Yes that’s right kids, its time to get your party hats on again. Shambhala 2010 is right around the corner.  It happens every year Deep in the Kootenay Mountain range, at the Salmo River Ranch. A cattle ranch transforms into a city of 10,000 partiers, DJs, Musicians, and artists to become one of the craziest music festivals Ive ever seen. If you dont beleive me, Check out my photos from last year.

Last year was HUUUGE and this year is gonna be even BIGGER. The lineup is looking pretty solid and here is a sneak peak for those not already in the know.

Bassnectar

Beardyman

Q-bert

Sweatshop Union

A. Skillz

Czech

Datsik

Dieselboy

Elite Force

excision

NERO

Plump DJ’s

Adept
Adham Shaikh
Akhentek
An-ten-nae
Arlen and Robbie C.
Aspire
Audio Architect
Audit
Avrell Fox
b-RON
Basilisk [Ektoplazm/Drumlore]
Beats Antique
Big John Bates
Bitchin’ – Mama Miche & Kenzie Clarke
Blue Lunar Monkey
Bluntfaktory
Bounce Brigade
Brad & Dela Moontribe
Brad Moontribe
Break The Stereo ft. Dj Rhapsody
Breakfluid
britz bitz
Brother
Bryx
Cal Bass
Capn’ Fuzz & A-Jax
CHill
Cityreal
Craig Mullin
Cypha.Nex Players
D CUP
Dan Solo
Dancing Owl
De jah vu
Deeps
Dela Moontribe
Delhi 2 Dublin
Desert Dwellers
Digitalis
DisasterMan
Disco Dave
DJ All Good
DJ Dubconscious
DJ Garth
Dj Joel West
DJ Just-B
DJ K-Tel
DJ Lefy
DJ She
Don Hooleo
Dov
Egyptrixx Live PA
Ekoplex
El Papa Chango
Emotionz
Erica Dee
Fat Pat
Featurecast
Five Alarm Funk
FM attack
Foxy Moron
FractalFunk JAM
Freddy J
Gaudi
Gemma Luna Loopdrop
Ginger
Grand Analog
Grooved Whale
Hatiras
Hey Ocean
Holly Hoops
HOLY GHOST!
HOTTUB
Humans
Hush
Ill Gates aka The Phat Conductor
Ill-Esha
In Flagranti
Jay Micheal
Jenny Jen
Jess and Crabbe
Jessica TigerLily
Jitterbug
Joel Pelletier
Jon Delerious
Joshua James
Jpod the beat chef
Kashoo
KiT
Lazy Rich
Leif
Lion-S
Longwalkshortdock
Los Furios
Love and Electrik
luciterra
LYNX & Janover
MC Lozen
Michael Red
Mira
Morninglory
Mr. Rogers
Musk’oakA
Mygayhusband
Naasko
Nadastrom
Natural Alchemy
Neighbour
NightShades
Nils
Nixie
Noisia
Nom de Strip
Norris
OdSe
Okay City
OKa_Australia
Opiuo
Organic Mechanic
P.A. Suplex
Parker
Pauliewood
Pete Veres
Phat Diablo
Pigeon John
Primal Pulse
Psudaform
Puppet Master
pureblend
R I C C O & Vinnie The Squid
RA Focus
RaSta
Rich-e-Rich
Rico Tubbs
Rob Paine
ROBB G
Rus2fari
Sasquatch
Science of Defiance
Sean Lind
Seb Taylor ‘Kaya Project, Digitalis DJ set’s’
Sex With Strangers
Shamik
Shasta
Sijay
Smalltown DJ’s
Snailrider
Solitare
Soup
Spiral Architects
Steamboat Fattie
Stickybuds
Subvert
SWARM
Sweet Anomaly
Sweet Soul Burlesque
Tank Girl
Tarran the Tailor
Tha Funk Junkie
The Fresh Baked DJ’s
the Funginears
The Funk Hunters
The Mighty Panda Band
The Nextmen
The Ponderosas
The Pride
The Shottas
Think Tank
Timothy Wisdom
Tippy Agogo
Tittsworth
Tonye Aganaba
Treavor Galore
Treavor Moontribe (Iboga Records, Desert Dwellers)
Vadim
Vadim Kristopher
Vibesquad
Vinyl Ritchie feat. ACE & Technomorph
vitaminsforyou
Wakcutt
Wash & Chicco Aquino (Funk the System)
Wash (((FUNK THE SYSTEM)))
Wax Romeo
Wayne King
Woodhead
Woolfy
Zajko & Cubed

Skream featuring Benga performing at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Click for High Definition.

