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...
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...
Hey, remember that time when we were the publisher for High Times magazine, and we got Ozzy to do a cover story, and we smoked boatloads of weed with...
Stones Throw has released a follow-up to its first DVD, Stones Throw 101, and packed it full of videos and bonus features from some of the label's hottest...
Admittedly, I'm an absolute geek for Ableton Live. Ever since version 3, I eagerly await each new release with an excitement that verges on obsession....
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...
Introducing the latest superpower music production tool from Akai, the MPK49. With all of the latest heavyweight features combined in a USB/MIDI controller...
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...
We humans naturally perform some interesting spatial decoding with each sound we hear. By tracking the microseconds of delay and minor timbral differences...
With a throwback sound and retro style more likened to the era of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing than that of today's typical rap group, it's safe to...
Korg is starting to resemble Bubba Gump with this Kaoss Pad thing, serving it up in every way possible short of a Kaoss Pad gumbo. Besides the flagship...
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...
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...
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,...
The job of a superproducer is never done. The world will always need hits, insists Jean-Claude Olivier, aka Poke, one-half of Track Masters production...
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My allegiance to Dave Smith's work dates back to his early days with Sequential Circuits, when I cut my analog teeth on a borrowed Prophet-5 and experienced...
First you figured out what DJ program you wanted and then maybe you picked out a matching controller. But wait, what about the soundcard? For many people...
It seems that every pop singer wants to act, every rapper wants to sell you energy drinks and vodka, and every star athlete starts a clothing line. Whatever...
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, (the adjective form of sibilance) is defined as having, containing or producing the sound of or a sound resembling...
German engineering and ingenuity is something of a legend. Our Teutonic friends have spared no expense bringing us countless marvels over the years not...
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...
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...
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!