Back in 1973, Kool Herc ushered in the hip-hop era when he started spinning at parties in the community room of the apartment complex where he lived at...
To look at them, world-renowned rocker/drummer/producer Tommy Lee and his Electro Mayhem touring partner, relative newcomer DJ Aero (Chester Deitz), are...
America's music is just dying, right? asks Portishead's Geoff Barrow on the phone from Bristol. One third of this seaside town's greatest musical export...
Style: Electronic, downtempo, IDM, DJ Established: Exponential is an emerging indie label making Texas an unlikely hub for electronic music. Officially...
As any punk rocker will attest, screw the gear and technology the only thing that really matters is the music. In essence, that's still the basic credo...
Singer/bass player James Rushent is intrigued by the idea that an uninformed listener might mistake You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into...
It takes a man firm in his musical convictions to make a record that not only embraces the days of peak disco but also beds them in a fury and leaves...
Some things change, some stay the same. In Jamie Lidell's case, it's this simple but effective balance that has put new energy into his latest project,...
I started my career in entertainment as a club promoter, promoting everything from dance-music events to hip-hop events, in everything from small clubs...
The longer you work, the more experience you gain. If you keep delivering good-quality music, and if you're open-minded to all sorts of things, then your...
The phrase If it ain't broke, don't fix it is usually sound advice for any musician who has achieved a modicum of success in today's tumultuous music...
Style: Unclassifiable Established: Started in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 2003 by Rich Zerbo and Joe Gaer. Artists: Gang Gang Dance, Blood on the Wall, Psychic...
It's not often that Remix gets to wear 3-D glasses in the office, but considering the VJ/DJ/scratch multimedia mash-ups Mike Relm is known for, it wasn't...
For better or worse, the '80s revival is still alive and kicking. From Knight Rider remakes to the electro resurgence, the influential decade isn't going...
Some artists sit down at a piano or pick up a guitar to start writing, but Rafter finds more inspiration setting up a microphone on his desk and dropping...
The Heavy Circle's first album was something of a surprise. Producer/guitarist/composer Harper Simon, son of Paul Simon (yes, that Paul Simon), and singer/songwriter...
To start with the hypothetical: If you were an American composer trying to eke out a living in the immediate aftermath of World War II, odds are you were...
As part of the innovative '90s Warp Records crew that included such mad boffins as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, LFO, the Black Dog and Nightmares on Wax,...
Standing among the cramped aisles of Uncle Sam's Music, a Miami Beach institution, DJ Craze looks momentarily stymied by the bins of 12-inches. he says,...
It's interesting that dance music's top DJs are often labeled by their adoring fans. While spinning other artists' records before a crowd isn't really...
When London's influential XFM radio DJ John Kennedy received an innocuous-looking disc in the mail in December 2006, he liked it so much, he immediately...
It was a perfect evening in downtown Los Angeles: unusually clear night, unusually beautiful skyline, unusually traffic-free, unusually cheap parking...
At 11, a young Frenchman started taking keyboard lessons. Self-taught bass, drums, guitar and a lifelong fascination with The Beatles would follow and...
Calling from New York while lounging in bed with her two dogs, Lick Lick Science and Pantera Marvelous, Sia Furler speaks like the same soulful, slightly...
It's certainly not Carl Craig's first visit to this small record shop in the centuries-old city center. The Detroit DJ/producer has had a long relationship...
From the Technology Partner exhibits to the daily Beatport Pool Parties, RHMIA reached new heights—and attendance of more than 10,000 throughout the weekend! And stars such as Richie Hawtin, A-Trak, Francois K, Mark Farina, Talib Kweli and others all stopped in to be part of the action. See it all—including show reports, photos and exclusive Guitar Center Sessions at Remix Hotel videos—at remixhotel.com!
Afrika Bambaataa
Tommy Lee & DJ Aero
Voyage of Discovery
Imprint > Exponential
The Kills
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Malibu
Free Spirit
Covert Action
Come Together
Some Kind of Wonderful
Imprint > The Social Registry
Another Dimension
Neon Neon
Rafter
The Heavy Circles
Respect: Raymond Scott
Easy to Be Hard
Shop.Talk: DJ Craze
Todd Terry
Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
Duuuuuuude, I Am So Trippin'
Chris Joss
Sia
Carl Craig
