Grooves (magazine)

Grooves

Grooves logo (2005-current)
Editor	Sean Portnoy
Categories	Electronic music
Frequency	Quarterly
Circulation	10,000
Publisher	Sean Portnoy
Year founded	1999
Final issue — Number	December 2005 #18
Country	United States
Based in	San Francisco
Language	English
Website	www.groovesmag.com
ISSN	1555-3264

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.^[1]

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.^[1] In December 2005, after 18 issues, the magazine switched to an exclusively online format.^[1][2] The first two digital issues, were made available through a web-based interface provided by Texterity.^[3][4] Podcasts and forums were added in mid-2006. Since then, features and review articles have been made available directly through the main site.^[5]

Issue 01

Features Richard Devine Wagon Christ V/VM Kid 606 Keith Whitman Puppy Lexaunculpt Slicker

Live 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

Gear reviews None

Issue 02

Features Funki Porcini Not Breathing Mark Pistel Suction Jake Mandell Add N to (X) Funkstörung Trans Am

Live reviews Winter Music Conference Meat Beat Manifesto / Emergency Broadcast Network / Low Res Swayzak Kurtis Mantronik / Cut Creator / Shortee & Faust

Gear reviews None

Issue 03

Features Curd Duca and Headcase Delarosa & Asora Solenoid Kracfive Saundart 12K Jega Andrea Parker Mu-Ziq Mego Records Neotropic

Live reviews Coachella Festival Soundboy Yakuza Tour Funkstörung 808 State

Gear reviews None

Issue 04

Features 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

Live reviews Unit and Datachi Mu-Ziq, Luke Vibert and B. J. Cole

Gear reviews None

Issue 05

Features Arovane Atom Heart DAT Politics Datachi Electric Company (band) Farben Francisco López Freeform Jimi Tenor Lackluster Marumari Neina Ninja Tune Oval Persona Zipperspy

Live reviews 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

Gear reviews NI Reaktor Steinberg Cubasis VST

Issue 06

Features Peaches Manitoba Adult Neutral Senking Freescha Metamatics While KK Null Rephlex Records Matmos Phoenecia Tortoise Plaid Mouse on Mars Pan sonic

Live reviews 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

Gear reviews Propellerheads Reason NI Spektral Delay

Issue 07

Features Autechre Herbert Bogdan Raczyinski Janek Schaefer James Coleman Manual Nic Endo Rafael Toral Dan Abrams Gridlock (band) Twine Safety Scissors Andreas Tilliander Paul Lansky Smalltown Supersound Defocus Susumu Yokota

Live reviews Sin Festival Tortoise, Nobukazu Takemura, Prefuse 73, Mr. Lif and DJ Muet

Gear reviews 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

Features Boards of Canada Faust (musician) 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

Live reviews All Tomorrow's Parties - Los Angeles Adult, I Am Spoonbender, The Faint Rhizome.LA

Gear reviews 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

Features Amon Tobin Fennesz Mum Negativland Suicide Bombardier Dalek Kettel Rob Mazurek Ikue Mori Bola Swayzak

Live reviews MUTEK 2002 Festival El-P, Aesop Rock and Mr. Lif Colongib and Octopus Inc. Matmos, People Like Us and Wobbly Alec Empire

Gear reviews Tascam X-9 mixer Tascam US-224 Sony Acid Pro 4 Steinberg Cubase SX NI Kontakt Cycling74 Pluggo 3 Spectrasonics Stylus

Issue 10

Features Pole Prefuse 73 Takemura Copenhagen sound Mille Plateaux Mira Calix CoH Blevin Blechtum Ehlers Philip Jeck Mike Ladd Matthew Shipp Dev79 Hecate Demotic Oye

Live reviews 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

Gear reviews AA Tassman 3 Mackie Control and JLCooper CS-32 NI Traktor 2 GMedia Oddity Steinberg Plex Ohmforce Ohmboyz Ableton Live 2

Issue 11

Features 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

Live reviews MUTEK 2004 Festival All Tomorrow's Parties Sonar Festival DAT Politics, Keith Whitman and Misterinterrupt Kid 606, DJ /rupture, Pole and The Bug

Gear reviews NI Reaktor 4 Roland VariOS Open System Module Moog Modular V Cakewalk Project 5 Clavia Nord Lead 2X Steinberg Xphrase Vokator

Issue 12

Features 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

Live reviews Matmos Ellen Allien, Raumschmiere and Apparat 2003 Northern California Noisefest

Gear reviews Final Scratch Soundart Chameleon Arturia CS-80V FXpansion BFD NI Absynth 2 Cycling74 Radial 1.1 Five12 Numerology 1.2

Issue 13

Features Vladislav Delay Funkstörung cLouddead Lali Puna Asmus Tietchens Slicker RJD2 Felix Kubin Flim Datachi Superpitcher

Live reviews Philadelphia Laptop Battle Donna Summer, End and Nathan Michel

Gear reviews 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

Features Pan Sonic To Rococo Rot Two Lone Swordsmen Animal Collective Black Dice The Hafler Trio !!! Pimmon Daedelus

Live reviews Throbbing Gristle OnceTwice Festival No Fun Festival Luomo Greg Davis, Marumari and Coachella Philadelphia Laptop Battle 2 Kid 606, Knifehandchop and Trans Am

Gear reviews 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

Features Biosphere Mouse on Mars Eastern European electronic music feature DJ Olive Radian DJ /rupture Solvent Kammerflier Kollektief Bizz Circuits Knifehandchop

Live reviews 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

Gear reviews 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

Features Richard Chartier Buck 65 Styrofoam Ultra-red Günter Müller Daniel Givens Michael Mayer Theatres of Eternal Music: Drone Feature 2004 Top Ten Picks Gustav My Robot Friend Ada L'Altra Birchville Cat Motel M83

Live reviews Hefty Records Immediate Action Night Philadelphia Laptop Battle 3 Matmos and Monica Youn Colder and Home Video Dälek LCD Soundsystem

Gear reviews 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

Features Prefuse 73 Autechre Four Tet Monolake Sole Out Hud Tarwater Fog Keiichiro Shibuya Drop the Lime Nathan Michel TV Pow The Books

Live reviews Next Festival 2004 What Is Music? Festival Wheels Instead of Hooves Activating the Medium 2005

Gear reviews 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

Features 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

Live reviews 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

Gear reviews NI Reaktor 5 Tascam GigaStudio 3 NI Synthetic Drums 2 Propellerheads Reason 3 NI Kontakt 2 M-Audio Trigger Finger Pioneer CDJ-200 NI Absynth 3 Digidesign Synchronic

References

1. "Grooves Magazine Fades Out Print, to Go Digital". Folio:. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
2. http://www.foliomag.com/viewmedia.asp?prmMID=5224&prmID=1
3. http://www.texterity.com/
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20060213034004/http://www.groovesmag.com/news_item.php?id=00000008
5. http://www.groovesmag.com/