New York City-based DJ/producer Chris Manik (a.k.a MANIK) recently linked up with the fine folks from Josh Wink’s Ovum Recordings based in Philly and promptly got down to work on his debut album, Armies Of The Night, dropping later this month. MANIK just released the first video from the album and it’s either about a [...]
Strictly Rhythm sublabel Simply Delicious Music have released a sweet remix of Vertigo‘s classic “Mr. Sandman.” Vertigo explains how the remix came about: “After a gig in Vienna, we were stuck at the airport due to the promoter accidentally booking us on the wrong flight back (right date, wrong month!). We were re-booked on the [...]
Moby’s tenth album, Destroyed, is due out in May. Moby wrote the album in hotel rooms all over the world while Moby while touring and is simultaneously released with a same-named photo album. The 15-track affair features vocals by Moby, as well as Emily Zuzik, Inyang Bassey, and Joy Malcom and sonically picks up where [...]
Seems like almost everyone who knows their way around Final Cut is cutting up videos dubstep stylee these days. Here’s an interesting one featuring none other than Bill Cosby rocking out to some wobbly basslines. It’s almost as yummy as Jell-O pudding.
Datarock‘s Rock Steady Freddy talks about the band’s latest release — on a USB drive! Plus, Freddy tells us about the band’s upcoming musical.
One of the best collaborations of 2011 finds Wolf + Lamb and Soul Clap joining forces to mix the latest installment of the venerable DJ Kicks series. Big Shot caught up with Soul Clap’s Eli Goldstein and Charlie Levine and Wolf + Lamb’s Zev Eisenberg in New York City a few hours before they kicked off [...]
If you’re an even remotely sentient being, the odds are good that you’re sick of hearing about the escapades of Charlie Sheen by this point, but please bear with us for just one mere moment while we direct to you to a bit of Sheen-related audio ephemera; we can pretty much guarantee that you’ll be [...]
DJ/producer Steve Porter is known to Big Shot readers for his thumping productions and remixes on Fade and other labels. Porter is also quite the VJ, and he’s hilariously cut up a slew of promos for the NBA and assorted topical viral videos over the years. Porter now turns his attention to current news cycle [...]
After inflicting 41 years of misery on the people of Libya, dictator Muammar Gaddafi has completely lost his mind in recent days, bombing and killing protestors, ranting on national television and telling the worldwide press how much his people love him. While Libyans struggle to win their freedom against a delusional tyrant, Israeli musician Noy [...]
A few hours before Max Vangeli played Pacha New York, Big Shot sat down with the rising house star at the Hudson Hotel. In this exclusive BSTV video, Vangeli talks about how he’s preparing for Swedish House Mafia’s upcoming Masquerade Motel Miami bash in South Beach and Size Records’ spring North American bus tour. Vangeli [...]
We’ll have to wait until spring to get our hands on Icicle‘s full-length debut, Under The Ice, but his new single “Dreadnaught” featuring SP:MC will indeed tide us over during the cold, harsh winter. The folks at Shogun Audio have unveiled an animated video for the minimal Dutchman’s way, um, cool tune that’s been championed by [...]
Everything LCD Soundystem does seems to have an air of finality about it now, ever since they announced their impending retirement. We won’t even bother getting into all the hubbub surrounding the rush for tickets to see the band’s sayonara show, but suddenly it appears as though everything LCD does comes with a “last” prefix [...]
Currently riding high on the success of his new single, “Illmerica,” Big Shot caught up with the electro master Wolfgang Gartner at the Hudson Hotel the day before his gig at Pacha New York. In this exclusive video Gartner, who is up for a Grammy in the Best Remixed Recording (Non Classical) category for his [...]
