Category — Music News

I thought these were kind of funny.  For the full set of photos go to Rabatjoie.com

Ok so being as how I’m sure most of you have quite the addiction to file sharing websites like zshare, I felt it was proper to share this new site called SoundCloud.com, which I think might change the game when it comes to sharing music.  Just watch the video and see for yourself.

Some of you may remember the famous “Sound Clash” beat battles that took place at a club called Root Down in Los Angeles some years back.  They were based on the old reggae sound system competitions, and featured some top notch producers.

The battles had been organized by DJ Dusk, who tragically passed away in 2006.  To commemorate his legacy a DVD of the battles was recently made available from the Stones Throw online store.

It’s definately worth watching!

Soundclash DVD

According to Billboard.com, Naughty By Nature, one of the most successful crossover hip-hop acts of the 90’s, and one of my personal favorites, has reportedly decided to reunite to record a new album, set to release sometime early 2009.  The group plans to release the album independently, which is tentatively titled “Anthem Inc”.

“We’re going to make universal party tracks with great hooks; street anthems, social and political anthems, anthems for the ladies.”

Click here for the full story.

I had never seen this video I just came across that shows some of the hidden features within Serato.  Most of you guys had probably seen the feature that hides your track names, but I never knew you could play Pong!

This is too funny!

As if the world needs any more “dj’s”, the rumors of a DJ video game similar to Guitar Hero/Rock band are sadly true. The game will be called Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, and is being developed by 7 Studios for Xbox 360 and PS3, with consultation from Quincy Jones III.

Instead of a guitar, players will use a turntable controller called the “scratch deck”, which was created by Numark. The game also sets itself apart from other music rhythm games by allowing players to “re-imagine songs on the fly and add their own creativity”, making the game a “dream come true for both casual music fans and serious DJs/producers”.

Well, as a “serious dj” this is far from a dream come true. While I am intrigued to see how the game works, I am hardly excited about how this will further dilute an important art form. Plus, i really don’t need any more noobs coming up to the booth asking me to scratch.

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I just came across these amazing sketches by a guy called Stefan Glerum which illustrate the obsessive nature of crate digging.  The drawings, titled Crate Digging: Don’t Do It! depict several reasons why crate digging can be detrimental to your health.

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If you enjoyed that video I posted showing DJ Z-Trip showing his support for Barack Obama at the Manifest Hope Gallery, then check out his newly dropped Obama Mix.

Download : Z-Trip - Obama Mix (dirty) or (clean)

T-Pain shows that he doesn’t take himself too seriously in this parody of his use of the vocoder.