Read the Remix article on UK hip-hop/dub artist Roots Manuva. Roots Manuva discusses embracing imperfections while producing his album, Slime & Reason....
You may not know his name, but you have undoubtedly heard his music. A four-time Grammy-Award winner whose pristine productions are sourced by R&B's elite...
Read the Remix cover story on Outkast’s Big Boi. Big Boi discusses going it alone for his latest album, Sir Luscious Leftfoot…The Son of Chico Dusty....
Read the Remix article on Nightmares On Wax. N.O.W. founder George Evelyn discusses the daunting task of recording his album, Thought So…, in a camper van en route from Leeds, England to the island of Ibiza...
Read the Remix "Band Aid" article by People Under the Stairs producer Thes One. Thes One discusses keeping band expenses low to make a bigger profit on the road and his "bad business idea" of designing the Tree Audio 500 custom console....
Read the Remix article on producer Danja, also known as Danjahandz, who talks about reinventing his sound from track to track. He has collaborated with Madonna, T.I., Britney Spears, Ciara, Justin Timberlake, Cassie, Nelly Furtado and Danity Kane....
Read the Remix "Band Aid" article by hip-hop powerbroker TJ Chapman, who has brokered major-label deals for T-Pain and B.o.B. and founded TJ's DJ's record pool and conference. Chapman discusses the importance of understanding the development cycle for a record and how viral and street promotions, as well as playing live, can help an artist's career. ...
Read the Remix profile on Menahan Street Band. Thomas Brenneck, a guitarist for Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and the Budos Band, formed his own Menahan Street Band with friends and created the debut album in his Brooklyn apartment. Brenneck discusses how he created tracks for Make the Road by Walking and how a loop from one of the tracks made its way onto one of the biggest songs of 2007: Jay-Z's "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)."...
Read the Remix article about Yo! Majesty’s debut full-length album, Futuristically Speaking… Never Be Afraid. Florida’s black Christian lesbian rap duo of Shunda K and Jwl B and UK production duo David ...
Read the Remix feature on electronic-rock duo, MSTRKRFT. Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P talk about the recording process of their new album, Fist of God. ...
Read the Remix feature on Tricky. The Bristol, UK–raised trip-hop pioneer and engineer Vincenzo LoRusso discuss the raw methods of recording Knowle West Boy...
Read the Remix profile on Michna. Michna’s all-encompassing style, blending hip-hop, house and glitch, makes for headphone friendly tracks on his debut album, Magic Monday. Michna discusses how he maintained a balance between being a DJ and a producer and the tools and tricks he used to create Magic Monday....
Read the Remix feature on Chicago MC Kid Sister. Kid Sister and producers A-Trak and XXXChange discuss making her debut full-length album, Dream Date...
Read the Remix article “Band Aid” column on the future fate of Internet radio. Pandora founder Time Westergren talks about the importance of Internet radio to the artist, why its statutory licensing system hangs in the balance and what you can do about it...
Read the Remix profile on Flying Lotus. The chopped, twisted samples and unsteady breakbeats of Flying Lotus are garnering praise from the likes of Portishead's Geoff Barrow. Dropping his sophomore release on Warp, titled Los Angeles, Flying Lotus discusses his ideas and gear behind his trip-hop sound...
Read the Remix article on DJ/producer Metaform, who recently released his album, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Metaform talks in detail about 10 tracks he loves...
Read the Remix “Band Aid” column on film composer Andrew Hollander. Hollander talks about his company, Sugarbox, and the process of recording, collaborating and trying to tie conflicting visions together for a film-scoring project...
Read the Remix article on Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti’s son, Seun Kuti. Seun Kuti and producer Martin Meissonnier discuss recording Kuti and his father’s band Egypt 80’s debut album in Nigeria and France...
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Beauty and the Beats | Keri Hilson
Frequency: Illa J
Imprint: Delicious Vinyl
Frequency: Roots Manuva
Wizard of Oz | Bryan-Michael Cox
Boom to Move | Big Boi
Ibiza or Bust | Nightmares on Wax
Band Aid | Dollars & Sense
Murder Music | Danja
Band Aid | The Deal Maker
Frequencies: Menahan Street Band
Frequencies: Yo! Majesty
Deadly Hands of Analog | MSTRKRFT
Perfect 10 | Girl Talk
Goldfinger | Tricky
P-Forkin' Fun
Frequency: Michna
Party Girl | Kid Sister
Band Aid | To the Rescue
Frequency: Flying Lotus
Perfect 10: Metaform
Band Aid: Complete Picture
Frequency: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
