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Monday, July 10, 2017

Watch Playboi Carti’s ‘Magnolia’ Video

Playboi Carti

Rising Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti has shared the video for his breakout single, “Magnolia.” The visual shows the rapper hanging out in the streets of New York City as well as partying with A$AP Rocky.

“Magnolia,” which appears on Carti’s debut mixtape, is his highest-charting single to date, peaking at No. 29 on Billboard’s Hot 100 (it’s currently No. 30). The song was also one of DJcity’s most downloaded tracks of May and was included in that month’s edition of the Trends charts.

Watch the video above and download “Magnolia” on DJcity.

Related: Watch DeJ Loaf’s ‘No Fear’ Video

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Sunday, July 9, 2017

Vice Tells His Story in Candid Interview

DJ Vice
Vice at Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas. (Photo source: Encore Beach Club)

DJ/producer Vice recently sat down with Young & Reckless founder Chris “Drama” Pfaff for an in-depth and candid interview. The near 2-hour conversation covered much of the Los Angeles native’s career and personal life.

Topics discussed include starting out as a DJ at 10 years old, DJing high school dances, weddings, and quinceañeras in his teens, working at Los Angeles’ Power 106, DJ AM, landing a $1 million Las Vegas residency, building his brand beyond DJing, plus much more.

When talking about his time as a wedding DJ, Vice said:

“Weddings are the hardest gig anyone could ever play. It’s the most random group of people, from old to young to middle aged. And everyone’s emotional and you gotta play like swing music for the elderlies and salsa because someone wants to cha-cha dance and then the kids are pissed because they wanna hear hip-hop and then the middle-aged are like ‘Yo, we wanna hear some old school sh#t.’ And everyone’s yelling at you. Everyone’s coming up to you and saying, ‘Change the music. Change this.’ And they’re wasted. There’s so much work.”

Stream the entire convo below via SoundCloud or on iTunes.

Here’s some of topics covered:

– His family and growing up in Los Angeles (8:00)
– The moment he got hooked on DJing at 10 years old (16:00)
– Learning how to DJ (19:40)
– His time as a high school, quinceañera, and wedding DJ (24:10)
– Hustling mixtapes (29:00)
– Working at Power 106 (35:10)
– Unexpectedly becoming a dad at 19 (41:00)
– Attending a life-changing Tony Robbins seminar (44:45)
– Meeting Kanye West (55:52)
– Meeting Suge Knight and LL Cool J (58:40)
– DJ AM (1:01:00)
– Landing a $1 million Las Vegas DJ contract (1:16:00)
– Surviving the EDM bubble (1:18:00)
– Leaving SKAM Artist (1:19:00)
– Getting into music production (1:20:50)
– Opening his shoe store (1:28:30)
– Starting his Electric Taco series (1:33:40)
– Building his brand (1:35:20)

Related: Watch DJ Vice and Comedian Jo Koy Go on a Taco Run

| DJ Culture
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Saturday, July 8, 2017

Pioneer DJ Releases Public Beta of Rekordbox 5

Rekordbox 5

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Rekordbox 5’s new GUI. (Photo credit: Mojaxx)

Pioneer DJ has released the public beta of Rekordbox 5. The version includes support for the company’s DJM-S9 mixer, a renewed GUI, and other new features and improvements.

The announcement was made on Thursday on Pioneer’s official forums.

Below is the full list of changes. You can download the beta here.

New features

– DJM-S9 support
– Renewed GUI
– Key shift and key sync
– 16 hot cues and pad FX support
– Keyboard mode (key-shifted hot cue play)
– Beat Loop mode
– Play hot cue before reaching the next beat
– Set quantize beat value for each function

Improvements

– Display 16 or 8 slots of the sampler
– Set beat grid even for short or no beat sampling sound
– Quantize hot cue to the closest beat while playing
– Display remaining and elapsed time at the same time
– Sync with a track which has a BPM double or half of a master deck
– More choices for font size and line spacing
– Display original BPM on decks

Related: Pioneer DJ Announces Rekordbox Audio Interface

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Pioneer DJ, rekordbox,
Saturday, July 8, 2017

Listen to DJ Canyn’s DJcity Podcast Mix

DJ Canyn

Spain’s DJ Canyn has put down 30 minutes of reggaeton and Latin-influenced dance music for the DJcity Podcast. His mix was recorded in one take and contains over two dozen tracks.

