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...
Car horns honking, trains zooming by, wind howling through trees, the incessant orchestra of crickets, unrepentant roommates one of these (or a multitude...
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...
With a few exceptions, post-'90s dance music has lacked any identity. Although top-flight DJs continued to thrive in clubs around the world, there was...
We Answer your questions about making music with Akai MPC sampling drum machines | Learn tips on using the Akai MPC samplers | How to make music with the Akai MPC sampling drum machines | How-to, MPC, sampling, drum machine...
The only thing that'll glue together pulsing drums, gnarly synths, gargantuan bass lines and your favorite spatial ear-candy tricks into a perfectly balanced,...
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...
After five years in the making, Dntel's Dumb Luck hesitantly took shape, evolving into several acts after a splintering, disintegrated acoustic guitar...
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,...
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...
When Sharam Tayebi and I met in 1991 and formed Deep Dish, we had modest aspirations of launching a local label with the hopes of realizing a few of our...
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,...
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,...
The life of the jet-setting house DJ is the envy of every kid who ever block-rocked a beat, right? Miguel Migs is one of the world's most successful spanning-the-globe...
Many albums see only the inside of a single studio during their creation, but when it came time to record her third full-length album, Bebel Gilberto...
Arguably the single most critical piece of gear in a computer-centric studio yet perhaps the most underrated, undervalued and unsexy is the hard drive....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Two years ago, Tracey Thorn emerged from half a decade of maternal bliss to record vocals for German duo-of-the-moment Tiefschwarz, then slipped away...
The techniques of musique concrte where recorded sounds are used as compositional material have been around since the 1940s. It wasn't until the mid-'60s,...
Read the Remix article on drum ’n’ bass duo Ror-Shak. Stakka and DB discuss the attention to details in producing the tracks for their debut album, Deep, including song transitions, layering, creating space and effects....
Few things complement Blue Six's Aquarian Angel better than low lighting, candles and afterdinner brandy. But with a stylish buffet of soulful vocals,...
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...
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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PROPHET OF RAGE
ENJOY THE SILENCE
JEDI FORCE
BALANCING POINT
MPC FAQ
COLD COMPRESSIN'
COCOROSIE
DNTEL
COPPERPOT
SAVATH & SAVALAS
ALL SIDES NOW
TAPES 'N' TAPES
LIVESAVAS' JUMBO THE GARBAGEMAN
Win-Win Situation
WALK THE LINE
HYPER DRIVES
CHA-CHING!
Live Wire
PHAROAHE MONCH
STEPHEN MARLEY
TRACEY THORN
JEAN-JACQUES PERREY
ROR-SHAK
BLUE SIX
BLACK MILK
