Todd Edwards in EP 2 of Daft Punk Collaborators
After the thoroughly enjoyable Giorgio Moroder interview, Todd Edwards sits down to talk as the next confirmed collaborator. You see the eyes getting wet from the passion and excitement deruved from working with the French duo. No surprise he moved to L.A after the 3 weeks in the studio with Guy and Thomas. The talk also reveals the humble nature of Todd Edwards, the producer from New Jersey, who's been producing music for 20 years without fully participating in the scene where its most played. He's really glad the release is underway, saying: "It's been very difficult to harbor this secret and I'm waiting for this album to intoxicate and infect everyone so I'm not making music in a sterile world anymore."
21 years of inNovation topped by Bass Station II
Novation, a UK musical equipment manufacturing company was founded in 1992. The company has specialized in MIDI controllers and analog modeling synthesizers. They were the arm extension of Madeon, who got famous overnight with the mash-up on a Novation Launchpad. Recently, they've finished the highly anticipated II edition of Bass Station, coming a long way since it's first release 20 years ago. Check out the video showing the evolution through the years.
Features:
- “All-new design,” says Novation, modeled on the original and with a “pure analog audio signal path.”
- Two filters: “Classic” (from the original), and 303-style “Acid.”
- 64 presets, 64 user patch locations.
- Analog distortion, filter modulation, filter overdrive/crunch.
- Modulation: 2 ADSR envelopes, 2 LFOs, pulse width modulation, switchable LFO waveforms: triangle, sawtooth, square and sample & hold.
- Programmable step sequencer, arpeggiator.
Loadstar publishes video for ‘Refuse To Love’
The UK drum & bass dup Loadstar have published the video for their latest single, 'Refuse To Love'. This is the first song lifted from the upcoming 'Future Perfect', that's set for release in May on Andy C's established Ram Records. Boasting the vocals of emerging MCs like Scrufizzer, Benny Banks and Jakes, the tracklist is 15-tracks long. Hadouken! was used for the track 'BOA'. When it comes to touring, the duo will be busy this year in Glastonbury, Hideout Festival, Kendal Calling, Evolution and Dour. They're are also going to U.S., with shows at the New York City and Las Vegas legs of Electric Daisy Carnival. Launch party of the LP will take place at Fabric on May 17.
Watch the video for 'Refuse To Love' below!
Skrillex gathers 1 billion Youtube views
Sonny Moore aka. Skrillex is catching up 'Gangnam Style' in the race for the most viewed Youtube video! ..okay, not exactly. While PSY's video has almost 1,5 billion views individually, Skrillex has gathered 1 billion views in general. He's got over 4.2 million subscribers, so this isn't that hard to conceive. In a way, this is more impressive, because he's got more than 1 video like the South-Koeran k-pop star has. Which one's the most viewed video for the dubstep cultivating label boss? Check it out below.
…disappointed much? It's not even a video!
“Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" has gathered over 127 million views!
Giorgio Moroder talks dance music and working with Daft Punk
One of the true pioneers of disco, Giorgio Moroder is in a league of his own when it comes to dance music. The 72-year old has been active since 1965, showing no signs of calming down. The hips are still shaking to the 120 bpm beat, as the man shared the studio room with non-other than Daft Punk. Giorgio helped the duo cultivate the disco funk music that's – considering that one of the other collaborators is Chic's frontman Nile Rodgers – most probably the general theme on the forthcoming album. Watch the interview with a true legend whose love and passion for music glimmers back from his enthusiastic look!
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