First there was Movie Scenes… then came Beat Konducta In India… next, available February 10th, there will be Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute… As a complete tribute the master J Dilla, Madlib’s latest installment consisting of 42 tracks promises to be one of the best producer related releases of 2009!
See the Stones Throw website for more info.
Triple Threat DJ’s Apollo, Vinroc, and Shorkut show us how a live multi-turntablist performance is properly done. Notice the use of actual vinyl… analog Dj’ing at it’s finest.
Aftermath producer Focus takes us through the making of "Bad Girl" appearing on the Caltroit album… great work!
Respect to Mach3 for the heads up!
Pint sized production wiz VohnBeatz breaks down the production of a track entitled "Goin’ Gangsta" using Reason and a compact keyboard controller. Expect his mixtape to be available the first quarter of 2009.
Did we mention that VohnBeatz is S1’s son? I guess the skills run in the family… keep it up!
Southern producers in the Dallas, Texas area may want to set aside some time to head over to the Winter Music Summit taking place from February 27-28th, 2009 at Maxmedia Recording Studios. Presented by The Texas Summer Music Conference and the Go DJ’s, this could be an opportunity to network with fellow local and regional urban artists.
Event Features:
Registration: $35 before January 15th, $40 Jan 15th-Feb 27th, or $60 Walk-Up.
Visit the TSMC website or MySpace page for more info about the event, sponsorship opportunities, and registration info.
9th Wonder and David Banner appear behind the boards to construct an "intimate club" song. An unbeatable production combination… we’ll just have to wait and see how the final track sounds once the vocals and audio is completed.
[via TSE]
Crate Kings favorite Damu The Fudgemunk takes us on a trip to Fat Beats NYC where he shows how to properly handle an Akai MPC 2000 and stack of accompanying disks.
Producer Dert drops Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired By Bjork. The 17 track beat tape continues his series of artist-themed original instrumentals and gives a preview of his upcoming 2009 releases CMYK EP and Downtown Headnod Suite.
Download: Dert - Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired by Bjork
PBS presents Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, which highlights the rise of Stax Records, death of Otis Reading, and the seizure of the entire Stax catalog by Atlantic Records, the label’s eventual recovery, and Isaac Hayes’ rise to stardom.
Respect Yourself includes personal interviews with William Bell, David Porter, Jesse Jackson, Mavis Staples, Duck Dunn, and more!
Respect to SoulSyde for the heads up!
What’s another month without a great mix from DJ Ian Head? More great original breaks and samples mixed to perfection… download now and start the new year on the right note!
"Dollar bins are haystacks that we know can always contain diamonds and pearls, and are truly the essence of "digging." But it takes effort. It takes looking at a lot of really wack, boring, painful records. It takes bending in awful positions, sitting on floors, blocking the way of other customers, your feet falling asleep. It makes your fingers dirty. And on a bad day, one can spend hours flipping through the cheap stacks and discover nothing. But on those days, buried between two copies of the Annie soundtrack and the Fleetwood Mac catalogue, you come across the one record you’d been after for a year, there is nothing like it."
Download: DJ Ian Head January 2009 and visit at Everyday Beats
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