Back in 2005, Chris Cunningham played at the Electraglide Festival in Japan, showcasing his talents both as a DJ and a VJ. Cunningham often cites George Lucas's Star Wars as influential. "Star Wars is such a fucking fundamental influence in my work," he says in RES. "It's all white costumes against black walls - everything's very classy."
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Diddy got caught on camera phone buying some Ecstasy in Ibiza. Oh My!!!! 
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BT (Brian Transeau) recently had US$150,000 in gear stolen from his studio, including his primary show computer with the entire This Binary Universe show on it and rigs for two other live shows and recording. He doesn’t just want to get his stuff back, though: he also wants to help musicians protect themselves from a similar fate.
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Billed as ALIVE 2007, the tour will feature New York-based indie-electro-rock sensations The Rapture, who will play all but the Los Angeles date, and European underground house phenoms Sebastian and Kavinsky, who will appear at all dates.
ALIVE 2007 TOUR DATES
07.21 | Los Angeles, CA | L.A. Sports Arena
07.27 | Berkeley, CA | Greek Theater
07.29 | Seattle, WA | WaMu Center
07.31 | Denver, CO | Red Rocks
08.05 | Toronto, Canada | Arrow Hall
08.07 | Montreal, Canada | Bell Center Arena
08.09 | Coney Island, NY | Keyspan Park
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The Numark iDJ2 is the only iPod mixing console that provides full control of your music with real–time scratching (via two jog wheels), pitch control, seamless looping, and full cueing.
The iDJ2 features a fresh and innovative new iPod docking system that allows users to play two songs simultaneously from a single iPod without the need of a computer. Users can also hook up multiple mass storage devices including additional iPods, Memory Sticks, and external USB hard drives through rear panel USB ports.
In addition to USB connectivity,...
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Wayne Coyne stops the show for a moment to admire a baloon being lit by thousands of audience-guided laser pointers!!
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the Blip Festival is a four-day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit videogame consoles and home computers used as creative tools.
Familiar devices are pushed in new directions with startling results — Nintendo Entertainment Systems and Game Boys roaring with futuristic floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melody, art-damaged Sega hardware generating fluctuating and abstracted video patterns.
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The Torq MixLab ($99) works with Windows and Mac and gives you full control over mixing and mashing up your music. The Torq LE software will simultaneously import two songs and then the X-Session Pro USB hardware gives you hands-on independent control of speed and pitch and other song elements.
It’s designed to integrate with your iTunes Library, letting you search for the tracks you want without hunting down the individual files. The app supports standard MP3, AIFF, WAV, WMA, Apple Lossless and AAC files and records mixes directly to...
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The S-Man tours NA in November.
Now is your chance to catch Roger Sanchez during his November 2006 North American Tour. Mr. Sanchez is on tour promoting his latest artist album, "Come With Me" with thirteen scheduled appearances. Roger is a quintuple-threat making great strides as a Producer, DJ, fashion designer, film actor (or so I've been told), and radio show host.
Roger also has quite a solid radio show on KTU and Element Radio with "Release Yourself". Millions of listeners have tuned in thus far.
Tour Dates
11/2 Thursday -...
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