Style: Hip-hop Established: Chikara Kurahashi (Chikaramanga from Giant Panda) and Taro Aikawa created Tres in March 2004 in Los Angeles. Artists: Blu,...
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...
Calling out a guest who has arrived at Electric Lady to hear her latest release, New Amerykah, Erykah Badu insists, No one hears my music until they talk...
In 1997, I, Greg, registered AllHipHop.com to market and promote the artists on my label. When I saw the amount of people who were downloading our music...
In this age of superstar beatmakers, where the men behind the beats receive nearly as much shine as the MCs who rap over them, it's becoming harder to...
A sense of urgency should characterize Del the Funky Homosapien's Definitive Jux debut, 11th Hour, based on what he called the record. Or maybe a sloppy,...
Three decades ago, Jamaicans would gather hundreds deep in front of giant sound systems while two MCs rocked it over the same instrumental. When it was...
For the sake of all that's right in world, Kenna Zemedkun should be huge. But as author Malcolm Gladwell wrote in his best-selling book, Blink, he's just...
Channeling the spirits of the future, Remix reveals the producers, MCs, DJs, artists, movements, companies, gear, sites, tours and industry changes that will rock the music world in 2008...
Read the Remix article about the Remix Hotel Los Angeles 2007 event at the SAE Institute of Technology on Sunset Boulevard. T-Pain, 9th Wonder, DJ Rap, the World Famous Beat Junkies, Carmen Rizzo and FreQ Nasty, as well as manufacturers M-Audio, Korg, Roland, Serato, JazzMutant, Apple and more were on hand for the action. ...
Read the Remix "Frequencies" piece on the Lady Tigra. Formerly of the late-’80s duo L'Trimm, Lady Tigra and studio partner Jacob “Berko” Bercovici discuss bringing back an updated version of Tigra's original booty bass after a 20-year hiatus. ...
Just in case you thought reissuing a long-lost LP is only about cashing in on your crate-digging skills, here’s what you really need to know from three of the most erudite archivists on the scene...
If anyone's guessing that CMJ Music Marathon is slowing down after 27 years running, the 1,000-plus bands and packed audiences stated otherwise. The diverse...
Steve Aoki walks through the door of Reckless Records dragging his feet. Last night was an all-nighter (thanks to his weekly party, Dim Mak Tuesdays at...
Below is an excerpt of music producer/composer Wendell Hanes' book, The 30-30 Career: Making 30 Grand in 30 Seconds (AuthorHouse, 2007). With his sound-for-pictures...
Backed by his usual army of MCs (minus the late Ol’ Dirty), RZA forges ahead with seasoned production tricks, recently absorbed music theory and a new-fangled fondness for live instruments...
Burned on the biz and sick of electro-clash, Felix da Housecat returns with his salute to all things melodic and “black electronic” with Virgo Blaktro & the Movie Disco...
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