Official video for Rusko’s Woo Boost! Single plus remixes at itunes now – http://bit.ly/cR6J7H Look for Rusko’s debut album, O.M.G.! out on Mad Decent, May 2010.

video directed by Pomp & Clout.

The human bass tornado, and current reigning champ of the dubstep scene is Rusko, aka Christophert Mercer. Born in Leeds in 1985 to a musical family. From day dot Rusko was surrounded by music whether it be his families piano’s, guitars, banjo’s and saxophones…or in his later years the heavy reggae and dub sound systems of Leeds, music has always been an integral part of Rusko’s life.

After graduating from Leeds university with a degree in musical performance, Rusko discovered the world of dubstep through SUB DUB and a debut appearance from the “Digital Mystikz”, having spent the past 10 years making future dub alongside Leeds very own Iration Steppas, Rusko connected with the sound and moved down to London to further advance his musical opportunities.

Checkout the video and photos of RUSKO’s recent gig in Nelson BC where he drops some exclusive new DUBSTEP remixes like ‘Da Cali Anthem’ and a brand new M.I.A. tune..

Veering away from the dark, serious side of the sound Rusko bought a highly driven energy and fun approach to the dubstep massive, quickly coining his own take on the genre that infected . His sound appealed to many people outside of the dubstep world as his productions became more adventurous in formula, sound and energy. His huge hit “Cockney Thug” has been played by everyone from Pete Tong, Switch, Diplo and Santogold. And has been remixed by Buraka Som sistema, Diplo, Drop the Lime and the Scratch Perverts.

Now part of the Mad Decent Camp with collaborations on the horizon with the likes of Switch, Diplo , Santigold, Trouble Andrew, Hot Chip and more…the future sure is looking bright. Currently setting the radio airwaves alight with his own productions and remixes of artists such as The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, Little Boots and plenty more, Rusko is only going in one direction. Onwards, upwards and far beyond any other young producer could dream of.

I found this mix below on his Myspace page and I thought you guys would like it. Leave a comment if you want to see RUSKO @ Shambhala 2010, let’s make it happen!!

RUSKO-COCKNEY-KNEES-UP-MIX by djvibefm

checkout the official music video for the hit track David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi – Memories. If you look closely you’ll see that the film crew for the music video is actually naked women.. Guetta met Cudi while shooting the music video for the Black Eyed Peas music video and the next day this track was born..

blue and yellow from edison on Vimeo.

a musical short…. this is the roof of my house, and just what i always needed……..clones

all video shot, composited and edited by mike landry….
Shot with a canon HF10, edited in after effects, colored with Magic Bullet Looks
iheart2d.com

all music performed and written by edison…
myspace.com/bearless
free album here:
ivdt.net/ivdtmp3069.html

monome.org
sting!!!!

fiestavus.com/

edison

The Small Town DJs show was absolutely mental.. It was a sold out show.. but if you were lucky enough to get yourself a ticket, then you know they were dropping some heavy tunes and remixes all night. Plus MC Erica Dee rocked the mic, free-styling over some house beats, and it sounded really dope.. well enough talking just checkout the vid.

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/smalltowndjs
http://www.myspace.com/erica_dee

Crookers ft. Soulwax & Mixhell – We Love Animals
December give away track from Crookers forthcoming album “Tons of Friends”, out March 8th 2010

DOWNLOAD THIS TRACK FOR FREE.

We were blessed to have the opportunity to spend time with the one and only Roc Raida while he was still with us!. RIP Roc Raida.

Thanks to our friends at http://www.getgrounded.tv for this one.

DJViBE checked out Architect – the official Killa clothing store. Located in Gastown in Vancouver BC. Killa is a cutting-edge street wear brand with roots in Dance and Music. They make these crazy hoodies that control your ipod.. Also got to check out the NEW DIM MAK! sooo fresh!!

