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Future Music Magazine Shuts down after 32 years

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Hemant Khatri

Future Music Magazine, one of the most trusted and longest-running magazines in the music technology space, has come to an end. Sadly, issue 414 will be the final publication of this esteemed magazine.

In a heartfelt post, the Future Music team discussed the challenges of maintaining a print magazine in the modern era. For years, they have been an influential voice in the music technology industry, helping millions of music producers worldwide gain knowledge through their publication. Although the print magazine will cease production, the team’s writers will continue to contribute to MusicRadar. The notice states:

“Future Music issue 414 is on sale now, which we must acknowledge with a heavy heart will be the final issue of the magazine.

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For our final issue, we wanted to leave you with a selection of tried and tested mixing advice to help you nail that final mix. To that end, we’ve curated some of the most timeless and essential advice from our team of experts.

Future Music first launched more than 30 years ago in the autumn of 1992 and since the early-’90s, FM has played a role in the creation of some truly incredible electronic music. In that time, the magazine has released sample packs that have gone on to become bonafide classics, given early coverage to artists as diverse as Aphex Twin, Four Tet and Avicii, reviewed thousands of cutting-edge synths, plugins and studio tools and charted the rise, fall and revival of numerous sub-genres and styles.

Sadly, things change, and the concept of a print publication focused on something as forward-thinking as music technology has become an increasingly difficult proposition in recent years.

While the magazine itself is going away, the expert knowledge, writing and opinions behind FM will continue to live on via MusicRadar – we’d encourage readers to follow us online, via social media or YouTube (youtube.com/@MusicRadarTech), if you don’t already.

If you are a subscriber to FM, please don’t worry – our subscriptions team will be in touch with you directly to confirm that you will be refunded the remainder of your subscription term within 7-10 days of this final issue.

For now, all that is left is for us to say a huge thank you to all the team members, writers, photographers, contributors and collaborators who have helped to make Future Music over the past three decades. And of course, to express our gratitude to everyone who has read, subscribed-to or supported FM in that time.”