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Granny Ark Producer Michelle Irving, aka Granny Ark, has taken her passion for both experimentation and dancefloor rhythms from Vancouver to Berlin with stops in Halifax and Toronto in between. Currently parking her laptop in Vancouver’s funkified Eastside, finishing new releases for Berlin’s Zora Lanson Records, she is also completing her masters degree from Simon Fraser University – examining how performers relate to their computer as a musical instrument. While [...]

Mixer Tech Specs a dj the mixer is a fundamental part of the instrument, and all djs are proud of their mixer and at the same time always covet another. Curve control and input reverse switch on all faders -1 segment 3 colour level meters that display CH1&2 or mix with cue fader pre fade monitoring – Transform Switches which can be rotated to work up/down or left/ right – [...]

Originating in Jamaica in the early 70s, evolving from ska and reggae, dub music has emerged as a global sound and historical cornerstone for present day hip hop and electronic music. Both can trace their rhythm-driven roots to dub, which in its most simple and literal sense means the remixing of already existing songs. Osborne Ruddock, aka King Tubby, is credited as dub’s founding father, and he was one of [...]