Ins & outs

INDUSTRY (HIGH) STANDARD We’re loving HBO/the BBC’s Industry right now, not least for its banging synth soundtrack, created by Nathan Micay. Of his season 2 work, Micay told The Daily Beast:

“There’s a lot of faster synth arpeggios, if that’s possible, and more bold sound choices.”

THE GAME’S NOT UP FOR VINYL It’s no secret that vinyl has enjoyed a renaissance over the past few years, but we were still surprised to learn that it’s now overtaken physical PlayStation games to become the second best-selling physical format in the UK, closely behind Nintendo Switch cartridges.

DOJA CAP DOFF Beyonce and Drake have already put their own spins on 90s house this year, and now Doja Cat has suggested that her next album will be inspired by 90s rave. We’re fully onboard, obviously, and hoping for thumping breakbeats, big bass and sampled vocals.

NI CALLS TIME ON ABSYNTH Native Instruments will no longer be developing or selling Absynth, one of the greatest soft synths of the past 20 years. Original creator Brian Clevinger said he was “disappointed”, but NI said that it was “not able to provide the attention it needs”.

DEAD AGAINST MIDI deadmau5 has some strong feelings about the “antiquated 60-year-old protocol” that is MIDI. “Where is this MIDI 2.0 that has warranted a whole coalition or group of experts just talking about the spec for years and years?” he asked MusicRadar.

FUNK WAV BOUNCEBACK

Calvin Harris took aim at a Twitter user who wondered how ‘DJs’ like him make any money when “all [his] songs are other artists”. “Because I write, produce, mix, play every instrument and sometimes vocal,” he said, which about covers it…