The up-and-coming and extremely young London-based hip-hop collective The Age of L.U.N.A. have quickly developed an international profile with the release of an critically acclaimed mixtape earlier this year. And although they clearly possess an […]
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If you’ve been frequenting JOVM for the better part of the past year, you would probably be familiar with Scott Melker, a New York-based producer, DJ and electronic music artist, who has spent the bulk of […]
Black Sheep/Etivan and Das EFX with Jairobi, Sadat X and Other Special Guests at Brooklyn Bowl 1/15/15
Black Sheep and Das EFX with Jairobi, Sadat X and Other Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl January 15, 2015 As a child of the 80s and teenager of the 90s, the very beginnings of hip-hop’s golden […]
Kendo The Almost Famous, P.E. 2.0, and Public Enemy at Brooklyn Bowl 9/16/14
Kendo The Almost Famous, P.E. 2.0 and Public Enemy Brooklyn Bowl 9/16/14 As a child of the 80s, there were a number of artists I loved immensely and hadn’t had a chance to see back […]
Leaving Records and Stones Throw Records teamed up to release the third edition of Ras G’s mixtape series, Raw Fruit on the second annual Cassette Store Day last Saturday. And much like the already-established Record Store Day, […]
As I mentioned in a previous post, the legendary Public Enemy is at Brooklyn Bowl tonight, and I’ve been a Public Enemy fan since the late 1980s but sadly, I was too young to see […]
The legendary Public Enemy is at Brooklyn Bowl tonight, and in honor of the occasion, we gotta go back old school with the Spike Lee produced video for “Fight the Power” – and not the […]
If you’ve followed this blog a bit, you’ll know that in the past few months i’ve written about Scott Melker, who records and performs under the moniker of The Melker Project. And in his over […]
A Q&A with Scott Melker, a.k.a. the Melker Project
With over 15 years as a DJ, Scott Melker, who records and performs under the moniker of the Melker Project, has shared stages with the likes of some of the world’s most popular and beloved DJs and […]
As a DJ, Scott Melker has been around for quite some time. In his over 16 years as DJ, Melker has shared stages with the likes of DJs and acts like DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Dougie […]
As a DJ, Scott Melker has shared stages with the likes of DJs and acts like DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kanye West, the Wu Tang Clan.Q-Tip, Ne-Yo, T.I. and a list of others — thanks to the fact […]
In his over 16 years as DJ, Scott Melker has shared stages with the likes of DJs and acts like DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kanye West, the Wu […]
There are a handful of artists whose work has been so influential and so important that it reverberates and speaks to generations of musicians and listeners. How can one think of modern music without the […]
Ebony Bones’ whose stage name was originally coined by the Damned’s Rat Scabies has developed a reputation for a sound that adeptly blurs the genre boundaries between punk, pop, soul and even hip hop. But […]
As many of you know, last weekend was a busy weekend as I was covering the 10th annual Afro-Punk Festival in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn. With their being a continuing examination of what […]