Willamette Week's Musicfest NW announces this year's festival lineup, which will be held at various clubs around the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area Sept. 6-9, 2007.
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LA Weekly and Goldenvoice are teaming up again to produce the second annual, all-ages, live music fest set against the backdrop of downtown Los Angeles...
Bell Biv Devoe, Boyz II Men, Jodeci, TLC, Mint Condition, Color Me Badd, Lisa Stansfield, Perfect Gentlemen—any of those names ring a bell? Then join Toronto's Blurr Nightclub for their New Jack Swing Anniversary 2007, where you'll hear plenty of these old-school jams, with plenty of special guests in the house.
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Elephant Man, Mavado, Buju Banton, Tony Matterhorn, Damian Marley, and Stephen Marley will all be appearing at On Da Reggae Tip, which claims to be "the biggest and best Reggae and Dancehall show in the world."
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'80s fans rejoice! It's time for a tribute to real '80s hip-hop with the License to Ill event set to take place at Hollywood's Nacional at 10 pm. Arrive sharp and sharply dressed—'80s-'90s attire is a must...
GoTV Networks mobile television has announced a partnership with Guerilla Union, the producers of the Rock the Bells and Paid Dues hip-hop festival tours. As part of the partnership,...
Novation is now offering up a new MIDI controller, The ReMote SL Compact, which when combined with Automap Universal, provides an affordable route to automatic, instant and intelligent control of all major sequencers and all automatable plug-ins. A huge 144-character screen displays up to eight assigned parameters at once, with the essential data laid out logically right before the user's eyes.
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The new Drums from the Big Room is a premium collection loop library of multitrack drum performances. This two-disc 24-bit Premium Collection title contains stereo files of drum tracks by drummer Steve Ferrone....
DJ heavyweights Hollertronix and Mad Decent svengali Diplo, plus UK House DJ du-jour Switch, are taking their freshly finished collaboration material out on the road. They spent time recording in Jamaica and have decided to set up a North American mini-tour to test out the new beats.
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What more needs to be said? Alternating "regular" shows with special black-tie, instrumental performances, Brooklyn's favorite eclectic hip-hopsters are back on the road in both the U.S. and abroad, so get-get-get yer tix now, before they're all sold out (as they're starting to be.)
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With a dress code reading "funky, fly, fresh, and bold," Talib Kweli will release his new set, which he's dubbed Eardrum, at a special party at Vancouver, Canada's Shine club on Water Street.
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The new HDTT-5000 is a turntable-style controller from Cortex that sports five USB ports. The designers of the HDTT-500 let you connect your favorite device directly. Any USB-compatible CD or DVD drive, flash/thumb drive, iPod or external hard drive will work.
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Influential French DJ David Guetta has announced that he'll be returning to the U.S. with his new album, Pop Life, which will include 14 new Guetta tracks and will hit stores on Oct. 9.
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Livid Instruments has introduced the singularly named Cell—real-time video software designed for instant playback and performance. Cell, the latest release in Livid's line of consumer VJ software, makes creating real-time video
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Remix Hotel rocked New York City yet again, and you can witness the highlights—everything from Junior Sanchez, Just Blaze and Pete Rock in the Guitar Center Sessions @ Remix Hotel panels to Jazzy Jay and Grand Wizard Theodore in the Rane/Serato room—at Remixhotel.com. Videos, photos, interviews, product demos and more coming soon!
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