Month: November 2013

New documentary on Low End Theory sheds more light on roots of L.A club institution

“It’s one thing to say we’ll have a club where DJs play eclectic music. It’s easy to say that but the result is usually a shit show.” A new documentary on Los Angeles night club institution Low End Theory has just surfaced. Titled BANG! Low End Theory it was filmed this past summer by the…


Independent labels score 21st century sales share high

Independent record labels have reached a sales share high for this century. Indie labels are currently reeling in 26.4 per cent of UK album sales, according to Music Week. This is a 5 per cent rise when compared to last year and can be attributed to releases from the likes of Beggars Group and Domino…


The Sounds of Time: 50 Years of Doctor Who‘s influential music and SFX

Doctor Who first flickered to life on British television screens on Saturday November 23, 1963, just before teatime. Only a day after the shocking assassination of U.S. President John F Kennedy, the light-hearted show was greeted with a sigh of relief as a welcome distraction from the po-faced news broadcasts that had made up the…


touchAble 2 Offers No-Compromise iPad Control Of Ableton Live

Developer AppBC has released touchAble 2, a major update to its dedicated Ableton Live controller app for the iPad. touchAble offers no-compromise control of Ableton Live from your iPad. Its modular interface allows to split the screen to show two modules at the same time – or to maximize the surface area of a single…


RZA Poised to Retire the Mic as Wu-Tang Celebrates 20 Years

RZA sees the latest Wu-Tang Clan endeavor as the end of the influential rap group as we know it. The 44-year-old Wu-Tang leader and producer says he’s still six weeks or so away from finishing the Clan’s overdue new album “A Better Tomorrow.” The process has made him realize he’s got different priorities these days….


Childish Gambino Addresses Andre 3000’s Influence Childish Gambino Addresses Andre 3000’s Influence

Childish Gambino is prepping the release of his upcoming album, because the internet, which hits stores December 10. In advance of the album’s release, Gambino spoke about the influence of Andre 3000 over his genre-defying music. “He’s Andre, he’s Andre 3000; he’s probably one of the best,” he said. “But also, he holds a special…


DJ Head Explains Why He Stopped Working With Eminem

DJ Head worked extensively with Eminem during the rapper’s pre-fame days in Detroit up through The Eminem Show in 2002. But after that album was released, DJ Head and Eminem stopped working together. “I moved to Europe for a couple years to do a bunch of gigs and keep money flowing in,” DJ Head says…


Apollo App Sends MIDI Over Bluetooth For iOS and OSX

Secret Base Design has a new app, Apollo, which uses Bluetooth LE to send MIDI back and forth between iOS devices, or between an iOS device and a Mac. Secret Base Design’s Patrick Madden explains his inspiration for the app: “One of the things that’s annoyed me with the iPhone and iPad hardware has been…


Marketing Bob Dylan All Over Again

By now you’ve probably at least heard about the latest video to capture our collective online hearts – the first official video of Bob Dylan’s most famous song “Like A Rolling Stone.” The video (which can be found at bobdylan.com) has caused a sensation not only because it’s interactive, but mostly because it’s based around…


Toy Company Sues Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin Over ‘Girls’ Parody Commercial

The Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin are being preemptively sued by the GoldieBlox toy company, which claims that its commercial featuring a parody of the Licensed to Ill track “Girls” does not count as copyright infringement. According to the Hollywood Reporter, GoldieBlox filed a lawsuit on Thursday, November 21, claiming that the Beastie Boys recently…