Russia-born and New York hip hop-inspired, DJ Vadim has performed pretty much everywhere with pretty much everyone including coolies like DJ Krush, The Roots, The Pharcyde and Public Enemy. Bumping up the local hip hop scene, Vadim shares his stage with his wife, rhythm vixen Yarah Bravo, a sultry half Brazilian, half Swedish talent whose lyrics and beats are made to move you.

Hip hop and electro have gone hand in hand before but rarely in Hong Kong by a guy who has spun in front of 60,000 people, is multi-talented (producer, painter, writer and promoter) and is compared to DJ Shadow and DJ Krush.

The show also includes Ghost Style from 24 Herbs and starts at 21:00 till midnight at Grappa’s Cellar.

Advance tickets can be found at White Noise and Grappas and are $280 plus 1 drink and Door tickets are $320 which also includes a drink.

-AL

Nujabes, real name Jun Seba was killed in a fatal car accident on February 26th. He was 36 years old.

RIP Nujabes.

-L

Whether you enjoy the raw sounds of hold-it-in-your-hands-and-play or embrace the digitalised beats and bops, you can’t deny that music is taking an electrified turn. Now the great thing about this is that programmes are constantly being developed rapidly to allow anybody to create their own fine piece themselves.

Such programmes are: Reason, Ableton , Fruityloops, Nuendo, Reaper, Cubase, Pro Tools and Mac’s Logic along with many, many more.

It’s understandable that many an artist out there might think, “Oh man now everyone’s a bloody DJ kid, oh man, oh man!” but really, who the hell cares! The more music there is out there the better. To deprive anyone the ability to want to make nice music and to have a swell time during is not a very nice thing now is it? These programmes are to let not only professionals strut their stuff, but also for beginners to learn and spread the fantastic digital music scene. I reckon it’s a great reason for making Reason.

- Alex Lendrum