As I’m sure a lot of you already know the Redbull Music Academy is in London this year and runs for 5 weeks between 7th Feb – 12th March. For those of you in the dark The Redbull Music Academy has been going since 1998 and is hosted by a new city each year.

Every year there is an intake of the most promising up and coming producers from around the world and an all star cast of electronic music greats giving lectures on production techniques and tips and tricks that have got them where they are today. Not only is it an opportunity for pupils to work one on one and collaborate with their hereos it also breathes life into the city that hosts it. Over the next few weeks London will be showcasing some amazing gigs and workshops that run in line with Red bull music academy.
…continue reading Horns and Hithats

A mate of mine sent me this link of some wikid experimental live beat making. Apparently it took 2 weeks of practice and 7 hours of recording to get a good take.

You can buy a mastered copy of the track here if your interested and
you can also check out more of Julian Smith’s videos here.

This style of beat making isn’t particularly new but its always interesting to see someone else’s take on percussion and sampling. Here’s a couple of other videos that sprung to mind when I saw “Techno Jeep”.
…continue reading It’s bangin son

I Hope everyone had an awesome holiday period, radsauce has been on a bit of a holiday break over christmas and new years so I’ll make up for it with a few posts this week, got lots to share! But just a brief one for the moment though….

Everyone knows January is the deadest of the dead months for parties in London, everyone is recovering financially and mentally from the craziness that ensued in December. So I’m sure your as surprised as me to see what could be the biggest start to 2010 possible at Fabric this week. …continue reading Can you get down?

As much as I love a good angry wobble trasher, I and I’m sure a lot of other people are growing a bit weary of LFO induced wobble bass bangers that have little variation and seems to all sound the same. Lately my ears tend to be perking up to the sounds of a deeper “Future Garage” sound, usually more sampled based and incorporating elements of techno, garage, classic break beat rave, dub and reggae.

With deep house and techno elements making a bit of a come back in all styles of electronic music in the last few years it only makes sense that these strains of dubstep, 2 step, and new school garage are combining to make a new exciting hybrid for a new decade. As science tell us with every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, much like in music (and social tastes) there is opposites and reactions of backlashes and revivals (whether it be from grungy to poppy or dirty to deep). Now having not lived in the UK during the high points in 2 step, garage and even some of the early dub influenced dubstep from the early naughties, I felt as though I might have missed out on some of the best years for UK electronic music. However as I discover more and more interesting new music taking influence from the past, I feel quite fortunate to have lived through the naughties, despite what other people might say about the state of music these days.
…continue reading 2010: It’s almost the future, where’s my flying car dammit!?