Checkout our video coverage on Youtube….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3HR8mKb-4M

Thx to out friends @ http://www.getgrounded.tv
http://twitter.com/architectkilla

The music video for Steve Aoki I’m In The House Feat. Zuper Blahq

Steve Aoki I'm In The House Feat. Zuper Blahq

Watch this Norwegian Kid Destroy the decks at the DMC Championships with this amazing Dubstep juggling routine.. Don’t sleep!

DJ Final

Music video for Jerk It by the electro-rap duo know as Thunderheist. Grand Jury Prize for Music Videos at SXSW Film Festival 2009.

jerk it

BOH! BOH! BOH!

WHAT UP!!!!

Kirby Here with the update.

So we have made a new friend and thanks to them we will be broadcasting a new show called GROUNDED TV. DJVIBE.COM + GETGROUNDED.TV are working together to distribute this freshness straight to ya face!!!. So check out these new vids and let us know what you think. The first in a long list of bombs to come is this exclusive Glitch Mob interview. Keep posted for the Z-TRIP/BASSNECTAR VID and the SEVE AOKI VID COMING NEXT WEEK. Booya Ka Sha!!!!

For more info on these cats check www.getgrounded.tv

The Official Video for latest version of Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff with vocally goodness from Rob Swire. I have been a fan of the Mau5 for a while.. representin’ Canada in fine style.. as for the video its OK, but some live footy of him rockin 50K peeps could have worked just as well.. im on the fence about the vocals too.. i think it was harder without the vox.. but regardless its more? chart friendly now.. props to the Mau5 + keep churning out those electro bangers..

deadmau5 ft Rob Swire - Ghosts 'n' Stuff

The Official video for “Bonkers”, the brand single from Dizzee Rascal’s forthcoming album “Tongue ‘n’ Cheek”.

dizzee in bonkers

Jason shows you the basics of the cool new Portable DJ device from Tonium. It’s called the Pacemaker and this thing is fun as hell to use. It basically gives you all the functionality of a 2 turntables and a mixer in a device the size of an iPod.

DUBSTEP MINI MIX – LIsten Here!!!
http://mix.pacemaker.net/djvibe/mixes…

GET PACEMAKER – Exclusive DJViBE Deal!!
http://www.pacemaker.net/djvibe

pacemaker demo video

sims 3 remix

Addictive TV, London based audiovisual artists and trail-blazers in the art of audio/video remixing, known for their alternative Hollywood movie trailers and blistering live shows, have created a remix trailer for the newly-released and critically-acclaimed The Sims 3 game from Electronic Arts.

The Sims 3 is the next generation of the global phenomenon and best-selling PC franchise of all time, The Sims, and is available Worldwide this week (for PC and Mac platforms and also iPhone and ipodtouch).  Addictive TV were given game assets and full creative freedom to make a unique short audiovisual track for the release.  The Sims 3 offers a whole world of creative possibilities and customization.  You can create unique Sims with personalities and control their lives.  Fulfill their life destiny, making their wishes come true… or not!

The Sims franchise has a rich history of artistic involvement with the game; artists from Katy Perry, Natasha Bedingfield, The Pussycat Dolls and Lily Allen to Depeche Mode, Junkie XL and Adam Freeland have all recorded versions of their tracks with lyrics in “Simlish”, the language of The Sims, but this is the first time a full audiovisual remix has been produced, creating music from the sounds in the game.

Addictive TV’s recent work includes creating alternative online trailers for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, Fast & Furious for Universal Pictures and the blockbuster movie version of Max Payne, the hugely successful computer game.

See Addictive TV’s remix of The Sims 3 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=asqS5wHxzvA

For gig dates and to see more remixes, please visit:  www.myspace.com/addictivetv

djvibe on TV

You can checkout DJViBE on your local TV network all over the US. We have been distributing our videos  through Tubemogul to a great service called i2TV. i2TV takes user submitted video and shows them on local TV stations in your area. Right now our videos are airing all over California and New York via their service. If you would like to check out DJViBE on your TV talk to your station about getting i2TV.

For more info you can check out their website.

The video is for ‘Lie to Ourselves’, the new single by Christopher Lawrence & Dave Aude featuring vocalist Jen Lasher.

Described as a “crossover” and “breakthrough” single, ‘Lie to Ourselves’ is already receiving support from Paul Oakenfold, Matt Darey, Agnelli & Nelson, Judge Jules, Thrillseekers, M.I.K.E, DJ Feel, Ronski Speed, Kuffdam, David & Carr to name a few.

