| Antifmradio News : Armand Van Helden 'Doesn't Get' Lady Gaga, But He Tries |
Posted by: antifmradio Date:12-Sat-2009   |
 Few DJs have ridden the wild waves of club-land as long as Armand Van Helden has and still survived with their careers intact. The New York spinner’s anchor is soul, disco and hip-hop, and no matter how far dance music drifts from its roots, he’s in the mix, a buoyant reminder of where it all comes from and what it all comes down to.
These days you can spot Van Helden mugging for photos with indie spinners like Steve Aoki. (Van Helden will be at the one-year anniversary of Avalon’s neon-punk party Control on Friday to spin, too). He’s been embraced by many of the hipsters in candy colored Ray-Bans, even if he’s old enough to be their father. Van Helden has soaked in the New Wave flavors and non-sequitur, mix-and-match stylings of the cool kids (as heard on his 2007 track, “NYC Beat”). Even before many of today’s top indie DJs even got a clue about dance music, Van Helden was pointing the way on 2004’s New York: A Mix Odyssey, which features Blondie, Soft Cell and Yes in a seamless journey. |
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| Antifmradio News : Viva la vinyl. 10 yrs in the making. (How times have changed) |
| Posted by: antifmradio Date:12-Wed-2009 |
 Vinyl is gaining popularity as it grows in the shadow of the flighty MP3.
In Salem, the pickings are a bit slim compared to Portland; however, the longevity of Salem's main record shop, Ranch Records, speaks highly of the loyalty of local vinyl enthusiasts. Since the mantra of a vinyl collector is 'quality over quantity', Salem's lack of record shops does not reflect the people's passion for vinyl and what it represents.
The great shift from tangible music to digital music began a decade ago with Napster and it has turned the entire music business upside down. The Wal-Marts and the Geffens have been fighting against the caffeinated students in their dorm rooms for market share. In the spoils of this guerrilla battle, the vinyl record has emerged as a dark-horse medium that thrives because of the culture which surrounds it. By stocking more vinyl than CDs, Ranch Records is ahead of the curve in anticipating the shift toward tangible music purchases instead of intangible downloading.
This grassroots enthusiasm grows in Salem each Saturday at Venti's Cafe as DJ Timmy spins his records or across town at the Can-Can room where DJ Hit N Runn does the same. Their love for the turntable and the Do-It-Yourself mentality that vinyl represents pours into the crowd and spawns other artistic ventures. College students at Willamette use recycled vinyl for mixed-media collages and artists at the Saturday market use it for jewelry. |
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| Antifmradio News : Technics is dead |
| Posted by: DJNickDiablo Date:11-Mon-2009 |
 The DJing community and the greater dance music scene mourns the loss of a clubbing staple today. No, Steve Aoki hasn’t hung up his record bag, but rather news has emerged that iconic turntable manufacturers Technics will be stopping production on their universally loved Technics 1200s and Technics 1210s.
In a statement re-posted on dance board Global Hardstyle, the company behind the production of the Technics turntables Panasonic announced that they would cease the manufacture of Tehcnics turntables in February next year, citing an increasing decline in sales as the motivation behind the line’s demise. |
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| Antifmradio News : INSPIRATION STATION (Article from DJ Mag) |
| Posted by: DJNickDiablo Date:11-Sun-2009 |
While the Top 100 DJs Poll sees fresh young DJs enter the list every year, let's not forget those who've gone before and whose contributions to dance music have never been officially recognised. Here, we celebrate some of the scene's unsung heroes...
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| Antifmradio News : Steve Angello - The Year Book |
| Posted by: Budden Date:11-Thu-2009 |
"2009 one of the best years of my life". Steve Angello.
Steve Angello needs little introduction. Most people will be aware that he is 33.3% of the Swedish House Mafia - the in your face and in demand elite collective of Sweden's house music bad boys; Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso. Perhaps less well now is the fact that he is also the chief A&R and level headed label boss of his own record label SIZE, which has gained much Kudos recently.
He would be the first to agree that 2009 was his own self-proclaimed 'year for music'. From the start he wanted to concentrate his efforts on creating good clubs tracks, and from the results you can see he did exactly as he promised. Make no mistake; 2009 has been Steve Angello's year. |
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