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Sebastien Leger does it again with Plik Plok
Read more . . . →Image by Romain Heuillard via Flickr I have been a fan of Sebastien Leger for a while now. I first wrote about his remix of Manson, The People last September. Even before that I did a quick tech blog post showing him mixing some stuff in Ableton for his live show. In fact it sounds very similar to this song Plik Plok. I really love the minimal feel of this. It still has very prominent sonic elements; this song fills your speakers out! What's great about this song is its very DJ friendly. If you love electronic music this is...
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Studio Tour
Read more . . . →By Alex Massaad A few months back I made a quick studio video showing the spaace where I record music, you can check outthe tour of the lab but I have something new to show you. The video of the lab was shot back in April. Since that point I have made a few upgrades, and room changes. [caption id="attachment_787" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="New Studio Set Up"][/caption] In this setup I'm using KRK Rokit8's with an ERGO for room geometry correction. My main system is a Macbook Pro with an HD external monitor. Also hanging on the walls are home-made Ready...
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Linked and Unlinked Region Loops in Ableton Live
Read more . . . →By Alex Massaad Hey there, I have to be brief because I'm just leaving the studio to do yoga (down the hall ;) but I wanted to share an awesome Ableton Live feature that I've been using almost every time I work on a Live project now. This my friends is a quick tutorial on linked and unlinked region loops within Ableton Live. I'm using Live 8, but this will apply to older versions, or just check out the demo free on the Ableton site. [caption id="attachment_772" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Click to enlarge"][/caption] Normally when you click the little "e" in...
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Arp Song Preview
Read more . . . →I have been using one synthesizer quite a lot for one song to try and test the creative limitations of the synthesizer as well as improving my production skills. This time the synth I stuck to the ARP-2600 but for the next song I'm going to add my new Mopho, maybe I can make it play a chord!? ARP Song 07 - Effect-ive by coldplaysucks
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Not much between despair and ecstasy
Read more . . . →[THE AMERICAN] Bangkok, Oriental setting And the city don't know that the city is getting The creme de la creme of the chess world in a Show with everything but Yul Brynner Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it All change -- don't you know that when you Play at this level there's no ordinary venue It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or -- or this place! [COMPANY] One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free...
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Florence Fridays: Cosmic Love
Read more . . . →Image by cnflikt via Flickr Another single from Florence + her beautiful sounding machine! This time Cosmic love gets a whimsical music video treatment full of smokey light, and vivid sets. Quite an awesome music video, worth a view:
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Excited that iPhone 4 will solve the oil spill
Read more . . . →I'm very excited about the new iPhone announced today by Apple. Most of all I'm pleased about how environmentally friendly it will be!
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Deux points et le remix de Nic Fanciuli
Read more . . . →I started listening to Lusine when I heard the Two Dots Music Video shortly after hearing a remix on Pete Tong's show. I could not find the song anywhere for quite a while (Tong is somewhat legendary for his exclusive tracks) and decided to embark upon a remix of my own. I set it up and even worked on it in San Diego, in the airport, and in different environements to see how that affected the process. This might be a project I pick up over the next few weeks, but in the mean time I have some great news....
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"Miike Snow - The Rabbit" - How to find the download
Read more . . . →I wish that this were up online to listen to, but so far I can only find this YouTube version of The Rabbit. I have heard great things about the Miike Snow live show, unfortunately I missed it the last time they were near my area. In the mean time I can listen to this new single "The Rabbit." I remember somebody saying that it was much more interesting to watch them perform their music because of the way they were interacting with their gear. Unfortunately I can't say much more than this, other than I'm glad that artists and...
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Avoid standing beneath a laze plume
Read more . . . →I was just browsing a Volcanos site and they mention that if you're near a sea-water volcano you should avoid standing beneath a laze plume. This somehow seems like significant information if you were to ever came across an underwater volcano in a boat.
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