A deep, wide Canyon you won’t mind falling into He’s been a member of Psychic TV’s live band, collaborated with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Mark Stewart, African Headcharge and co-wrote Gary Clail’s biggest hit ‘Human Nature’. That’s not to mention a staggering four decades of solo albums – his latest, Rare Earth Technology is just out […]
Bill Brewster tells all about his After Dark latest pic: Dan Medhurst “It’s just a great excuse to call up people you like and ask ask them for music!” Bill Brewster laughs down the phone line to us from his home in Bedford with all the confidence of someone who knows they’ve got the best […]
Last updated 5 September, 2023 One of the first things DJs wanting to get into making music usually buy is an audio interface, and the Focusrite Scarlett audio interfaces are as close as you get to an “industry standard” at the budget end of the market. And now, all three of these interfaces have been […]
LA’s clipping. back in UK for their biggest show yet Returning to London less than a year since their double bill at the Tufnell Park Dome and Fabric last November, tonight Los Angeles based industrial harsh-noise hip-hop trio clipping. mark their biggest London show to date at the recently opened Here at Outernet. Known for […]
Last updated 30 August, 2023 We’ve teamed up with AIAIAI to offer you the chance to win one of five pairs of their brand-new TMA-2 DJ XE headphones in this free prize draw. The AIAIAI TMA-2 DJ XE are designed to appeal specifically to DJs who need durable design and custom-tuned audio for practising and […]
In 2001, I switched to DJing with Traktor because it allowed me to use MIDI controllers and customize them to create new ways of playing. The modularity they offered was exciting and very innovative. Then MIDI controllers became standardized, and sadly, no custom mapped them anymore. As the years went by, DJ hardware became just […]
In 2001, I switched to DJing with Traktor because it allowed me to use MIDI controllers and customize them to create new ways of playing. The modularity they offered was exciting and very innovative. Then MIDI controllers became standardized, and sadly, no custom mapped them anymore. As the years went by, DJ hardware became just […]
Last updated 29 August, 2023 Native Instruments has announced the Traktor X1 Mk3, which it is calling its “next-generation controller for modern DJs who want exceptional portability and powerful control – in a compact footprint that’s intuitive and easy to use”. Essentially an update to the popular Traktor Kontrol X1 Mk2 modular Midi controller which […]
Last updated 24 July, 2023 I recently taught my 10-year-old daughter to DJ, and she played for nearly three hours at two school parties, after only a few weeks of practising. You can read all about our experience here, but in this article, I am going to distil what I learned down to seven easy […]