO, MUSICIANS,
DJ's
.com online Web page of
the Canadian DJ/music magazine, with dance and techno reviews and
charts.
Bassline Online edition of the Irish dance magazine, with news,
interviews, club listings and charts.
Billboard Site of the US industry magazine with news, features,
charts and more. Updated daily.
Blues
And Soul News, charts and reviews
from the long-running UK soul magazine. Updated fortnightly.
Digital Biskuit Web
page of the Tokyo techno magazine, with news, articles and links
to Japanese techno labels.
Discoid Web version of the Italian dance magazine. Features
information pages on leading Italian DJs (including e-mail
contact), DJ charts with sound files and lots and lots of record
reviews. Plus other features that are still under construction.
Good site.
Dream Creation Web
version of the psychedelic trance magazine, with interviews,
album reviews, aromatherapy and aliens. Based at Third Eye.
Fused Dance review magazine covering most styles: chillout,
downbeat, drum'n'bass and dub, hard house and techno. Plus film
reviews, conspiracy theories and a new graffiti art section.
Future Music Web site
of the electronic musicians magazine, with articles from previous
issues. Registration required.
Jockey Slut Great site
featuring many full-length interviews from the current edition
and back issues.
Knowledge Web page of
the South England underground dance magazine, with interviews,
articles and reviews from previous issues. Good site.
Loot Excellent online version of the UK buy-and-sell
newspaper, with lots of music and DJ equipment for sale in their
"Sound And Vision" section.
Magic Feet Good UK
techno/trance/ambient magazine with interviews, articles and
reviews. Plus club listings and charts.
Mixmag/Mixmag Online
Web page of the famous UK dance magazine, with features from
previous issues.
Mixology Web page of
the monthly DJ magazine, with overview of the magazine, brief
guide to recent issues, and subscription information. Based at
the Music Factory site.
Musicians
Net, The Articles from many
musicians magazines including "The Mix" and
"Keyboard Review".
Music
Week (dotmusic) Weekly record
industry news excerpted from the magazine, plus the UK charts.
NME Web version of the indie weekly. Now includes dance
reviews from their Vibes section.
QX International Web
edition of the weekly gay magazine, with lots on gay & mixed
clubbing in London - listings, club news, plus articles, music
reviews and more.
Record Mirror News,
dance charts and loads of weekly dance single reviews from the
"Music Week" associated dance magazine. Probably the
best online source of new release reviews.
Sound On Sound With
features from the long-running recording/musician's magazine,
plus news, reader advertisements and mail order.
Streetsound
Online Huge web site of the New
York dance music magazine - hundreds of searchable reviews, lots
of interviews, charts etc. - all interesting reading.
Time
Out Selected articles from the
London (and now international) listings magazine, including some
club listings and other music reviews. Good site.
Tribe Web site of the Canadian dance music and culture
magazine, with news and articles.
URB
Magazine Online Web page of the US
dance magazine with some interviews from the current issue.
Wire, The (Unofficial)
Database allowing users to search for keywords in all articles
and reviews published in "The Wire" magazine since
issue 100. Plus some transcribed articles.
XLR8R Excellent web edition of the US techno magazine
containing dozens of articles, interviews and reviews. Currently
under reconstruction.
Atlantic
252 Schedules & DJ profiles,
including information on David Dunne's dance show.
BBC Weekly programme schedules sorted by category, plus
e-mail addresses for BBC presenters.
BBC
Radio Radio One section features
information on the Essential Selection, Evening Session and
Breakfast Show, plus large amounts of music news, the R1 playlist
and biographies for every DJ.
Essential Mix Archive, The Index of Radio One's Essential Mix shows going back to
1994, with playlists (where available) and comments. Now
searchable. Top work!
Galaxy
102 News and information on the
Manchester dance station.
Galaxy
105 Basic information on the new
Yorkshire dance station.
Kiss
106 Web page of the Dublin pirate
dance station, with news, DJ profiles, lists of Irish pirate
frequencies and links.
Newstide
Radio Index UK and international
radio industry news, plus many links to related sites and
individual stations.
Pete Tong's Essential Selection New improved area at the R1 site, with playlists from
the "Essential Selection" and "Essential
Mix", an archive of soundfiles of the "Essential New
Tunes", plus an interview, guide to dance music terminology
and more.
Akai
Comprehensive site covering Akai's musical instrument division,
with complete product guide, new product news, sound file
catalogue (including some free sounds to download), customer
support with FAQs for each instrument and more.
Analogue
Heaven Home page of the analogue synthesizer-obsessed
mailing list, with archives, service notes from obscure 1958
synthesizers etc.
Behringer News and
product information from the German audio processor manufacturer.
Digital Sound
Page Resource page for sampling and PC MIDI sequencing,
with links to manufacturers, sample CD producers and retailers,
FTP and web resources, sound editors, mailing lists and more.
Doepfer Product
information on the analog synthesizer and accessory company whose
products include the MS-404 bass module.
