Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Hip-hop and everything it has influenced—from electronic dance music to modern pop ...

I usually write this column based on whatever music I’m listening to during the week. Along with this column, my radio show on Wednesday nights follows the same idea, an hour of what I’ve been ...

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan — In the sofa-appointed listening room of a factory north of Tokyo, hi-fi fans can listen to vintage vinyl records on a sound system costing $45,000, including a sleek silver ...

Modern synthesizer sounds have become a background staple in everything from modern music to video game and movie scores, but part of the popularity is due to a resurgence in the technology’s use by ...

Aug. 11, 1973 marks the first documented hip-hop party in the Bronx, New York, thrown by DJ Kool Herc. This is largely considered to be the birth of the genre. On the 50th anniversary of this date in ...

I said a hip hop, hippie to the hippie, the hip, hip a hop, and you don’t stop. Those were the very first Hip Hop lyrics I remember hearing from my mom’s eight-track tape deck back in the late ’70s.

It is well known that the practice of scratching records first came from New York by originators such as Grand Wizard Theodore, while the legendary Kool Herc was experimenting with doubles to keep ...

DJ Chi bobs his head to the hip-hop rhythm, one hand skipping over the vinyl record, the other on the mixer. Possum, Raydar, Moses and the other DJs in the room listen to his beat. This is a ...

The humble turntable has put music in a spin over the last 50 years - giving rise to a whole new genre of sound, artistic skill and culture. The turntable has been used as a musical instrument since ...