Making History in the City of Austin: The Celebration of the First Hip Hop Festival
“If you love your city, make some fucking noise!” said Austin Martin at the stage of Red7, surrounded by a crew of 7 local MCs during the performanc...
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The Changing Practices of the Hip Hop DJ
Since its beginnings the art of DJ-ing has evolved dynamically along with the evolution of audio technologies such as speakers, mixers, storage devices, and mus...
Supporting Hip-Hop in Austin: the First Weird City Festival campaign
Remixing the famous motto of the city of Austin, the first hip-hop festival in town has been announced. The Weird City Fest will happen in September 2014 and th...
Norteño Accordion Sound
The sound of the accordion in Norteño music accompanies songs from an ample repertoire. Rancheras, corridos, baladas, polkas, cumbias, huapangos, and chotis all...
AMX and the Growing Hip Hop Movement in ATX
One of the things that surprised me when I moved to Austin four years ago was that in “the music capital of the world” so little hip hop was perform...
The Sound of Chip Tunes in ATX
The blasting sound of 8-bit sound waves is electrifying. Sounds crafted in retro waveform generators such as the one of the Comodore 64 and the Gameboy, can be ...
The Colombian Graffiti Explosion : 24 Hours of Writing in Bogota, Medellin, and Cali
Grafitti writing and street art have spread through the walls of Bogota and other Colombian cities during the last decade opening an important space of creative...