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.

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

Deezer’s Spleeter is an open source AI tool to split stems, for remixes or … karaoke?

The real power of machine learning may have nothing to with automating music making, and everything to do with making sound tools hear the way you do.

Peter Kirn - November 21, 2019

iPhone Day: LaDiDa’s Reverse Karaoke Composes Accompaniment to Singing

Peter Kirn - October 6, 2009

Roland’s VIMA Concept Keyboard: Digital Media Hub and … Karaoke Workstation?

Peter Kirn - October 6, 2006

Info Wanted: Webcor Music Machine (Karaoke FM Radio Synth?!)

Peter Kirn - August 9, 2005

Karaoke Inventor Profile, Karaoke Goes Digital

Peter Kirn - November 24, 2004

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