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Toro Y Moi Pro/File: Easy Does It  

Feb 19, 2010,

By Kristi Kates

"I’ll admit I taught myself everything,” says indie lo-fi artist Chaz Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi. “The way I figure out how to get a certain sound is to try things until I get what I want. I tried to make my early recordings sound like they weren’t from a home studio, but I look back now and it’s one thing I kind of regret...

RJD2 Pro/File: Giant Steps 

Feb 1, 2010,

By Bill Murphy

Among underground hip-hop cognoscenti, RJD2 (n Ramble John Krohn) has been a known entity ever since he signed to New York's Definitive Jux label in 2002...

Lymbyc Systym Pro/File: Brothers in Audio 

Feb 1, 2010,

By John Brandon

If you saw Mike and Jared Bell at a party, you could easily tell them apart. Mike has shaggy hair and is the techno whiz. He's an Ableton master, raised...

Junk Culture Pro/File: Sound Scavenger 

Jan 1, 2010,

By Bill Murphy

Home base: Portland, Ore., and Oxford, Miss. Primary software: Ableton Live 8 and Digidesign Pro Tools LE Field recorder: Zoom H2 Website: nojunkculture.blogspot.com...

Bobby Birdman Pro/File: Winging It 

Jan 1, 2010,

By John Brandon

Home base: Los Angeles Sequencer of choice: Ableton Live 6 Outboard effects processor: Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Website: bobbybirdman.com Bobby Birdman's...

Owl City Pro/File: Going Underground 

Dec 1, 2009,

By Kristi Kates

With an amiable innocence and self-taught studio skills, Owl City aka Adam Young crafted his first major-label release (Ocean Eyes, Universal Republic,...

Our Lady Peace Pro/File: OLP Goes on Their Own 

Nov 1, 2009,

By Kristi Kates

Our Lady Peace's previous album took more than 1,000 days to record. For the band's frontman, Raine Maida, that was 1,000 days too many. Departing Columbia...

General Elektriks Pro/File: One-Man Garage Band 

Oct 1, 2009,

By Bill Murphy

Herv Salters (aka General Elektriks) knows his vintage keyboards. As a session player in his native Paris, with the likes of Femi Kuti and DJ Mehdi and...

Brian Tarquin Pro/File: Tunes From the Jungle Room 

Sep 1, 2009,

By Emile Menasche

Home Base: New York Primary multitrack: Ampex MM1200 2-inch 24-track; Digidesign Pro Tools Favored guitars: Gibson Les Pauls Website: www.bohemianproductions.net...

Great Lake Swimmers Pro/File: Sweet Reflections 

Aug 1, 2009,

By Kristi Kates

Electronic Musician looks a the production of Great Lake Swimmers's CD, Lost Channels...

Obi Best Pro/File: Studio Escapades 

Jul 1, 2009,

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician looks a the production of Obi Best's CD, Capades....

Jupiter Rising Pro/File: Tracking The Quiet Hype 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Mike Levine

Jupiter Rising's Spenser Nezey is interviewed by Electronic Musician about the recording of the band's latest CD, The Quiet Hype...

Lisle Ellis Pro/File: Bass and Circuitry 

Jun 1, 2009,

By Bill Murphy

New York City has always been a hotbed of experimentation, especially when it comes to avant-garde jazz. For bassist Lisle Ellis, who has worked with...

Senor Coconut Pro/File: Techno Latin 

May 1, 2009,

By Ken Micallef

Electronic Musician looks at how Señor Coconut produced his new CD, Around the World using samples manipulated in Pro Tools, Native Instruments Battery, an Apple G4 PowerBook and more...

Charles Cohen Pro/File: Painting with Sound 

Apr 1, 2009,

By Bill Murphy

Charles Cohen Composer profile on Creating Avant Garde Electronic Music in April 2009 EM...

Cadillac Sky Profile 

Mar 1, 2009,

By Mike Levine

Cadillac Sky band profile on recording Cadillac Sky Gravity's Our Enemy 2008 Album in March 2009 EM...

ProFile: Record, Splice, Rearrange | Matthew Herbert 

Feb 1, 2009,

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Matthew Herbert’s CD, There’s Me and There’s You, which features a blend of sampled sounds and big-band jazz...

ProFile: Come on in My Kitchen | Theresa Anderson 

Feb 1, 2009,

By Diane Gershuny

EM interviews Swedish-born/New Orleans-transplant Theresa Andersson about the production of her latest CD, recorded mainly in her kitchen-based studio...

ProFile: Solitary Sound Maker | Lindstrom 

Jan 1, 2009,

By Kristi Kates

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Lindstrøm’s latest, Where You Go I Go Too...

ProFile: Crunching Code | Ant Neely 

Jan 1, 2009,

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician interviews Ant Neely about the recording of his new CD, Not Fit For Human Consumption, which features electronic beats and textures layered with old public-domain audio samples...

ProFile: In a Silent Way | Tape 

Dec 1, 2008,

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of the CD Luminarium, from the Swedish experimental trio, Tape....

ProFile: The Fix Is In | Josh Fix 

Dec 1, 2008,

By Emile Menasché

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Josh Fix’s Free at Last...

ProFile: Fresh Aria | East Village Opera Company 

Nov 1, 2008,

By Emile Menasché

Classical influences are nothing new in rock music: back in the '70s and '80s, virtuosos like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yngwie Malmsteen were more likely...

ProFile: When Sunny Goes Solo | Sunny Levine 

Nov 1, 2008,

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Love Rhino, an eclectic indie pop record by Sunny Levine (who is Quincy Jones' grandson), who has spent most of his career as a producer...

ProFile: Getting More From Less | Derby 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Emile Menasché

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Derby's Posters Fade CD, which the band produced using an old Apple Mac G4 and very few plug-ins...

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