The Roots’ Questlove returns to the Red Bull Music Academy for another lecture where he talks about D’Angelo’s upcoming album, Dilla changing the way he played the drums and his way of sampling. Questlove’s last appearance at the Red Bull Music Academy was back in 2005, when he attended the Seattle event. Often seen as …
Austrian producer Dorian Concept revisits the microKORG and shows what he has learnt in the seven years since showcasing its potential on YouTube.
Remember when Bart Simpson had a rap song out? Do The Bartman for Throwback Thursday.
The Abstract aka Q-Tip dropped by the Red Bull Music Academy to talk at length about his illustrious career.
Music archaeologist Egon of Now Again Records talks through his record collection on Crate Diggers and tells us some great stories about his vinyl.
Toronto’s Tremayne shows a kaleidoscope of footage for his Ascension video. I think Tremayne might have won the award for Most Unexpected Backing Track this week. Hailing from Toronto, the Canadian rapper has released the video for Ascension ahead of his new project, WNDRFCK, out today. So, why the award? Well, the backing track is …
Gensu Dean & Planet Asia show their Faces On The Dollar for their new video. There’s still life in the old dog yet when it comes to samplers. The Grand Imperial Gensu Dean flexed his SP-1200 muscle for Planet Asia on their joint album Abrasions. A trip to Fresno provided the perfect video opportunity for …
Thundercat’s For Love I Come is our Song For Sunday this week.
For the Akai/Maschine users out there, here’s a demo of the E-mu Drumulator, a vintage drum machine from 1983. With all the buttons, knobs and features you can get with the latest samplers, some of the older producers will remember the days when you had to make do with a few buttons and up to …
British soul star Omar releases The Man off his upcoming album. “When I grow up, I wanna be like Omar” – Stevie Wonder A lot of musicians would live off that endorsement for the rest of their careers but for a soul veteran like Omar, that just adds fuel to the fire. The British music …