Dj Soops NeoSoul: Akai MPC Renaissance.. Music Production Controller for 2012

Friday, 6 January 2012

Akai MPC Renaissance.. Music Production Controller for 2012

Akai has truly grabbed midi by the balls and are set to release an exciting midi production controller in 2012…. Enter the Akai MPC Renaissance (and no you can't put your old floppy's in it lol). OK, Forget about what its capable of, I just love the name!! I Just kept repeating it in my head after I saw the promo video from Akaiprompc.com. Getting back to business, the spec does look pretty exciting: it has a full audio interface, USB hub and lots and lots of I/O. The part that I’m really looking forward to, is that for the first time the MPC gets a dedicated external software. This concept is obviously a direct response to the very popular hardware/software controller from Native Instruments called Maschine. But despite “Maschine” filling the void that Akai left, it doesn’t have an audio interface or the legendary MPC name and workflow? But then again, it might just come down to price to entice that budding producer to take the plunge….

Well here’s the mouthwatering video for you to dissect:

For more info: http://www.akaiprompc.com

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What is Neo-Soul?

Neo soul (also known as nu soul) is a musical genre of the late 1990s and early 2000s that fuses contemporary R&B, 1970s style soul, classical music, jazz, and elements of alternative-hip hop. It is the third major sub-genre of contemporary R&B, after the new jack swing of the late 1980s to early/mid 1990s and the hip hop soul of the mid to late 1990s. The "neo soul" term, originated by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late-1990s, is sometimes looked upon with disdain as nothing more than a marketing specialization of contemporary R&B instead of an honest revival of soul music. This is because most of the people who record in the genre and listen to it tend to be anti-mainstream preferring that the music favor underground credibility and soulfulness over mainstream popularity.

Early works

The genre is considered to have originated with the work of Raphael Saadiq's band Tony! Toni! Toné! in the mid-1990s, but the term began to surface after the release of singer Joi's debut album Pendulum Vibe which contained elements of early 70s style arrangements along with Rock style elements. it resurfaced with D'Angelo's 1995 LP Brown Sugar. Brown Sugar featured elements of classic soul, inspired by artists such as Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway (both keyboardists, as is D'Angelo), that had not been regularly seen in modern African-American mainstream music since the mid-1980s. Also, in 1995 came the work of a duo called Groove Theory, which included the members Amel Larrieux, the singer and Bryce Wilson, the rapper/singer/producer/actor. In 1997, Motown artist Erykah Badu released her debut LP, Baduizm, the success of which paved the way for new Motown chief Kedar Massenburg to shift the direction of much of the company's output towards Badu's style, which he dubbed neo-soul. The first soul revival artist to make a major impact on the mainstream was Lauryn Hill, whose 1998 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill LP was a critical and commercial smash and garnered five Grammy Awards.

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http://www.paxstereo.tv/neosoul.htm

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Akai MPC Renaissance.. Music Production Controller for 2012

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