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21 great free sample packs for producers on a budget
You don’t have to buy expensive royalty-free sample packs for making music when there are plenty available for free download on the internet. Scott Wilson picks 21 ...
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Hear Limp Bizkit’s debut release for Cash Money, featuring Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne’s made some questionable choices in his time, but eyebrows raised to unprecedented heights last Summer when he signed Limp Bizkit to his Cash Money Records label. In a decision ...
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Fact Residency: Ash Koosha
Ash Koosha believes that if humans can dream, computers can too. What lies at the heart of Ash Koosha’s mission… ...
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Nile Rodgers brings Chic to headline Bestival 2014
Disco genius Nile Rodgers will bring Chic to Bestival this year as Sunday’s headliner. The pop legends will join Beck, Foals and Outkast at the Isle of Wight festival this September, which ...
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One of the reunited Black Flag lineups announces tour dates
The Jealous Again lineup plots a Summer tour. Earlier this year, news of two separate Black Flag reunions was announced. Adding to a handful of previously announced festival dates, the line-up of ...
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Watch Four Tet’s hour-long Boiler Room set at SXSW
UK export makes waves in Texas. Four Tet played to a very packed room and a few gormless faces on the barrier during his Boiler Room set at SXSW earlier this month. Check it out above, where you ...
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Richie Hawtin’s New Year was better than yours – go behind the scenes in his mini-documentary
What did you get up to for New Year? Big night out? Intimate gathering? Jools Holland and a bag of cheese savouries? Or did you take a private jet to four cities in three countries over two nights ...
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Making the banned: MK The Plug and M1 On The Beat are UK drill’s brightest hope
M1 On the Beat wants to know if I’d like some juice. Even though he and production partner MK The Plug have become two of the most in-demand drill producers, their sense of community hasn’t ...
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This guy’s impression of Kendrick as a janitor is spot on
People have a lot of time on their hands. The internet is a hellscape for people who want to rap but probably cannot or should not. Enter J Cyrus, a fellow who is using his ability to do ...
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The 100 best albums of the decade so far
Skip to: #100 / #90 / #80 / #70 / #60 /#50 / #40 / #30 / #20 / #10 After five years, 250-odd FACT mixes and far too many uses of the word ‘ethereal’, we’re here ...
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Mannie Fresh reunites Lil Wayne and Birdman on ‘Hate’
Lil Wayne may still be suing Birdman for $50 million over his Cash Money contract, despite the Like Father, Like Son duo’s reconciliation, but former Birdman cohort Mannie Fresh has reunited the ...
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LAFAWNDAH Finds Her Language
Are we beyond compartmentalizing art or have we become too obsessed with categories now that we have access to erstwhile definitions and Wikipedia expertise? An artist like LAFAWNDAH makes music ...