Get ready for DJ Babu’s upcoming producer centered album, The Beat Tape Vol. 2, appearing on Nature Sounds Records. Scheduled for a February 23rd, 2010 release, the album features 39 instrumental tracks that show off the veteran DJ/producer’s skills behind the boards.
“There was no holding back with this album, I wanted to get the beats out no matter what. I wanted to give my fans a fresh body of music” – DJ Babu
Download: “Lil Juanito” by DJ Babu
The Beat Tape Vol. 2 Tracklist after the break!
Get Grounded TV pays tribute to Grandmaster Roc Raida by delivering prime footage of his in-store performance at Beat Street Records.
A brief clip from the documentary entitled The 8th Planet features Chad Hugo explaining the role of sound in music while giving a Neptunes studio and record room tour. [Thanks Adriel!]
New York area DJ’s and turntablists get ready! DJ Mysterio’s Mix Massacre takes place on Saturday, December 19th. The all ages event features a live performance by Mysterio and offers ambitious turntablists the opportunity to interact with each other in a non-competitive environment. UPDATE: Event has been cancelled due to weather. Mysterio’s Mix Massacre December … Read more
Maestro visits with 9th Wonder as he explains his philosophy behind making beats, feeling the music, and sample chopping. 9th also briefly touches on Fruity Loops vs the MPC 2500 and what he feels are the most important ideas involved in being a producer/music maker. Everybody has different technical ways that they make a beat, but … Read more
Get inspired by 2007 DMC World Champion DJ Rafik as he does damage with Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro. Rafik highlights some of Traktor’s live performance capabilities by utilizing cue points and built-in effects while using both Maschine and the Kontrol X1 as controllers.
More after the break!
The latest installment of DJ Ekin’s 5 Questions features Timbaland addressing such topics as the top 3 most complete artists, comparisons to other producers, and advice for new music makers who seek to gain his attention.
Part 2 of Ignantwitted’s interview with Neil Armstrong finds the DJ explaining his personal style and commenting on other notable mixtape DJ’s. Neil also touches on memories of Roc Raida and the influence of the X-Men on the 5th Platoon.
Beaterator for the iPhone and iPod Touch is now available from the iTunes Store. Make sure that you’ve time to download though. While Beaterator only costs $4.99, the total size of the app is over 80MB.
If only it were real. Thomas Mascall’s Touchtable PMP concept scales down the DJ experience to such beautiful levels. At 1:8 the size of a traditional DJ setup, the Touchtable offers theoretical touch controlled scratching and sound manipulation, MIDI functationality, and the ability to wirelessly connect two units.
[Engadget via Yanko Design]
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