In August 1997, the infamous first-person shooter ‘GoldenEye 007’ hit the stores and fast became a defining classic in the era of cartridge gaming. Solidifying itself in pop culture history and changing the lives of video-gamers everywhere since, nearly 20 years later the game’s soundtrack...
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The mammoth social media channel will be hosting native music videos in users’ news feeds, with Facebook making haste in licensing deals with major record labels so the pilot can kick off as soon as possible. With its users watching 4 billion videos per day,...
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Sydney’s Studios 301 named one of 12 world-class studios to join forces with Converse Rubber Tracks
Having just opened registrations for 2015, Converse Rubber Tracks is a program designed to provide musicians with free access to some of the best studios in the world and assist cultural influencers on their paths to fame. Launching in 2010, Converse set up the original...
Read MoreComing across this new piece of tech was a pretty exciting moment: the notion of being able to mix/engineer your audio environment yields untold potential. Imagine being able to EQ your very own live concert experience, or precisely notch out the jarring sound of planes...
Read MoreHeavy-handed copyright infringement lawsuits from major music labels might spell the demise of community-based Soundcloud. The music discovery platform has long been favoured by independent musicians as an incubator for talent, but ponderous monetisation attempts have marred its loyal users’ affinity for the platform. As...
Read More‘Change The Ending’ from Gaslight Radio’s 2006 album ‘Good Heavens Mean Time’ was chosen for the Emporio Armani 2015 Fall/Winter campaign, proving once again that timeless music transcends boundaries both geographical and cultural. Serendipity meant the Melbourne band’s song was stumbled upon online by someone...
Read MoreThanks to developer Matt Daniels you can now play and recreate Hip Hop beats from J Dilla, Kanye West and 9th Wonder by chaining together original cuts from the songs they sampled. Whether you’re replicating or reinterpreting, Sample Stitch also allows a record function and...
Read MoreEver wondered which geographical location your favourite artist receives the most video views from? Monolithic video streaming business (and notorious hoarder of big data) YouTube has just unveiled Music Insights – a tool for tracking the digital footprint of artists’ fan bases across the globe....
Read MoreSprite’s long-time appropriation of Hip Hop culture (dating back to the mid-eighties with Kurtis Blow all the way through to their mid-90s ‘Obey Your Thirst’ campaign with underground luminaries Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth & Grand Puba) has just received a reinvigorating lease on life with...
Read MoreYours truly will be performing live from 255 Crown St, Darlinghurst this Saturday 1-3pm AEST for the The Record Store X AU Sound takeover banging out exclusives and unreleased dubplates spanning a healthy cross-section of bass-heavy genres. An opportunity to showcase all the amazing artists...
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