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It’s time to take a closer look at the powerful audio devices known as isolators. In today’s article, we take a look at what a DJ isolator is, how they came to be, how to mix with them, and who the modern auteurs of isolator mixing are.
Source: DJ TechTools
News Article: DJ TechTools – An Introduction To Mixing With DJ Isolators
The incredible Lemur interface has been well known as the quintessential piece of digital kit that has worked its way into the booth with Daft Punk and Deadmau5. Just in time for the holiday season, Liine has relaunched the Lemur platform on iOS, bringing the powerful platform to an affordable new price point.
Source: DJ TechTools
The Anniversary Edition of ‘Never Felt So Fly’ is out now for general release. To mark 10 years since this first ever house music production for Rasmus, he’s joined by original vocalist Melo and percussionist Thomas Eby for a special, intimate live performance of ‘Never Felt So Fly’. Rasmus is offering a free download of this video as a thank you to all the fans that have supported him over the last decade.
Source: RasmusFaber.com
“Work” is the new single from The 2 Bears, taken from their album ‘Be Strong’, which is out on January 30th, 2012 on Southern Fried Records.
Okay, if one was better than the other, top flight mixers would only have one – right? Yet it tends to be the cream of the crop that feature both. Why is this, and when should you be using which?
Source: DJ TechTools
News Article: Filter VS EQ – Which, When, Why?
Radio story for NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ about the late Larry Levan, the producer and DJ whose residency at New York’s Paradise Garage between 1977 and 1987 remains the most storied in clubland.
Source: NPR
News Article: Remembering Larry Levan – ‘The Jimi Hendrix Of Dance Music’
Ableton Live is a remarkably powerful DJ tool, but people usually associate it with complicated layers of effects and loops. Those DJs that are more familiar (and possibly more comfortable) with a two decks and a mixer paradigm need not be afraid. Today’s article covers a very creative way to set up Ableton Live in a two deck fashion with two effects processors (in this case, Korg Kaoss pads) as your “decks” with a standard DJ mixer in between them.
Source: DJ TechTools
News Article: Ableton DJing – Battle Style Effects Processors
Douze is Arnault Douze Esteve, a young 24-year-old Frenchman. Although he lives in Chantilly (yes, there’s a place called Chantilly, which makes us want to visit, packing strawberries), it is Paris that has both inspired and given birth to his artistic persona.
First discovered by Kris Menace, Douze became the protégé of the German producer. Their collaboration led on to several tracks produced together on Kris’s “Idiosyncrasies” first album such as the 2009 techno anthem “Scaler”, “Sensuality”, “Borderline” and “Challenger”. One year later, the duo striked again to release “Lockhead”, which was picked up and re-edited by Steve Angello for his own Size imprint. Following this, Douze collaborated with another titan of the French house music scene, Alan Braxe, the results of which are still under lock and key in Braxe’s own production vault.
Stepping out on his own Douze released his debut solo EP, “Les Paradis Artificiels”, released on Discotexas during the summer of 2010, and closed the year on Work It Baby with his “Doxology” EP, showing off yet more aspects of his talent with the yearning synths of “We Got The Love” (featuring Lo Galbo), later picked on Hed Kandi.
2011 has been quite calm, but Douze hasn’t stopped working: half a dozen remixes are on their way, new collaborations with Kris Menace will be out before the end of the year, but first, his 2nd Discotexas EP, “Eternity’s Call Back” will be out on December 2nd, with some stunning remixes from UK genius’ Blende, French newcomer Rhayader and Publicist, the solo project of Sebastian Thomson, drummer of Trans Am.
Source: Discotexas SC
