Bet you didn’t know Reggie Bush could DJ, or that DJ Spider could snowboard… Well, at least one of the previous statements is true. This past week, the Winter X Games Aspen brought together what some might consider opposites.
Check out what happens when DJ Spider trades snowboarding lessons with Louie Vito for scratch technique, and get a peek at Reggie Bush’s hidden penchant on the tables after the jump.
If you’ve been making the rounds through the New York City club scene—or regularly attend VIP velvet rope parties on either coast—you know who Jesse Marco is. The 22-year-old DJ has been hard at work in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new single, “Daddy Cool.”
Jesse Marco has got some new music for you to preview that we’re really excited about! Following up the success of his remixes for The Knocks and Kings of Leon, Jesse’s got 2 original tracks coming out in the New Year, as well as a bootleg for your listening pleasure. Look out for “Daddy Cool” on Big Beat/Atlantic Records in January and “Superstar” coming out in 2012. In the meanwhile, we’ve got a sneak peak at the tunes for you right here after the jump.
Ever wonder how the heck certain DJ’s make scratching records sound so good? Want to learn how to make that record talk? Well, DJ Tina T and DJ Spider have united forces to teach you just this.
In their recently released YouTube video, hosted by DJ Cheapshot, the two world class DJs take turns sharing their secrets, the tricks of the trade if you will, with you… for free. So, without further ado, here is the video (after the jump). Enjoy.
Red Bull MP Embassy is a unique event that will showcase live performances by renowned drum machine music producers Araabmuzik, Jeremy Ellis and Party Supplies. The event will visit Portland’s Bossanova Ballroom on November 16 and The Crocodile in Seattle on November 17, both shows will be hosted by Bukue One and will feature a closing set by dubstep’s favorite 12th Planet.
If dance music lovers had a zodiac calendar, 2011 would be the year of the Fatboy. At the end of 2008, Brighton-based DJ and producer, Norman Cook, decided that he was potentially going to discontinue performing under his pseudonym, Fatboy Slim. After partnering with ex-Talking Heads member, David Byrne, they set out to record and eventually release an album under the name, The Brighton Port Authority. Lucky for us and bad for the music industry, music downloads surged and it had become increasingly difficult to survive as a successful studio musician. (Not to mention it isn’t anywhere near as fun as playing live in front of 250,000 of your closest friends, like he did in 2002.)
After the release of the BPA’s album, I Think We’re Going To Need A Bigger Boat in 2009, the Fatboy Slim moniker was revived to a ready and willing Australia. Touring sporadically around the world through 2010, including a two year run at Glastonbury, Norman Cook began picking up speed as a force to (still) be reckoned with. With over 70 shows slated for 2011 alone, this year is the most demanding touring schedule he has ever seen.
After kicking his drinking habit over two years ago, Fatboy Slim appears to be having the most fun of his career. Although his productions have slowed, his headlining slots have not. After returning to the United States earlier this year for the first time since 2008, Fatboy Slim headlined the Detroit Electronic Music Festival and this past weekend’s HARD Haunted Mansion. With the end of the year nearing, Norman Cook has achieved what very few could do. He came, he conquered, and he reignited a sense of nostalgia in hundreds of thousands of his loyal fans. Fatboy Slim reminds me a simpler time in dance music, a time where you could watch a music video of Christopher Walken defying gravity and walking on walls, and not have to worry about the media asking you how much drugs you’d have to take to enjoy it.
I was able to speak with Norman before his headlining slot over the weekend at the Los Angeles based, HARD Haunted Mansion and quickly learned that although he might take a break every now and then to satisfy other musical urges, he will always have an insatiable thirst for being Fatboy Slim.
If you are considering throwing your boxers or bra on stage at the next Rapture concert, beware: Vito, Gabe, and Luke pay attention to exactly what lands up there. The New York City-based dance-punk band sat down with ChinaShop prior to their DJ set at the Filter Culture Collide Festival and gave us a rundown on the many undergarments that have graced their stage during the tour. We also discussed the band’s legit DJ skills and admiration for The Muppet Show’s “Animal.”
The line snaking outside the Cabana Club stretches nearly a full block from its starting point of a tatted Asian rocker chic with blue hair at the gate, down past a Harry Potter looking dude in jhorts, and finishes with what looks from here, a Pakistani Jesus complete with robe. This multi-cultural serpent has become a spectacle of its own in a town all too familiar with lines of lost souls outside a club, for this one is bathed in daylight on a Sunday afternoon! It even has a Twitter hashtag (#do-over-line). But don’t fret, for in exchange for your patience, your body will soon be baptized in the spirit-s: Sangria, Soul music, and most likely Somebody else. (RT @waldorules: @do_over EVEN THE SOCIALLY AWKWARD SOUND GUY IN STAR TREK T-SHIRT IS GETTING LAID AFTER THIS ONE!)
OK, imagine that you are between the ages of 13 and 17. Now, as you stroll into the beautiful Ojai grounds which include a skatepark, human foosball field, rock climbing wall, ping pong tables, and frisbee golf course, with unlimited supply of red bull you think “I’ve died and gone to heaven.” And those are just the peripherals. The reason you are there is to learn all there is to know about the dark art of DJ-ing.
The Electric Daisy Festival is quickly turning out to be the newest Coachella— a massive music extravaganza that has tapped the mainstream pulse of a nation’s youth, drawing in fans by more and more thousands each year.
But did you know it’s also likely to incite mass chaos and rioting in the streets – especially if those punk-ass raver kids ain’t happy?
