Grooves (magazine)
Grooves is an American electronic music magazine founded in 1999 by editor Sean Portnoy, initially concentrating on the then-burgeoning IDM music genre and expanding to its more experimental, abstract offshoots, such as microsound, microhouse and glitch, eventually encompassing a global view of musicians and cross-cultural influences that is reflected in coverage of jungle, two-step, avant rap, broken beat and other offbeat new music. The headquarters is in San Francisco.
Early issues contained a vast range of full-length album and 12" single/EP reviews; later issues added new media release types, including reviews of books and DVD-based documentary and music video film releases. Additionally, each issue contained several artist interviews and label profiles, evaluations of new and offbeat digital and analog hardware and software tools for making electronic music, and coverage of live performances and festivals throughout the United States, Canada, South America and Europe.
Catalog
The first eighteen issues were printed and distributed worldwide through record stores and by subscription quarterly. In December 2005, after 18 issues, the magazine switched to an exclusively online format. The first two digital issues, were made available through a web-based interface provided by Texterity. Podcasts and forums were added in mid-2006. Since then, features and review articles have been made available directly through the main site.Issue 01
FeaturesLive reviews
- Electric Company / Lexaunculpt
- Chain Reaction Tour : Pole / Scion / Substance / Vainquer
- CMJ Music Conference : Coldcut / Ryuichi Sakamoto / Talvin Singh / DJ Krush + Dub Tribe Sound System
- None
Issue 02
Live reviews
- Winter Music Conference
- Meat Beat Manifesto / Emergency Broadcast Network / Low Res
- Swayzak
- Kurtis Mantronik / Cut Creator / Shortee & Faust
- None
Issue 03
- Curd Duca and Headcase
- Delarosa & Asora
- Solenoid
- Kracfive
- Saundart
- 12K
- Jega
- Andrea Parker
- Mu-Ziq
- Mego Records
- Neotropic
- Coachella Festival
- Soundboy Yakuza Tour
- Funkstörung
- 808 State
- None
Issue 04
- Mad Monkey Records
- No Type
- Plone
- Chessie
- DJ Faust and DJ Shortee
- ISAN
- Stewart Walker
- Accelera Deck
- Third Eye Foundation
- Kit Clayton
- Tarwater
- DJ Krush
- Unit and Datachi
- Mu-Ziq, Luke Vibert and B. J. Cole
- None
Issue 05
- Arovane
- Atom Heart
- DAT Politics
- Datachi
- Electric Company
- Farben
- Francisco López
- Freeform
- Jimi Tenor
- Lackluster
- Marumari
- Neina
- Ninja Tune
- Oval
- Persona
- Zipperspy
- MUTEK 2000
- Kid 606, Blectum from Blechdom and Languis
- Pole, Burnt Friedman, Kit Clayton, Farben, Low Res and John Tejada
- DJ Krush, Legend of Phoenix, DJ Dusk
- Oval and Sporangia
- Tonic Emlam Super-Electro.fiesta 2000
- NI Reaktor
- Steinberg Cubasis VST
Issue 06
- Peaches
- Manitoba
- Adult
- Neutral
- Senking
- Freescha
- Metamatics
- While
- KK Null
- Rephlex Records
- Matmos
- Phoenecia
- Tortoise
- Plaid
- Mouse on Mars
- Pan sonic
- Autechre and Luke Vibert
- Fennesz, Alva Noto, I-Sound and Apestaartje
- Scanner and Carsten Nicolai
- Janek Schaefer, Duplo Remote and Antenna Farm
Book reviews
- The Ambient Century, Mark Prendergast
- MP3: The Definitive Guide, Scot Hacker
- Modulations, edited by Peter Shapiro
Features
- Autechre
- Herbert
- Bogdan Raczyinski
- Janek Schaefer
- James Coleman
- Manual
- Nic Endo
- Rafael Toral
- Dan Abrams
- Gridlock
- Twine
