Freddie Gibbs and Madlib announced the release date for their upcoming album, Piñata, yesterday (January 30). The album, which is set to feature 17 songs, according to the duo’s press release, is “a gangster Blaxploitation film on wax,” according to Gibbs. The rapper also discussed the project, which is slated to be released March 18 via…

This is a little off topic, until you consider running a bass synth through it, but the Large European Acoustic Facility is a sound system so loud that, if you ever heard it, it would kill you. You might think that the LEAF was invented to get back at dudes that drive at three in the…

The Los Angeles County District Attorney has decided that it will not prosecute Kanye West for allegedly assaulting an 18-year old in Beverly Hills January 13, tmz.com says. The DA cited several reasons for rejecting the case. They include the fact that a civil compromise that already been reached, that the victim did not significant…

Mute Records founder and electronic music pioneer Daniel Miller (The Normal) talks modular synths and demos his own system in this video from LEAF 2013. 4:25 What was your first synth? 6:24 Current resurgence of modular synths 11:00 Modular synth demonstration Featured track: The Normal T.V.O.D (Mute Records) via Point Blank Music School[Synthtopia]

It’s time for another isolated track video. This time we’ll listen to the isolated keyboards and vocals from Duran Duran’s big 1982 hit “Hungry Like The Wolf.” The song launched the band into superstardom more for the music video than anything else, but like most hits, it’s quite useful to listen inside the song to…

Pharrell sits down with Hard Knock TV and discusses a variety of topics. We get to figure out Pharrell’s most significant early moment of music, his I AM OTHER movement, and the new age of music. Pharrell also gives us his opinion on Kendrick Lamar and more. Respect: 2DBZ [Al Lindstrom]

Beats Music, which encountered a number of technical issues resulting from a larger-than-expected volume of sign-ups in the days following its Jan. 21 launch, said AT&T on Friday, officially kicked off its marketing to promote the music service after a week’s delay. The AT&T campaign, both online and in stores, had initially been set to…

Jadakiss & Styles P speak on the upcoming LOX album with The Breakfast Club. [Real Talk NY]