When he’s not rocking clubs, Canyn serves as the official DJ for the Saski Baskonia Euroleague basketball team.

Stream or download his mix below.

[podcast]

Tracklist:

1. Pitbull & J Balvin ft. Camila Cabello – Hey Ma – Spanish Version – KidCutUp Acap Intro
2. CNCO – Hey DJ – DJ Santarosa Reggaeton Bootleg
3. Shakira – Me Enamore – DJ Santarosa Hype Intro
4. Nicky Jam – El Amante – Thombs Puro Pari Remix
5. Sak Noel & Los Tioz – Blekete
6. Jenn Morel – Ponteme – Acap Out
7. Danny Ocean – Me Rehuso – DJ Santarosa Hype Intro
8. Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – Despacito – B-Phisto Remix
9. Maluma – Felices Los 4 – DJ Elements Hype Edit
10. Anitta ft. Maluma – Si O No – Intro
11. Ozuna – Tu Foto – DJ Chango Hype Edit
12. Don Omar ft. Fabolous – Dale Don Dale – Mozes Twerk Remix
13. Don Omar – Dile – Santarosa Turtlebot Remix
14. Major Lazer ft. J Balvin & Sean Paul – Buscando Huellas – Intro
15. C. Tagana – Mala Mujer – Intro
16. Maikel Delacalle – Sin la Luz
17. Kevin Roldan – Me Gustas – Intro
18. Mark B – Que Buena Esta La Fiesta – DJ Santarosa 102-132 Transition
19. Elvis Crespo – Pintame – Juacko Remix
20. Timmy Trumpet & Krunk – Al Pacino – DJ Primetyme Club Edit
21. Brian Cross ft. Carlinhos Brown – Magalenha
22. DJ Smerk – Rocking With The Best – 128 Transition Stinger
23. Yung Beef – Dinero E La Ola
24. KidCutUp – Hold Up, Wait A Minute – 75 Transition Stinger
25. Romeo Santos – Imitadora

Follow DJ Canyn on Facebook, Mixcloud, Twitter, and YouTube.

Related: DJ Santarosa Drops DJcity Podcast Mix

| DJcity Podcast, Mixes
DJ Canyn, DJcity Latino Mix,
Friday, July 7, 2017

Take a Look Inside deadmau5’s Home Studio

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Deadmau5 recently invited Linus Sebastian, who runs a popular technology channel on YouTube, to take a tour of his home studio in Canada.

The video provides an extensive look at mau5’s state-of-the-art space, which has been under construction for three years.

The studio, which is located in the house’s master bedroom, is suspended from what used to be a vaulted ceiling. It was done to improve the room’s acoustics and preserve its aesthetics (many of the cables are hidden under the floor).

In terms of equipment, the room is one of the only Dolby Atmos mix studios outside of Dolby itself. It contains nine custom-made ATC speakers that are positioned to produce 3D audio, a $500,000 Neve analog console, two walls of analog modular synthesizers, and over a dozen rare keyboard synths.

And if that wasn’t enough, “The mau5 House” also includes a server room in the basement, which powers his home network and graphics studio.

Watch the video above.

Related: Watch Deadmau5 Give a Tour of His New Studio

| Music Tech, Videos
Deadmau5, Music Production,
Friday, July 7, 2017

Must-Play Tracks for the Weekend: July 7

Yellow Claw
Yellow Claw (Photo source: Instagram)

Steve Aoki & Yellow Claw ft. Gucci Mane & T-Pain – Lit
An 80 BPM trap heater with a fitting name.

French Montana ft. Pharrell Williams – Bring Dem Things
An upbeat, throwback-style hip-hop track produced by Pharrell and Harry Fraud.

Brandy – I Wanna Be Down – OWL BANK$ Remix
The R&B singer’s 1994 breakout hit gets a tropical rework.

Johnny Good ft. Jay Sean – Don’t Give Up On Me
A moombahton and tropical-influenced pop track.

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Featured on DJcity earlier this week:

– James Hype ft. Kelli Leigh – More Than Friends

DJcity’s weekly picks are selected by Kidd Spin. To receive them via email, click here.

Related: Must-Play Tracks for the Weekend: June 30

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