Crowdpleaser - Beats In Space WNYU - New York US - Nov 2007 - Part 1

Biography of Crowdpleaser

Q: New technology is one of the most important themes for artists from now on. How do you think new technology (from MP3s to new software) will change the attitude of creative artists over the next years?

A: Art as always been related to new technology: paint in tubes made painters go outside of the studio... Computer's are probably just a other step. But what seems newer, thinking of Benjamin's Art at the Time of its Mechanical Reproduction, is the digital ability to clone rather than copy! But this is more a business concern, author's rights protection mostly... About MP3, let's not put up theories about what's going to happen, because when audio equipment brands started selling their stuff telling the world vinyl was just over, did they know dj's would resist the way we do? And now they sell MP3 players, pretending that sound quality is eventually not the main issue any more... whatever!

St Plomb - Beats In Space WNYU - New York US - Nov 2007 - Part 1

Biography of St Plomb

«St Plomb is a cheeky bastard» wrote journalist P. Sherburne, referring to the versatility of St Plomb's mixes. No rules, no kitchen books, but an addiction to the groove: no wonder since he started as a funk-rock drummer, before exchanging his sticks for a pair of turntables and a sampler. But he kept the funk though, as a main ingredient of his production. Influenced by hip-hop, early days of american techno and house, both rave and minimal approaches, his tracks – such as the underground hits Rather Be, Shake A Leg, A bat In my Shoe, or such as Today, 18 Years and 1,2,3 taken from the album 2006, co-produced with Crowdpleaser, his DJ and live sets, as much as his compositions for dance shows have been making their way since the early nineties to find that own flavour.

Labels : Mental Groove, MGLTD, Viking Music, B Rave, Novamute, Tiny Sticks, Initial Cuts, Neuton, Trapez LTD

Venues : Sonarsounds Festival (Tokyo), Fabric (London), Panorama Bar, Watergate (Berlin), Dachkantine, Supermarket, Q Club, Toni Molkerei (Zürich), Registratur (München), Culture Box (Copenhagen), Brancaleone (Roma), Batofar, Triptyque (Paris), ZOO, Piping Club (Geneva), Loft, D!, MAD (Lausanne), Paleo Festival (Switzerland)

http://www.myspace.com/stplomb

Tim Sweeney - Beats In Space WNYU - New York US - Nov 2007 - Part 1

Biography of Tim Sweeney

Sweeney was born March 13, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina. DJ and producer Tim Sweeney spent the early years of his life in North Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland. He enrolled at New York University in 1999 in order to study music technology and became a regular presence on WNYU via his Beats in Space program. He also held down internships with pioneering turntablist Steinski and the DFA label, in addition to becoming a skilled club DJ. After contributing saxophone to the DFA remix of Radio 4's 'Dance to the Underground' and mixing the DFA showcase disc that came with the April 2003 issue of Muzik, Sweeney's name became familiar to those outside New York. Along with DFA co-head Tim Goldsworthy, Sweeney put together the mixed disc that was issued as part of 2004's DFA Compilation #2. He contributed to Rammellzee's Bi-Conicals of the Rammellzee as well.