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Sprechen sie Ableton? Live release date March 5, 2013
Read more . . . →Ableton Live 9 release date has been announced for March 5 this year. I'm very excited to get my hands on the push controller as well as the newly redesigned Live. Particularly interesting will be the Max4Live scene. They are now building this into the highest end Ableton so more people will have their hands on this incredible tool.
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Music Mondays: Riot 87
Read more . . . →Serbian Bass Music Trailer
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Music Mondays: Feed Me - Whiskers ft Gemini
Read more . . . →This song has been on my rotation a lot this year. Feed Me is one of my faves, I'm also a huge fan of his DnB alias Spor. Anyhow Happy New Year and keep listening to sick music!
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Music Mondays - Dragon House - Illusion of Choice
Read more . . . →So I don't have a TV, and whenever something actually good happens on it I generally miss it. These guys were originally featured on So You Think You Can Dance earlier this year. Lately they have been doing music videos, commercials and just plain old crazy concept videos like this one below! I've probably watched this about 20 times, every time my girlfriend comes in the room I'm watching it! You've been warned, its super-cool!!!
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Music Mondays: Clique Remix - Soulany, KSoul & J-Ritz
Read more . . . →Today's Music Mondays post comes from New York-based rapper SOULANY. SOULANY (pronounced Soul-an-eye) grew up on the streets of New York and combines some tight rhymes with inspirational words to express his message. His message is simple, raise awareness through inspirational music about the struggles in Tibet and around the world. From his bio: SOULANY brings to the table lyrics that express a pure and conscious view of the world around him from both a local and political standpoint. From topics about family to the ongoing conflict in Tibet, he uses his knowledge and understanding of familiar and foreign topics...
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Music Mondays: Mindless Hope - 01 Antikythera Mechanism
Read more . . . →This week's Music Monday's post comes from Philadelphia's Mindless Hope. Mindless Hope are a killer 5 man, progressive instrumental metal band. Their first album is called Verbatim and this is the first cut. An Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient analog computer that is thought to have calculated astronomical motions with incredible accuracy and precision considering it is 2100 years old. Modern science would not achieve similar mechanical precision until the late 14th century when clocks began to be built with similar precision. Just like the ancient and mysterious Antikythera, this track's constant meter and precision is a demonstration of total...
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ABLETON LIVE 9
Read more . . . →Woah, go check yerself! Ableton Live 9 has just been announced, to be released in 2013. New improvements include a dedicated controller, Suite includes max for live (YES!) among dozens of other core-usability improvements. This is major news for the music making community. More to follow
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Music Mondays:Ableton Live User Gotye explains how they use Ableton Live live
Read more . . . →If you've visited the iTunes store any time in the last six months you've probably ran across the chart topping artist Walter “Wally” De Backer aka Gotye. If he wasn't "Somebody that you used to know" I'm sure you know him now. What you might not have known is how Ableton Live plays a pivotal role in his bands live performance. In this video, from the Ableton website, he goes into details explaining how the software has enabled him to do more with his live performance. This is one of the primary reasons I have settled with it as my...
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Thunderbolt Docks: A long way off still?
Read more . . . →I recently purchased a new Mac Mini for use as my desktop computer in the office. One of the appeals was the high-speed Thunderbolt port. This port is faster than USB 3.0 (of which the mac mini has 0 ports :() and can daisy chain etc, overall it would be quite useful for audio and video editing. I was recently reading Anandtech's article dicussing the possibilities of a thunderbolt docking station. Currently only the $999 Apple display has that feature. You can read more about the upcoming thunderbolt docks here, but the basic gist for users is as follows: MacBook...
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Music Mondays - Warning by Shystie ft. Lioness and Lady Leshurr
Read more . . . →Awesome track featuring Lioness, an awewsome female MC first heard on the BBC, Check it out!