Future Music

Future Music
Cover of the final issue (414)
CategoriesMusic
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherFuture plc
First issueNovember 1992
Final issue
Number		September 2024
414
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitefuturemusic.co.uk (archived)

Future Music (stylised as FutureMusic) was a monthly music magazine, published by Future plc in the UK between 1992 and 2024. It was aimed primarily at record producers working in the electronic music field.

Future Music included hardware and software reviews,[1] tutorials,[2] royalty-free samples and loops,[3] and music by electronic artists.[4] The magazine also had reviews of commercial releases within the electronic genre, regularly naming its "Album of the Month".[5] Interviewees included Aphex Twin,[6] Grimes[7] and Gary Numan, who appeared on the cover of the first issue.[8] Future Music content was reprinted by outlets including The Fader,[7] Amiga Format[9] and Loopmasters.[10]

The journalist and broadcaster Dave Haslam characterised Future Music as "a specialist mag for techno boffins".[11] Matt Feeney in The Lance recognised the publication as one of the best within electronic music, saying that it was "intended not so much for the fans of electronic music as... for the artists themselves".[1]

Publication ceased on 26 September 2024 with the release of issue 414. Future Music advised that its "expert knowledge, writing and opinions" would continue via MusicRadar, an online Future plc property dedicated to musicians.[12]

  1. ^ a b Feeney, Matt (3 December 2002). "Beat Juice: The Lit". The Lance. p. 12.
  2. ^ Baker, Sarah; Bennett, Andy; Taylor, Jodie (2013). Redefining Mainstream Popular Music. Taylor & Francis. p. 141. ISBN 9781136465307.
  3. ^ Pirkle, Will C (2014). Designing Software Synthesizer Plug-Ins in C++. Routledge. p. 553. ISBN 978-1138787070.
  4. ^ Strong, Martin C (2002). The Great Scots Musicography. Mercat Press. p. 403. ISBN 978-1841830414.
  5. ^ Jones, Tom (January 2020). "Les Amazones d'Afrique - Amazones Power". Future Music. No. 352. p. 25.
  6. ^ Robinson, Dave (April 1993). "The Aphex Effect". Future Music. No. 6. pp. 21–23.
  7. ^ a b Leight, Elias (28 October 2015). "Grimes Breaks Down Her Recording Process In Future Music Magazine". The Fader. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  8. ^ Robinson, Dave (November 1992). "The Numan factor". Future Music. No. 1. pp. 24–27.
  9. ^ Nuttall, Andy (1993). "The times they are a-changin'". Amiga Format. The Annual: '93. pp. 104–105.
  10. ^ "Artisan Audio - Sentience - Dark Ambient - Future Music Magazine Review". Loopmasters. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  11. ^ Haslam, Dave (2002). Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: The Rise of the Superstar DJs. Fourth Estate. pp. 118–119. ISBN 9781841154336.
  12. ^ "Future Music issue 414 is on sale now..." Future Music. 26 September 2024. Archived from the original on 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024 – via Facebook.