Late Nights

Virtually all the DJs I love and respect have quoted Larry Levan as being their earliest example of dance floor wizzardry, one that would later allow them to pass on the experience to the masses. While I was not fortunate enough to ever experience Larry Levan for myself, I did however get to experience many of his disciples’ craft, which are themselves nothing short of legendary: Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez to name only these two.

Music blogger Michaelangelo Matos recently spoke with NYC DJ Danny Tenaglia and UK nightclub Ministry Of  Sound founder Justin Berkmann about their memories of the late Levan, his music and the profound impact his legacy has had on the world of Dance Music.

Click here for the full interview

Links:

Larry Levan Wikipedia Page | Larry Levan Disco-Disco.com Tribute | Danny Tenaglia | Ministry Of Sound

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In a historic experiment, UC Berkley scientists successfully collected visual memory in subjects’ brains and converted the images to digital video. As Gizmodo reports, “Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen.” Pretty crazy stuff, right?

As you can see in the above video, which shows a side by side representation of the footage originally shown to test subjects against the digital footage produced from the memories recorded from their brains, it may not exactly HD material yet, but a door has definitely been opened on a whole new set of possibilities. Who knows, maybe one day artificial footage in movies will be imagined rather than generated by computers. We also me have just taken the first step towards the machines’ domination over the human race.

I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords!

[via Gizmodo]

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Are all digital DJs bottom feeding posers or can they be as real as the original disc jockeys who gave DJing its name? Montreal-born DJ Mat Ste-Marie answers this question in an editorial piece written exclusively for the launch of fellow Montreal DJ & producer Joubin‘s new web site joubin.dj.

Click here for the full article

Links

Joubin.dj | Mat Ste-Marie Dot Com

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