You know them, right?! You've seen them everywhere. From house parties to clubs, to the scratching world championships; they're everywhere!! Well, they were, until CDJ's took over and people moved away from Vinyl due to the ease of filling a USB stick with your MP3's. They're the creme de la creme of turntables, especially if you wanna learn to scratch...
Can I get an Amen!? If you've ever been to a Drum and Bass rave, you would've skanked to it; if you're into hard, old-school Hip Hop, you've bopped your head to it; you've seen B-boys do their thing to it, it gets chopped up regularly at the DMC championships - that's right, we're diving into the backstory of one...
Looking for a drum pad to make some beats? Ask any Hip Hop producer worth his salt and they'll always recommend you the MPC! Used by the Dopest of the Dope, passing through the hands of the likes of Dr. Dre and Big Boi through to Mark Ronson and Kanye West, this machine has been around for time and played...
To this day, one of the finest looking machines on the market!! This bad boy has captured the hearts of everyone from early prog-rockers through to Hip Hop royalty! Producing some of the sickest sounds for its time, no other synths could step to it. Even now, peeps wanna cop it and are willing to pay top dollar! Learn how...
Got Bass?! You know how, sometimes, you need your bass to hit harder, so you decide to build yourself an oversized double bass about 3.5 metres tall? No?! You've never done that?! Well, we've dug up the story of a French guy who felt the need to do just that; read on below... We’re back again with our foray into...
Prime Loops is a Black and Asian run business We believe in peace, not chaos. Music from the black communities has shaped our lives. Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, R&B, Dancehall, Dub, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Drum & Bass, Dubstep, UK Grime, Garage, the list goes on. Commercial music is dominated by genres from black communities and we owe our careers to...
From Russia With Love!? Not exactly the first place you'd expect to crop up in an article about Synths, but here we are. They have made, and continue to make, some banging synths. Who woulda thought?! Come join us on an unexpected journey through the history of synths to come out of...Mother Russia!! When you think of nations pushing the...
The Whatty-Whatty?! Yep, dope name; a crazy bit of kit. You're not that likely to find one going cheap in the local pawnshop and if you're not a French revolutionary jamming out in the Baroque-era parties, you've probably never heard of one either. Here, we're gonna take a look at what this weird little gizmo is all about... Most people's...
An analog beast!! An icon in the synth world with a powerful sound! Fat and hard-hitting there are few contenders when it comes to synths that are all-around powerhouses! With a who's who of celebrity endorsements, if you manage to cop one these days, you'll have musicians queuing around the block to get a go. Take a trip with us...
Booming Kicks!! That's what comes to mind when you hear the digits 909! Spawning an entire era of dance anthems and pushing Hip Hop in a more funky direction, this little drum machine is a masterpiece in sound design and machine development. Get to know a bit more about the 909!! From its humble beginnings in Osaka, Japan, the Roland...
Afrobeats!! You must've heard of it right? Funky rhythms, Tropical vibes, potential global dominance!? Over the last few years, no other style of music has emerged out of Africa quite like Afrobeats, gaining global recognition and infiltrating Western charts with an almighty force!! Get to know one of the dopest genres to come out of the last decade!! Drawing from...
