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One of the '80s most iconic time-wasters has been given a purpose, of sorts, as 2012's most wonderfully ridiculous production tool. The MusixCube is a concept designed by Hauke Scholz, apparently for his B.A. thesis at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts And Design

Today theme: âthis ainât over till itâs over, but some of it is pretty well over.â In the news: Ford promises to stop bike station at city hall; list of 2013 roadwork released; a judge is asked for a G20 probe; sleigh bells ring, are you listening?; and donât bet on a downtown casino.

Guess what? Mayor Ford isnât in favour of the proposed plan to create a massive underground bicycle parking station at City Hall. In fact, he has promised that he will make sure it doesnât see the light of day. No, we probably didnât need to mention this, but if we hadnât then we couldnât say ...

Airline wants to fly up to 30 jets out of the island airport; asking the municipal and federal governments to change the rules to permit this.

Since its launch seven years ago, Porter has made its mark in Toronto by focusing on short flights and a slick profile. With a raccoon logo and well-styled uniforms, it has won over many local residents who initially resisted the idea of having flights come in and out of the island airport, concerned about disruptions ...

New Australian label and fashion conglom Contemporary Scarecrow is making a splash with their forthcoming debut EP from none other than Chicago's Boo Williams. Back To The Future/Looney Chunes Vol 1 is the unweildy title for a 7 track vinyl and digital release highlight a few of hard-to-find Boo Williams classics and four new cuts

Four Play Sessions is a monthly mix series from Andrew Emil and Chicago's Four Play Music, exclusively for 5 Magazine. In Volume 6, Four Play gives the spotlight to Chicago area DJ/producer and recent Oakland transplant Bai-ee

Barely a week into 2013 (and after a particularly strident response to the blasts in their annual best of/worst of list), Dope Jams announced today that they're closing down at the end of January 2013.

Insomniac, the promoters behind the Electric Daisy Carnival, have announced that their festival is expanding to Chicago - the same weekend traditionally set aside by Midwest promoters for Movement (formerly and stilly widely known as the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, or DEMF).

And so we read the sad news this morning that Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner, frontman for the Ohio Players who inspired three generations of House, Hip Hop and Soul musicians, passed away over the weekend. An official family announcement indicates that Sugarfoot died peacefully in Trotwood-Dayton, Ohio

With faceless artists making disposable tracks based on anonymous samples for a dishonest percentage of a pathetic gross, it's somehow appropriate that Beatport has a new owner who has declined comment and will probably continue to do so.

According to the New York Times, SFX Entertainment, led by Robert FX Sillerman, has purchased Beatport for a little more than $50 million.

File Under: Educational. Promoting Native Instruments' Maschine, MK walks us through the process of creating his remixes for Storm Queen's (aka Morgan Geist) 2010 smash Look Right Through

Don Giorgio has worn many masks in his career, but the man who made more weekend ammunition than anyone other than Tom Moulton has never been a DJ. No more.

Live events. Not to put too fine a point on it, but they suck. If you're already a fan, watching your favorite DJ/producer rip his gear out of the studio and transport it on stage is great. If you're not, well, there's really nothing more tedious than watching another person play a video game, and that's what "live" electronic music has often become: watching a DJ get his Level 15 armor for his Half-Druid Night Elf.

Philadelphia's Josh Wink is releasing his first EP in four years on his acclaimed Ovum label. "Balls", the sprawling title track, is a return of sorts to the rugged 303-based material he released in the '90s. Clocking in at 10 minutes, the title comes from the notion that "you really have to have balls to play this trick, as it's a little different from most of the music out there".

They say that if you live long enough you'll write obituaries for all of your heroes. But this is getting to be an awful task. Big Shot Magazine is reporting (and two people I've spoken with have confirmed) that Scott Hardkiss, legendary Bay Area DJ and producer (most notably under the God Within moniker as well as part of Hardkiss with Gavin and Robbie) passed away unexpectedly earlier today. Per his discogs.com page (which has been mysteriously updated recently with a date of death), Scott was 43 years old.

The awesome power of a fully operational mothership is back on the road for you to touch, feel but most of all pound on your eardrums like a xylophone, and added a Chicago date to the itinerary. The Shrine has announced that George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will be performing on Sunday April 28th at the South Loop club (2109 S. Wabash); tickets are on sale now

News about Daft Punk's forthcoming Random Access Memories - at this point, the most anticipated album in electronic music since... probably the last Daft Punk album - continues to dribble out. After the first release announcing that Giorgio Moroder, today Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have announced that the album will contain a collaboration with Todd Edwards:

This is a Yamaha XG card, the SW60XG to be exact. It’s an audio card for a PC which extends the MIDI standard to include over six hundred instruments. By today’s standards the almost twenty year old card isn’t all that powerful, but it is interesting to see it used as a standalone device. Benji ...

The RedBull Creation contest begins today. Last year, we had a ton of fun competing in the RedBull creation contest. The idea is that RedBull hosts this big contest where teams compete by making awesome stuff. Finalists get to take a trip to Brooklyn for a build off extravaganza. Frankly, we think this is how ...

We said it the last time they dropped a video, but it definitely bears repeating: Strange U are making some of the most refreshing and jugular hip hop about right now. I know the quality of both the beats and …
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