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First Floor is a weekly-ish newsletter covering electronic music and the culture and industry around it, including artist recommendations and features on dance music scenes. It also includes essays on the business of independent music writing and media.
Hwael Mag is a literary-style newsletter of long-form essays on music and film, with recent issues covering an electronic music album by devonwho and a retrospective of Ichiko Aoba's island-inspired work and Vittorio De Seta's documentary shorts. It suits readers who want considered, detailed criticism rather than news or listings.
A weekly newsletter covering electronic and experimental music through in-depth artist features, concert reviews, and album lists. Readers get thoughtful coverage of contemporary synthesists, improvisers, and festival reports.
Herb Sundays is a weekly newsletter pairing a curated music playlist with an artist interview, feature, or personal note from a rotating guest curator. Recent issues cover electronic music figures such as Larry Heard, Bullion, and Anastasia Kristensen, with a focus on deep house, textured dance music, and independent, algorithm-skirting selections.
FL Studio Pro publishes practical guides for FL Studio users, covering tutorials, mixing and sound design, troubleshooting, and comparisons of editions and workflows. Its issues also examine usage survey data and compare the license costs of major DAWs over three to five years.
zensounds is a Substack-style newsletter by Stephan Kunze covering ambient, vaporwave, slushwave and experimental electronic music, with long-form artist interviews and playlists. Readers get album context, artist conversations and curated listening recommendations.
Line Noise is a music newsletter by Ben Cardew and Anna Jane McIntyre that pairs long-form artist interviews with album reviews across dance, electronic and rock music. Readers get in-depth conversations with producers and artists plus critical takes on new releases and archival revisits.
Essays and interviews, mostly about music, written by a critic with a long listening history across metal, punk, jazz, hip-hop and electronic genres. It also covers the author's record label releases and occasional commentary on TV and literature.
A bi-weekly round-up and criticism newsletter covering experimental music, with album reviews, recommendations and essays on producer records, microtonal music and avant-garde releases. Readers get considered write-ups of new and classic experimental albums and context on the artists behind them.
Concrete Avalanche is a music newsletter by Jake Newby covering independent and experimental music from China, with reviews of new releases, artist features and playlists. Each issue pairs a few deep-dive write-ups on specific albums and artists with brief notes on other releases and compilations.
A music and culture newsletter by a writer covering left-field electronic music, with artist interviews, album reviews and long-form essays on San Francisco's club scene. Readers get considered critical writing and in-depth conversations with experimental and underground artists.
POW MAG is a music-focused publication running long-form essays on songs, artists and their cultural context, such as an analysis of Aphex Twin's TikTok resurgence and a profile of rapper Kurtis Blow. The excerpts show literate, opinionated writing with cultural observations, though the sample is short and some issues are brief stubs.
MMN Mag is a Hungarian music newsletter covering live events, radio sets and archive releases, along with longer reviews of concerts and jazz-related performances. Readers get event announcements and written accounts of shows, often with a personal, anecdotal voice.
EtherLoops is a producer-focused newsletter offering step-by-step tutorials, tools and sound packs for ambient, chill-out and psybient music, centred on free software like Vital and Surge XT. Each issue walks through a concrete track-building workflow with MIDI generators and DAW techniques.
An anonymous insider writes about the business side of underground techno, covering how festival lineups are built around ticket-selling data, the real-estate economics behind club closures, and career-building through relationships and craft. The posts mix practical industry logic with personal anecdote and a somewhat promotional, aphoristic style.
PATCH & TWEAK is a music and synthesis newsletter featuring profiles of musicians, deep dives into classic drum machines like the TR-909, and documentary-style interviews with sound artists about modular synthesis. Readers get artist stories, gear history and studio-focused conversations, with much of the richer material gated behind a membership.
A personal, idiosyncratic newsletter by one writer covering obscure music history and cultural criticism, including neo-Nazi countercultural figures, the unreleased Tapeworm supergroup sessions, and FM synthesis in new age records. It reads like a curated notebook of deep dives for readers who enjoy niche music lore and essayistic cultural writing.
Klang Magazine is an independent publication about sound, music community and education, mixing speculative fiction about the future of organized music with personal essays on the live music industry. Readers also get artist features and mixes, such as electronic music releases from independent producers.
Will Lindsay, an artist and DJ behind Buying Fireworks in Indiana, shares music selections, DJ sets, new releases and personal reflections on songwriting, music-making and his shift toward physical media amid AI-generated music. Readers get curated playlists, personal takes on songs and artists, and updates on his projects.
Event announcements and short editorial notes from Possibilities Open Studio, a community-rooted DIY art and culture space in Amsterdam. Readers get updates on sound system culture, collaborative nights with Refuge Worldwide and Minerals, and the community's gatherings and values.
A weekly, human-curated music recommendation newsletter that picks new releases for everyday listening, leaning toward electronic grooves from around the world. Each issue gives short, enthusiastic notes on a handful of tracks with links to streaming services.
A solo electronic music producer shares updates on releases, studio work and personal reflections on self-releasing trance and other electronic music. Paid subscribers get exclusive video updates showing synth sound design and studio process.
Shmøergh, a small Hungarian electronic instrument maker, writes about building and releasing its Moduleur modular synth, from open-source DIY beta to a limited run of one-of-a-kind 1/1 units sold by draw. The newsletter announces the conclusion of that series and the final remaining instruments.
Satin Jackets News is an artist update newsletter covering tour appearances, new single releases and collaborations from the electronic music project Satin Jackets. Readers get announcements about festival appearances, collaborative tracks with artists such as Thunder and Scavenger Hunt, and background on the act's catalogue.
A weekly techno radio-style hour hosted by Ibiza resident DJ Sebastiaan Hooft, featuring tracklists of new underground tracks, tour news and release announcements. The issues read as promotional updates and tracklist pointers with brief personal notes about the island season and upcoming gigs.
A weekly radio-show newsletter from Aj of Assorted Tapes, posting numbered episodes of mostly soul, R&B, electronic and downtempo tracklists with song links. Each issue also lists the DJ gear and production tools used, so readers mainly get a playlist rather than written commentary.
This newsletter from an electronic music producer announces new remixes, releases and compilation appearances, mostly with links to Bandcamp, Mirlo and other stores. It offers little beyond release notices, with occasional brief personal remarks about the making of the music.
trickyStoop is a tape label's mailing list announcing new releases from its artists, with each issue featuring a single album or EP. Readers get release titles and dates but little editorial content beyond the announcements themselves.
Defrostatica Records is a footwork, jungle and tekno label whose newsletter announces new EP releases with promotional copy, buy links and selected press and DJ feedback. The excerpts mainly contain release announcements and lyric sheets, offering little beyond marketing copy.
ATTN:Magazine publishes short review notices for experimental and electronic albums, each announcing a release with a brief description. The excerpts consist of one-line summaries and link-style text rather than full critical writing.
A DJ download service that publishes genre-themed weekly-style issues listing new electronic tracks with short editorial blurbs on featured artists and releases, followed by long catalogue lists of download links. Readers get a quick guide to new dance, garage, trance and house releases and a place to grab tracks.
This is a release announcement newsletter from German independent label Garden Cactus Records, sharing new dance, deep house and pop tracks from its sublabels. Each issue promotes a single song with a short description and links to streaming platforms.
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