Happy Record Store Day! PS It Really Doesn’t Matter What You DJ With…

Vinyl versus CDs. CDs versus DJ controllers. Laptop versus laptop-free. Champions on all sides of the digital versus analogue and controller versus media player debates increasingly bleating to each ther in echo chambers, because we’re more than ever firmly in the realm of “post-format” DJing in 2018. Think about it: you’ve now got turntables without…

HY-Plugins Releases HY-SEQ16x3v2 Analog-Style Sequencer

HY-Plugins has released HY-SEQ16x3v2, an analog-style step sequencer in VST and AU plugin formats for PC and Mac. The plugin is offered in free ($0) and paid ($40) editions. HY-SEQ16x3v2 is an updated iteration of the HY-SEQ16x3 plugin which was our #1 pick in the “Best Free Utility VST Plugin” category last year. The new version comes…

DJ Skill Sessions #6: Huge BPM/Genre Change From House To Reggae

In today’s DJ Skill Session, a truly simple but devastatingly effective transition from way back in our archives… here I take Groove Armada’s big room dub-influenced house smash Superstylin’, and drop into Alice Russell’s reggae cover version of White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army. Watch on YouTube There’s a ridiculous BPM change of 30 or so…

Friday Five: Where Have All The Mashups Gone?

In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a piece from AV Club that traces the history and whereabouts of an entire dance genre that defined the noughties: Mashups. We’ve also got pieces from Billboard, Mixmag, DJ Worx and The Economist. Have a fantastic weekend ahead! What Ever Happened To The Mashup Artist? – The…