Let’s start with this: all the best wishes for 2010! In 2007, two Swedes called Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss grew tired of constantly sending music through email and shady download sites so they invented something new: the Soundcloud. From…
Month: December 2009
As you are reading this, the Jackplug is going through some maintenance. Next to new layout and a brand new address, ‘thejackplug.com’, there is also a new list that might be of your interest, featuring posts by other blogs. Check…
This guy from Hamburg is Marco Niemerski, but you might know him for his House/Funk/Disco productions he releases under his alias Tensnake. He started releasing his records in 1999 as Marc Moureau. That led to sounds like these. And here’s…
Nice initiative in Tilburg, Holland. Three friends decided to give boost to a the local techno scene by setting up a few gigs. All goes under the name of Klub Tilt and they’re inviting some impressive names, which results in…
Like so many kids, Minneapolis youngster Charley Pugmire started playing the guitar in his early teen years. His first encounter with actual music production happened when he was fifteen, at a friend’s party. “I ended up staying in the basement…
Justin Laberge is a 22-years-old House producer from Vancouver, Canada. His sample based productions, some of them released on local Solid Bump Records, will probably remind you of those early French Cassius, Stardust or Superfunk sounds.. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDr-UcPg91k&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] It probably figures,…
The hype machine is rattling as more Sky Ferreira material is popping up on the internet. This L.A.-girl is 17, ambitious, backed up by some hot European producers (Who happen to be part of Miike Snow) and her skills are…