Fresh from casino capital Las Vegas, new PDX residents Remy the Restless and MDY sell tattoo machines by day and set the decks alight by night. I first heard of the duo in a recommendation from Holocene co-owner Scott McLean and met the pair myself at the Atole and E*Rock edition of Portland Makes [...]

When we first checked in with the dashing DJ that is Palmer Auty back in November 2007, the ’90s dance party SNAP! that he co-chairs was barely off the ground. This July the party will celebrate its second anniversary and boy, have times changed. The party has moved venues from Branx to Holocene as [...]

Even among classical neophytes like myself, Steve Reich’s Music For 18 Musicians is a work that is talked about in hushed, reverent tones. Its influence has been felt far and wide over the musical spectrum, with artists as disparate as Talking Heads and Orbital showing the imprint of the work’s dense polyrhythms.
So, I wasn’t [...]

Isn’t it special to witness the birth of a new genre tag? In this edition of Hang the DJ, former Boston resident DJ Lifepartner ushers in such a moment by describing his DJ genre style as “Tropical Electro-disco.” That could kinda apply to Spanish artist El Guincho too, couldn’t it? Barely? Almost?
Now that [...]

For the entirety of 2009, Willamette Week freelancer Robert Ham is going to focus much of his attention on classical music in an effort to learn as much as he can about it but also to gain some insight into why it has become so inaccessible to common folk like you and me.
The title [...]

When DJ Zimmie graces the decks tonight at Branx, it could be one of the Rose City’s last chances to get in on his action. Yes, the Pittsburgh transplant is leaving Bridgetown to relocate back to Pennsylvania’s City of Bridges come January. It’s a sad case when you consider his skill set that produces [...]

While she’s presently pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience, Lady Adie’s real desire is to be a full-time DJ. However, if you take a look at her current residencies—at Dante’s, Pala, Hecklewood gallery and more—it seems as though she pretty much already is. In this installment, the 27 year old DJ gives us the low [...]

This week comes DJ JAK, a man who honestly has no affinity for Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” Deeming the track “evil,” DJ JAK navigates his way from that admission (in relation to a ill-fated request) to talking about the DJ collective Subsensory Recordings which he oversees. We also hear about his time in Chile DJing alongside [...]

This week another Spun Academy associate joins the Hang the DJ ranks in the form of Clint Kuper. More a DJ of private events than the city’s club scene, Kuper DJs full-time under his given name and kindly fills us in on the details of such an arrangement. We ask about MySpace as a [...]

This week Sparker Lewis—Sandpeople’s DJ in residence—steps up to the Hang the DJ plate. He casts a comparison to everyone’s favorite hidden stripe wearer Waldo (from the “Where’s Waldo” book series) when it comes to his abundance of engagements, and uses a cast of celebrities to humorously illustrate his ideal crowd at such functions. [...]