Available now, the latest update lets you sync your tracks across various devices via the cloud. Pioneer DJ has released a new version of its popular DJ software rekordbox. The latest update, rekordbox 6.0, includes several new features, chief among them the ability to sync tracks across various devices via cloud-based app Dropbox. Choosing from three [...]
Because it didn't go from 'I Feel Love' to 'Strings Of Life' - the early 80s saw the birth of what we now know to call ‘post-disco’ When Frankie Knuckles famously described house music as disco's revenge, it set in motion an origin story tantamount to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. House and disco [...]
STRICTLY Rhythm recently announced its 30th anniversary celebrations, One of the record labels that helped shape the face of house music since its inception in New York three decades ago, they have been responsible for unleashing so many iconic tracks from Ultra Nate's No.1 anthem 'Free' to Erick Morillo aka Reel to Real's 'I [...]
Grammy Nominated Electronic Artists The CoCreators vow to delay, not cancel tour plans so they can celebrate with fans after Covid 19 subsides. (PRUnderground) April 1st, 2020 Covid 19 has been a challenge internationally in all industries. In a compensation structure that heavily relies on the live performances of artists and labels to survive and [...]
Miami Music Week 3-21-2020 Miami Music Week here we come!!!!! Monika Kiss presents House Stars 03/21/20 At Barsecco 1421 S Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33130 Special Guest: Joe Smooth - Monika Kiss - Adrea Casta- Bryan Peroni - Mirco Alimenti - Joe Berti - Alexandre Billard - Helen Brown -Stefano Capasso - Massimo Gurini - [...]
The “Maradona” singer has a new track with Femi Kuti and a sophomore album on the way By ELIAS LEIGHT Beyoncé’s 2019 album The Gift, a companion to her soundtrack to The Lion King, finds sturdy footing on its fourth track. “Find Your Way Back” is supported by the graceful thrum of Niniola’s “Maradona,” an indelible house [...]
VIDEO REVIEW FIRST IMPRESSIONS / SETTING UP Pioneer DJ’s DJM-V10 digital DJ mixer is the first in a new series of products, aimed at audiophile DJs and those with more complex mixing, routing and performing needs than average; the kind of DJs for whom the DJM-900NXS2, for instance, may seem a limiting choice, capable though [...]
DJ Frankie Knuckles plays at the Def Mix 20th Anniversary Weekender at Turnmills nightclub in London. Frankie Knuckles is just one DJ that WDET's Chris Campbell recommends for a deep house initiation.Claire Greenway/Getty Images January 19, 20208:02 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday LULU GARCIA-NAVARO . CHRIS CAMPBELL [...]
January 7, 202010:00 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered MIGUEL PEREZ 3-Minute ListenPLAYLIST Download Embed Transcript On his latest album, DJ and producer Kaytranada pays his sonic respects to the Black forefathers of dance music. Brad Barket/Getty Images Kaytranada, a Haitian-born, Canadian producer, is part of a new wave of DJs keeping the history of [...]
Luciano Viti / Getty This story was funded by Longreads Members Join and help support great storytelling Michael A. Gonzales| Longreads | December 2019 | 31 minutes (6,214 words)As New York City wallowed in social and economic disarray during the early 1980s, music still ruled supreme. The boom bap of rap bubbled in the outer [...]