JAZZIN’ perchè un mixtape?

C’era una una volta il mixtape. Alla fine degli anni novanta li compravo da Vibra, erano registrati su audio cassette, i djs e i rappers ancora non masterizzavano home-made su cd. C’erano molto prima di quando ho cominciato a comprarli io. Ricordo i tape dell’Area Cronica, quelli di Sano Business, Rome Zoo, Duble S, giusto […]

A record cold as ice

The Swedish band “Shout Out Louds” have released a record in collaboration with TBWA Stockholm,  made entirely of ice to promote their single, “Blue Ice.” In collaboration with ad agency they have produced 10 limited edition kits that can produce a functional album out of frozen water. And it actually works — albeit with some warble and a bit of […]

JAZZIN’ mixtape jazz-hiphop | free download

A travel in hiphop jazz contaminated. Some tracks that have made the history of rap and musicians who have made ​​unique jazz. From 1991 to the present. First volume of a series of mixtapes devoted to jazz in the hiphop culture. JAZZIN’ mixtape | FREE DOWNLOAD or  JAZZIN’ mixtape | FREE DOWNLOAD.rar (click here for […]

Soundmachines – optical turntable

Three units, which are resembling standard record players, translate concentric visual patterns into control signals for further processing in any music software. The Soundmachines premiered on the Volkswagen New Beetle stand at the IAA motor show in late Summer 2011. Three unique discs, each controlling one track of an Ableton Live Set exclusively made for […]

Minimalist gramophone

Created with three materials, paper, wood and metal. Operated by their own hands. from designmadeingermany.de: Ich bin gerade nach London gezogen, um mit dem Bachelor mein Grafikstudium zu beenden. Da ich mir weder vom Geld noch vom Platz einen Plattenspieler leisten kann, habe ich selbst einen gebaut. Ein Grammophon aus drei Materialien, Papier, Holz und […]

N-Sample | Teaser

N-Sample is coming… When jazz meets hiphop! N-Sample – Teaser from N-Sample on Vimeo. Astio – Voice | Bobo – Drums | Matteo Vallicella – Bass, double bass | Nicola Cipriani – Guitars | Giovanni Turri – Piano e Synth | Kuji – Turntables, MPD32 | Efeizee – Mpc 2000xl, Sp404, Backing Vocals | http://www.facebook.com/n.sample.hh

Highfidelity exhibition – Berlin

An exibition’s broschure with a Shure stylus? What’s happening? To mark the 60th anniversary of the vinyl record, the exhibition presents the sound archives of the Marzona Collection with 300 selected artists’ records. Associated books, musical scores, posters, design sketches and photographs provide context. The LP record offered previously unimaginable possibilities for artists to preserve […]

Novation DICER – mini cue and looping controller

Novation Dicer is cue point and looping controller has been designed to fit exactly where you need it: on your turntables, CDJs, mixer or laptop. You can use Dicer to browse through playlists, nudge tracks backwards and forwards or it can be freely assigned to whatever functions you want. Spec: Is a plug and play […]

TurntablistPC – Computer/Turntable hybrid

A dear Friend suggested me (really thanks to Ju) this funny PC-Turntable:     The designer is Mogens Jacobsen. From his website: “…TurntablistPC is a server which third-party websites can access. A small file is hosted on the TurntablistPC. Subscribing websites place a short piece of code on their pages. This code sends information to […]

la rubrica DISH JOCKEY

La rubrica che curo per il portale www.rapburger.com, sul mondo del djing. Una lente di ingrandimento sulle curiosità che riguardano deejay e turntablists, per invasati, neofiti e curiosi! Link alla pagina: Dish Jockey   Articoli pubblicati: – DJ WOODY: VISUAL, INGEGNO E TECNICA – DEEJAY UPGRADE – SCRATCH DJ ACADEMY Se ti piace Dish-Jockey condividila!