Reviews

If you typically use audio interfaces for your recordings, then USB mixers may still be new to you. Although DJ mixers cannot be used as audio interfaces to convert analog signals into a digital form, USB mixers can.  A DJ mixer with USB ports can be used as an audio interface. These USB mixers allow...

A well-respected manufacturer of club-style DJ mixers, Rane is making its first serious entry into the growing turntablist-mixer market with its TTM 54 ge. Designed with the turntablist-style DJ in mind, the TTM 54 is a well-thought-out, solidly manufactured piece of equipment with many appealing features. Although somewhat expensive, it costs $100 less than Vestax’s...

You know electronic music is past adolescence when technology debates begin to separate the purists and traditionalists from the rest. While synth fans debate the merits of digital vs. analog, DJs are deciding whether to stick strictly with vinyl or to give in to the convenience of adding CDs to the mix. Although there are...

Radical changes in performance techniques often demand radical changes in equipment design. For example, the electric guitar remained relatively unchanged from its introduction in the ’50s until the late ’70s, when Eddie Van Halen came along with his flamboyant whammy bar dives, which influenced the creation of the Floyd Rose tremolo system. During the ’90s,...

Deckadance is a software for DJs whose first version came in 2007 from Image Line, a popular company for creating Fruity Loops, a popular and complete professional music creation software mainly oriented to electronic music that in its beginnings was little more than a drum machine software. Deckadance was mainly developed by Arguru, a Spanish...

Music, booze, lights, dancing. While it’s great to do it in the comfort of a club there’s something special about taking over the streets and going wild. We explore the three best party streets in the USA. Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Undoubtedly the most famous party street in the world, Bourbon Street needs no introduction....

2015 Las Vegas Residency at Drai’s Beach Club, Nightclub Launches February 21st. Vicetone, one of dance music’s most technically skilled production teams, enters 2015 with their latest single “No Way Out” featuring American singer/songwriter Kat Nestel. Held to the utmost quality, the duo delivers “No Way Out” with their distinctive harmonic and melody-driven sound. With dazzling...

“The Witches Son” is the title track taken from Cinder Ghost’s upcoming E.P “The Witches Son” – due for release August 10th. “The Witches Son” is the title track taken from Cinder Ghost’s upcoming E.P “The Witches Son” – due for release August 10th. Even though the majority of my own projects are in the...

A list of memorable songs over the past 16 years. I’m 34 now.  I’ve listened to a million songs over the 16 years I’ve been running this site. Here is my list, in no particular order, of my most memorable songs.  No rhyme no reason, just a list of songs that run in and out of...

Roughly 150,000 attendees packed inside Bicentennial Park in Miami this past weekend for the 2011 Ultra Music Festival, the first-ever 3-day festival in the event’s 13-year history. Headliners like Tiesto, Deadmau5, Duran Duran, and The Chemical Brothers drew crowds from all corners of the globe around the main stage and then rocked the house. Featuring...

Raising a few eyebrows. How pleasantly surprised were we to hear the famous Gary Numan’s “Cars” melody in the middle of Chicane’s new single “Hiding All the Stars“. The nod to Cars adds a uniquely pop dimension to an otherwise very decent house single. The track opens beautifully, minimally, with Tash Andrews vocals. The harmonies...

Modern Day Baby Making Music. The Brooklyn duo MGMT are still riding the tsunami of success after their last album Oracular Spectacular dropped in January of 2008. Currently they have 10 or 11 songs in working progress with tenacious plans of writing and producing more. Their pop friendly, electric punk undulates out of the speakers...

Alex Ebert of IMA Robot has created a new pet project called Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. The album ‘Up From Below’ was released by the Vagrant Label July 14, 2009 and has been wowing listeners ever since. A raw sound delivered with a feathery touch makes us nostalgic for a time that our...

Celebs get wild with Sharam on his latest album. On Friday, April 17th, I had the opportunity to see Sharam at M2 Ultra Lounge (formerly Mansion) in New York City. I had been curious about him since he went on sabbatical from Deep Dish to pursue his own artistic goals. While I could not stay...

Fell through the cracks How did this groin grabbingly sexy dance music video miss my radar? I must be getting old. But apparently many others over here state-side missed it too. No problem, we have the video for Ben DJ feat. Sushy “Me & Myself” (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) right here.  “Ben DJ ft. Sushy –...

Rapping blowfish and dancing seahorses. Fire up the grill. I admit that I didn’t get “Salmon Dance” when I heard the single for the first time; it is very different from other songs on the album and first impression was: painfully annoying. Now that I have seen the video, its silliness has been confirmed. It...

Our review of the new DVD from Sasha and Digweed’s legendary tour of America, plus a video trailer and giveaway. Right here. 2002, for some it doesn’t seem too long ago for others it feels like alifetime and for those 85,000 people who experienced the Delta Heavy tour where Sasha, John Digweed and Jimmy Van...