Most DJs learn to scratch by observing others. As a budding turntablist, I obsessively watched video footage of scratching, eager to pick up some new...
Seriously, what is it about our terrible, wonderful brains that causes us to make things so difficult for ourselves all the time? You would think that...
Since the early '90s, I've been listening to mixtapes by DJs such as Ron G., Chill Will, Triple C, Doo Wop, Kid Capri and Buckwild, the people who really...
SOUND SAGE The Juan Maclean builds anew from experience and pieces of his past New Hampshire might not be a hotbed of the electronic-music scene, but...
Trenches may not be glamorous places, but sometimes that's where beautiful music is made. The soulful, spare hip-hop of Slum Village springs from just...
Lee Burridge is indeed a man of mystery. By day, he is a normal guy who plays with his Microsoft Xbox, goes to the movies and occasionally whips up a...
Style: House, progressive, tribal. Established: In April 2004 by Ralph Cedeno in New Jersey. Artists: Victor Calderone, John Creamer & Stephane K, DJ...
It just wouldn't be summer without a trip to the middle of the country for the annual Summer NAMM convention. But for the first time, this year's show...
Five years ago, it was difficult for unestablished artists or bands to get content into mainstream music-retail outlets, no matter how many fans they...
Sitting in his truck in a parking lot, Danger Mouse watches lower-clearance vehicles get stuck in the flooded streets of Atlanta. It's the beginning of...
Getting started with multitrack audio and MIDI recording used to be a fairly substantial undertaking that required thousands of dollars of hardware and...
In the fall of 2001, a brand-new company came out of the blue (well, Berlin to be exact) and wowed just about every laptop-toting musician everywhere...
NUMBER CRUNCH Mathematics, Wu-Tang Clan DJ and producer, keeps his options open As the Wu-Tang Clan's official DJ, Mathematics has supported hip-hop's...
UNPLUGGED With only acoustic instruments, Alarm Will Sound takes on Aphex Twin True instrumentation is almost an afterthought these days thanks to the...
Closed systems that require certain gear to be used with other certain (often expensive) gear have been the bane of musicians' already-poor existences...
After disappointing ticket sales landed 2004's Lollapalooza in the graveyard just weeks before launching, Perry Farrell opted to resurrect the franchise...
FREE MARKET The pop-culture multimedia hustle of Negativland knows no bounds Rock band, experimental-art group, media pranksters and ersatz archivists...
There's no doubt that professional recording studios have many advantages to most home setups in terms of gear and acoustics. Yet in many ways, the challenges...
BIAS PEAK PRO 5, PEAK PRO XT 5 AUDIO EDITING SOFTWARE BIAS has raised the curtain on Peak Pro 5 ($599) and Peak Pro XT 5 ($1,199), the company's flagship...
Although Apple's most recent update to the iTunes software (version 4.9) carries many enhancements from improved auto sync between iTunes and your iPod...
FABFILTER VOLCANO 1.1 FILTER PLUG-IN Amsterdam-based FabFilter got its feet wet programming filters with its 2004 release of One, a soft synth that forged...
ADULT. Gimmie Trouble (Thrill Jockey) Analog grit meets howling speech on Detroit couple's second Many journalists lumped Adult. into the electroclash...
DOLLARS AND SENSE Since its inception in 2000, performing rights organization SoundExchange has processed more than 630 million digital music plays (on...
With a laptop music system and a portable P.A. package, it's possible to play almost any type of venue. Unfortunately, that means you're still tethered...
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