Gear Roundup: Our Top Picks of 2020
There's no doubt that 2020 was been one hell of a year. With a pandemic completely shutting down nightlife and wrecking the music industry as we know it, 2020 took quite an unexpected turn that left many DJs, producers, and music lovers…
MASCHINE+ Review: Finally, a standalone Maschine, albeit with a $1,400 pricetag
Native Instruments' Maschine range is a series of "beatmakers" – production hubs designed for sketching and fleshing out tracks in a simplified workflow. Until now, all Maschine units required a laptop to function, serving as highly…
How I Play: Enamour
As 2020 comes to an end, we've got a new more How I Play with an awesome artist for you. This time around, we heard from Washington D.C.-based DJ and producer Enamour. With releases on Desert Hearts Black, Lane 8's This Never Happened…
How the pandemic has pushed producers’ (Scuba, Josh Butler, Avision, Robert Babicz, and Fabio…
Every year has a couple of defining moments, but nobody could have ever predicted the magnitude of surprises that 2020 had in store. This year has produced countless paradigm-shifting developments, and the past nine months has brought the…
DJ Streaming Tips with DJ Kue
Streaming DJ sets has become one of the most reliable ways to play "out" regularly as a DJ these days. But for many DJs, it can be hard to see how exactly to get started streaming, or what a really nice professional setup might consist of.…
djay added Gesture Control – use your hands to control the mix!
Algoriddim's djay Pro AI for iPad has released a new update with quite the twist: the ability to control the app with – you guessed it – hand gestures. Gesture Control, also referred to as "Air DJing", is the first AI-powered…
Serato DJ Pro update adds Scratch Bank for Rane battle mixers
The newest update of Serato DJ Pro features a big win for those of you with a newer Rane battle mixer. If you've got a Rane Seventy, Seventy-Two, or Seventy-Two MKII, you'll now be able to access Serato's Scratch Bank feature (as first…
Simina Grigoriu shares DJ insights: “Experimentation is key. Try EVERYTHING.”
Born in Romania, raised in Canada, now living in Berlin, Simina Grigoriu describes herself as a “DJ and producer, a mom and a wife, a two-time immigrant and a citizen of the world.” She's gradually perfected her sound over the course of…