PP&F- M.O.R.P.H. into Machinery and ...

“It is always like this- that the dance magazines leave the trance and proggy stuff left outside little bit and attention focuses mainly on the house, electro, techno, even D&B gets more attention in them, but the fact is, the music which fills the stadiums is only the Armin van Buuren and Tiesto concerts, which is mostly trance and proggy, but anyways, it really shows that press keeps that kind of music mostly down.” – Alex M.O.R.P.H. As we continue to cross and destroy boundaries in our exclusive Past, Present & Future feature, we come across a...

Music Biz Already Onto The “Farmbe...

While logging into my Yahoo! email account, a quick detour was made to their main news stories conveniently located on their homepage. Yahoo! Finance spydered one of their features from Forbes Magazine onto the main homepage and it was about utilizing and tapping into various niches to combine their focus on a greater product- RFD-TV. Patrick Gottsch has been dubbed the “Ted Turner of Rural TV” and he has lassoed four program genres that wouldn’t have made it on their own otherwise, but together they suit an increasingly insatiable demand. Agriculture,...

PP&F- Italy vs. Juilliard to Billboa...

A quick look at this week’s Billboard charts reveals a new #1 track. Although seemingly inevitable with last week’s positioning at #2 and a steady climb during the last 13 weeks, the #1 position is usually reserved for the official remixes of Billboard Hot 100 tunes or tracks with questionable cross-over capabilities, but not this week. During the week of January 23rd, Billboard gives us a Juilliard vocalist who’s certainly no stranger to pop culture and two Italian producers from Florence who have yet to reach any pop success. All three of these song...

DJ Shadow’s Rant on Free Music �...

DJ Shadow has just posted a message (rant) on the OkayPlayer boards regarding his stance on modern artists offering music for free & the commercial aspects of being an artist. A Snippet from the rant: Specifically, when it comes to the wallet, everyone’s suffering…of that there can be no doubt. And what of the financial prospects for musicians and recording artists in the years to come? Shaky, at best. Unless you’re one of the grotesque ‘Idol’-type pop disasters in the top 5, you’re looking at getting a day job or finding other sources of income....

Past, Present & Future- An “Al...

Past, Present & Future (PP&F) will serve as an “algorhythm” in which music selection will adhere to- taste making in not just music, but in other emerging trends as well. This new way of thinking will help the community connect the dots in which I will attempt to to drag and utilize other niches, communities and scenes into ours. Fads and trends, although superficial and usually short lasting, are what industries and business models are based on. Trends and fads are flimsy at best when observed at face value, but one must discover their perpetual nature and...

Dubai NYE : Blake Jarrell playing Eric P...

Here’s a video clip of Chicago’s Blake Jarrell rocking thousands of Dubai clubbers for New Years Eve with an absolute bomb of a track : Eric Prydz & Steve Angello – Woz Not Woz (Arno Cost & Norman Doray Remix) Blake Jarrell – Dubai NYE And here’s the full track played by Pete Tong on his BBC Show Eric Prydz & Steve Angello – Woz Not Woz (Arno Cost & Norman Doray...

Guilt & Resolution Always Leads To A...

Guilt implies that one experiences, realizes and believes – accurately or not- that they have violated a moral standard and that they are actually responsible for that violation. This cognitive and/or emotional experience one goes through can be fabricated, sub-conscious or based in reality. In other words, guilt can be blatantly self-inflicted and used to rationalize a completely different emotion or action. So- what the hell is a “guilty pleasure?!” Remorse, resentment and guilt are tags associated with morality and ethics-not music, right? A “guilty...

Sample Origins: Joris Voorn – Chas...

Everything in music comes from something else, so we’ll be pointing out from where some modern tunes draw their inspiration with our “Sample Origins” series. This one’s an easy one: The bassline in the breakdown in Joris Voorn’s tune sounds very similar to Giorgio Moroder’s “Chase”, the theme song he created for the 1978 movie Midnight Express. Both are great tunes, check them out below. Joris Voorn – Chase the Mouse You’ll hear the famous italo disco bassline at around 3:30 in Joris’ rendition And the...

Nic Fanciulli – Feed The Freezer &...

Nic Fanciulli – Feed The Freezer Nic Fanciulli’s recent release on Rejected is bringing back that classic feel-good filter house sound, with updated production equating to a bigger, thicker, and cleaner sound. Other recent releases from the Rejected label are moving in this direction, with Joris Voorn’s recent EP & another new release: Pitto – Feelin (Joris Voorn Cant Cick This Feelin When It Hits...

Erick Morillo Closing Spybar Chicago: U2...

Erick Morillo drops U2 as the crowd goes nuts at the intimate SpyBar in Chicago Get this Remix...