E-mu Product and company
information from the US sampler/synthesizer manufacturers, plus
software, FAQs, tips and more.
Home
Recording Web Site, The Excellent site for general
recording information, with a big FAQ, plus tape trading and many
links to manufacturers and other resources.
Ken's
Pro Audio Hyperlinks Astonishing list of audio
manufacturers, distributors, industry organisations, magazines,
consultants and more. Nice one, Ken!
Kilo 4-3 World
MIDI and recording site with advice and hints, glossaries of
technical terms, equipment reviews, BPM/delay tables, samples to
download, information on PC music and more. Loads of information
here.
Making Waves
Homepage of the PC sample sequencing software package, with demo,
specifications and links.
Martian's Chewns
Web page of a PC techno musician, with acid/techno S3M module
soundfiles to download.
Midi Farm
Major musical instrument resource centre with news, a big FTP
archive of technical data, links, a bulletin board and an
interactive chat page. Lots of good information.
Midi Web Large MIDI
resource including introduction to MIDI, programming advice,
reader advertisements, MIDI files and software and links.
Mixman Web page of the
music creation/remix software, with product information,
technical support and online ordering.
Music And Audio
Connection, The Large catalogue of music and music
industry-related web links. Tends towards the rock and pop side
of things but with useful sections on pro-audio, music business
links and professional associations. Includes free classified
advertising section, plus MIDI files and PC audio shareware.
Music Interactive
Musician's site with bulletin boards, product information and
advice. Tends towards rock music but also features an archive of
articles by electronic music journalist Craig Anderton. Lengthy
registration process.
Roland Large
international site with news, detailed product information, and
lots of patch/sample/software files. See also Roland UK and Roland US.
Sonic State Major
music site. Music industry guide with extensive searchable index
of record companies and studios, including contact names,
addresses, numbers; plus a similar database of synthesizer info
(specifications, reviews). Plus features, interviews and lots
more. Top site.
Surreal
To Real Useful and regularly updated interactive for
sale/wanted page for music gear of all kinds, especially
synthesizer and MIDI equipment.
Synthesizer
Links Page, The US page with a good list of links to
synthesizer and MIDI resources on the Internet, including many
sources of patch data for dozens of instruments.
Time And Space
Detailed online catalogue of the sample CD producers, plus
details of their music software.
Turnkey
Big site advertising the central London music
technology/guitar/DJ equipment store, with product information
and secure online ordering.
Waveforms
Old site devoted to electronic music artists and recording, with
news, features and interviews.
World Of The TB-303
Everything you could ever want to know about Roland's famous bass
machine - reviews, articles, advice, patches, links. Plus details
on the new MC-303.
alt.music.makers.dj
FAQ Large and well-written FAQ for the DJ newsgroup, with
a wide range of information on DJ issues such as equipment,
record care, vinyl vs. CD, producing mixtapes, hearing damage,
etc. Plus advice for aspirant DJs. An excellent resource.
Autopilot Profile
& contact information for the digital visuals company who
have worked at The Big Chill, Glastonbury, Return To The Source
and many other clubs/parties.
Backspin Advice on
DJing and DJ equipment, plus a section devoted to Technics with
history and specifications.
CD Pool, The Details
of the UK DJ pool for CD jocks, with membership details.
DJ Tips And Notes
Large text FAQ with a wealth of DJ-related information, from
bookings to beat-matching to record care. And, er, information on
line-dancing steps!
DJs
Unlimited Details of the UK house music DJ agency,
including a complete list of their DJs and contact information.
Based at Cybersonik.
Hyperreal: DJ
Information & BPM counting software BPM-counting and
other DJ software for PC and Mac, and links to other DJ resources
at Hyperreal.
Jason Clayton's DJ
Page Home page of the US Trance/Industrial DJ, with
charts and some worldwide links to DJ homepages and unexpected
blasts of music.
Kabuki Booking
agency/artist management company site with profiles of artists
they represent, including Juno Reactor, OOOD, Deviant Electronics
and others.
Label Spinners
Details of the UK DJ agency, with a categorised listing of all
the DJs on their books, plus profiles and contact information.
Lucid
Web page of the London-based backdrop hire and design company,
with prices and contact information. Based at Cybersonik.
Music Factory
Entertainment Group DJ site based on the
"Mixology" magazine, with DJ charts, BPM directory and
details of the Mastermix DJ mix service.
OVT Visuals Web site
of the US visual designers who create graphics and videos for
raves and television.
Rage Radio World
UK mail order supplier of radio transmitters and related
equipment, with product specifications.
Rave Or Die - Equipment
Swiss site including useful illustrated guide to DJ equipment.
System 7 Web
page of a US DJ equipment, sound and lighting store, with lots of
technical specification and illustrations.
Technics
SL-1200/SL-1210 FAQ Massive FAQ with everything you could
ever wish to know about the DJ turntables.
Veronica FM Kits
Web page of the UK radio transmitter equipment manufacturer, with
specifications and prices.