The last time I wrote about making music, I mentioned how I started thanks to rap. I started making music on my mom’s Windows Pentium 4 computer in the early 2000s with a loop arranger called Hip-Hop EJay. I loved making beats. Sure all the loops were in the software and all I needed to […]
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Spinning Mixes #01
In my last post, I wrote about Tammy Lakkis’new release and explained how I first heard of her thanks to a mix she did with Shigeto. Since then I thought it would be nice to share some of my favourite mixes. Jeff Garlin’s Blue Note special mix for NTS Radio L.A This is an only […]
Noticing Tammy Lakkis
Tammy Lakkis is the daughter of Lebanese immigrants. She grew up in Windsor, Ontario and Dearborn Heights, Michigan and is now based in Hamtramck. She is a singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ. Lakkis is also known for her all-hardware sets and singing bilingually in both English and Arabic. I first heard of her last summer […]
On making music
Making music is reasonably one of the greatest things you can do. I don’t say that because making music is cool. It sure is, but that doesn’t really matter. Nor do I believe that we start making music for the sake of being famous or being signed on a record label. Of course, being signed […]
303 Day is Acid Day
Today is the 3rd of March – 3/03 – which is a special day for us techno lovers. It is special because it is the day that we celebrate one of the most popular synthesizers ever made, Roland’s TB-303. It was first released in 1982 and aimed towards guitar players to simulate bass guitars. However, […]
100 rap songs that I love
The last playlist I made was focused on French Rap. Sorry if you were expecting a more eclectic playlist this time around. I’ve made another rap playlist featuring my 100 favourite rap songs. If you don’t already know, I am a huge Hip-Hop head and have been since I was a kid. My first rap […]
My favourite releases from 2020
At the end of each year, I create a playlist with my favourite songs of the year and publish it Spotify. I also try to have a list of favourite releases. I am happy to announce that the list is finished. However, this year I tried something different. I decided not to write anything as […]
100 French Rap songs
I started this blog with the intension of sharing works that I love. I partly wanted to showcase my friends, colleagues, as well as my country. Vive La France – a series of playlists featuring French music by French artists – is how I will achieve that. For the first edition, I showcase 100 French […]
No Escape: an EP by Vex Ruffin
A few years back, while looking for some information about Vex Ruffin, I stumbled upon his free EP No Escape. It was released digitally through the Stones Throw website. Earlier this year, Vex Ruffin released a new EP entitled Emilio. It features some of my favourite songs of the year. Not to mention the overall […]
10 great Stones Throw releases
Stones Throw Records, Peanut Butter Wolf’s imprint, is one of the most influential record labels in Hip-Hop. Kind of like Rawkus was to New-York and Rhymesayers is to the Midwest and today I will be writing about 10 great Stones Throw releases. PB Wolf started Stones Throw in 1996 as a means to honour his […]