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
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
 * Múm
 * 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
 * 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