SOUNDS

Yuksek: Living on the Edge of Time (Universal)

by Miranda Yeoh on Monday, 10th October 2011

Over the years French producer Yuksek has remixed for the likes of Lady Gaga, Phoenix, M83, and even Wu Tang Clan before debuting his own music with the impressive Away From The Sea in 2009 which spawned his underground club classic ‘Tonight’. Not only was the album well received by critics and fans alike, it also solidified Yuksek as a French producer with a knack of producing catchy electro pop tracks and an immense talent in songwriting.
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LISTEN UP

Clams Casino: Beat Wizardry

by Alif Omar Mahfix on Friday, 7th October 2011

Mike Volpe’s music as Clams Casino is what happens when the production discipline of Primo got into a forced marriage with the dirty disorder of rapegaze. Despite the critical praise elevating him beyond just hip hop and comparisons to acts as varied as Ariel Pink and Washed Out, Clams is unabashedly a hip hop producer. That is the only title he identifies with.
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FOCUS ARTIST

Detonate: Son Lux

by Penny Wong on Tuesday, 12th July 2011

Born in Denver in 1979, Ryan Lott (aka Son Lux) spent much of his childhood migrating to California, Connecticut before landing in Atlanta for high school. But music has been a family rule and the youngest of three sibling started learning classical piano at the tender age of six. He soon evolved to the guitar, playing Nirvana covers in middle school dance bands before picking up the drums, jazz and pop in high school. [more »]

THE KNOWLEDGE

Music Production

by Kevin Yeoh on Friday, 19th March 2010

Greg Henderson is no stranger to the Malaysian local scene. This Aussie fella started in Sydney since 1984, moved to Singapore in 1995 and has been in Malaysia since 1997. Hired as a senior engineer at Synchrosound Studio and worked on local female rockstar Ella on her El album, which won him an Anugerah Industri Muzik  award in 2000 for that album. He has worked with big guns such as OAG, Pop Shuvit, Anuar Zain and so many more. We asked Greg to shed some producing knowledge on us. Here goes. [more »]

LABEL JUNKIE

Nuclear Blast

by Ben Liew on Tuesday, 3rd November 2009

Metal has never been an easy genre to digest, let alone sell. Forget ridiculous 80s hairbands which were nothing more than boybands with bleached hair playing really whiney loud music. Real metal is an acquired taste, just like sushi and spandex. [more »]