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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
ATMOSPHERE When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Rhymesayers) Less band in the monitors Instead of the hard blasts that defined the sh*tstorm...
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...
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...
As part of the innovative '90s Warp Records crew that included such mad boffins as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, LFO, the Black Dog and Nightmares on Wax,...
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...
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....
German engineering and ingenuity is something of a legend. Our Teutonic friends have spared no expense bringing us countless marvels over the years not...
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...
YOU'VE GOT SOME NERVE While I love and look forward to reading each issue of Remix, the sentiment and practices expressed in Small Screen (February 2008,...
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...
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...
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...
MOTU 828MK3 FIREWIRE AUDIO/MIDI INTERFACE The latest update to MOTU's popular and powerful line of FireWire audio interfaces has enough features to fill...
Making music takes so much out of you. There are the bad days in your rehearsal space when, for example, you do a little spring-cleaning, move the amps...
SAMPLE MAGIC SUNSET SESSIONS DOWNTEMPO LATE-NIGHT OVERTURES Chill-out is a pretty wide genre, so there's no better way to compile this 1.8 GB collective...
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Review: Image Line DeckaDance 1.2
The Kills
Review: EastWest Fab Four
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Retouch This
Malibu
The Heavy Circles
Rafter
Shop.Talk: DJ Craze
Some Kind of Wonderful
CD Reviews
Hit Factory
Review: Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08
Easy to Be Hard
Review; TC Electronic Studio Konnekt 48
Infinite Beats
Review: Magix Samplitude 10
House of Cards
Diss the Hiss
Imprint > The Social Registry
Come Together
New Products, April 2008
Protect and Defend
One-Shots, April 2008