Destined to explode across dance floors around the World, ‘Lie to Ourselves’ demonstrates why Christopher has continued to remain at the forefront of the global dance music scene. Famous for his underground sound, ‘America’s Top Trance DJ’ crosses over into the world of ethereal vocals and haunting melodies with this release.

The music video for ‘Lie to Ourselves’ is set against the backdrop of the city of Los Angeles, and includes footage from Jen Lasher’s live vocal performance during Christopher Lawrence’s set at this years famed Coachella Festival in Southern California.

Download Music Video:

‘Christopher Lawrence & Dave Aude feat Jen Lasher ‘Lie to Ourselves’ (Full Version)
‘Christopher Lawrence & Dave Aude feat Jen Lasher ‘Lie to Ourselves’ (Radio Edit)

Please let me know if you require the video in a different format.

Dave Aude is considered one of the US’s top remixers and producers. He has dominated the Billboard Dance Chart with 32 number 1 singles, having worked with everyone from U2, Sting, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Pussycat Dolls, Beyoncé, tATu and Nelly Furtado to Korn.

Vocalist Jen Lasher has been described as “D.C.’s Princess of Darkness” by Remix Magazine. She has recorded with US breaks stars DJ Icey, Baby Anne and as well as with industrial bands such as Shiny Toy Guns. ‘Lie to Ourselves’ features remixes from some of the US’s top talents.

‘Lie to Ourselves’ is a departure for Christopher Lawrence, who has not recorded a vocal track since ‘Freefall’, which was featured on his widely acclaimed artist album ‘All or Nothing’ in 2004.

Release date:
June 9th on Audacious Records (with an exclusive advance on May 26th on iTunes).

Christopher Lawrence

the dj hero controller

Activision is finally giving folks a look at the controller (or at least part of it) to be used to DJ Hero. No word on how the device functions, but we’re envisioning some sort or wobble the disc back and forth while pushing the buttons. Activision also announced that the music for DJ Hero will cover “”hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance,” and the allow players to create “original mixes” of songs. [Engadget]

I’m not sure how this would traslate to a game.. could be cool but could be really lame too.. have to wait and see.. check the site to see the details.

http://www.djhero.com/

Recently signed to Dim Mak, DJ Steve Aoki’s label, The Bloody Beetroots showcase their new direction via music video format alongside Steve Aoki himself. The video for “Warp” features top notch direction combined with the usual hard hitting techno tunes from the Italian duo. Check it out!

steve aoki and the bloody beetroots

Photo Credit: Ludovic @  http://www.flickr.com/photos/ludovicthysebaert/

Just when you thought rowdy jump-up D&B was getting stale and predictable, along come these dirty French bastards to fuck your shit up.

Dirtyphonics Live @ “Cabaret Sauvage” Paris France for “Jungle Juice” party 14/11/2008
Dirtyphonics : Pho (MPC), Capskod (MPC), Playte (Turntables), Pitch In (Turntables) and Mc Youthstar
Edited by Dirtyphonics

www.dirtyphonics.com

dirtyphonics

In the wake of Addictive TV’s remix of Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire, created at the request of director Danny Boyle and international distributors Pathé, it’s now the turn of Hollywood studio Universal to commission their first movie remix with the new Vin Diesel action movie Fast & Furious – the fourth instalment in the series of petrol-head action movies.

London based audiovisual artists and performers Addictive TV have made their name as trail-blazers in the art of audio/video remixing – especially when it comes to movies. Meticulously sampling everything from films to concert footage, music videos to sports events, their remixes have received praise from creative innovators like Jeff Mills, Goldie, Grandmaster Flash and the former Kraftwerk frontman Karl Bartos.  The duo have remixed a number of big-budget movies for the studios including Iron Man for Paramount, Max Payne for 20^th Century Fox and both Snakes on a Plane and Shoot ‘Em Up for New Line Cinema, so they are now in the unique position of having created remixes for nearly every major Hollywood studio.

In their distinctive and unique style, Addictive TV’s Fast & Furious remix was made by sampling the sounds and images from the film to create a high-energy and intense audiovisual ‘track’. The technique used is similar to audio sampling in the music world, but Addictive TV instead use linked pictures and sound samples to construct their dynamic mixes.

