Massimiliano Pagliara’s music is house, it’s deep, it’s disco, it’s new wave, it’s italian. There’s bittersweet, 80s inspired new wave romantic side by side with electric boogaloo dancefloor bangers and futuristic disco dreams. Old synthies, gentle drum machine sounds and pop influences forming together a dense soundtrack of the night. Read more
Diggin deep deep in the crates is one of the best activities on a holiday weekend, so if you are in Berlin don’t miss the HHV Diggin Days this weekend! Read more
You love vinyl? You don’t wanna mp3 to kill the beloved black disc? Then show it on your chest for everyone to know! Read more
…is that you couldn’t make such beautiful videos with mp3s!
Who would not love to wander around with a heart-shaped record around the neck like Mayer Hawthorne?
In case you are in Paris at the moment you should check out Rex Club tonight. Detroit legend Jeff Mills will be on the decks, alongside Joe Claussell and DJ Deep. Highly recommended! Read more
laFraise.com, Europe’s famoust shirt design competition, organized a contest for VKMP3.
Have a look here at all the great designs! It wasn’t easy to select the winners.
The VKMP3 Contest winner is Roll It! by Vix.Graphix. Big congrats! Vix will get 1500 Euros and his tshirt will be printed in a limited run of 500 pieces sold exclusively on laFraise.com.
We’ve also decided to pick a 2 more designs to be printed in a smaller limited run & sold online here! Feel Da Beat & VKMP3 by Cuypi. Read more
Technology and industry is in transition, sure. Now, does that mean vinyl is over? Certainly not!
See the video below! Read more
The video below shows Mathieu Berthet, audio engineer in Paris, specialized in vinyl mastering ; he shows us quickly the successive steps to proceed to the vinyl mastering of a track, before its sending to the pressing plant:
Step 1. Premastering. Tthe goal is to enhance and improve the overall quality of the sound (equalization, compression, and spatialization)
Step 2. The track is cut on a vinyl support (laquers)
Step 3. The lacquers are put in a box and are going to the pressing plant. (Celebrate, Optimal Media, MPO, Record Industrie … ) Read more
Is there any best way to spread our message?
We hope you’ll like our shirts. So Get one & Go dance!
For the first time Ramos’ documentary puts into perspective the period of time spanning the late 60s into the early 80s when New York City saw the birth of the Underground Dance Music Culture, a musical and a cultural movement that deeply impacted social rules and ultimately set the groundwork for the Chicago House Music scene, the Disco era and present day global DJ Culture.
