After a decade defined by legal battles and joint ventures, classic New York house label Strictly Rhythm are set to resume business as an independent label.
Originally founded in 1989 by Mark Finkelstein and Gladys Pizarro, Strictly Rhythm played a major role in defining the sound of house music throughout the ’90s. The label’s roster was both musically adventurous and commercially viable, with artists like Josh Wink and Satoshi Tomiie bumping elbows with the likes of Armin van Helden and Erick Morillo. In the early years of its existence, Strictly put out essential house records by DJ Pierre, Todd Terry and Kenny Dope, as well as gigantic commercial hits like Underground Solution’s Luv Dancin’ and Reel 2 Real’s I Like To Move It.
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Really dope T-Shirts / Posters out celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Beats in Space, an outstanding weekly show on WNYU 89.1 FM that showcases the finest music in every genre from every corner of the world. The pieces name each & every guest that had appeared on the show over the last 10 years. Visit the archives at beatsinspace.net for an unimaginable amount of amazing music & dialog. I’d give a list a recommendations of shows I like, but I don’t think I’ve ever NOT liked what I heard, so start from the top & work your way down. PS This is not a shameless attempt to suck up to Tim Sweeny and ask to be invited on the show *cough*, it’s simply the sharing of a wonderful show that I want my readers to enjoy.
Online reports are suggesting that Daft Punk are well on their way to completing the soundtrack to the forthcoming Tron Legacy movie.
Back in March we reported that Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo had been signed to write and produce the film’s soundtrack, but nothing else had surfaced about the project until last week’s Comic-Con event in San Diego. Coming Soon are reporting that a panel discussion about the movie was held, during which it was revealed that the duo had already recorded 24 tracks for the soundtrack. Movieline have also revealed that according to Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, there will be “some Daft Punk Tron-themed events on the horizon.” If you can’t wait until then, check out the video below which features some footage of the Tron Legacy attraction at the convention, including a track which may possibly be one of Daft Punk’s new creations, although this is yet to be confirmed.
Dope radio show ran by DJ/Host Tim Sweeny on Tuesday nights from 10pm-1:30am EST on 89.1 WNYU. The show is 10 years old this December & has had an impressive list of guest talent including Optimo, James Murphy (DFA, LCD Soundsystem), The Glimmers, Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Superpitcher, Michael Mayer, Horse Meat Disco, Trevor Jackson, Hercules and Love Affair, Juan Maclean, Mark E, The Revenge, Alex From Tokyo, I:Cube and Metro Area just to name a few. If you’ve never heard of it, you’ve better hurry over to the archives cause you’ve got a A LOT of work to do!
Imaginary Forces was invited to participate in the Google Chrome Shorts project. The resulting short film answers the question: What would the internet look like if represented as a 3-Dimensional object? Observed as if in a museum, the object comes to life revealing the ins and outs of what Google Chrome has to offer.
Imaginary Forces was just one company to create a short film for this undertaking. To see the other fantastic Google Chrome Shorts click here.
