sample: Live At Dominoes Between Puff Daddy, Will Smith and Jive Bunny, anyone would think there was some sort of conspiracy going on to destroy the use of the sampler. After all, there was a time when it was supposed to be the answer to where music ...more
PopMatters
The Avalanches are, in a word, crazy. Especially when compared with the rest of their dance music brethren. A typical "DJ concert", so to speak, usually consists of a couple nerdy looking dudes hiding behind mounds of strange equipment, twiddling knobs, ...more
The Phantom Tollbooth
I'll be honest; I've been burned out on music lately. It's not that there aren't good records out there. It's just that the ones I'd been listening to lately weren't doing a whole lot for me. I'd expected great things and was left disappointed. In fact, ...more
The A.V. Club
Sample-driven music derives as much of its allure from the creative process, which allows artists to turn profits with subtext-drenched stories of... ...more
The Austin Chronicle
There are few things in the world as deeply satisfying as coming across a group or CD sight unsound and having your expectations -- or lack thereof -- shattered into a million shiny, perfect pieces. So it is with Australian DJ/artist collective the ...more
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