Mar 1, 2008
It's certainly not Carl Craig's first visit to this small record shop in the centuries-old city center. The Detroit DJ/producer has had a long relationship...
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Mar 1, 2008
The manufacturers don't want you to know this, but the truth is you don't have to plop down $1,500 for the latest Allen & Heath mixer or $3,000 on a JazzMutant...
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Feb 1, 2008
Three decades ago, Jamaicans would gather hundreds deep in front of giant sound systems while two MCs rocked it over the same instrumental. When it was...
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Feb 1, 2008
In this age of superstar beatmakers, where the men behind the beats receive nearly as much shine as the MCs who rap over them, it's becoming harder to...
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Feb 1, 2008
The time has come to get your keys together. This won't require a trip to the hardware store or a 10-cent key chain; you're going to need some basic software,...
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Jan 1, 2008
Simulate the tricks of professional scratch records using DAW and digital DJ software...
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Jan 1, 2008
Read the Remix article on the Dubspot DJ school. A Remix writer discusses her experience learning how to DJ at the Dubspot DJ school. ...
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Jan 1, 2008
Newbie jocks get nuked on MP3 blogs and software, but their skills are undercooked...
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Jan 1, 2008
It’s been a long road fraught with record label indecision and shelved solo joints, but Q-Tip insists that his new album, The Renaissance, is for real—in more ways than one...
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Jan 1, 2008
Channeling the spirits of the future, Remix reveals the producers, MCs, DJs, artists, movements, companies, gear, sites, tours and industry changes that will rock the music world in 2008...
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Jan 1, 2008
At Music Trends in Levittown, N.Y....
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Dec 1, 2007
Hitting Manhattan for a nearly sold-out performance at Central Park's SummerStage this past September, Underworld brought not only music but live digicams,...
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Dec 1, 2007
Just in case you thought reissuing a long-lost LP is only about cashing in on your crate-digging skills, here’s what you really need to know from three of the most erudite archivists on the scene...
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Dec 1, 2007
If anyone's guessing that CMJ Music Marathon is slowing down after 27 years running, the 1,000-plus bands and packed audiences stated otherwise. The diverse...
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Dec 1, 2007
With lightning-fast chopping skills, X:144 wins battles as if they’re a cakewalk ...
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Dec 1, 2007
Steve Aoki walks through the door of Reckless Records dragging his feet. Last night was an all-nighter (thanks to his weekly party, Dim Mak Tuesdays at...
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Dec 1, 2007
With all the computer-DJing options out there, people are still using CDs live. CD technology is so 1997, dude shouldn't they get with the program and...
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Nov 1, 2007
Backed by his usual army of MCs (minus the late Ol’ Dirty), RZA forges ahead with seasoned production tricks, recently absorbed music theory and a new-fangled fondness for live instruments...
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Nov 1, 2007
At Spank! Records in Sydney...
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Nov 1, 2007
The new turntablism may result from a video revolution...
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Oct 1, 2007
You're going to look back at the early 21st century and see a defining point that divided DJs into two distinct groups. You could call it the digital...
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Oct 1, 2007
Is Paul van Dyk the hardest-working man in the DJ business or what? As seen in 2003's Paul van Dyk: Global (Mute), this 36-year-old producer/remixer is...
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Oct 1, 2007
Lollapalooza dawned hot on Friday, Aug. 3 at Chicago's Grant Park and we mean the kind of hot that causes eggs to fry on the sidewalk and makes festival...
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Oct 1, 2007
Sleep is highly overrated. At least that's what DJ Scorpio seems to think. Who needs sleep? he asks. I'll sleep when I'm dead. But considering the pace...
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Sep 1, 2007
Waking up after a long gig you find a tiny mosquito has taken up residence in your ear. You can try to get it out, but no amount of prying will shake...
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