Kirsty Hawkshaw, the voice behind Opus III’s 1992 hit ‘It’s A Fine Day’, shares the making of one of UK dance music’s most beloved hits. Kirsty Hawkshaw, the voice behind Opus III’s 1992 hit ‘It’s A Fine Day’, shares the making of one of UK dance music’s most beloved hits. Hawkshaw gives DJ [...]
“Four turntables, boxes and boxes of vinyl, a huge light and sound rig and thousands going crazy in Rotterdam...” Kevin Saunderson has shared some footage of a b2b set he played alongside Carl Cox 20 years ago in Rotterdam. Split into five parts and posted to Saunderson’s Instagram, the footage shows the two old [...]
Native Instruments has updated the software for its long-running Maschine beatmaking and production device. The new interface adds stem separation, allowing users to isolate vocals, instrumentals, drums, basslines and more, before re-sampling and chopping them up, without having access to the multi-track studio stems. Maschine 3’s stem separation is powered by iZotope’s RX [...]
For years, rotary mixers have been status symbols of superior build and sound quality. But is rotary always ‘better’ by default? Or has the cult of the rotary mixer created a monster? Declan McGlynn investigates Rotaries were the first DJ mixers. Prototyped by legendary sound engineer Alex Rosner, the CMA-10-2D from Bozak became [...]
"This is about me, the pioneer, passing the torch to carry the legacy. I know it's in Dantiez's DNA. I know he’s ready," said Kevin Saunderson Kevin Saunderson and his son Dantiez have teamed up to release a new e-Dancer single, 'Melodica'. Listen to it below. The track marks a new era for e-Dancer, [...]
https://youtu.be/ywO7A-4CqRk?si=E0g3ovHZe4aqMhai DJ Mag maps the CDJ's 30 year (re)evolution from experimental tech to industry standard Three decades on from its beginnings, the CDJ has revolutionised DJing in countless ways. In a new documentary and accompanying long read by Ria Hylton, DJ Mag maps its evolution from experimental tech to industry standard. Speaking with some [...]
BLiM's CEO Dr. Charisse Beaumont told a London Assembly committee of a "culture of silence" and "fear" where artists and promoters avoid speaking up in the face of police and bureaucratic discrimination London's night-time economy is discriminating against Black and Brown artists and promoters in its event licensing, Black Lives in Music told a [...]
I Was There: The Rise of House Music in Chicago tracks the impact of DJ Ron Hardy before his untimely death in 1991 at age 32 A new documentary highlights the late Chicago DJ Ron Hardy's pioneering contributions to house music history. I Was There: The Rise of House Music in Chicago tracks the impact [...]
Danny Tenaglia shares the story behind one of dance music’s most treasured tracks, ‘Music Is The Answer’ Danny Tenaglia shares the story behind one of dance music’s most treasured tracks, ‘Music Is The Answer’. In this episode of our Making Of A Dance Classic series, the legendary New York DJ recalls how he [...]
NYC’s Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks join forces for a celestial house heater on SoSure Music Tedd Patterson and The Illustrious Blacks are releasing a new collaborative single, ‘Let The Music Set You Free’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen below. With the grooves still reverberating from his March single, ‘Piece of Me’, featuring Inaya Day, NYC luminary [...]
