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Randy Lane
While most people would love to turn their passion into their profession, only a few are lucky and capable enough to make it, let alone carry it on for a solid 22 years! But this is exactly what Randy Lane did…
Coldcut
“One of our mottos is ‘What you see is what you hear,’” says Matt Black, one half of the acclaimed British duo Coldcut. Pardon me? How do you make vision audible? Only those who’ve experienced the audio-visual firework that Matt and his partner Jonathan More set free on stage know what he means by that…
Troy Pierce
One thing drives Troy Pierce mad: when people call his music “Minimal Techno.” “I think that’s probably the worst description ever. I rarely play what I would consider minimal tracks,” says the American DJ, producer and remixer…
Teddy Riley
Since the early 80s’, Teddy Riley has been one of the key figures in R&B music. As a producer, songwriter, singer, musician, creator of New Jack Swing, and member of the groups Guy and Blackstreet, he wrote music history…
Jordan Rudess
Jordan Rudess communicates between two worlds. On the one hand he is an old-school guy and on the other he is a man of the digital age. The keyboardist, whose playing brings fascinating colours into the music of the Progressive Metal band Dream Theater, grew up with classical piano and then in his late teens checked out instruments like the Minimoog* synthesizer…
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Booka Shade
“A guy in Belgium just gave us the biggest compliment. He said: “Whenever I listen to your music my feet are on the ground dancing but my head is in another world.” And that’s exactly what we intend…
Rory Kaplan
The man has done it all, has seen it all. There’s not one field in the process of creating music that he didn’t cover. Rory Kaplan has worked as a producer, as a studio and live keyboardist, as a consultant, as A&R. He is also a pioneer of the surround sound. In a long career, he has teamed up with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Queen, Sting, and Sheryl Crow, to name a few…
Kraftwerk
Every technology has its own unique dynamics and specific features that inspire new ideas. Take samplers for example: Their arrival changed music production at that time. But technological progress of course didn’t stop there. The versatility of today’s virtual modular systems is a great example…
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