So many hopped-up Hondas, Acuras and Mitsubishis zip up and down Los Angeles' 605 freeway that it looks like a makeshift set for The Fast and the Furious....
Asked in 1991 to name the originator of techno, Juan Atkins promptly stated, Juan Atkins. He's earned the right to be direct. Although his original Belleville,...
By the time Donna Summer lets fly her last orgasmic moan on the 1975 classic, 17-minute version of Love to Love You Baby, you're convinced of two things:...
An ear injury can be a DJ's biggest nightmare, but when Sasha perforated his eardrum in an automobile accident last year, it was an unusual blessing....
The block of M Street immediately northwest of Wisconsin Boulevard in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown should be considered the U.S. embassy of electronic...
Sitting next to his beloved Mac G3 iBook in the cool confines of his Manhattan apartment, Fischerspooner programmer, tuxedo aficionado and one-time classical...
If you missed the early dates of Christopher Lawrence's Around the World tour and can't make the July dates, either, you have one more chance. Log on...
Not every band's first release is a Radiohead remix, and not every band's debut album is so acclaimed: It's nominated for England's Mercury Music Prize...
Real war has become information war. It is being fought by subtle informational media under cold conditions. Whenever hot wars are necessary these days,...
Wearing a Sex Pistols inspired Stussy in the UK T-shirt and sporting bright red streaks in his hair, Jason Blakemore looks more like a punk rocker than...
It goes wicky wacky fnuurgh ra-ta-ta-ta-ta, and the breakdown's got filtered bagpipes going off like fuck, says the mysterious voice on the line. The...
Like Sun Ra, King Tubby and George Clinton, Lee Perry is known as much for his eccentric personality and flamboyant sartorial style as his musical innovations....
Check out any flyer for a massive outdoor summer rave or an old ad for a Winter Music Conference party, and you'll likely see Live P.A. next to at least...
Luke Slater is a doer, not a thinker. He is a music man, not a scenester. He is a no-nonsense realist, not a poser. Just look at his humble shoes: a pair...
Casual shoppers strolling down Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District might miss the vinyl mecca Clear Music and the estimated 600,000 records...
Most electronic-music duos have a yin-yang thing going on. Consider the Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Masters at Work, Basement Jaxx and Thunderpuss,...
In Great Britain, crowds mob Carl Cox in public and punters hurl records at his limousine, desperate to have him play their tracks. With a reputation...
In 1968, Wendy Carlos' Moog-synthesized renditions of Bach's compositions proved that synthesizers could be used to make music. Her Grammy-winning Switched-On...
It's 10 on a Thursday night. George Acosta and his Underworld Management crew amble into Grooveman Music, the electronic specialty store in Miami's South...
Herbie was the step after Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven't heard anybody yet who has come after him. Miles Davis, Miles: The Autobiography...
The filtered disco loops and funky house beats of the mid-'90s French house movement were nothing new to Franois Kevorkian. The Paris native, who was...
Sander Kleinenberg at Oxford, England's Massive Records With luggage packed for a three-month tour, Dutch progressive-house DJ Sander Kleinenberg let...
Brighton, England based DJ and producer Adam Freeland coined the term nu-skool breakbeat when he realized that everyone around him was mired in old-school...
After a questionable detour into the land of pop, DJ Rap (aka Charissa Saverio) has returned to her drum 'n' bass roots with her latest album, Propa Classics,...
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