Dub FX feat Woodphone - "Flow" Live in the streets of Bristol (VIDEO)
Really impressive performance from Dub FX, and mind you this is all live. Reminds me of some old-school dnb and some of the stuff Hospital released. Dub FX has interesting lyrics, deep spacial productions, but still holds the entire track down with solid rhythm and bass.
Hit up his myspace to hear cuts from his upcoming new album.
PacoVolume is a musician from France that doesn't do straight up dance music, but rather focuses more on guitar-driven melody and lyrics. His new single "Cookie Machine" is an upbeat tune with a video that combines stop-motion animation and live-action to emphasize the song's lyrical points. It's simple, fun, fresh pop.
We heard about the Pacemaker a long time ago, and it's finally here. The debut model, the Tonium P666 Pacemaker, has a 60gb hard drive, 2 stereo channels, headphone port, line out port, and can pretty much do anything you can do with a traditional setup. At least that's what they claim.
The design of the device is pretty slick, and they spent a long time fine-tuning the features, getting assistance from top-notch producers and DJs like Richie Hawtin, Sebastian Ingrosso, and others. The result is a one piece device that lets you do everything you can do with Ableton or the vinyl setup. I think it's interesting that a serious portable device is finally out, not something like an attachment to an iPod. However, as with most things in the DJ industry, adoption might be a bit slow. People are so set into using Serato, and Ableton, that the pros probably won't be running to this thing.
Engadget did an unboxing a few days ago, and it's obvious the company is all about design and presence, with cute little quotes and horoscopes related to music printed on the packaging. If you have $499 lying around, Amazon is selling the player exclusively here in the US. Check out the creative Pacemaker video on the little device above. The Pacemaker is a fantastic, fresh idea and it will be interesting to see how far it goes.
Man, there are more and more interesting iPhone apps coming out. I think this is honestly the first time that professional DJs are doing some legit celebrity endorsements with some quality products. And now, every trance fan's god, Paul van Dyk, has his own app on the iPhone as well.
The app looks pretty useful from the demo PvD himself gives above. The thing has noise level meters (which may or may not work due to the crappy iPhone microphones), a BPM counter, a frequency analyzer that works through the mic (again dunno how that will work).
However the coolest feature has to be the Seismic Reader which lets you place the iPhone/iPod touch on your turntable and see the vibrations coming in so that you can set up Serato or Final Scratch up properly.
Oh and the thing has a virtual glowstick and a flashlight. Go figure.
We don't know when it's coming out or it's price, but I would guess it would be under $12.
CAUGHT! Institubes Outsources remixes to Asian Sweatshops! (VIDEO)
We've acquired this video that has come to light showing Surkin of Parisian label Instutubes explaining how the label outsources all remix work to Asian sweatshops.
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