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Well it's been a long time in the making (over a year now I think) but we've finally managed to pull together the first issue.

Modus is a magazine aimed at the deeper end of dubstep and techno - with an emphasis on editorial and content that provokes discussion, as opposed to just reviews.

http://www.modusmag.co.uk

The first issue has...
A brief new-talent showcase, an article on the possible future of MySpace for artists, an exclusive interview with dub-techno don Quantec, an exclusive interview with Egoless, a huge guide for sending dubs and tracks to people, a revealing interview with Bob Macc on mastering, an interview with new talent Jack Dixon and a piece on the biggest photographer and design team in dubstep, Stuart Hammersley of Give Up Art and photographer Shaun Bloodworth.

Right now we're selling the magazine through MagCloud - a print-on-demand service, who cover delivery and costs.
You can have your own copy printed and delivered for $12. although it's only $9.15 till the end of December

You can also purchase a PDF copy for just $2

Enjoy!

Modus is a print magazine aimed at the deeper end of dubstep and techno

Impossible. Fucking IMPOSSIBLE.

Kill yourself.

You've published this mag just to spite me, haven't you?

LoopStationZebra wrote:You've published this mag just to spite me, haven't you?

Wait, what? What did I miss??

- sorry, I won't be signing up either - however, best wishes for your new magazine !

I would. but I am broke. Cheers though, sounds like it is informative and has a lot of work into it. Best of luck!

Fair enough if it's not your bag - I can understand that.

Still - for anyone else, it's now available as a PDF download too. Just $2.

Sounds cool. Especially the fact that its dubstep/techno. Cool things happen when you blend the two.
Just some constructive critisism though- you should have some articles on the blog to entise people to buy the mag.

For example, the price of 2$ isnt the issue, more of the issue is the fact that i have to go through the whole payment routine to grab the mag.
What kind of interviews?
Production tips?
Show coverage?
Album/mp3 reviews....

mike@TrackTeam Audio wrote: For example, the price of 2$ isnt the issue, more of the issue is the fact that i have to go through the whole payment routine to grab the mag.
What kind of interviews?
Production tips?
Show coverage?
Album/mp3 reviews....

I know what you mean, but if you could grab it before you pay - then it would just be free for download.

I toyed with putting up a blog, or giving one article away for free as a demo - but I think if we get more issues, we'll have more fodder to play with.

You can at least preview some images of the magazine now - I put up 8 screens of the pages, to give people a better idea of what they're getting.

What I want to know is who the hell is in charge of creating and organizing the names of all these electronic pop music styles/genres/sub genres???

+1 to Mike's constructive criticism.
Best of luck, but charging for a first issue with a few small pictures to entice doesn't work for me, regardless of what the content is.

The site is blocked at my work so I can't check what the preview is, but perhaps give partials of the content with "buy to read more" links.

look alright, il take a look

Great to see you have an interview with Bob Macc in there. Good guy all around, and absolute studio genius.

senator adam wrote:Great to see you have an interview with Bob Macc in there. Good guy all around, and absolute studio genius.

Totally - and a pretty insightful interview too. I spent a while asking people what they would ask a mastering engineer given the chance - and tried to ask as many of the relevant ones as possible. I figured mastering was a bit mysterious, so worth shedding a bit of light on!