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Jun 1, 2007
Without a good dose of jet lag, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn would have turned out to be quite a different album. When Bianca and Sierra...
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Jun 1, 2007
The first thing you'll notice about the new Savath & Savalas album is the absence of Eva Puyuelo, whose aching vocals floated over the modernized Catalonian...
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Jun 1, 2007
More than just a victim of stage fright, Daniel Kuypers has long suffered from chronic angst while spinning hip-hop in his native Chicago. Every week,...
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Jun 1, 2007
Just Blaze devoted son to his mother (a high school principal), superfan of Roland V-Drums and Ableton Live, owner of three feisty poodles and producer...
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Jun 1, 2007
Browsing the endless shelves of tapes, vintage vinyl, musical scores, session notes and photos archived in the basement of Teo Macero's Long Island home,...
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Jun 1, 2007
There's this big misconception that I started out as a spoken-word artist and then decided to rap, Sage Francis says with a rueful chuckle, his mood darkening...
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May 1, 2007
For MC/producer Pharoahe Monch, being kept out of the studio for nearly seven years has been nothing less than stifling. After scoring the Godzilla-sampled...
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May 1, 2007
Many reggae fans can close their eyes and remember some of their favorite and freshest irie riddims of the past decade and, chances are, five-time Grammy...
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May 1, 2007
I was producing and writing part-time when I was in the U.S. Army. I decided after four years that it was time to go for it all the way. I moved to Atlanta...
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May 1, 2007
There was no end of good music to be had at SXSW 2007 (March 12-16) in Austin, Texas. And lovers of electro rock, IDM, techno, bastard pop and turntablism...
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May 1, 2007
You know how digging goesI could be here until, like, tomorrow, says recent Portland, Ore., export Jumbo the Garbageman. It's a warm late-winter day,...
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May 1, 2007
It's good to be the king especially if you're Tim Mosley. For well over a decade now, the 36-year-old producer has spun his quirkily deconstructed beats...
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Apr 16, 2007
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Apr 1, 2007
Few things complement Blue Six's Aquarian Angel better than low lighting, candles and afterdinner brandy. But with a stylish buffet of soulful vocals,...
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Apr 1, 2007
An acknowledged product of his environment, Detroit's Black Milk makes no bones about carrying on the Motor City hip-hop sound. Since officially breaking...
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Apr 1, 2007
Read the Remix article on Ultramagnetic MC’s reunion album, The Best Kept Secret. Kool Keith and Ced Gee talk about recording their first album as a group in 14 years....
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Apr 1, 2007
MC/producer Denaun Porter discusses producing his group D12’s next album, as well as tracks for Pharoahe Monch, Dr. Dre and more....
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Apr 1, 2007
Amtrak's Metroliner? Never mind that. These days, the ultimate Philly-to-New York connection is Cosmo Baker that is, when he's doing his DJ thing on the...
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Mar 1, 2007
Since early 2005, the Chicago hip-hop community has gathered once a month in West Town to witness the Dance to the Drummer's DB beat battle a competition...
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Mar 1, 2007
Wu-Tang Clan's master producer The RZA built a hip-hop empire using Kung-Fu Theater dialog and mysterious, tension-filled music to create an aura of mythical legend around his crew of MCs. So no doubt he was the perfect man to score Spike TV's hip-hop anime show Afro Samurai....
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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...
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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....
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Mar 1, 2007
Read the Remix article on Prince’s DJ, Rashida. Rashida goes record shopping at Zia Record Exchange in Las Vegas, looking for both classics and new albums....
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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...
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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...
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