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Alpha Pup NYC Showcase w/ Free The Robots, Jonwayne, Shad[]wb[]x @ Knitting Factory BK
EventsOn Saturday, October 29th Alpha Pup Records (Los Angeles) is having an exciting showcase in New York at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory. This weekend, the lineup will feature Free The Robots (Alpha Pup) Jonwayne (Friends Of Friends), and Shad[]b[]x making for a great night 0f music.
[read more...]Dubspot @ Decibel 2011 in Seattle: Martyn, Machine Drum, Mike Huckaby, Night Slugs, Green Velvet
EventsIn October the Dubspot team descended on Seattle, WA’s Decibel Festival for a weekend of creative mind-meld as we presented two workshops and then caught some groundbreaking performances at this annual event of sound + vision.
[read more...]Sarah White Releases New Album ‘Space Madness’: Produced by Dubspot’s Rico Mendez
Artist & LabelsThe future arrives in the form of Sarah White’s utterly exquisite new album Space Madness. The album is tightly reinforced with stylistically inventive and deep-leaning, future soul-funk productions from Dubspot staff member, multi-talented musician and producer Rico Simon Mendez
[read more...]Video Tutorial: Using Traktor + Ableton to Beat Grid Disco, Live Drums (Unquantized Tracks)
Ableton LiveAs a Traktor specialist, one of the most popular questions I’ve been getting lately is “How can I beat grid tracks that are recorded with a live drummer?” and “How can I beat grid my classic disco records or vinyl rips in Traktor?” I’ve found a way to get these tracks perfectly quantized to a click track using Ableton Live’s warping engine.
[read more...]Moogfest 2011 – In Honor of Bob Moog: Brian Eno, Richard Devine, Kode9, Moby, Matthew Dear, Zomby +
EventsIn honor of Bob Moog’s sonic innovations, the 3-day festival Moogfest brings together today’s futurist music producers for a weekend of forward-thinking musical explorations.
[read more...]Nihal Ramchandani (Hotflush, Halcyon): Dubspot Podcast 024 – Innigkeit Mix + Interview
PodcastNihal Ramchandani (Hotflush, Halcyon) brings his impeccable taste to the Dubspot Podcast series with “Innigkeit,” a heady mix of sounds that he holds close to the heart.
[read more...]Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE): Conference Overview + Festival Highlights
EventsOne of electronic music’s largest international events is currently taking place in Amsterdam. Now in its 16th year, Amsterdam Dance Event, a jam-packed schedule of daytime workshops, round-tables, and technical demonstrations with a world-class line-up of DJs and producers taking you into the night.
[read more...]DJ KIVA Releases ‘1000 Sunrises’ – Preview New Album & Video
Artist & LabelsBrooklyn-based producer, multi-instrumentalist and Dubspot instructor, DJ KIVA returns with a superb new solo album 1000 Sunrises on his Adios Babylon imprint. Preview the new album and check out KIVA’s video for the song “Tayyib” that he created using Modul8 VJ software along with the Akai APC 40.
[read more...]Digital DJing w/ Traktor Pro 2 Video: Pt 1-3 – The Routine w/ DJ Shiftee + New EP
DJ Tips & TricksIn part one of this three-part video series focusing on our Digital DJing with Traktor Pro, Dubspot Instructor and 2x DMC Champ DJ Shiftee demonstrates a live performance routine using Native Instruments’ powerful Traktor Kontrol S4 software and hardware DJ system.
[read more...]MOBY – Dubspot Interview @ Decibel 2011: Talks DJing, Production Advice, Creativity +
Artist & LabelsThe Dubspot rogue squadron caught up with legendary music creator Moby at Decibel 2011 to talk about productivity, music production, DJing, vegans, punk rock, creative resistance and making mistakes for success.
[read more...]Dubspot Lab Report: Mixed In Key vs Beatport – Key Detection & Harmonic Mixing by DJ Endo
DJ Tips & TricksHarmonic Mixing is a DJ technique that is being embraced more and more lately, not just by the pros, but also by DJs of all styles and walks of life. It involves mixing tracks that are in the same musical key, or keys that compliment each other.
[read more...]Dutty Artz / Trouble & Bass CMJ Showcase: Shadetek, Mex w/ Guns, Drop the Lime, Deathface
EventsTonight! Trouble & Bass and Dutty Artz will hold this CMJ showcase at Public Assembly in Brooklyn.
It’s been a few years since there were only a couple bass music parties in New York, each of which repped a different wave
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Chrissy Murderbot (Planet Mu, Sleazetone) @ Dubspot: Talks DJing, Influences, Chicago House +
Artist & LabelsDubspot profiles Chicago-based, Planet Mu recording artist Chrissy Murderbot. Self-described producer of “booty-rave-jungle-house-bass-bashment-ghetto-garage-core,” Murderbot combines a dizzying array of styles to create tracks of pure party fun, while maintaining an encyclopedic knowledge of dance music’s history.
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Creators Project Brings Future Audiovisual to NYC: Four Tet, Justice, Nosaj, Ikonika, Girl Unit
EventsIn the future, the performer isn’t center stage – instead, center stage is the performer. And that future is now, scaling high above the crowd in a moving architectural light sculpture that interacts with the music. This traveling audio visual sculpture was created by United Visual Artists and originally premiered at Coachella earlier in the year.
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Creating Music on the iPad: iOS 5, Genome MIDI, Mixr, iMaschine, Meta DJ, Rhythm Studio
iOSWith this week’s launch of iOS 5, which brings more enhancements to audio routing and processing possibilities. We take a look at the latest sonic possibilities for music creation on the go with your iOS device.
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