Slamming the pedal-to-the-metal, and this time fighting a shared enemy, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker re-team for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed. Heading back to LA where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to burn rubber, illegally race each other in exotic cars down through the mean streets of Los Angeles, and floor them across the Mexican desert in this new high-octane action-thriller.

You can see the Fast & Furious remix here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvcD1r4Ffw0&fmt=18

The film goes on general release April 3^rd in the US and then opens in the UK on April 10th. Co-incidently the same night Addictive TV headline London’s Cargo for Beadyman’s Battlejam night.

More Addictive TV videos and news here : www.myspace.com/addictivetv

fast and the furious

Born and raised in Cleveland, currently residing in BK, crazy melodic flow… ladies and gentlemen, meet Kid Cudi! It’s not a stretch to say that his debut single “Day ‘N’ Nite” (cop on vinyl or iTunes or Juno or anywhere else fine recorded media is sold) is one of the most hypnotic and original tracks to come out of our scene in some time. It’s also not a stretch to say that this remix of “Day ‘N’ Nite” by Italian deejay superstars Crookers is ABSOLUTELY UNFUCKWITHABLE.

Described so eloquently as ‘next level shit’ by Grandmaster Flash, when they supported the great man in San Francisco, Addictive TV are certainly that. Using DVD turntables and laptops, their live sets are a state of the art audiovisual phenomenon, driven by their fast paced audiovisual remixes and video mash-ups.

Trail-blazers in the art of audio/video remixing, Addictive TV meticulously sample everything from movies to concert footage, music videos to sports events, and their intensely detailed style has been praised by creative innovators like Jeff Mills, Goldie, Stereo MC’s and the former Kraftwerk frontman Karl Bartos.

The dynamic duo have blown away audiences in over 40 countries now – from China to Brazil, Japan to India, all across Europe and event Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Even Moby described them as ‘a tough act to follow’ when they supported him at the opening event of SXSW 2008 in Austin, Texas. Reviewing that show, US music magazine Paste said “Addictive TV completely blew my mind! …a compelling pop culture audio/visual avalanche!”

Crisscrossing the art and club worlds, the duo have performed at venues as varied as the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the London IMAX cinema and the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Arts, as well as headlining at some of the coolest clubs on the international circuit, including Womb in Tokyo, Rex Club in Paris, Paradiso in Amsterdam and Razzmatazz in Barcelona.

In 2006 they became the first artists to officially remix a Hollywood studio movie when they created the award-winning web viral for New Line Cinema’s “Take the Lead” starring Antonio Banderas. They’ve since remixed Iron Man for Paramount, Max Payne for 20th Century Fox and most recently the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire.

Addictive TV also created the ‘Sportive’ video installation for the Adidas ‘Gongzhen: Sport in Art’ exhibition which toured seven cities across China in the run-up to the Beijing Games. Business Week said of the piece said ‘It’s a really mesmerizing film and a wonderful use of digital technology to create something that’s beautiful and compelling on many levels.’ In 2008 they broke new ground remixing the Olympics live for television for a major EU funded and IOC sanctioned project looking at new forms of television.

How would you describe yourself – audiovisual artists or musicians? I mean, do you come from more of a film or a music background?

GRAHAM: Both really, which is probably why we do what we do.  Tolly is a trained pianist and worked as a composer before DJing and my background was in producing TV and working on films and adverts as an assistant director. I was also VJing back in the day, so brought a lot of what I knew into being a VJing in my spare time. So what we do now is a total fusion of our backgrounds, I mean we’re a music act but we work with film if that makes sense.

TOLLY: Some people call what we do DVJing because we use the Pioneer DVJ DVD turntables in our live shows to mix and scratch just as DJs do with vinyl or CDs, but we tend to prefer audiovisual or AV artists to describe ourselves. To us, music is absolutely as important as the pictures, they are totally one and the same thing.

And for readers who haven’t seen you guys perform yet, explain what you do…

GRAHAM: What we do is a fully audiovisual set of totally synced music and images; it’s a mixture of remixed films and music mash-ups, where everything you see, you also hear, and vice versa.  Our music is mostly kind of rock-influenced breakbeat, plus some drum ‘n’ bass, and we remix all manner of cult films and music icons; from the original Italian Job – where the music is actually made from the sounds of the car engines – to Eminem remixed with Edith Piaf.

