Builder of machines. Mike Gao is equal parts musician and inventor. Seriously, he's like the freaking Thomas Edison of experimental hip hop. Aside from releasing dicey, glitchy hip hop on Galapagos4, the Chinese-American, LA-based producer also creates machines that revolutionize the art of DJing

You work extensively with one of the best MCs in the business, Rod Azlan. What's it like DJing with an MC -- does it change the way you perform? Do you write tunes for the dance that you know have particular spaces for an MC? No, I tend not to write for the MCs because...

Mike Gao is equal parts musician and inventor. Seriously, he's like the freaking Thomas Edison of experimental hip hop. Since 2005 he’s been releasing dicey, glitchy hip hop on Galapagos4. This Chinese-American, LA-based producer also creates machines that revolutionize the art of DJing and

What does a kid in India have to do to get into DJing? And I don't mean getting a cracked version of Virtual DJ from the open air pirated software market, I

Liverpool’s Ladytron has created some of the most intriguing synthpop that’s come from England. In its over a decade long tenure, the quartet has blended elements of electro-rock, shoegaze, New Wave, ambient, and indie-pop into their ever-morphing sound. Since forming in 1998, Ladytron has released

If you haven't heard about DJ Kayper yet, it's because she's something of a DJ secret. An awesome, amazing, ridiculously talented secret. She's the first female DJ to win The Vestax Juice DJ Competition, DJ Jazzy Jeff has called her "The best female DJ I have ever seen in my life," she has her own

Acmatic aren't at all what you'd expect from a gaggle of MCs and producers from Jamaica. By tinkering with new wave and old school hip hop, these friends have become seven of a kind in the Caribbean, whether you love or hate their distinctive breed of fusion. (Though, it seems a lot of people...

If you're getting the feeling that the disco-drenched French house à la Breakbot is too easy to digest, too fun and breezy to help you deal with the weirder moments of post-millenial life, then you're ready for SebastiAn, the dark horse of the Ed Banger family. Like Breakbot or DJ Mehdi, or Justice

Yesterday was Thursday, today is Friday! Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal, gotta go to the bus stop, gotta catch that bus....thanks Rebecca Black meme chick for providing the lyrics for today's MTV Iggy Artist of the Week poll! This is a round-up of our five Bands We Like columns this week.

It’s difficult to compare your music to current artists. Who do you feel are Apparat’s contemporaries? In terms of the organic feel and the love for noises, I definitely feel more connected to Four Tet and Fennesz, as any dance floor artist. I do like some dancey stuff like Martyn when I DJ, but

Is House of House “The future of house music”? We would never call them that. We would call them, “The future of music, if the future were perfect."   Let’s look at the personnel, for starters. Comprised of Saheer Umar and Liv Spencer, Ho use of House has house music (the word "house" is in

We aren't being hyperbolic when we say that Slovenian rapper N'toko is unbeatable. He's a true legend as a freestyler, with a disputed Wikipedia article that claims he's never been taken in a battle. He's a two time Slovenian freestyle champ. After watching some of his showdowns online, we can

The Suzan seemed like an odd choice of opening act for The Fool's Gold Day Off Party September 6. The Tokyo-bred, all-girl quartet is the only rock band on the Fool's Gold, a label which boasts mainly DJs and acts like rapper Kid Sister on its roster. On this breezy, cloudless day The...

Producer Emch has been one of the main hands at helm of Subatomic Sound System since it began to coalesce a decade ago. Since that time he has been part of countless hip-hop, dub reggae, drum and bass, and dancehall adventures involving a completely surreal -- and often legendary -- cast of

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I had been doing some music without a label, with other labels and with other remix opportunities. I’d been DJing and doing music inNew York for a few years and living inNew York for a number of years before that.

Another great hope is Los Macuanos' compatriot Tony Gallardo whose María y José debut, Espíritu Invisible, was called the best Mexican album of 2010 by Club Fonograma. Maria Y Jose puts a darker, more psychedelic spin on this movement. Gallardo grew up in Jalisco and lives in Tijuana. A cholo who

Though they've only released one official single, appropriately called "One," Stockholm trio Swedish House Mafia has exploded onto Europe's scene through live shows and their thriving solo careers. They're bros with Holland's megastar house/trance partyman DJ Tiesto, and now, they've collaborated

What are your thoughts on the burgeoning glitch-hop/wonky/call-it-what-you-will (but we won't call it "whomp") world right now? Any particular producers you're feeling? You know, it's funny I even stumbled across dubstep, because like my production style, my exposure to music usually involves

Canadian DJ Deadmau5 and American DJ Kaskade went all out with this video for their progressive house track “I Remember” which features vocals by American singer Haley Gibby. It’s a short film in which English actor Stephen Graham delivers a sermon on the mysteries of raving to two eager students.

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Before he was a platinum rapper or superproducer, Dr. Dre got his start in the 1980s as a DJ for the World Class Wrecking Crew, so when it comes to the wheels of steel, the Good Doctor knows a thing or two.