Controllerism battles! (music x nerd)^nth degree waaaat
Rock this during your cocktail hour!
Detroit music! One of the best
The Art of Loudness (in electronic dance music)
I don’t really follow Thomas Penton but he’s a successful DJ/Producer with many releases + a nice touring sched. I found this article an interesting read, because he generously opens up and reveals a lot of his production techniques. It made me think about how electronic music production’s evolving (for better or worse) to be all “in-the-box” and how the “loudness war” continues to get louder. His method of mastering as he composes, squashing the hell out of all of his elements, working entirely in headphones and using some clever layering/sequencing to maximize basslines would typically be frowned upon by old(er)-school producers. But its also a process that works well for him, and some techniques I’ve tried in the past. At the same time, I’m starting to see a movement of folks that are fighting this “digital racket” by consciously using outboard analog gear and making sure there’s more dynamic range in their tunes.
So after trying the slice at The Beat Kitchen, I needed another, and Santullos was near by. The spot was recommended by a wedding client a while back so it was good to finally try it. They give fairly large slices, but were stingy on the pepperoni for mine (it was a busy day for them…). I liked it a lot though - the sauce was flavorful and cheese was greased up. The crust was really thin and floppy which made it easy to fold which really brought the whole package together. Good NYC style pizza that I’ll keep it in mind next time I’m back in Wicker Park.
This past weekend at Wicker Park fest, Beat Kitchen had a booth selling pizzas. It looked promising and wasn’t bad, but all I remember after eating it was I wanted another slice from somewhere else.
Friendly reminder::Wanna watch planes from a boat? I’ll be playing party jams alongside DJs Skratchie Robinson, Scenery and 2Shea. Tickets almost sold out, click the photo to get ‘em before they’re gone!
Posted July 28, 2011 at 4:44pm in MyDrinkOn Yacht Party Ait & Water Show DJ Limbs Skratchie Robinson 2Shea Scenery
“But when I did it, it’s not like when you have your laptop with Ableton Live…It was like…headlamp strapped to your head with a f*ckin 12 channel mixer with like…four samplers and like…actually doin sh!t” <— I love Ableton but found that great…as well as the rest of the interview. And Green Velvet’s was classic too!
Menahan Street Band remix the Cults
Nice to see Menahan Street Band doing remixes for indie folks. Hopin for more!
