A little unrelated to hip-hop, but this should be interesting to any vinyl junkies and dustmites out there. Chris Supranowitz from The Insitute of Optics at the University of Rochester has taken some pictures of vinyl record grooves under an electron microscope. If you ever wanted to get a better idea of how the grooves on a record work, check out his final project.
Found via SynthGear
Calling all up-and-coming producers: Twista and M.O.P. are looking for beats for their upcoming albums.
Carl Terrell Mitchell, better known by his stage name Twista (formally Tung Twista), is an American rapper who once held the title of fastest emcee in the world, according to the Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 11.2 syllables per second. His 2004 album Kamikaze went to number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart after the success of his number-one Billboard Hot 100 single “Slow Jamz.”
Send beats to Twista at: gmgentllc@gmail.com
Also, Billy Danz of M.O.P. posted a request for beats on his twitter feed.
Send beats to MOP at: beatsformop@gmail.com
Despite the ongoing arguments about whether vinyl is in or out, producers know the value of vinyl. It’s not just about the distinct sound, exclusivity, or the way a record feels and smells – this is a case where the total is greater than the sum of its parts. Vinyl represents the origin of many types of music and genres, unlike many other formats. It can even be used as an instrument itself.
Check out this short documentary from Nick Cavalier about Gotta Groove Records
found via Make Online
Yes, we’re still alive – and yes, there is plenty on the way. The next few posts will be reflecting on 2009, starting with a link from Hold The Throne.
Glad to see El Michels Affair, Radio, Kan Kick and even Sound Scientists mentioned! I’ll be checking out all of the names I wasn’t familiar with to start out the new year.
Before ProTools, MPCs and Sony Acid, the options for sampling and looping forced musicians to be a little more creative, not with just their music, but the process of recording as well. In this short excerpt from The Making of the Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd members discuss how the loop for “Money” was created. First, each sound was recorded directly to tape, then the tape was physically cut into 7 pieces of equal length, one for each sound effect. Those pieces of tape were spliced together, and the newly created roll of tape was fed into a Revox, and ran around a mic-stand.
and just for good measure, here is the original video of Pink Floyd -- Money
To follow-up the latest Sound Scientists release, we will be posting the rest of the albums in the catalog over the next few weeks. After getting a few requests for the first album, here is Raw Materials Volume 1, produced by Smoothbeats and Trioptic, and featuring Alter Ego (Niko & Nes) – now known as Damaged Goodz, True1, Porn Dogs, Stealth Entity, Naut (RIP), Question?, Vs-a-tyle and more. This originally came out in 2003, but had a very limited release. In fact, the file posted is not the retail copy of the album – it’s missing the intro, has an additional instrumental (“Art of Noise”), and the tracklist is a little out of order. Other than that, enjoy!
Download Links:
http://www.badongo.com/file/16052722
http://www.zshare.net/download/628099104b7875fd/
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LGN3GMXK
http://rapidshare.com/files/257024061/sound_scientists-raw_materials_vol1-2003.rar.html
HipHopProduction.com is happy to announce a long-overdue release from Sound Scientists, entitled “Instrumentally Sound.” This instrumental-only album was produced by Trioptic of the Sound Scientists, and features 20 beats created over the last 5 years. Links to free download posted below album art. Please enjoy this release, and feel free to share (please do!)
Instrumentally Sound is the first official solo release from Trioptic of Sound Scientists. The album includes a few beats previously featured on Adult Swim, along with instrumentals used by 12 O’Clock (Brooklyn Zu) and Chi-King. You can also check out the music video for Nocens Sonitus at the bottom of this post. For more information on Sound Scientists, you can check out a list of credentials here: http://hiphopproduction.com/soundscientists/
Mirrors (updated 01/25/2010)
depositfiles.com/files/jeo7kovug
zshare.net/download/626533451bb0d392/
Music Videos:
Nocens Sonitus:
Rich ‘n Stingy -- Live, performed by Chi-King and 12 O’Clock (Brooklyn Zu)
In case you don’t live in the San Francisco area, here is an update on the recently posted Death Proof Beat Battle won by pOETiq.
This is the footage from the Beats Rhymes and Life Deathproof Beat battle in which producers have to samples songs from the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s “Deathproof”/Grindhouse. The first two clips are mostly talking but it’s beats/music from there on out and we play the originals first so you can hear what folks are sampling.
Shout outs, introduction, explantion of the Deathproof beat battle and stand-up routine from FLO:
Check out the entire coverage here.
Want more? Here is the footage from the BeatFellas Battle.
Back in October of 2008, news started spreading about a DJ interface for video games. Actually, ever since learning about DJ Hero (a spinoff of the popular Guitar Hero) producers, beatmakers and DJs have been eagerly awaiting more details. Recently, Numark released a video preview of how their Scratch Deck will work:
One of the coolest features of this new device, is the inclusion of MPC-style pads to trigger drums! Looks like we’ve come a long way from Parappa the Rapper and Beatmania. Now let’s just wait for all the awesome downloadable content and scratch packs! We will be posting as much content on this as possible, so stay tuned!
Here’s the preview video for Scratch: The Ultimate DJ
found via NuMaga.com
Instead of Free Hugs this guy is giving away free beats for anyone that would like to perform something, with hilarious results.