- Safety Scissors
- Andreas Tilliander
- Paul Lansky
- Smalltown Supersound
- Defocus
- Susumu Yokota
- Sin Festival
- Tortoise, Nobukazu Takemura, Prefuse 73, Mr. Lif and DJ Muet
- NI Traktor
- NI Reaktor 3
- Mixman DM2
- Cakewalk Sonar XL
- AA Tassman 2
- ILS Fruity Loops 3
- NI Absynth
- Fxpansion DR-008
- Cycling74 MES iSynth
- Steinberg Waldorf Attack
- ProjectOne Bombthatbeat 1.5
- Emagic EVP88
Issue 08
- Boards of Canada
- Faust
- The Black Dog
- Drexiciya
- Hrvatski
- Super_Collider
- Anti-Pop Consortium
- Nanoloop
- Venetian Snares
- DJ Vadim
- Tim Hecker
- Greg Davis
- Telefon Tel Aviv
- Somatic Responses
- Sogar
- All Tomorrow's Parties - Los Angeles
- Adult, I Am Spoonbender, The Faint
- Rhizome.LA
- Ableton Live 1
- Sonic Syndicate Orion Pro 2.75
- Cakewalk Plasma
- NI FM7
- LoftSoft FMHeaven
- Vaz2010
- Sonic Syndicate Junglist 3.0
- PSP VintageWarmer
- reFX Trasher II
- Midiman Oxygen8
- Cycling74 Max/MSP 4
Issue 09
- Amon Tobin
- Fennesz
- Múm
- Negativland
- Suicide
- Bombardier
- Dalek
- Kettel
- Rob Mazurek
- Ikue Mori
- Bola
- Swayzak
- MUTEK 2002 Festival
- El-P, Aesop Rock and Mr. Lif
- Colongib and Octopus Inc.
- Matmos, People Like Us and Wobbly
- Alec Empire
- Tascam X-9 mixer
- Tascam US-224
- Sony Acid Pro 4
- Steinberg Cubase SX
- NI Kontakt
- Cycling74 Pluggo 3
- Spectrasonics Stylus
Issue 10
- Pole
- Prefuse 73
- Takemura
- Copenhagen sound
- Mille Plateaux
- Mira Calix
- CoH
- Blevin Blechtum
- Ehlers
- Philip Jeck
- Mike Ladd
- Matthew Shipp
- Dev79
- Hecate
- Demotic
- Oye
- Micro_MUTEK 2003 Festival
- Lali Puna, Opiate, Pulseprogramming and Styrofoam
- Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura, Nmperign and Le Quan Ninh
- Kling Klang, Macrocosmica and The Beale
- AA Tassman 3
- Mackie Control and JLCooper CS-32
- NI Traktor 2
- GMedia Oddity
- Steinberg Plex
- Ohmforce Ohmboyz
- Ableton Live 2
Issue 11
- Kid 606
- Mu-Ziq
- Broadcast
- Gold Chains
- Si Begg
- Alejandra & Aeron
- Unit and Co.ad.audio
- Tied & Tickled Trio
- Mariana Rosenfeld
- End
- EU
- Donna Summer
- Ellen Allien
- Miles TIlman
- Cex
- Ui
- Davide Balula
- Désormais
- Midwest Product
- MUTEK 2004 Festival
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- Sonar Festival
- DAT Politics, Keith Whitman and Misterinterrupt
- Kid 606, DJ /rupture, Pole and The Bug
- NI Reaktor 4
- Roland VariOS Open System Module
- Moog Modular V
- Cakewalk Project 5
- Clavia Nord Lead 2X
- Steinberg Xphrase
- Vokator
Issue 12
- Meat Beat Manifesto
- Plastikman
- AGF
- Badawi
- Mice Parade
- Christopher Willits
- Matthew Dear
- Electric Birds
- Dean Roberts
- Aelters
- Trapist
- Bochum Welt
- Egg
- Tod Dockstader
- Sami Koivikko
- Randy H. Y. Yau
- Diverse
- Matmos
- Ellen Allien, Raumschmiere and Apparat
- 2003 Northern California Noisefest
- Final Scratch
- Soundart Chameleon
- Arturia CS-80V
- FXpansion BFD
- NI Absynth 2
- Cycling74 Radial 1.1
- Five12 Numerology 1.2
Issue 13
- Vladislav Delay
- Funkstörung
- cLouddead
- Lali Puna
- Asmus Tietchens
- Slicker
- RJD2
- Felix Kubin
- Datachi
- Superpitcher
- Philadelphia Laptop Battle
- Donna Summer, End and Nathan Michel
- Nord Lead Modular G2
- Elektron Monomachine
- Zero-G Morphology
- Camel Audio Cameleon 5000
- Steinberg Groove Agent
- Novation Remote25 Audio
- Antares Fitter
- Dash Signature EVE
- Sugar Bytes Artillery
Issue 14
- Pan Sonic
- To Rococo Rot
- Two Lone Swordsmen
- Animal Collective
- Black Dice
- The Hafler Trio
- !!!
