TAG: Moby

Mar11

Phantogram – Eyelid Movies (Review)

Phantogram

Eyelid Movies

Released by Barsuk


Phantogram's debut Eyelid Movies comes across as a shrine to things that sound great on headphones, full of crisp and spry drums, and breathtakingly lush synthesized textures. It could end up pretty awful, right? It could have been music to shop to or something of the sort, but the record treats this richness as reason enough to exist. In Phantogram's soulful blend of pop, hip-hop and electronica, the duo closely recalls TV on the Radio, but by eschewing that band's zeitgeist-humping seriousness, they produce something more direct and, dare I say it, sincere.

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Sep15

Perry Farrell interview

Perry Farrell, the ‘godfather’ of alt-rock, might soon have a new moniker to honor his strides in…electronic music? Yes, Farrell’s still a part of Satellite Party and Jane’s Addiction, but he’s also integrated a sizeable DJ area at Lollapalooza, performed live with Paul Van Dyk and Moby, played at Cochella under DJ Peretz and has a live electro act with wife Etty Farrell. While it seems surreal to chat blogs and The Bloody Beetroots with a man who’s famous for an extensive rock-based career, make no mistake about it, Farrell knows what he’s talking about. In fact, with every passing day, he’s becoming increasingly entrenched in the dance scene and collaborating with some of the biggest names in the business. Here for URB, Perry talks about DJ culture, the future of bands and finding his way in …

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Jul06

To Drop on the 1, Check Scratch DJ Academy Guide

Music aficionados and DJs in-the-making will appreciate this authoritative guide to the art and history of DJing. With an intro by Moby, the guide delves into the 40 year history behind the legends and the big-name DJs spinning at the world’s hottest clubs, chronicling everyone from Grandmaster Flash to DJ AM and A-Trak.

Authors Luke Risell and Phil White, known for their involvement with NYLON and NYLON Guys, and Rob Principe from the Scratch DJ Academy interviewed over 45 celebrity DJs to get the lowdown on the culture, lifestyle, stories and advice music fans and fledging DJs alike will devour. It promises to teach readers what to listen for in a song and the art of the mixtape; also, it includes exercises on how to mix and scratch and a glossary to learn the lingo.

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Jul02

Cage, Moby, Cosmic Gate (reviews)

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Jun30

Moby – Wait For Me (Review)

Moby

Wait For Me



Before listening to Wait For Me, take everything you know about Moby as an electronica superstar and completely disregard it. Following a brief detour back to club music with 2008's Last Night, this is arguably Moby's most organic album recorded entirely his "bedroom studio" in his Lower East Side of Manhattan. Of course, Moby would be pained to remind you that his first decade's work, including the multi-platinum Play, was recorded at home as well. That dichotomy of pop pariah perception and homespun reality is exactly what Moby is ...

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Jun22

Rave Book Captures UK Golden Era (1989)

Sweaty brits, bad clothing, and some of the best drugs ever consumed. A new book by DJHistory.com remembers the year when rave exploded across England.

“Raving ‘89 takes you through a year of suburban raves, with 200 fantastic images collected together as if a single dramatic night – grimy warehouses, phones the size of bricks, smiles, hugs, lasers and dungarees, lives changed, faces lost in music, casualties, friends and general mayhem; with rogues and wrong’uns lurking in the corners, and more than a few crimes against fashion.

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Feature :: Erol Alkan vs. The Hacienda DJs
Feature :: Moby “Return of the Raver”
Review :: Black Meteoric Star

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