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Trace the Black roots of disco, house, and techno in videos and reading – summer school is in
What a week – the Juneteenth commemoration in the US, Chicago house music interest trending as it’s repurposed for new big-name pop, and the death of disco legend Patrick Adams. Every day is a good day to know your roots, so let’s do this.
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Cassette turntablism is a thing, and you need to watch more tape DJ videos from Japan
DJing was born in hacks, DIY spirit, counterculture – in artists reinventing how machines work. So enough of DJs all using the same machines the same way. Watch what happens when your deck is a deconstructed DIY cassette machine.
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021
DIY + Unusual DJ Music tech Tech
Watch a hacked DJ technique made with karaoke tapes, by Ōedo Technica
Vinyl? CDJ? Meh. Hand-mixing and “scratching” karaoke cassette tapes on hacked machines as a new form of strange pop music DJing? Now we’re talking. Behold the YouTube channel of 大江戸テクニカ (Ōedo tekunika).
Peter Kirn - January 12, 2021
DIY + Unusual Music Tech
Bionic synthesis: artists make music with a prosthetic arm, eye motion
Peter Kirn - February 17, 2020
DIY + Unusual Modular-Analog Music Music tech Software Tech
The E-mu SP-1200 sampler is getting a reboot: SP 2400
Peter Kirn - June 17, 2019
Gear Music tech Tech
Get inspired by how Che Pope tracks live – and manages time
Peter Kirn - July 10, 2018
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