Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

← XLR MAG Archive

The FADERScenes

The Opener: Chinese collective No.006 is already in your algorithm

10.19

This Chongqing electronic duo wants to turn the dance floor into performance art.

New producers & collectives

Read at The FADER ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

The Opener: Chinese collective No.006 is already in your algorithm

Related

ScenesShe Wants Revenge Announce First Album in Over 15 Years, Unveil “Black Wax/Our Love”: Stream Consequence

IndustryTop Tours: North American Stadium Shows Earn Foo Fighters Top Live75 Debut Pollstar

ScenesWatch Brandon Flowers cover The Coral’s classic ‘Dreaming Of You’ and debut new song ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’ in Bristol NME

AsiaPublic Image Ltd (PiL) to make Singapore debut with ‘This Is Not The Last Tour’ in January 2027 Bandwagon Asia

Europe“Más que ayer”, primer adelanto del disco debut de Luz Futuro Mondosonoro

AsiaTony Williams leads choir in a Jakarta tunnel ahead of Ye’s debut Mixmag Asia