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PolyendMakersInside the Break Archive: A Chat with Big Clack Break Archive started as a conversation with Big Clack. We caught up with him to continue the conversation about his collection, how he rebuilt these breaks from scratch, and the role trackers play…

September 8
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PolyendMakersSound Design Lab: Synth Foundations 01 Welcome to Sound Design Lab, a new series from Polyend’s resident sound designer, Alex Cummings. In each installment, Alex explores the creative decisions behind crafting sounds, building scenes, and…

August 4
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PolyendMakersPolyend Founder Piotr Raczyński: Designing Hardware to Inspire At Superbooth 2026, DelayDude caught up with Polyend's founder Piotr Raczyński to talk about the ideas behind our instruments.

July 30
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PolyendMakersSpiralcaster’s Textures, Tones, and Endless Possibilities Spiralcaster has spent years creating guitar-driven soundscapes and showcasing unique pedals. We caught up with him to talk about his new Spiral Loops and Chords packs, creative pedal techniques, and…

June 17
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PolyendMakersindek: Harnessing Chaos indek makes music like a system under pressure, fractured, elastic, and always threatening to collapse. His tracks balance precision with instability.

April 27

PolyendMakersI ERROR – Randomization Rituals Classically trained musician and prolific electronic producer I ERROR has both a new album, Randomizer and a new Palette, Ritual.

April 16
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PolyendMakersIggor Cavalera – The Space Between Rhythm and Noise There’s something ritualistic about repetition. Something transformative about noise. In this interview, we dive into a practice that moves freely between acoustic force and electronic abstraction.

February 27

PolyendMakersMatthew S is Building Ambient Worlds Italian producer Matthew S (Matteo Scapin) builds ambient that breathes. In this interview he walks through his palette, Ambient Zero, and gives practical production tips for slicing pads…

February 17

PolyendMakersAlex Retsis – Play / A Chillhop Musicdisk Alex Retsis crafted a complete album of Lo-fi Chillhop Play projects. Download the files, load them on Play or Play+ for listening or crafting your own tracks.

December 22, 2025

PolyendMakersShane Embury: From Grindcore to Inner Space Shane Embury’s journey through extreme music is one of constant reinvention, passion, and honesty. With decades of experience and a catalogue that spans genres and generations, he remains as…

December 8, 2025

PolyendMakersA Brief History of Jungle: From Amiga to Amen This week, producer Tim Cant, creator of two of our favorite Jungle-focused Palettes, gives a quick tour of how Jungle rose from late-’80s hardcore.

November 7, 2025

PolyendMakersEmmy Winning Sound Designer Claes Nystrom on Compression, Clarity, and the Press Swedish-born film composer and Emmy-winning sound designer Claes Nystrom has worked on everything from Indiana Jones trailers to original scores for legends like Sydney Pollack and Douglas Trumbull.

November 1, 2025