For those who missed the pics of his home studio, DJ Spinna gives a video tour of Thingamajig studios, including Fender Rhodes, S950, Moog Prodigy, MPC 3000, and an SP1200 attained from Todd Terry.
The one and only DJ Premier gives a spinning tour of his Headquarterz recording studio while giving the full thumbs up on Blaq Poet’s album Tha Blaqprint, which drops June 30th, 2009. Notable Quote: “We’re the piece of the puzzle that balances everything out.”
Producer and drummer Karriem Riggins (Slum Village, Erykah Badu, Kanye West , J Dilla, and many more) gets down on Madlib’s drum set. An album with Karriem Riggins & Madlib as Jahari Masamba Unit is schedule for 2009 release.
In the most recent installment of Double Barrel Tuesdays, Marco Polo takes us through his version of Cribs to reveal his home production setup where about 70 percent of his Port Authority album was recorded. Choosing to stay brilliant at the basics, vinyl, Pro Tools, and an Akai MPC 2000XL complete with tire mark are … Read more
Sean C & LV give an in-studio sample of their goods to Joe Budden and Joel Ortiz. Instrumentals are sampled, choices are made, and tracks prepped for recording.
A quick, behind the scenes peek into the tail end of a 24 hour recording session with Asher Roth and Nottz. With 9 tracks completed, the only comment from producer Nottz was, "You’ll see, you’ll see…" [via XZ]
DJ Premier just dropped some flicks, video, and a brief history of D&D/HeadQcourterz Studios. Included are great snippets of interviews conducted with Remix and Sound On Sound, which highlight his use of production and studio equipment throughout the years.
Flicks after the jump!
A quick little behind the boards footage of the Cool Kids at Don Cannon’s S-Line Studios.
We’re huge fans of makeshift recording environments here at Crate Kings… Demevolist Music (Charles Hamilton, Yung Nate, Show Tufli, Proven, Bagdad, and J Means) takes us inside a school recording studio, which was created through a grant from HBO. The crew touches on early releases, highlight the self-contained talent of their crew, and delve into … Read more
DJ Khalil’s studio… the creation of an instrumental track with Rock City, Dan Seef, and DJ Khalil.