Akai Pro MPC had originally released iMPC for the iPad and now all of the core capabilities are available on the iPhone. Apart from the hundreds of internal samples, the iMPC app contains a ton of features including sampling from the iPhone mic or internal iTunes library and even a Read more...
Dreams really do come true.
Just ask Nick Hook, proprietor of thespacepit in the green pastures of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. A buzzing home base, it’s become the perfect place for this artist/DJ/producer/mixer/engineer/maniac to create in the way he’s always envisioned.
But besides being ideal for his own grand sonic plans, thespacepit Read more...
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN: If there’s one thing New York City needs more of, it’s gardens.
Just the word itself has a therapeutic effect, invoking a harmonious convergence of beauty and order. So it’s no wonder that stepping into the Clinton Hill studio that calls itself The Garden evokes a similar Read more...
What’s your concept-to-completion workflow?
For the emerging pop synth duo Stereo Telescope, song creation comes via a complete 360 – part rehearsal space, part personal studio, part commercial facility. The single, “Fires”, from the Boston-based band’s new album On and Running is a perfect example of how everything comes together, Read more...
BROOKLYN: You know it as soon as you hear it: A Vince Clarke creation has a way of bouncing right through you. Even at his darkest, there are vibrant energetic impulses emanating from the “King of the Synth”.
These days, this music-making royalty resides in Brooklyn. In the sub-basement of Read more...
