Blog Archive for Posts Tagged Breaks

Steinski

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2010

Steinski (Ableton Set)

How a nice Jewish boy from the suburbs became one of the most influential producers in hiphop, sampling, and cut & paste. Dropped out of 2 colleges (Temple U, Franconia College), never went back. Worked as an advertising copywriter for 6 years – Polaroid, Volkswagen, Atari, etc. Taught... [...]

Something

TUESDAY, MAY 19TH, 2009

Something like a phenomenon…

Produced in 1983 by Michael Sporn Animation Studios.This is the only commisioned video for this post punk bboy anthem, that was a dancefloor smash in NYC at the time of its release...Cavern by Liquid Liquid has been heavily sampled and reissued several... [...]

Gaslamp

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2009

Gaslamp Killer - I Spit On Your Grave

Beatheads, DJ’s, Mixtape Fans and people interested in the obscure please take note - regarded by many as the mixtape of the year, "I Spit On Your Grave" is Gaslamp at his best: Caustic cloud creeps up from the cracks. This darkness chops tree trunks to stumps and smothers soft... [...]

Marc

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10TH, 2009

Marc Hype - Funkvergnugen I

Top German turntablist DJ (MARC) HYPE & KATMANDU drop this mix filled with "amazing funkhitters, weird rockbreaks and rare jazzgrooves from Germany". This is definitly one for the beat diggers and record collectors. We've had Marc play here once or twice and he's a great DJ. If yu need... [...]

MindBender

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2008

MindBender

Steve Stein a.k.a Steinski is a hip-hop producer, advertising exec, copywriter and hiphop luminary who achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the Lessons. So influential were these records in the cut-and-paste approach to... [...]

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