Personally, I think the sound of the TB-303 was bastardized to some degree during the late 90’s, especially by the Goa & Psy Trance genre that had the sound distorted to death and on full resonance – pretty much ALL of the time. But luckily Laurent Garnier (check-out Acid Eifel) and Richie Hawtin (as Plastikman) continued with the purist [...]
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Acid House Trax You Should Know
Personally, I think the sound of the TB-303 was bastardized to some degree during the late 90’s, especially by the Goa & Psy Trance genre that had the sound distorted to death and on full resonance – pretty much ALL of the time. But luckily Laurent Garnier (check-out Acid Eifel) and Richie Hawtin (as Plastikman) continued with the purist [...]
Glastonbury Festival 2010 – The...
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, this year’s Glastonbury festival has been hailed as the best ever. With 3 days of uninterrupted sunshine, we proved to the world that we Brits at least know how to throw a party, with a huge and eclectic mix of drunk people getting their groove on in a field.
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NextAid & Richie Hawtin Charity ...
Bid to own Hawtin’s 2008 Gear
Richie Hawtin and NextAid are giving you the chance to own a piece of electronic music history, and more importantly can help change the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children in Africa.
If you don’t already know, NextAid is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization which harnesses the power of music to buil [...]
Plastikman – SYNK
PLASTIKMAN Live with Synk
In his latest project, Richie Hawtin (Plastikman) continues to push boundaries of innovation in electronic music technology. Last year was the Contakt tour which made use of a huge lcd display and quartz to mesmerize the audience visually during his set. This time around he is planning greater crowd participation via [...]
Lyrics Born – Pushing Boundries
Rapper, singer and producer Lyrics Born (Tom Shimura) continues to push the creative boundaries with his latest studio album, ‘As You Were’ set for release in early Autumn of 2010. The San Francisco Bay Area artist has been on the block since his first single ‘Send Them’ was released back in 1993 under the moniker Asia Born on the independent [...]
Dub FX in Full Effect
Here is a beat boxer, rapper, singer, and producer who has been redefining electronic music over the last couple of years with his live performances and recordings in several countries around the world. Ben Stanford aka Dub FX has come from Australia via Italy and Manchester to deliver a unique end product sound to a rapidly expanding audienc [...]
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techn...
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music
Everyone should know the roots of techno, and High Tech Soul is one of the better produced documentries I’ve seen on the topic. Featuring in-depth interviews with many of the world’s earliest innovators, High Tech Soul is about the creators of the genre including Kevin Saunderson, Juan [...]
Get 11 tracks from WARP for £1
Bleep Showcase from WARP RECORDS
I’m a big fan of WARP records…. have been since I bought the first LFO 12″ released all those years ago. So, it’s great to get the opportunity to stay on top of their recent releases with this spectacular deal.
This is the first Showcase the’ve released at this price, so I’m [...]
Bruno’s ass on Eminem’s f...
How ironic now, those lyrics…”my bum is on your lips, my bum is your lips, and if im lucky u might just give it a little kiss”
Rumours are floating around that Nick Cannon co-producer of MTV may have had a hand in the prank – possibly some kind of get-back at Eminem for bad-mouthing him and wifey Mariah Carey on his l [...]
The Top 10 Music Technology Websites ...
The Top 10 Music Technology Websites On The Web rounded up in order or wonderful. If you like music tech or recoding you must know these websites!