Talk about timing: Nearly the same day that I first sat down to give this latest offing from Trillium Lane Labs a test drive, I had the good fortune of...
Life always has been a hard lesson on the Ying Yang Twins, says Eric Ron Jackson Jr., one-half of the Atlanta-based, Platinum-selling party-rap duo. Me...
It's amazing that anything gets done in the Goldie Lookin Chain studio, what with eight core members (sometimes as many as 23) constantly clouding up...
When Ahmir Thompson decided to switch to a digital DJ rig several months ago, he knew he faced an uphill battle: The Roots' drummer owns more than 60,000...
If you've ever witnessed Colette DJing, you can attest to a feeling of anticipation that underlies her sets. This positive tension is due to the crowd's...
Most have little need for bulky analog mixers these days, what with the virtual mixer inside your digital audio sequencer, compact control surfaces and...
Style: Distinctive music Established: In 1995 by Jeff Antebi in Los Angeles Artists: Tha Alkaholiks, Dopestyle 1231, KutMasta Kurt, Teargas & Plateglass,...
Billy Corgan isn't the type of artist who can stay silent for long. Following the demise of both the Smashing Pumpkins and his short-lived Zwan project,...
With so many great bands champing at the bit to play decent venues, club owners have little incentive to actually pay a band to play. In fact, in cities...
The concept of a software-based DJ rig is nothing new anymore. The market is becoming crowded with hardware and software packages from the likes of Stanton,...
M-AUDIO TRIGGER FINGER USB SOFTWARE CONTROL SURFACE For the past several years, control surfaces with MIDI-assignable faders and knobs have been all the...
DISCO DSP DISCOVERY V2 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT Discovery is essentially a favorable-sounding knock-off of the Nord Lead 2 hardware synth from Clavia a company...
After our second artist album, Tweekend (Interscope, 2001), we Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland started DJing a lot more as the Crystal Method. Because we...
In my experience, only one thing truly sets a DJ apart: programming! The way a set is put together is crucial to a great night. Many times, new DJs are...
Audio-Technica long known in sound-engineer circles as a manufacturer of midrange to high-end transducer products, including microphones and headphones...
Although the advent and proliferation of various quality digital audio workstations may have taken a toll on the traditional recording industry, that...
Here's the story: On a lonely windswept night about seven years ago in Lost Gates (near Oxnard, Calif.), Madlib first encountered the elusive trickster...
The Bravery has been called many things: the next big thing; the band to watch; another purveyor of this giant post-punk, '80s revival that defies the...
The 1990s were without a doubt the definitive years for modern electronic music and the culture surrounding it. The phenomenon reached global proportions...
Historically in hip-hop, the DJ has always been an essential element with respect to the culture, the sound and the style. DJs have not only paved the...
With powerful synth-making tools like Native Instruments Reaktor, it is becoming more and more common for creative minds to independently develop their...
Style: Out rock, head music Established: In spring 1993 by Joel Leoschke and Bruce Adams in Chicago. Leoschke and Adams started the label with the express...
With every kid and his second and third cousins lining up to become a producer and take a piece of the billion-dollar hip-hop pie, it's about time someone...
The lines between the physical audio universe and the virtual one just keep on blurring. A case in point is the hybrid nature of the PodXT Live multi-effects...
A two-man crew based in Oakland, Calif., Zion I has been creating next-level hip-hop for many years and building a devoted following through imaginative...
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The Phantom Menace
