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Dec 1, 2007
Just in case you thought reissuing a long-lost LP is only about cashing in on your crate-digging skills, here’s what you really need to know from three of the most erudite archivists on the scene...
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Dec 1, 2007
If anyone's guessing that CMJ Music Marathon is slowing down after 27 years running, the 1,000-plus bands and packed audiences stated otherwise. The diverse...
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Dec 1, 2007
With lightning-fast chopping skills, X:144 wins battles as if they’re a cakewalk ...
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Dec 1, 2007
Steve Aoki walks through the door of Reckless Records dragging his feet. Last night was an all-nighter (thanks to his weekly party, Dim Mak Tuesdays at...
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Dec 1, 2007
With all the computer-DJing options out there, people are still using CDs live. CD technology is so 1997, dude shouldn't they get with the program and...
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Nov 1, 2007
Backed by his usual army of MCs (minus the late Ol’ Dirty), RZA forges ahead with seasoned production tricks, recently absorbed music theory and a new-fangled fondness for live instruments...
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Nov 1, 2007
At Spank! Records in Sydney...
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Nov 1, 2007
The new turntablism may result from a video revolution...
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Oct 1, 2007
Lollapalooza dawned hot on Friday, Aug. 3 at Chicago's Grant Park and we mean the kind of hot that causes eggs to fry on the sidewalk and makes festival...
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Oct 1, 2007
Sleep is highly overrated. At least that's what DJ Scorpio seems to think. Who needs sleep? he asks. I'll sleep when I'm dead. But considering the pace...
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Oct 1, 2007
You're going to look back at the early 21st century and see a defining point that divided DJs into two distinct groups. You could call it the digital...
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Oct 1, 2007
Is Paul van Dyk the hardest-working man in the DJ business or what? As seen in 2003's Paul van Dyk: Global (Mute), this 36-year-old producer/remixer is...
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Sep 1, 2007
Waking up after a long gig you find a tiny mosquito has taken up residence in your ear. You can try to get it out, but no amount of prying will shake...
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Sep 1, 2007
Proving music fans no longer need to choose sides, the second Pitchfork Music Festival (July 13-15) brought 39 seemingly incongruous acts together for...
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Sep 1, 2007
When you're DJing to people who are really drunk at one in the morning, Z-Trip says, if you come with something superintelligent, it's going to fly over...
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Jul 1, 2007
If you took a walk in Manhattan's streets during the past two years, you most likely passed by some signs inviting you to one of Offer Nissim's parties...
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Jul 1, 2007
DJ Jazzy Jeff's ascent to veteran status is by now a well-known tale one that had traveled in hip-hop circles long before Jeff's alliance with the Fresh...
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Jul 1, 2007
Let's take a brief departure from the norm here in digital-DJ land and look at a very talented turntablist and a few of the techniques that make him great....
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Jun 1, 2007
By now notorious for its searing hot live music and even hotter desert sun, the annual Coachella festival sizzled for three long days this year, April...
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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
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
Noon sharp. Sofitel hotel. Magda emerges. On one of many stops around the globe last year, she racked up 130 gigs Remix cornered Magda in Buenos Aires,...
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Jun 1, 2007
M-Audio Torq has piqued the interest of a lot of digital DJs, many of whom are wondering if the oft-quoted Serato killer can live up to the buzz. Although...
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Jun 1, 2007
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...
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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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