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In the late 1980s, Mr. Tape, real name Modris Skaistkalne, was one of the first Soviet DJs to compete at an international level.
The Iron Curtain had cut off the USSR from most Western music for decades. Vinyl records of Western hip hop and funk were essentially impossible to viet records of Alla Pugacheva and other approved pop stars were useless for the kind of DJing developing in New York and London.
So Mr. Tape improvised. He recorded Western music directly off foreign radio broadcasts onto reels of magnetic tape. Then he taught himself to mix, cut, and scratch using two reel to reel decks.
The Iron Curtain had cut off the USSR from most Western music for decades. Vinyl records of Western hip hop and funk were essentially impossible to viet records of Alla Pugacheva and other approved pop stars were useless for the kind of DJing developing in New York and London.
So Mr. Tape improvised. He recorded Western music directly off foreign radio broadcasts onto reels of magnetic tape. Then he taught himself to mix, cut, and scratch using two reel to reel decks.
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The great Mongo Santamaria performing live at North Sea Jazz Festival in ‘81.
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Del Casher, the guitarist and inventor whose innovations included the wah-wah pedal, has died at the age of 88 rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…
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rest in peace richard lloyd :(
10/25/1951 - 11/07/2026 <3
10/25/1951 - 11/07/2026 <3
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BREAKING: Richard Lloyd, co-founding guitarist of Television and an architect of post-punk, has died at the age of 75.
📸: Michael Putland/Getty Images
📸: Michael Putland/Getty Images
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Os Mutantes - Panis Et Circenses
1969 / Brazil / TV Cultura
👁sound on👁
1969 / Brazil / TV Cultura
👁sound on👁
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I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
–Marilyn Monroe
–Marilyn Monroe
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RoboCop 2 (1990)
As sequels go, this one is pretty good. Lacks the soul of the first but loads of fun.
As sequels go, this one is pretty good. Lacks the soul of the first but loads of fun.
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Few people know that the familiar Nokia ringtone originated from a classical guitar piece called Gran Vals, composed by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega in 1902.
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"The battle goes on!" by Leonid Smetannikov, USSR TV, 1976.
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Happy birthday to legendary trumpeter Arturo Sandoval who turns 77 today, born on this day in 1949 in Artemisa, Cuba 🎺🎂🇨🇺
📸Parker Miles Blohm
#arturosandoval #trumpet #jazz #happybirthday
📸Parker Miles Blohm
#arturosandoval #trumpet #jazz #happybirthday
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Donald Byrd performs Black Byrd live at Montreux recorded on July 5, 1973. Byrd along with producers Larry and Fonce Mizell, seen here as part of the band defined 1970s jazz-funk and soul-fusion.
Video Credit : RTS Radio Télévision Suisse / Montreux Sounds
Video Credit : RTS Radio Télévision Suisse / Montreux Sounds
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Remembering the great Art Tatum, who passed away 70 years ago today.
One of jazz piano’s great virtuosos. Dazzling runs, dense reharmonizations and a stride foundation that later generations still measure themselves against.
One of jazz piano’s great virtuosos. Dazzling runs, dense reharmonizations and a stride foundation that later generations still measure themselves against.
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Roxy Music 'For Your Pleasure' 4-disc Super Deluxe Edition box set, 2CD Deluxe Edition, 2LP black or limited edition coloured vinyl, and streaming versions are all out now. RoxyMusic.lnk.to/ForYourPleasure
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