Around the year 2000, Dutch hip-hop producer Nicolay discovered that making cross-continental collaborations was as easy as exchanging music online. After...
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...
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...
Since the early days of soft synths such as Propellerhead ReBirth and Native Instruments Pro-5, manufacturers have come a long way toward making them...
To look at them, world-renowned rocker/drummer/producer Tommy Lee and his Electro Mayhem touring partner, relative newcomer DJ Aero (Chester Deitz), are...
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...
Some things change, some stay the same. In Jamie Lidell's case, it's this simple but effective balance that has put new energy into his latest project,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
We humans naturally perform some interesting spatial decoding with each sound we hear. By tracking the microseconds of delay and minor timbral differences...
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...
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....
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...
Find something you love and do it for the rest of your life. That's one classic maxim that leads to another: easier said than done. But for the many musicians...
After a long wait, elastic audio technology has finally come to Digidesign Pro Tools 7.4 (including Pro Tools 7.4 LE and 7.4 M-Powered). Using a set of...
To modern society, 21-year-old Rollie Pemberton may seem a little behind the times. The Edmonton, Alberta native doesn't have a driver's license, and...
When London's influential XFM radio DJ John Kennedy received an innocuous-looking disc in the mail in December 2006, he liked it so much, he immediately...
At 11, a young Frenchman started taking keyboard lessons. Self-taught bass, drums, guitar and a lifelong fascination with The Beatles would follow and...
It's certainly not Carl Craig's first visit to this small record shop in the centuries-old city center. The Detroit DJ/producer has had a long relationship...
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