CDJ-3000X: first CDJ to go online; expanded usability, sound quality

AlphaTheta, the company that DJs will probably never stop calling “Pioneer,” has a major update for their flagship deck. It starts to make the CDJ-3000 seem more like a foundation for this: expanded media access, online connectivity, and some welcome usability, reliability. and sound improvements.

“All rivers lead to the same ocean”: UbuWeb, pirate shadow library, is back

The underground treasure trove of “avant-garde artifacts” is back on the Internet, a source of light even in days of darkness.

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2025

Fire mix from Janus Rose, full of unreleased music: latest POST

Brooklyn’s incredible artist and writer Janus Rose recently came on Refuge Worldwide in Berlin for my ongoing program POST, and this is one mix you don’t want to mix. It’s one of those times you want to creep/trainspot over the CDJ display on every single track, and a lot of it is forthcoming music so – you heard it here first.

Peter Kirn - December 1, 2023

Like Discord for music: Endlesss introduces Clubs

Peter Kirn - August 17, 2023

Subreddits like r/synthesizers have joined the Reddit protest blackouts

Peter Kirn - June 12, 2023

DuckDuckGo search hack – it’s an instant bpm calculator (and finds frequencies, guitar tab)

Peter Kirn - October 6, 2021

No, sharing your Spotify year-end artist stats is not a good idea – here’s why not

Peter Kirn - December 9, 2019

This t-shirt explains that t-shirts make money for artists and Spotify streaming doesn’t

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2019

Inside Melbourne rave history – including cyberspace, Julian Assange

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2018

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