Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
To shed some light on the artists you are going to read about, Instra:Mental, Boddika, Jon Convex, initially it will be helpful to point out that you´ll be reading about just two men working under three different alter egos, well, until now. Alex Green is one, Damon Kirkham the other half of the London based ...
I have played many DJ gigs over the years, and I noticed that I developed a couple of routines that make the evening as great as possible for me, the audience and the host. I would like to share my routines here, and I would love to have feedback on what you other DJs do. ...
A friend of mine recently complained to me that he felt “out of the loop regarding music”. Normal radio stations did not interest him, and he felt that the internet just gave him more of what he already knew. I think that this is indeed a dilemma: Most “normal” radio stations have to focus on ...
play.fm has announced new mobile apps for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone yesterday. That means you can now listen to Sweet Headache mixes on your mobile. Awesome! I only had the chance to try the iPhone app so far, but I assume that the other versions are pretty similar. The app itself is clean, fast ...
My motivation to occasionally contribute to this blog is easy to explain: I like things being done in a cool way as is demonstrated by Marvis and I can easily relate to his notion of “music nerdism.” Music has always been vital to me and I am particularly fond of electronic music in all its ...
