Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Producer and DJ Arthur Baker helped change the sound of New York in the early '80s, producing the pioneering Kraftwerk electro-twurk of Afrika Bambaataa's 1982 single "Planet Rock" and ru...
AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Soundwalk NYC Bronx Hip Hop (EN) 1.2 Category: Travel Price: $1.99 -> Free ( iTunes ) Description: SOUNDWALK BRONX HIP HOP SOUNDWALK Soundwalks are audio tours that use the cityscape as a backdrop for a fiction, like in a movie. You can escort Virginie Ledoyen through a romantic flanerie at the steps of musician Benjamin Biolay’s in Saint-Germain-des-Prés... Paul Auster evokes the...
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Exclusive: With a major label deal, Kid Sister told DX she has to rep her brand of Electronic/Hip Hop right, compares genre to race.
HipHopDX.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Exclusive: With a major label deal, Kid Sister told DX she has to rep her brand of Electronic/Hip Hop right, compares genre to race.
The Hip-Hop Cosign (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
the National Museum of Hip-Hop (NMoH) will host an exclusive celebrity fundraiser to benefit the development of the “first ever” true Hip-Hop Museum. This Red Carpet affair will take place on Feb 9, 2010 at the M2 Ultra Lounge, 530 West 28th Street, NYC. This exclusive star-studded gala will raise funds and awareness for the [...]
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
It's been a startlingly fruitful decade for underground urban music, with UK garage ready to claim British cultural dominance at the turn of the century – a strain of fortified R'n'B that, despite having future laughing stock Craig David as a figurehead, and having limited itself from its eclectic origins in Larry Levan's Paradise Garage years earlier, still maintained its sleek edge. While it...
Mashuptown.com (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
[Mashuptalk is a feature on Mashuptown that puts the spotlight on an individual bootlegger, revealing their roots, their history, and their influences.] Mashuptown: When did you start making mashups? DJ Schmolli: I did my first mashup in summer 2000 (Creed...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
To put it simply, cowboys and punk rockers can finally find a way to bond without all the crap getting in the way.
IGN (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
These masters of the turntables changed the music scene forever.
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
I loved Brendan Mullen, I loved how he changed our world. he will be sadly missed. And during the process of seeing him pass yesterday with his beloved wife Kateri, his friend of 32 yrs/bandmate Steve and his cousin Naill, I saw as well true compassion from the doctors and nurses in the ICU, I [...]
Nintendo World Report (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Every superstar DJ out there should take note.
videogamesblogger.com: (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Harmonix has revealed the complete 93-track song list for the DJ Hero, which releases on October 27, 2009. DJ Hero is the latest game in the “Hero” line of games from Activision but the first to not include a Guitar peripheral (although a second player can use one if they like). Instead the game tackles the [...]
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Move aside, guitar, there’s a new Hero taking over the video game world: the turntable. Video game creator Activision has released the much-anticipated massive set list for the DJ Hero video game, which comes out on Oct. 27, according to CHARTattack. The game features 93 exclusive mixes by some of the industry’s top DJs, including Cut Chemist, DJ [...]
gwadzilla (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
In The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com The Fort Knox Five is a D.C. supergroup of sorts: Steve Raskin and Sid Barcelona of Thunderball, a duo that created electronica influenced by '60s spy soundtracks; Thievery Corporation guitarist/sitarist Rob Myers; and party-rocking DJ JonH. The music they produce is among the richest funk and breakbeats coming out of this city. Check the deep basslines,...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Woah, there's a lot.
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