August 2010 — Page 5 of 11

NYC Hip-Hop’s Next Wave: Brooklyn’s DotDaGenius on Kid Cudi, HeadBanga Muzik, and Genre-Bending Production

August 19th, 2010 by Alex Edelstein

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: New York City hip-hop is no longer dominated by the mixtape artist / major label dichotomy. Flourishing in that space between the artist selling tapes out of his trunk and the international corporate superstar are rising multi-hyphenate artists like Brooklyn native DotDaGenius.

A classically trained pianist and Read more...

Fat Beats to Close NYC and LA Retail Stores

August 19th, 2010 by David Weiss

Brooklyn-based record label/retailer/distributor Fat Beats has announced that they will be closing their last two remaining retail locations in New York and Los Angeles.

Although the Manhattan location at 406 Avenue of the Americas will cease operations on September 4th, there will be a series of sales and tribute parties Read more...

Hip-Hop Hits Brewing Out In Williamsburg

August 18th, 2010 by Janice Brown

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: The Brewery is in a new class of NYC recording studios owned by young, ambitious engineer/producers who experienced the big commercial studio business as interns and assistants. And then they moved on…

A one-room facility with a log-cabin room-within-a-room design and enormous rooftop expanse off a sharp Read more...

SSL Adds Stereo EQ Module to XLogic X-Rack

August 18th, 2010 by David Weiss

SSL has expanded their XLogic X-Rack modular rack system with a new Stereo EQ Module.

The X-Rack Stereo EQ Module is a stereo version of SSL’s console Channel EQ. It features a classic SSL four-band parametric EQ for surgical problem-solving, smoother broader sound shaping, or more aggressive character.

The new Read more...

EastWest Releases Dave Fridmann-Co-Produced Virtual Instrument, The Dark Side

August 18th, 2010 by Janice Brown

EastWest has released “The Dark Side,” a 40 GB collection of virtual instruments — some dark and eerie, and many highly processed — mangled, distorted, or effected out of all recognition.

Created and produced by EastWest founder/producer Doug Rogers and Grammy-winning producer/engineer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Mogwai, Mercury Read more...

August 2010 archive

NYC Hip-Hop’s Next Wave: Brooklyn’s DotDaGenius on Kid Cudi, HeadBanga Muzik, and Genre-Bending Production

Fat Beats to Close NYC and LA Retail Stores

Hip-Hop Hits Brewing Out In Williamsburg

SSL Adds Stereo EQ Module to XLogic X-Rack

EastWest Releases Dave Fridmann-Co-Produced Virtual Instrument, The Dark Side