By Chris Mills | February 1, 2012 at 6:56 pm | No comments
This is an interview we did over the phone with Northern California-based dubstep producer and DJ, Matty G, last month. Be sure to check him out live at the Midland Theater in downtown KCMO with Caspa and more on Friday, February 3rd.
p.s. The first person who listens to this...
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By Chris Mills | January 20, 2012 at 3:02 pm | No comments
...Please slow your roll. As you already know, Philly-based DJ extraordinaire, Cosmo Baker will be landing in KC shortly for a gig at the Riot Room tonight alongside JT Quick and Brent Tactic. You need to be there. What you might not already know, in case you're...
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By Chris Mills | December 28, 2011 at 12:26 am | No comments
With more artists in KC doing experimental, beat music derivatives this year, I thought this separate chart would only be right. I don’t think I had near as many favorite local beats to refer to when the Demencha writers put together their 2010 music picks last year. But in...
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By Chris Mills | December 10, 2011 at 6:40 pm | No comments
Mark Jones' multimedia club spectacle including video, lighting and techno and house is something worth checking out tonight at Czar (15th & Grand in KCMO). Accompanying him are Jack & Jill (pictured above), two of KC's more experienced EDM DJs repping kansascitytechno.com...
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By Chris Mills | December 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm | No comments
BEAR CLUB x KJHK SADLY PRESENTS: BLASIAN FINALE: WE GONE, DUECES EDITION from Team Bearclub on Vimeo.
Morri$ and the Team Bear Club crew have been making a lot of noise out in Lawrence for a hot minute now. One of those noises manifested itself in the regular Blasian...
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By Chris Mills | December 5, 2011 at 5:21 pm | No comments
KC-based producer/turntablist, Z-Sonic, has a new mix out called "Worldwide Wax". Though we'd like to think of him as being adept at various forms of music performance, this mix is special because it was recorded with 100% vinyl. In a way, Z-Sonic is kind of a throwback...
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By Chris Mills | December 4, 2011 at 6:35 pm | One comment
(photo courtesy of Brooke Northern)
While the work week rears its ugly head once again tomorrow, there's always light at the end of the tunnel. The Union's 1 year anniversary party this Friday should serve as the shining event that you can look forward to, blinding you...
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By Chris Mills | December 1, 2011 at 2:46 pm | No comments
(pictured: Morri$)
Barcelona-based producer and remixer, Sinjin Hawke, has been getting a ton of spins out of my Boses (and through THIS MIX I just did recently) over the past couple of months accredited to his remixes of "I'm On One", 702, Tevin Campbell and The Dream among...
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By Chris Mills | October 17, 2011 at 2:55 pm | One comment
Will aka Daylight Robber (KC-Chicago transplant) recently shared a link on his soundcloud featuring a live mix that he and Spider Bigger did back in the summer of 2007 at their old dubstep weekly, Bassline Pressure, which went down on Wednesday nights at the old Jilly's on...
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By Chris Mills | October 12, 2011 at 6:07 pm | No comments
Making mash-ups is easy. Creating an entire mix out of mash-ups is not. Instrumental/acapella cut-and-pasters are ideally meant to dumb up P&L type crowds, but experienced hip hop listeners are usually allowed a scoff or seven (unless the Springfield-based, unsung mash-up...
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