A little record fair madness for the the New York diggers. Taking place place 4-6 times a year, Shakey’s Record Fair is supposed to be a combo party/digging event with 15+ record collector/DJ’s spinning. Tuesday, June 17th Supreme Trading 213 N. 8th St. (btw. Driggs and Roebling) Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211 8pm – 2am / 21+ … Read more
Hopefully I’m not the only one who’s been drooling at the thought of today’s kickoff of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Beside announcing the next Mac OS entitled Snow Leopard, Steve Jobs unveiled new features for the 3G iPhone including GPS, push abilities, and of course new software applications. With the recently proliferation of music … Read more
Looking for a way to make your home studio the envy of your beat making friends? Today gear manufacturer Allen & Heath announced the launch of their first dedicated recording mixer in over 10 years! In addition to multi-track recording, the ZED-R16 allows mixing down in analogue, then recording back into the computer in digital. … Read more
Premiering last week at The Hollywood Black Film Festival was Two Turntables And A Microphone: The Life and Death of Jam Master Jay. I’ve yet to get a peak at the flick, but judging by the description it should be pretty insightful as it features footage with notable figures such as Russell Simmons, Swizz Beatz, … Read more
Cosign drops an interview with prolific artist/producer Count Bass D as he talks about about working with STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), their upcoming live album entitled "L7", and touches on past production techniques using the TR-808 drum machine and using only vinyl. Count Bass D even goes so far to express guilt over the … Read more
Producer/recording artist Ryan Leslie drops another vid for the production fans. While his in-studio videos never disappoint, be forewarned, there’s a little case of case of auto-tune abuse going on.
As you can imagine, the DIY mentality is in full effect here at Crate Kings. Many of the readers believe that if you need something done right, especially with regards to music, you have to do it yourself. Amazingly, a group of self-motivated producers have yet again come together to create another original instrumental, dare … Read more
Finally, a timepiece manufacturer decided to show some love to all the turntablists and DJ’s and acknowledge the inherent aesthetic beauty of the turntable. Flud has dropped the Tableturns model watch for the those who’ve been drooling for years over DJ Q-Bert’s Wave Twisters version with the spinning platter. While on this version the plate … Read more
Apparently Lil Flip and crew are now offering custom beats on the cheap. Not really sure how this pricing can be sustained for a significant income, but it’s great news for independent MC’s.
Beat heads obsessed with drum breaks are gonna flip over this one. Much respect to renowned crate digger Soulman for dropping this 22 minute strictly drum break segment from his Philadelphia Beat Mission samples & breaks mix. Some of you may know Soulman from his World of Beats column & website or his over 70 … Read more