TOLLY: Actually, a good example you recently posted on your site, is we’ve just created a new drum ‘n’ bass track by actually sampling a classical Orchestra. The idea came from the BBC series Maestro, that Goldie should have one! I mean the BBC took Goldie out of his comfort zone of drum ‘n’ bass, by making him conduct a classical music orchestra – so we thought we’d put him back in the world of drum n’ bass but with violins and cellos.  So we remixed the orchestra, sampling everything from violins to kettle drums, and created a mad drum ’n’ bass track made from those samples, with Goldie conducting.

GRAHAM: And unbelievably, we found a perfect drum ‘n’ bass drum loop played on a kettle drum from the 1812 Overture!  It’s amazing to see something like just fit, I mean finding a bit of drumming written a couple of centuries ago that works as a loop for drum ‘n’ bass kind of shows that music at it’s very roots always follows the same rules.

You guys are also known for Hollywood knocking on your door asking you to remix movies for the web, like you recently remixed Slumdog Millionaire – how did all this start?

Graham: Well after a very clever guy at New Line Cinema – the studio behind the Lord of the Rings – saw our remix of The Italian Job, he decided to approach us with the idea to create a web viral for their Antonio Banderas film Take the Lead.  That was the first time ever that a Hollywood studio had given over a whole movie to get the remix treatment, we in fact got all the film’s raw footage to play with. We remixed a number films for New Line including Samuel L Jackson’s Snakes on a Plane – that was brilliant.  Then other studios like 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures joined in with their films like Max Payne and Iron Man.  And more recently, as you say, we made a remix of Danny Boyle’s Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire – well obviously we remixed before it won it’s well deserved Oscars!

Tolly: Yeah – we’ve just been asked to remix the new Fast & Furious action movie with Vin Deisel, so start on that soon. But not all of them come off though sadly, we were asked to remix Gus Van Sant’s Milk starring Sean Penn, the film he won the Best Actor Oscar for, but sadly it didn’t work out.

…and did you like “Slumdog Millionaire”?

Graham: Absolutely.  I’ve liked the work of Danny Boyle ever since Shallow Grave and having got the gig to remix Slumdog Millionaire was a great way to start the year.  The producers had seen a big article about us in The Sunday Times and checked out our work, our work was also shown to Danny Boyle who liked the idea and they called us in and basically said ‘how about it?’  British films have a whole different vibe to Hollywood movies and Slumdog in particular is really fresh and brilliantly captures the vibrant humanity of India and the slums in particular.

Tolly: Yeah, but as a remix it wasn’t easy to do though, and it took several attempts and a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get something that really worked and now hopefully our remix is doing its bit in persuading people to go and see it too…

What about the music or the beats in your live-sets – you say produce them?
Tolly: Yes, all the music we play is our own, we don’t use other people’s tracks in that sense that a DJ does – when we remix films we entirely create all the beats and drum loops ourselves built around the samples from the film, it’s all our own music. And when we remix other music, say a well known rock track, again here we’ll end up adding our own beats to the mix written around the basic track structure.

Graham: Yeah, DJing with or taking existing tracks and simply laying film samples over the top of them has never really been what we’re about, we’re much more interested in creating new work.

Got to ask, whether music remixes like your Goldie Drum ‘n’ Bass Maestro, or films like Slumdog Millionaire, how you find the samples that you use? Could you describe how you work on a remix and how long it takes?

Tolly: It takes ages.  Could be anything from a week to three weeks to make a piece, from the start of sampling to audio mastering and grading the final video.  We start by sampling the material, finding things that both look good and sound good, where you see the action causing the sound, be it someone talking, or playing an instrument, or doing something percussive. Then we start to compose with those samples and gradually start building up a basic track which evolves just like any other kind of music producing. It’s not rocket science, but it’s taken a long time to work out the best way to do things.

Graham: It’s like most things that are eventually worthwhile, it’s painful and fun at the same time.  I think you’ve got to be a bit of a masochist to be an AV artist.

Checkout addictive.com for more info.

Another mad remix. Goldie, who was taken out of his comfort zone of drum ‘n’ bass to conduct a classical orchestra for TV, is here put back into his own world by TV and this time it’s the orchestra playing d ‘n’ b.

