Curated Resources

Tools for the
serious listener.

Everything 9bitts uses and trusts — from buying music to building sounds. No noise. Just the essentials.

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Original 9bitts products are in the works — sample packs, preset collections, and curated listening guides. Subscribe to the newsletter to be the first to know.

Sample Packs Serato / Rekordbox Presets Listening Guides Mix Templates DJ Tools

Where 9bitts
buys its music.

These are the platforms used to build every set on this channel. Clicking any link below supports 9bitts at no extra cost to you — the price stays the same, and a small commission helps keep this project going.

Most Used

The world's largest electronic music store.

Where every 9bitts set starts. Beatport has the deepest catalog of melodic techno, deep house, progressive house, and techno — the genres this channel lives in. High quality downloads, stems, and DJ-ready files.

Melodic Techno Deep House Progressive Techno Tech House
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Record Pool

The DJ record pool for working artists.

DJcity is a subscription-based record pool used by professional DJs worldwide. New releases daily, edits, remixes, and exclusive versions you won't find anywhere else. Essential for staying current.

Record Pool DJ Edits Remixes New Releases
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Production

Plugins, synths and sounds for producers.

The go-to store for VST plugins, synthesizers, sample packs and production tools. If you make electronic music or want to understand how the sounds in these sets are built, this is where the tools live.

VST Plugins Synthesizers Sample Packs Ableton Production
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Browse Plugin Boutique

The 9bitts
reading list.

Six books that shaped how electronic music understands its own history — from rave culture to the origins of the DJ, from Detroit techno to ambient sound. Each one is worth your time.

01
Energy Flash
Simon Reynolds
The definitive history of rave and dance culture — from Chicago house and Detroit techno through acid house, jungle, UK garage, and beyond. The book everyone in electronic music has read.
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02
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Brewster & Broughton
The first book to tell the history of dance music through the figure of the DJ — from the earliest radio DJs to Frankie Knuckles and beyond. Essential, entertaining, foundational.
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03
Future Sounds
David Stubbs
The definitive guide to electronic music from Stockhausen to Skrillex — 100 years of mavericks, machines, and sonic revolution. Called "a joy to read" by MOJO.
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04
Ocean of Sound
David Toop
A poetic exploration of ambient music and radical listening — from Debussy to Brian Eno to Aphex Twin. One of Pitchfork's 60 favourite music books of all time.
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05
Techno Rebels
Dan Sicko
The definitive account of Detroit techno — its origins in a collapsing industrial city, its philosophy, and the Belleville Three who built a sound that changed the world.
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06
Altered State
Matthew Collin
The story of ecstasy culture and acid house — how a drug and a sound reshaped a generation of British youth and created the most spectacular youth movement of the 20th century.
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