Our annual Music Technology issue proves that soul and knob tweaking are not mutually exclusive. Squarepusher speaks on melody and method. We travel to West London for the story on fidget house, championed by Jesse Rose and Switch. Daedelus explains the Monome machine, Danish detonator Trentemøller gets deep, and experts Christopher Willits, Guy Davie, and Tony Andrews on what you need to know about home audio.