Denon introduced its DJ MC6000MK2 controller/digital mixer as a successor to the MK1. While it’s being advertised as being fully integrated with Serato, it enters with a slim yet solid steel design, plenty of features (you might even say too many, given its size), and multiple upgrades. To start, Denon [...]
Globetrotter House Music DJ Rob Keith has been a fixture in the NYC underground scene for many years, and he held down a long-standing residency at Manhattan's notorious (and recently defunct) nightclub institution Sullivan Room for many years. The evergreen mixer is still at the top of his game, and [...]
The producing, instrumental, and DJing aspects of electronic dance music often seem so separate, so disparate that they might as well be different genres. Certain artists have tried to blend at least two of the three, like Avicii including musicians on last year’s True or acts like Second Sun adding [...]
Mainstream electronic dance music goes hand in hand with spectacle at the world’s largest festivals, but these days, simply having a screen behind you with basic graphics no longer cuts it. Performance group Dancetronauts have been taking such an experience to new heights – literally – first at Burning Man [...]
Joe Gauthreaux’s career rose over the past 15 years, from playing in the clubs in New Orleans to producing official remixes for major artists and being one of the 140 contributing DJs to the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart. Out Magazine named him the “Hottest DJ of 2005,” [...]
Premier DJ manufacturer unveils the first intelligent Serato DJ controller with integrated software feedback screens. Cumberland, RI, USA – July 14, 2014. Numark (numark.com), the world’s leading innovator of DJ solutions, announces NV, an intelligent controller for Serato DJ. Featuring high-resolution color screens that provide extensive visualization of Serato’s flagship DJ [...]
The use of mobile devices has skyrocketed in the last few years, and with that comes plenty of new, scaled down adaptations of computer software for mobile. With tablets and smartphones becoming more powerful and more prevalent, mobile software is also seeing a boost in quality and some companies are [...]
It has been a quick rise for Los Angeles-based house DJ Margot Lox. Born Margot Lockridge, she started honing her skills with a pair of turntables after being an avid house, hip-hop, and R&B listener for many years. Her first gig was just a year ago – in May 2013 [...]
When you think of deep house, you think of Chicago and, to a lesser extent these days, Las Vegas, but Richmond, Va.? In a sense, this makes DJ Aakmael one of deep house’s best-kept secrets. Aakmael comes from a musical background going across hip-hop, R&B, house, reggae, classical, opera, and [...]
Announced in January 2013, the Numark NS7II is supposedly the best controller ever built. While this statement can surely be contested (and debated, depending upon what you prefer for DJing), the NS7II certainly has a few major points going for it: one, comprehensiveness; two, quality; and three, something for everyone, [...]