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Last year, DJ Techtools made a trip out into the Nevada desert to the Further Future festival to interview artists who are innovating and breaking new ground. In this interview, producer and live performer Daedelus shares his insights into…

If you think watching electronic music live is boring, you've clearly never watched Daedelus go crazy with his Monome. Born Alfred Darlington, the Los Angeles-based producer is the Van Halen of the Monome controllerism scene. In today's…

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There are some products that just change everything. Digital DJing’s only just peeking out of its first decade, but its been a decade where technology has advanced at a rate that was inconceivable in the days where vinyl reigned supreme;…

In a world teeming with knobs, buttons and faders, the possibilities of customized musical interfaces seem endless. Many a feverish inventor has spent sleepless nights doodling, dreaming and drawing out their dream device. And yet at the…

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qkowz_OVz2s&hl=en_US&fs=1& In our quest to seek out new DJ territory of the inspirational variety, we came upon Edison, a producer/performer who plays live with Ableton Live and a custom Monome.…

by Markkus Rovito Today Novation announced a new Ableton Live controller called Launchpad, and DJ Tech Tools got  an advance look at one of the first units available. What one might consider a poor man's APC-40, the Launchpad ($199US)…