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Editor's Note – Over the years, we've seen a wide array of attempts to create DJ hardware intended to be the next "big thing". There was, undoubtedly, much trial-and-error; many companies went for it, with a good idea in mind…

stpVestax teased their Phoenix mixer in 2016. This past weekend at the BPM DJ show in the United Kingdom, the mixer reappeared - and it’s now called Hou-ou - Japanese for “phoenix”.

With modern digital DJ technology, a hybrid controllerism / turntablism setup is very possible. Producer/DJ John Type describes his technique as MidiTablism (formerly controltablism). Using the new Ableton Link technology and Serato DJ, he…

We've waited patiently for more information about the STP Vestax Phoenix mixer to be revealed after the first rough details that came out in mid-January. Now the first full images of the STP Vestax Phoenix has been revealed - keep reading…

We've finally gotten a real confirmation that the STP/Vestax website, product, and company is real - in a post from the original Vextax founder Hidesato Shiino. The post appeared yesterday on the blog of his own guitar repair shop,…

DJs have been wondering what happened to Vestax after their unfortunate bankruptcy in 2014 - and now we've seen the first signs of life from the company in the form of a new website, STPVestax.com. First shared by turntablist Shortkut on…

We wrote earlier this week about the official declaration of bankruptcy that Vestax is going through in Japan, but now there's reason to believe that the brand won't fizzle out or even get sold. The US distributor for Vestax, Mixware, sent…

We read the signs of a dying Vestax Corporation a few months ago in an article - and now it has been officially confirmed in Japanese media. The Tokyo-based hardware manufacturer of DJ gear has declared bankruptcy.