Understanding human hearing, J Dilla instruments to be displayed, Martyn’s 5 influential Ninja Tune releases and Pete Tong does an AMA.
J Dilla instruments to be displayed. Pioneering hip-hop producer J Dilla‘s MPC and Moog synth are to be displayed in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC ahead of their forthcoming Museum of African American History and Culture. The touching announcement from Dilla’s mother above.
Record Store Week: Hard Wax. XLR8R, as a part of their Record Store Week series, take a close look at one of the world’s favourite record stores and electronic music institutions, Berlin’s Hard Wax. From its history to business practices and staff culture here.
Understanding Human Hearing. Alchemea delve into the functioning and specific technicalities of human hearing: loudness, frequency and 3D perception are explained and made extremely easy to understand. Check it out here.
Akai’s new Rhythm Wolf in action. Footage of Akai‘s exciting new analogue module in action. The Rhythm Wolf, which takes inspiration from the Roland TR-808 and CR-78, features both traditional step sequencing and velocity sensitive pads for its five drum parts and selectable saw/square waves for the baseline section. Watch above.
Martyn’s five influential Ninja Tune releases. In honor of the release of his latest LP The Air Between Words on Ninja Tune, Martyn guides us through five of the celebrated independent UK label’s important early releases. Give it a read here.
Really guys! Drum&Bass? dBridge confronts DnB’s doubters in a long-form blog post, stating that “this continued belief that DnB has been on some kind of hiatus, that it’s been in a state of hibernation” confounds him. Read in full here.
Pete Tong does AMA. BBC Radio One DJ Pete Tong answers the public’s questions on the r/electronicmusic subreddit, announcing “I’m occasionally known to spot the odd tune… Following more than 20 years of DJing, Broadcasting and Producing”. Find it here.
Free Launchpad app for iPhone and iPad. Make and remix electronic music on the go using your iPad or iPhone, then record and share your performances online. Novation introduces the new Launchpad app for iPhone and iPad to the general public to see how they enjoyed it. Nothing was explained, they just started filming and left people to it. Watch above.