Beatport launches an app for Mac OS X. When Beatport so kindly informed us about their new app for OS X we of course downloaded it immediately. The Beatport Pro – as it is called – basically allows you to do the same things that you can do on their website – and then some! We’ve only played around with it for about half an hour or so, and it’s still in beta, but we love it!
The best feature we found so far are the “Hotkeys”. They allow you to browse through the latest tracks in the genre of your choise, but with a huge difference. You can actually assign whatever keys you see fit and change track, skip forward and add to cart while doing something completely different! This whole post was actually written while (mostly skipping) the latest 100 tracks or so in the deep house genre.
You know all of our Hauscasts are recorded with Native Instruments Traktor using time-coded vinyls? Boy, aren’t we cool?! Just kidding, we just like vinyl more than CDs or controllers. Anyway — yesterday when we recorded the latest Hauscast episode (which will be online shortly) we decided to go back to our roots and dropped some real wax aswell. Jesus, must have been at least 3 years ago since we did that last!
Unfortunately we started recording a bit late. Just as things were getting heated Jani’s lovely girl (Elodie) wanted to go to sleep. Good thing is that the Xone 42 mixer has two headphone jacks so we could continue. So there we were, dancing our asses off in a silent rave in the comfort of our home.
If you have spent some time out clubbing you most likely have encountered a sound system by Funktion-One. And you love it! Why? Some of you might have no idea. You just know it’s ‘good’. But why is it good? What’s different about Funktion-One? We’re going to tell you right now – it’s because it sounds good.
Many clubs (and DJs shockingly enough – who are supposed to be the ambassadeurs of good sounds) don’t care about the quality. Just turn the volume up! I WANT IT LOUDER! MORE BASS! They have no idea what they’re doing. They’re ruining the whole experience! If you’re like us then you’ve been to many clubs where the sound is shit and if you look at the mixer it’s because the fucking DJ turned the volume, gain and EQ all the way up so it’s constantly all in the reds. No fucking wonder it sounds like crap, you moron!
Anyway – enough ranting. We found this interview with Tony Andrews, lead visionary at Funktion-One, by FutureMusic. It’s very interesting if you’ve ever wondered why you love their sound systems.
Bar25 – Der film – now here’s a movie that we really want to see! After watching the teaser trailer (below) we can honestly say that it looks like the videographers have managed to capture at least some of the magic from the famous but now closed-down Berlin club. A bunch of wierdoes, a big doze of wierdness and lots of good music – what more do you need?
“Over those seven wondrous years, there was a group of videographers who realized that we were part of something unique, magical and, yes, ephemeral. We strove to capture it all — the strobes and the goosebumps, the manic beats and the lazy chillouts – every part of that crazy tapestry that made Bar25 a Berlin icon.”
For some reason almost all DJ mixers out there have an effect called ‘phaser‘. This effect always sounds horrible and never should be used by any DJ ever! In the video below Pioneer DJ USA shows you exactly how horrible the effect is and why you shouldn’t use it.
If you disagree then please prove us wrong by posting a video or mixtape where a DJ uses the phaser effect and it still sounds good!
One has to give a big up to Mathias Kaden for his astonishing energy. It’s like he’s on speed lots and lots of Red Bull or something! He’s always bouncing around to his beats harder than anyone in the audience. This is the proper way to energize your audience – watch and learn!
…or maybe not. But it’s probably amazing for recording horrible mixtapes or making your friends ears bleed (at least the ones who aren’t rythmically challenged). This iCarlCox software is out now for only $19.99! Never wanted an iPad as much as now. Really, seems great for drunken afterparties!
Tomorrow at 6pm GMT (that’s 8pm Stockholm/Berlin/Amsterdam/Barcelona time or 2pm EDT) we’ll be spinning a 2 hour set on www.radio4by4.com. Make sure you ain’t doin’ some less important stuff then! Below is our last set from the radio.
