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VIDEO: Exile vs. Kanye - I Am A God

Not too keen on Yeezus? Maybe you’ll enjoy Exile’s live MPC flip of I Am A God. We did. We can always count on Exile to serve up something hot on his MPC, especially when it’s live. So when we heard he did a live remake of Kanye’s I Am A God on his trust …

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VIDEO: Sampleface x Starchildluke - MPC Set

Here’s exclusive footage of Sampleface’s Starchildluke at his first-ever MPC set. It feels a little weird talking about myself in relation to Sampleface, but I’ll try and remain impartial to my phenomenal skills (just kidding). Apart from being the editor in chief here, I also produce under the name of Starchildluke. Having started back in …

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VIDEO: Fresh Kils - Cybertron Battle Routine

From the depths of the Kilzone, Fresh Kils brings his battle winning routine back to YouTube. Damn those guys at YouTube with their evil copyright muscle flexing. Fresh Kils’ video of his MPC1000 Transformers routine was taken down due to the samples used but now it is back up for your viewing pleasure. If you’ve …

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VIDEO: King I Divine & LD Henriquez In London

Check out this interview with King I Divine and Sampleface’s very own LD Henriquez in London. 2012 was a great year for King I Divine, dropping two brilliant collab projects with ScienZe and our very own LD Henriquez, with whom he shared an interview late last year. Divine speaks candidly on music, what it means …

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ONE TO WATCH: Djablo

Our One To Watch is Swedish-based designer, doodler and musician Djablo. Juan Fernando Maguid is a designer, artist, animator and musician from Sweden. He owns his own company, Temperamento, and he has worked with clients as big as Ericsson and EA. But I’m not here to talk about his business today. Under the guise of …

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HIP HOP FIND: mononome - The Secret Melody

Greek producer mononome finds The Secret Melody in his second EP. Ever since I got my own MPC, I’ve been scouring YouTube and the internet for tips and videos of people using them, to get a feel for it all. I’ve even started searching for “MPC albums”, releases made using the Akai drum machine. One …