In part one of our Donk-umentary, VBS visits the Harmony youth project in Bolton. Harmony is a teen community center turned recording studio and is more or less the mecca of donk culture. Donk’s very own boy band Blackout Crew was born here and still uses it to craft their tunes. The center also plays host to semi-nightly rap battles between local teens that, as you’ll see toward the end of episode, get as crowded and hectic as anything going on in sub-suburban Detroit.

To learn more about our adventures in donkland, click here to read “Put A Donk On It” in the current issue of Vice.

MAINGEAR remix

MAINGEAR Extends Lineup of Award-Winning PCs to Creative Professionals

Remix Features NVIDIA Quadro CX, M-Audio Interface Cards, and Liquid Cooling from CoolIT Systems

Union, New Jersey – January 29th, 2009 – MAINGEAR Computers, award-winning builders of high performance custom computers for PC Enthusiasts, announced the availability of the next generation of workstations in the market. MAINGEAR will be arming enthusiasts in photoshop, graphic design, video production, pro audio and other creative professions with the new high performance Remix Workstation.

“With Remix, we’ve leveraged years of experience in high performance computing in the PC Gaming and Enthusiast market and are extending that same level of performance, value and service to creative professionals everywhere with a workstation PC capable of handling even the most rigorous computing tasks” said Wallace Santos, CEO and Founder of MAINGEAR.

Optimized for Photo/Graphics/Video Enthusiasts – By integrating NVIDIA® Quadro CX®, MAINGEAR is offering the fastest creative workstation designed and optimized for Adobe® Creative Suite® 4.  This will provide professionals with the tools, performance and reliability needed to maximize creativity. Harness the power of the Remix to encode H.264 video up to 4x faster with the NVIDIA CUDA^TM-enabled plug-in for Adobe® Premiere Pro CS4*. All this extra performance shaves hours off your encoding and rendering time, offering the power and flexibility needed to be creative during critical crunch times.  This powerful system with NVIDIA’s latest graphics technology maximizes a number of visually intensive functions, including:

• Bring unprecedented fluidity to image navigation. The Remix enables real-time image rotation, zooming, and panning, and makes changes to the view instantaneous and smooth. Also, on-screen compositing of both 2D and 3D content, ensuring smoothly anti-aliased results regardless of zoom level. Brush resizing and brushstroke preview, 3D movement, high-dynamic-range tone mapping, and color conversion are also accelerated.
• Accelerate a variety of creative effects, making it easier than ever to add graphics and visual effects to video, which allows the artist to quickly move from concept to final product and speeds up the workflow. Effects accelerated include depth of field, bilateral blur effects, turbulent noise such as flowing water or waving flags, and cartoon effects. The Remix with the Quadro CX takes advantages of these workflow enhancements.
• Accelerate high-quality video effects such as motion, opacity, color, and image distortion. The Remix also enables faster editing of multiple high-definition video streams and graphic overlays and provides a variety of video output choices for high-quality preview, including DisplayPort, component TV, or uncompressed 10-bit or 12-bit SDI.

“NVIDIA specifically designed and optimized the Quadro CX graphics card to significantly enhance the performance of Adobe CS4,” says Tyler Worden, Market Development Manager, Professional Solutions, NVIDIA. “By offering the Remix systems equipped with Quadro CX, MAINGEAR is offering its creative professional customers a complete solution that will have a transformative impact on the quality, image manipulation and processing speed of all Adobe CS4 applications.”

Enhanced for Audio Editing - MAINGEAR Remix’s advanced sound insulation makes it the perfect workstation choice for audio editing in the studio.  Remix offers an array of some of the best PCI Audio Interfaces in the industry from M-Audio that offer the fullest range of audio editing capabilities designed to handle the needs of the most demanding project and professional studios.

Reliable and Feature Rich - The MAINGEAR Remix is built to meet the most meticulous specifications and supported by the best team in the industry. The most cutting edge features enable the Remix to deliver performance when you need it.

