It all began in the early '80s, when Steinski, an incurable beat junkie, started schooling his friend Doug DeFranco in the joys of hip-hop. A short while later they entered a contest with...
Fellow innovator Steinski called this man “the closest thing hip-hop has to a genius.” By the age of ten, Prince Paul's pals were comparing him to Grandmaster Flash. He had to convince...
For this special session during the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy, Bugz In The Attic's Seiji and the one like Steinski team up for a little chatter about Pro Tools, Cubase, and equipment vs soul....
Tim Westwood is something of a British radio legend. As the voice of hip-hop on the BBC throughout the '90s and early '00s, Westwood became something like English Funkmaster Flex – ubiquitous...
Rick Essig, co-owner of the Master Cutting Room, has been one of New York's top mastering engineers for the past 20 years. As he told us at the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy, Rick virtually...
Seiji, known to his mother as Paul Dolby, is well-known for his contributions to West London's Bugz In The Attic posse. However, before broken beat or bruk appeared in the search engines...
As he tells us in this lecture from the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy, for Joseph “Amp” Fiddler it's been a lifelong journey of musical discoveries. After starting out in the group Enchantment,...
Michael Reinboth established Compost Records in 1993 after bumping into fellow music enthusiast Rainer Trüby at his club night Into Somethin' in Munich, Germany. What started off as a launch...
Alex Rosner began his love affair with sound in the golden age of hi-fi – and by the early '70s had pioneered the first stereo soundsystem in clubs. You're likely to hear his name mentioned...
Mira Calix grew up in the siege economy of apartheid-era South Africa. Scarce imports drove her to leave the country, seeking musical immediacy. Once in London, her love for bands like My Bloody...
Doubling as a New York restaurant manager, producer Clive Chin began his monumental label Impact! in the '70s – but this man, who recorded Augustus Pablo, Jackie Mittoo, Peter Tosh, Lee...
Before J Da Flex got his spot behind the decks, he was flexin' selector duties for a DJ mate in Huddersfield. As he tells us direct from the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy, it didn't take...
Patrice went to boarding school in South Germany. Come holiday time, he would hit the highway and drive to Hamburg, hooking up with heads there, and connecting with the city's nascent hip...
After visiting parties at The Loft in 1991, Cosmo invited David Mancuso to play on her NYU radio show. Next, as the legendary DJ became a friend and musical mentor to Cosmo, she began spinning...
Darshan Jesrani grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, population 43000. In this sleepy town, he started out breakdancing and (legend has it) hacking with an underground network of computer nerds....
Sebastian Niessen was the synthesizer engineer for Kraftwerk, playing an integral part in crafting the sounds that became an influence on the hip-hop and dance music you hear today. After Kraftwerk...
Rewind back to '60s London. Two respectable, hard-working Indian immigrants have given birth to a dimpled baby Ritu. As we find out during this lecture from the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy,...
Ready D was born in District Six, Cape Town. At the age of ten, during the height of the Apartheid Era, his family, together with thousands of other so-called “coloured” families, were...
Chris Palmer of Layered Studio in Johannesburg is often name-checked as the best mastering engineer for dance music in South Africa. He's also cut a bold swathe across hip hop and classical...
Back in the mid-80s, Ross Allen was properly schooled in music. Homework came down the airwaves – the funk, hip-hop and early electronic broadcasts of a local station in Kent, just south-east...
Ed Handley is one of those figures from the story of electronic music whose footsteps we hear on the decks. As we found out at the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy, he enriched the atmosphere of...
For Beni G it all began with acid house. Before the turntablist bug bit him bad, that is. Coming up, he kept his ears open to new music. And if there's one thing about London, it's that...
The year is 1979, and five young guys are jamming in a Hispanic neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. The vocalist of this group is Salvatore Principato. By day, he works in a toy store with...
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10 years ago I did an in-depth phone interview with Steve Stein aka STEINSKI of Double Dee & Steinski fame. We touched on MANY topics, such as the Tommy Boy "Play That Beat" mix, copyright...
Uwe Schmidt, aka Atom Heart, modern laptop legend and king of the pseudonym, has been lost in the Chilean wilderness for the last eight years, despite keeping up a busy release schedule on...
2008 swiss edition took place in a new location in zurich. "Der Klub" opened its doors before the official opening especially for us. More than 50 musicians, DJs and producers came to get informed...