Subterfuge

Source Material: Better know a drum loop

Brian Auger and the Trinity - Listen Here

Four drummers and one cosmic space explorer produced this rhythm in 1970. Each drummer focused on a single element of the drum kit. Percussion heavy fusion, but a beloved sample resource for 4 on the floor lovers everywhere.
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Controlled External Sources

Things have begun to shift back to the middle
I’ve been having some serious trouble with my midi control surfaces in Traktor DJ Studio 3. For about a year now I’ve been packing up one little bag with my laptop, the m-audio Conectiv interface, an X-Session Pro DJ style control surface, a Mic, and a Boss [...]

Controlled Sources

I have solved the issue of brodcast, record, and performance using Traktor DJ studio 3 and Conectiv as my audio card.
The diagram above is a little too small to really make much use of, here’s a full size image you can use to better see the illustration.
Essentially the bad news about Traktor is that you [...]

Archetype for something new…

I’ve long awaited the next phase of our development as groovers and music heads. Hopefully looking into the corners and crates for signs of life from anyone who is forward thinking in a way that speaks to my soul. Without wasting time here in critique of what’s being done, I am going to outline what [...]

Manifesto for a positive gathering

Experience tells me a lot about what makes a movement, what makes an amazing night, and what induces the law of diminishing returns.
As someone who has decidedly side stepped his local community in favor of mental health and emotional ballance in recent years, I see and hear most everyone I have known and loved [...]

Let’s leave the quiet desperation to the capitalist dogs, shall we?

…If I can’t dance then I don’t want your revolution…

Emma Goldman is commonly misquoted as having said this wonderful line. According to the Anarchy Review she never said anything of the sort, but she did come close by expressing that ultimately preaching to the cause soon becomes a drag, and that a movement devoid of [...]