Winter Music Conference WMC 2017
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Robert Owens Interview: Bring Down The Walls
Robert Owens spoke with Marko Kutlesa about lyrical inspiration, his career to date and working with Frankie Knuckles, Larry Heard and Ron Wilson. No other male voice epitomises the sound of early Chicago house like that of Robert Owens. His vocals were not only among the first to be featured on house music, from 1986 [...]
See Which SA Clubs Are On The Techno Traveller Map
A chap by the name of Matthieu Rodrigues has created a Techno Traveller Map to help globetrotting ravers find the best spots around the world to party to house and techno music. It’s an awesome idea and whilst there will no doubt be people (and venues) wondering why they’re not on the map, we’re [...]
Clubs that changed the world: New York’s Sound Factory
In this new series, US expat and house authority Jim Poe will be looking back at some of history’s most iconic and scene-defining nightclubs, starting with New York’s Sound Factory. You can also read his features on touring with Aphex Twin and Moby across the US in the ‘90s. I attended the Sound Factory half [...]
DJ ATHAN – Athens, Greece
DJ ATHAN' Deep/Tech/Afro/Soulful Παρασκευη —————————— Dj ATHAN’ (Athens,Greece) a.k.a. Athanasios Tsekouras He is considered as one of the most experienced and travelledDjs of his generation having rich sounds and general knowledge about music especially from Electronic & House !!! His love for the Electronic & House music started in the mid 90’s influenced by Artists [...]
Pioneer DDJ-RZX + Rekordbox Video
The DDJ-RZX looks (and behaves) a lot like someone took the Numark Dashboard and permanently installed it to a DDJ-RZ. It offers three 7-inch touch screens, each of which allow you to: preview and monitor video and image files trigger beat/release FX Touch FX that allow use of X/Y controls to change level/depth of the effect [...]
San Francisco Has a Disco Preservation Society and It’s Protecting the City’s Dancing History
February 15, 2017 Alexander Iadarola Photo courtesy of FreeStockPhotos Although the disco era of the 70s and early 80s is long gone, interest in the music and culture of that era continues to grow with time. Since 2013, Bay Area native Jim Hopkins has been doing diligent work to preserve the archives of San Francisco's [...]
A TRIP THROUGH DJ BOOTHS: 1976 – 2016 The evolution of DJ technology
1976 may seem distant in time, but the similarities are a little closer than you might think. Forty years ago, mixing vinyl on turntables was the cool kids’ way to play, but the city councils were hell-bent on shutting down our favourite clubs. Sound familiar? The thriving disco scene of the genre’s capital city, [...]