Fri, Mar 12 2010

Interview: Salt n Pepa

Legendary American hip hop trio, Salt n Pepa, descend upon Butlins, Minehead this weekend for BLOC festival – their first UK performance in 15 years. Riding high in the popularity stakes over the pond – fuelled by their Sex and the City-like reality TV show “for women of colour” - the girls who opened up pop sexuality for a whole generation are back, with a new Christian view....

Thu, Mar 11 2010

Interview: Jason Derulo

The man's worked with P. Diddy and Sean Kingston. He's just come off tour with Lady Gaga. And he's recently sampled an Imogen Heap track. He also wants to “be at the forefront of the healing process of the whole world'. 'Watcha Say' about Jason Derulo...

Mon, Mar 8 2010

Industry Takeover: All-Day Seminar And Showcase

With the UK urban scene really stepping up the levels of late, (most noticeably, Dizzee's recent Brit award, Tinie Tempah's sensational number one record, ‘Pass Out' and acts like Giggs and Devlin getting signed to major record labels) isn't it about time this scene started to get recognised for it's successes, rather than it's failings? The Industry Takeover event on Saturday (March 6) - arranged and organised by the Urban Development team - is just one example of this scene putting something really positive back into its community.

Mon, Mar 8 2010

Interview: New Young Pony Club

The so called 'greatest art pop band in Britain' are back with their sophomore effort, 'The Optimist'. An album that puts their own emotions more on the line, producing a darker sound that's come from them, self-funded and self-promoted, all by them. Rivmixx' Craig Mills dug a little deeper...

The Music Consultants

For the first time you can get inside advice from industry experts who have worked with artists all over the world, ranging from Elton John to Metallica, Shania Twain to LeAnne Rimes, Muse to Gnarls Barkley, Jamie Cullum to U2, Pavarotti to Mike Skinne...

Kutski - Dance

Radio 1 and club DJ, Kutski is a passionate hard dance fan. If like Kutski you\'re a fan of Hard Dance, Hardcore or Rave music in general, then you\'re likely to take interest in what this tastemaker is rating........ Hard Dance & Hardcore’s new...

Ty - Hip Hop Culture

London born rapper, Ty, is one of the few UK MC\'s to have achieved longevity within their career up until this point. Often called on as our spokesmen for hip hop culture, Ty is as unboxable in text as he is in audio..................... In...

John Robb - Rock

Based in Manchester, Punk Rocker producer, writer and musical commentator, John Robb is the man everyone wants to hear from when talking about Rock music and beyond................ John Robb (born in Fleetwood, England) is vocalist in the punk rock ...

Thu, Mar 4 2010

Boss FRV-1 Reverb Pedal

It’s the sound that launched the surf music craze in the early '60s, and Boss have brought it back into the twenty first century with the new addition to their Fender stompbox range, the FRV-1 Reverb Pedal.

Mon, Mar 1 2010

Mad Professor 'Reel to Reel Reggae' Collection

You may not know Mad Professor by name, but you'd certainly know his work, and that's why this 'Reel to Reel Reggae' Sample Collection is just so damn hot.

Mon, Mar 1 2010

Trilian by Spectrasonic

Spectrasonics’ latest softsynth, Trilian, is more than an update to their highly popular Trilogy, it’s a totally new instrument that might be able to solve all your bottom end problems forever.