Modesto's DJ ! hooked up his computer and a pair of Nintendo Wii controllers via bluetooth and now he can do all his mixing while dancing and waving his arms in front of his computer instead of hunched over the machine pushing buttons and clicking a mouse.
He's calling the new art form DJ Wiij and is excited about the possibilities available in wireless DJing. The technology actually works pretty well even if he hasn't figured out a good way to work in the motion capture of the Wii itself. He's figured out how to map all the control buttons to functions in Traktor and is well on his way to inventing all sorts of names for the things he's figured out how to do. Check out his Web site or watch …
In America, The Knife are critical darlings with a rabid if small fanbase that will pay oodles of cash for tickets to a rare live show. In their home country of Sweden, they're giant pop stars who win major awards. So how does a faceless techno-pop duo remain faceless when placed under such a bright spotlight?
Ever wonder how many times can we re-replicate guitars from 1968? Or, how much technology does it take to make stomp pedals that sound like they were made 40 years ago? These questions and more were answered at NAMM '07, and the results were mindboggling. Rock'n'roll will never die.
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(Warp) A recent appearance by !!! guitarist Mario Andreoni onstage at a Los Angeles performance by B’more phenom Spank Rock reminded one of where the most difficult band in Googling history stands in the narrative of contemporary dance music. Part of a triumvirate with The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem, they taught the rock kids to dance (to raggity guitars, stomping techno via MSTRKRFT or even inner-city bass music via the aforementioned Baltimore Bass Connection). On their third full-length, not even counting the landmark Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard EP, the Bay-originating eight-piece has stripped away the easy narrative of vulgar political discontent found on 2004’s Louden Up Now, and gotten down to the more important work of constructing airtight grooves with just …
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