ODB was virtually brought back to life for a performance with the Wu Tang Clan at Rock The Bells 2013. Check below for different views of the performance….

The chairman of French media and telecom conglomerate Vivendi and one of the company’s other powerful board members are locked into a showdown over who should be the next CEO, a source confirmed Monday. Jean-Francois Dubos last year became CEO on a temporary basis after previous head Jean-Bernard Levy left amid disagreements over future strategy….

Where are my future entrepreneurs at!?!? Those C.E.O.’s and everything else? If you love music just as much as I do, there are plenty avenues to get started. Not just a business license and a tax form so the IRS won’t bang on your door to start off, but there is also more and more…

Frustrated by not being able to sing two notes at the same time, musical inventor Beardyman built a machine to allow him to create loops and layers from just the sounds he makes with his voice. Given that he can effortlessly conjure the sound of everything from crying babies to buzzing flies, not to mention…

Nick Batt, via sonicstate, takes a look at the new Korg Volca Bass – a three-oscillator analog mini synth. Can a $150 analog synthesizer deliver the goods? Check out the review – and then let us know what you think! [Synthtopia]

When news surfaced last week that a treasure trove of master tapes and studio outtakes from Joy Division, New Order and other seminal post-punk bands had been rescued from a trash heap and put on the market, music fans the world over hoped that Peter Hook would bring the rarities to safety. But in an…

Steve Aoki has just announced that he has picked Australian DJ and producer Lorne Padman to take on the role of running Dim Mak Records. Lorne Padman formerly worked for Vicious Recordings for 9 years and was the National Promotions & Label Manager. Now Steve Aoki has asked Lorne to come on as Vice President/Label…

iPads have quietly changed most musician’s lives. It’s hard to see a stage anyone without at least one for reading music, charts, lyrics, cues or set lists. The problem is that changing the page on an iPad is similar, too similar in fact, to turning the pages of a book. It still requires you to…

Twitter is often used as a public battle ground for rap issues and Saturday (August 7), the boiling tensions within the Brick Squad camp boiled over as Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka and others hinted at numerous group problems. In an in-depth layout by Complex, it all started Saturday morning when Gucci tweeted “Fuck bricksquad im….

It’s 909 Day – so here are a few videos that take a look at the classic Roland TR-909 drum machine! Above, Mumdance demos the TR-909 in his studio….