Stories
808 Day: NYC’s 808, for Run DMC, Beastie Boys, and Whodini
Yes, yes, Detroit techno and all that. This 808 Day, Roland is giving NYC and hip hop some props – by shining the spotlight on pioneer Larry Smith.
Read moreCops on Fire: Crazy Russian Hip-hop-opera Theater, Played Live on Novation Launchpad
Imagine combining sampling, controllerism, opera, hip-hop, rap, cops, live theater, sound effects, school-play cardboard props, and radio plays, and then doing it all in Russian, and you’re getting in the ballpark of what “Cops on Fire” was like. As described in English for the 2010 Moscow trailer (translated by uploader Sasha Pas): The “Cops On […]
- October 15, 2013
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Gorgeous Beats from Philly’s NO SIR E, Ode to monome Love [Live Set, Sounds]
Faptronica? Trapmetal? Glitchfap? Fapdance? Genre labels make a fun muddle of things for Philadelphia’s NO SIR E. But his music is perfect for this time of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, that feeling of diving out of a sweltering heat into the water. It’s refreshing, with the dirty, muddy bits in the bottom you’d want to […]
- July 23, 2013
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