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dope music is a force like none other. Just ask 13-month-old Chloe Yoshe. Her mother is missing in action, and she can think of nothing better than to...
For whatever reason, Propellerhead's flagship Reason 4 software is stubbornly different. Maybe the Swedish office has Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way...
Writer's block/creative block is about as common as a cold, and it's no surprise: a 40-hour work week (46 is the average in the United States), straining...
Playing live is an interesting experiment. When you produce a track and release it, you're still somewhat hidden behind the curtain, Wizard of Oz-style....
ARTURIA ORIGIN KEYBOARD DIGITAL MODULAR SYNTHESIZER Part of Arturia's exciting new hardware initiative, the Origin Keyboard ($3,499; www.arturia.com)...
The Euphonix name has meant luxury large-format digital audio consoles and control surfaces for two decades. Most recently, those have included the System...
How did we survive before the connected age? Cell phones, e-mail, Web browsers and other tech goodies keep us plugged into the pulse of the world on a...
As a digital DJ, I'm always on the lookout for new products to incorporate into my sets. When Deckadance popped up on the radar, it really piqued my interest,...
Much has been said about EastWest's ambitious Fab Four virtual instrument/soundbank, due in part to the fact that it focuses on The Beatles, probably...
Digidesign's Mbox 2 line has included three affordable USB audio interfaces of varying sizes and with varying analog and digital I/O and monitoring options,...
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The fourth annual A3C Hip Hop Festival, held at Atlanta's CW Midtown Music Complex on March 20-22, saw an otherwise nondescript commercial area come to...
Style: Electronic, downtempo, IDM, DJ Established: Exponential is an emerging indie label making Texas an unlikely hub for electronic music. Officially...
The weather started out dreary and threatened rain, but by midday on Thursday, March 13, the clouds dispersed to boost the moods of more than 1,700 bands...
Thousands flocked to the biggest Remix Hotel Miami yet, March 27-30 at the National Hotel in South Beach, Miami, making it the hottest day party of the...
Around the year 2000, Dutch hip-hop producer Nicolay discovered that making cross-continental collaborations was as easy as exchanging music online. After...
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...
To look at them, world-renowned rocker/drummer/producer Tommy Lee and his Electro Mayhem touring partner, relative newcomer DJ Aero (Chester Deitz), are...
Dance music can sometimes be a slightly boring affair for the uninitiated. Endless techno tracks seamlessly blended for five hours is great if you're...
Since the early days of soft synths such as Propellerhead ReBirth and Native Instruments Pro-5, manufacturers have come a long way toward making them...
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...
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...
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!
