How is your music shaped by Technology?

Look at how music technology shapes your sound and how to make most of your kit

Laptop vs CD DJing: Is beat-matching important?

I thought I’d do a follow up post to Mr Robot’s great review of the Traktor S4 DJ gear. I was having a debate last week that I’ve had many times before – is laptop DJing really DJing? There is a lot of animosity towards laptop DJs here in the US (the medium is gradually [...]

The modern DJ setup

I recently saw two great DJs, Dubfire and Funkagenda, neither of which had a single vinyl or even CD.  Have you noticed that most of the headline DJs bring their own setup to the club nowadays?  I remember being in Mission (Leeds) a few years back and Adam Sheridan pulled out a laptop.  The guys next [...]

Kickstart the weekend with House music DJ mixes from Dancetripping TV

Dark Room Robot featured mix on the excellent Dancetripping TV

Dark Room Robot – Electronic Stimulation mix

Alright peps, heres a little mix from the robot cave, of loops tracks, efx and samples… mangled through the magic of Ableton Live I’ve got delivery of my launchpad now! watch this space!

Novation Launchpad and Ableton live

wow … this gets the geek in me excited! Novation Launchpad Got one on pre-order for the end of the month from Leeds excellent music shop – Production Rooms Looking forward to taking my DJ sets to the next level of trigger madness mmm Mr Robot