Watch: The History of Vinyl Making

If you could catch music's soul into something material, it would be an vinyl. It's more than a format itself, it has torn down many walls and prompted the rise of DJing and sampling, allowed new producing techniques and created a whole culture around itself. It is probably the only format that will survive after the digital aftermath.

This is a short history about its origins and how it is manufactured... if you ever played one of those wax discs, this is a must for you.

Watch: Four Tet's recent two hours mix for Just Jam

You can now watch last Wednesday's mix by Four Tet. The mix was preceded by the release of his new album for free (download HERE), plenty of unreleased stuff produced in betweern 1997 to 2001.

This is a psychotropic & psychodellic mix which included some of the mosr rare and unpredictable tracks we have listened in a while... Expect the unexpected!

Via FACT

Watch: Herbie Hancock - Headhunters 1974 (Full Concert)

For, Herbie Hancock is one of the most inspiring musicians ever... You just need to listen this full gig dating back from 1974 to understand what we mean. A man where soul and music collide.... This is Soul Music!

What was Kyle Hall during his spare time at school?

Some kids play basketball, others play football and just a few spend their like Kyle Hall at school... Just watch and enjoy...

You can also read a full interview with Detroit's producer by Dubspot HERE

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you gotta feel it out, see where it needs to go (plays the table). That’s how I think when I make a track. By no means am I a maestro. These are just things that I picked up and this is part of my education, part of me moving forward to learn music. I’ll stop for a minute. I’m trying to learn more stuff. That’s why I’m not putting out as much (music) as last year." (Kyle Hall)

Watch: Real Scenes: Johannesburg

South Africa's music capital Johannesburg gets portrayed in the last series of RA Real Scenes. We are big fans of that scene, we love the sound of people like Black Coffee or Culoe De Song and we think of them as a real epicenter of music & soul. Check this out!

Watch: Kendrick Lamar's new fan-made video

The young American rapper and writer releases a fan-shooted breath-taking video to go with the deep message in the tune...

Watch: Production Masterclass by Mike Huckaby

It was like a year ago when Mike Huckaby showed up at Berlin Workshop for this absolutely worth watching masterclass if you have any interest in production... Learn the theory, create your sound, express yourself, make yourself different from the rest... Mike says!

Soul Heroes: Dizzy Gillespie

We start our new series of "Soul Heroes" with one of the greatest artists ever. We are talking about the Jazz genious Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993). He was born in South Carolina (USA) and became one of the most influential Jazz musicians ever. Singer, song writer and trumpet player, he was responsible for developing what is nowadays known as "modern Jazz" and one of the fathers of the "Beebop" style...

According to the UR, techno is "hi tech jazz", and what Dizzy would have played if he had came to the world some decades later... It's time to get to the roots and discover the music that inspired the generations that inspired us.

You can read Dizzy Gillespie full bio HERE

Or stream his 1989 concert in London below:

Watch: Carl Craig talking about his youth, his production, coke & champagne

One of the most inspiring electronic producers talks to Hund about what you do with what you have and what you look for when you grow older... Worth listen!

WATCH: DJ Jazzy Jeff - Vinyl Destination

Do you remember the character of "Jazz" in the series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? Well, the guy was at the time and still is a great DJ who has been touring the world for the great part of his life. He plays everything with roots, from Soul, to Hip-Hop, Disco or Funk and he was there, probably as a teen, with Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash, when Dj Kool Herc played at the famous bloc parties in the Bronx during the 70's... I heard Grandmaster saying once: "Hip-hop was not invented by an MC, a break dancer or a graffitti artist, Hip-Hop was invented by a DJ" and he was probably talking about those parties, the roots of hip-hop, those moments of magic around the figure of the DJ giving birth to creative and artisitc expressions such a graffitti or break dance... Watch the video for more!

VINYL DESTINATION | EPISODE 1 from DJ Jazzy Jeff on Vimeo.

Watch: Benji B Strings Ensemble

Awesome performance by Benji B accompanied by 16-piece string ensemble... Organic Soul!

Watch: The First Harley - Technics - Davidson (No Jokes!)

It might be some kind of feedback. It was back in the 80's when the children of the hard working man who gave birth to what is known as The Motor City and the most important ever car industry in the world, starting to create a new sound made with machines and inspired by them, it was called Techno. It's now, 30 years later that the car industry pays, in some way, his tribute back. Roland Sands has designed a Harley-Davidson inspired one of the most classic icons of the Techno & DJing culture: the Technics DJ equipment (specially remarkable their line of turntables).

Watch Documentary: Requiem For Detroit

Tonight we are watching this documentary about the historical and social contexts that gave birth to what is nowadays known as Techno or Detroit Techno. This is not about music, but it's probably one of the reasons why the souls of some of the Detroit inhabitants took its shape, the shape of music.