STRAIGHT SHOOTER  Mar 1, 2007 James Murphy just might hold the key for igniting another dancefloor revolution. While the previous dance-music explosion was largely associated with...

SPIRIT OF '76  Mar 1, 2007 Read the Remix article on Air and its latest album, Pocket Symphony. The French duo revisits Remix to talk about the virtues of live performance and creating an album that feels like a journey from beginning to end....

ELASTIC FANTASTIC  Mar 1, 2007 To me, pop music can be anything from Nick Drake to the Gap Band to Led Zeppelin, says a fully amped RJD2, holding forth on the range of inspiration behind...

My Mic Sounds Nice, Check 2  Mar 1, 2007 Last month, part one of this series explained the different types of mics, polar patterns and basic techniques, but now it's time to discuss some specific...

!!!  Mar 1, 2007 Sacramento, Brooklyn and Nashville were the cities to be in during the recording of !!!'s latest album. Anyone wandering into the right place at the right...

FAT FREDDY'S DROP  Mar 1, 2007 The compositions that ended up on Based on a True Story, the debut full-length from New Zealand's Fat Freddy's Drop, will be almost four years old when...

NO SURGE CHARGE  Mar 1, 2007 Learn about power conditioning and why your studio needs it. Also learn about how you can protect your gear from electrical surges on different budgets....

4HERO  Mar 1, 2007 Read the Remix story on Mark Mak and Dego of 4hero. The soul/R&B/electronic duo discuss capturing and editing the important characteristics of miked instruments and voices....

FINDERS, TWEAKERS  Mar 1, 2007 Most musicians and producers sensibly rely on musical instruments for the sounds they need. Sometimes, though, it's far more interesting to work with...

K-OS  Feb 1, 2007 Trinidad-born Canadian k-os is as dedicated to preserving hip-hop as he is revolutionizing it. Within his genre-hopping productions, you'll often hear...

KING OF PAIN  Feb 1, 2007 Brooklyn, fear, drug addiction, transition, hope, sex and flying. This fragmented sentence (found on an artist blog created to document the final stages...

FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON  Feb 1, 2007 It can rightfully be said that the Future Sound of London helped usher in the modern era of electronic music. Classic tracks such as Papua New Guinea...

LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS  Feb 1, 2007 As a teenager about 15 years ago, I would dial into local bulletin-board systems with a pokey 24k modem and chat for hours with like-minded musos across...

DANJA  Feb 1, 2007 Not exactly the East Coast and not necessarily pledging allegiance to the Dirty South either, Virginia is in somewhat of a peculiar predicament. But having...

CHISEL FO' SHIZZLE  Feb 1, 2007 Almost like a sculptor's clay, audio filters possess the ability to shape basic tones. Beyond that, these tragically hip devices can create swelling crescendos...

CHEAT CODES  Feb 1, 2007 When I, Sascha, started composing in 1996, there were only a handful of people doing music for video games. It was obviously a lot easier to get into...

MY MIC SOUNDS NICE, CHECK 1  Jan 30, 2007 As one of the most subjective pieces of equipment in the studio, microphones forever lead record producers and engineers on chases for that elusive (or nonexistent) status of perfection....

BUSDRIVER PRODUCERS NOBODY and BOOM BIP Q&A  Jan 5, 2007 Remix talks to Nobody and Boom Bip, the producers of Busdriver...

MACROMANTICS  Jan 5, 2007 Read the full Q&A from the "32 Sure Things for 2007" feature on female Australian rapper, Macromantics, aka Romy Hoffman. Hoffman and producer Buchman deliver smart and catchy rhymes and music informed by their musicianship as a guitarist and bass player, respectively....

BMORE DJ: AARON LACRATE  Jan 5, 2007 Read the online-only exclusive Remix article in the “32 Sure Things for 2007” feature on up-and-coming DJ, Aaron LaCrate. He talks about his signature “gutter music” and the Baltimore music scene....

BEAT BENDER  Jan 1, 2007 Everybody in the game has been doing our sound, Layzie Bone, one quarter of the current lineup of '90s rap heroes Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, boasts from his...

SOUND SWINGERS  Jan 1, 2007 If you are an electronic musician and don't yet know what the letters VCO, LFO or DCO stand for, we have to talk. Those ubiquitous three-letter acronyms...

MIHO HATORI  Jan 1, 2007 Admirers of the highly regarded Manhattan-based duo Cibo Matto can attest to Miho Hatori's quirky musical sensibilities. But on her solo debut album,...

PORTABLE MUTATIONS  Jan 1, 2007 There's a movement afoot. Well, maybe not a movement per se, but certainly a nascent trend is gathering momentum under a talented crop of producers that...

Got Ya Surrounded  Dec 1, 2006 This story provides instructions and advice on learning how to set up your studio for mixing for a surround speaker system. Learn about setting up your studio for surround sound mixing, as well as recommended tips and techniques....

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