Grooves

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Grooves logo (2005-current)
Grooves logo (2005-current)

Grooves is an American electronic music magazine founded in 1998 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.

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.

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The first eighteen issues were printed and distributed worldwide through record stores and by subscription roughly three times a year, while the nineteenth and twentieth 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.

[edit] Issue 01

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Grooves No. 1

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[edit] Issue 02

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Grooves No. 2

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Grooves No. 3

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Grooves No. 4

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Grooves No. 5

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[edit] Issue 06

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Grooves No. 6

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[edit] Issue 07

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Grooves No. 7

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[edit] Issue 08

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Grooves No. 8

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[edit] Issue 09

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Grooves No. 9

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[edit] Issue 10

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Grooves No. 10

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[edit] Issue 11

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Grooves No. 11

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[edit] Issue 12

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Grooves No. 12

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[edit] Issue 13

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Grooves No. 13

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[edit] Issue 14

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Grooves No. 14

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[edit] Issue 15

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Grooves No. 15

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[edit] Issue 16

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Grooves No. 16

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  • 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

[edit] Issue 17

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Grooves No. 17

Features

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

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[edit] Issue 18

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Grooves No. 18

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