Longing for straightforward, easy-to-use technology doesn’t necessarily make you a luddite: it pretty much makes you just like every other DJ and electronic musician out there. All the bells and whistles simply don’t cut it when a mixer, controller, or deck is a pain to use and doesn’t integrate well [...]
Tom Noble is sharpening his skills. His latest single release, Dancing Hard, is a set of remixes of a track previously released by Noble. Instead of just allowing other DJ's to carve it up and present it in a fresh fashion, Noble also decided to rework the track himself. Noble [...]
Ableton is considered one of the quintessential programs for DJing and making electronic music. Yet, if you’re not fully skilled on the hardware aspect of either, using Ableton ends up being a daunting task. Ableton and Novation, for making Ableton Live more accessible, introduced the Novation Launchpad. Designed for DJing, [...]
iamamiwhoami are an intriguing group. Formed initially through YouTube and a bit of mystery over who the creative genius behind the audiovisual work was, iamamiwhoami has moved on from their early fame and are set to release their second album, kin, on June 11, 2012, which promises to be another [...]
Skrillex knows how to create attention. He has been at the center of some horribly unintelligent tweets, resurrected the shaved on one side hair style, rumored that he's died and forced the Grammys to pay attention to EDM and create a separate category. "Make It Bun Dem" with Damian Marley [...]
On Maya Jane Coles Not Listening DJ Kicks Single, the young and surprising DJ flexes her house music chops. The Single is released in anticipation of an album of collaborated tracks with DJ to be released later in the year. The title track evokes what the young Londoner is beginning [...]
On Our Gigantic Mistake, John Tejada & Justin Maxwell, create an aural landscape to get easily lost in. The EP is only three tracks but the shortest is comes in at 5 minutes and 20 seconds, giving the listener enough time to fully explore what Tejada and Maxwell have accomplished. [...]
The Pioneer S-DJ05 DJ Active Reference Speakers has probably ended our search for the perfect pair of monitors for the Crossfadr Lab. Pioneer calls them “Reference Speakers” but we think these babies blow most 5” monitors presently on the market away. Let’s take a closer look at the Pioneer S-DJ05 [...]
Shpongle has been around since the early nineties with their psychedelic, trance style music mixed with an exotic feel. They’ve made fans all over the world since the duo themselves have a varied background. Simon Posford and Raja Ram have collaborated to create music everyone can appreciate. Although their main [...]
DJ Aakmael's Crack EP is a two track exploration of simple beats underneath washed out synthesized electronic grooving. The simple beats keep the EP from getting too hurried and keep the necessary movement to light swaying and knowing head bopping. The first track, Crack, is the foundation. It begins with [...]