- Pimmon
- Daedelus
- Throbbing Gristle
- OnceTwice Festival
- No Fun Festival
- Luomo
- Greg Davis, Marumari and Coachella
- Philadelphia Laptop Battle 2
- Kid 606, Knifehandchop and Trans Am
- Minimoog V
- impOSCar
- AA Tassman 4
- NI Intakt/Dicer
- melOHMan
- reFx Vanguard
- Cycling74 M
- Roland Hypersonic VS-2400CD
- Quake Trap Mophreak
- Cycling74 Cycles 1
Issue 15
- Biosphere
- Mouse on Mars
- Eastern European electronic music feature
- DJ Olive
- Radian
- DJ /rupture
- Solvent
- Kammerflier Kollektief
- Bizz Circuits
- Knifehandchop
- MUTEK 2004 Festival
- Keith Fullerton Whitman, Krystyna Bobrowski and Christopher Willits
- Telephon Tel Aviv, Slicker and Shin Tasaki
- Ghostly International Night
- Bang on a Can, Somei Satoh and Nobukazu Takemura
- Ableton Live 4
- CD turntable lineup
- Roland Fantom XR
- Steinberg Halion 3
- Moog Music MuRF
- EastWest Vapor
- Cycling74 Mode
- Steinberg Wavelab 5
- Waves IR
- Cycling74 Cycles: Unnatural Rhythms
Issue 16
- Richard Chartier
- Buck 65
- Styrofoam
- Ultra-red
- Günter Müller
- Daniel Givens
- Michael Mayer
- : Drone Feature
- 2004 Top Ten Picks
- Gustav
- My Robot Friend
- Ada
- L'Altra
- Birchville Cat Motel
- M83
- Hefty Records Immediate Action Night
- Philadelphia Laptop Battle 3
- Matmos and Monica Youn
- Colder and Home Video
- Dälek
- LCD Soundsystem
- AA Ultra Analog
- Sequencer Showdown
- Nomad Factory Blue Tubes Bundle
- NI Battery 2
- Metasonix TX-1
- Wusik Wusikstation
- NI Electronics Instruments 2
- M-Audio/Glaresoft iDrum
- Cycling74 Cycles:Incidental Gestures
Issue 17
- Prefuse 73
- Autechre
- Four Tet
- Monolake
- Sole
- Out Hud
- Tarwater
- Fog
- Keiichiro Shibuya
- Drop the Lime
- Nathan Michel
- TV Pow
- The Books
- Next Festival 2004
- What Is Music? Festival
- Wheels Instead of Hooves
- Activating the Medium 2005
- Spectrasonics Stylus RMX 1.2
- Arturia Arp 2600 V
- Hartmann Music Neuron VS
- E-mu Proteus X
- Ableton Operator
- Propellerheads Reason Drum Kits
- Audio Damage Deverb/Discord
Issue 18
- Fennesz
- Merzbow
- Alias
- Festivus Maximus
- Peter Rehberg
- Hair Police
- Minotaur Shock
- 8 Frozen Modules
- Juan Maclean
- Ezekiel Honig
- Mobius Band
- Malcolm Kipe
- Mixel Pixel
- DJ C
- MUTEK 2005 Festival
- No Fun Festival
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2005
- Kraftwerk
- Caribou, Junior Boys and The Russian Futurists
- The Books, Keith Fullerton Whitman and Greg Davis
- DAT Politics, Oly and No Funeral
- Autechre and Rob Hall
- Prefuse 73, Battles and Four Tet
- Yasanao Tone, Tim Hecker, Mark Stewart, Aphex Twin, Whitehouse