• Studio quality sound insulation - Advanced insulation materials keeps the noise in and dense mesh air filters keep the dust out
• Powerful components – Latest technology from NVIDIA, Intel, M-Audio put Remix at the cusp of cutting-edge technology
• Skillfully hand-built in the USA - Backed by the best in-house support team in the country
• Advanced Liquid Cooling - MAINGEAR partnered with CoolIt Systems to equip the Remix with advanced Liquid Cooling for the quietest, most reliable work experience available to date in a workstation

“The computing demands for creative professionals rely heavily on their processor firing on all cylinders” said Geoff Lyon, CEO of CoolIT Systems.  “By incorporating Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling technology from CoolIT, the Remix ensures that Intel Core i7 runs cool and achieves optimal performance so that no task is ever too tall for today’s creative professional.”

For more info check out their website:

maingear.com/workstations/remix/

The Prodigy are back! Here is their first single “The Omen” to be taken from their forthcoming album Invaders Must Die. The actual video was originally recalled as the editing was so fast, coupled with the lights of the live shows that it failed the Photosensitivity test that establishes whether or not a video is safe for viewing by people susceptible to seizures caused by rapid flashing lights (only the Prodigy)!

However, the video was edited to combat this issue and now it can be viewed in all its glory. Not long now and the band will be hitting up the U.S. for the Winter Music Conference more dates TBA!

Invaders Must Die to be released in the US on March 3rd.

David Guetta & Chris Willis with Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso – Everytime We Touch From the album POP LIFE Music video directed by Denis Thybaud, new version edited by Christian Larson © GUM PROD 2008 www.davidguetta.com

mike relm mixing the peanuts

It was good to see Mike Relm again.. I see he’s added some new toys to his repertoire since the last time I saw him.. the new mixer from Serato seems to be the way to go for any VJ / DJ out there.. Kid Koala rocked the house but I was kinda disappointed how he stopped the music a few times throughout the set.. it really killed the vibe for me.. DJ Bryx the hometown hero really impressed me with his balance of mixing and scratching and still keeping it danceable.. a big 2 thumbs up.. nice one! Thanks to Exile Productions for a dope show!

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The Young Punx – “MASHitUP” – Mofo Hifi

The Young Punx make a welcome return with a fine slice of qualitybreakbeat driven electro pop featuring a killer punky vocal from ‘newgirl on the block’ Laura Kidd.

Dizzee Rascal

There couldn’t have been a more perfect beginning to mark the next phase of Dizzee Rascal’s already glittering career. The first official release from the 2008 Dirtee Stank camp, “Dance Wiv Me” featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome shot straight to number one in the UK charts obliterating everything in its path and heralding a new era for the hip hop impresario in spectacular style. Single of the week on Zane Lowe, Jo Whiley and Scott Mills’ BBC Radio 1 Shows, the track stormed national and regional radio A lists and as a hip hop/pop/dance hybrid, it sets the label’s agenda neatly for credible commercial music.

Thanks to Mippin we are able to take our DJViBE TV Youtube Channel Mobile so that users can video see and download a list of 3G compatible videos.They recently showcased our Mippin page on their blog here.I look forward to seeing them add more services to their already impressive list.

About Mippin

London-based Mippin is a free media service that uses Web 2.0 tools to make discovering, consuming and sharing web content on mobile phones painless. Quicker than going to traditional URLs and easier to use than mobile widgets, Mippin is laser-focused on delivering a compelling user experience on any mobile phone via the mobile browser, for free. Mippin also directly benefits bloggers and publishers by enabling them to effortlessly mobilise and distribute web content and benefits advertisers by enabling them to deliver targeted branding messages to mobile audiences. Mippin has is funded by leading Venture Capital firm Accel Partners. For more information visit www.mippin.com.

Lady Gaga’s first single “Just Dance” (featuring Colbis O’Donis and produced by RedOne) will be released Worldwide by Interscope Records in June 2008.

Download Video here

The world first music video shot entirely on a 360 degree panoramic view. A journey into the track My 1st Big Break by Cut Chemist.

After moving from eurohouse to electro, “Satisfaction” took Benassi’s success worldwide a year later with high-profile DJs like Carl Cox, Darren Emerson, and Roger Sanchez singing its praises. This reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart after the Ministry of Sound record company replaced the original video (an almost still picture of the band overlayed with graphics) with a video of models using power tools. Released in 2003, the campy and quirky Hypnotica was Benassi’s solo debut. At the end of 2004, he won the European Border Breakers Award for Hypnotica, which racked up the most sales for an Italian album outside of Italy. Benassi often works with vocalists Paul French and Violeta, who are collectively known as The Biz.

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