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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 AT 06:20 PM - Category: Academy Life
Written by Lars Vegas

8,085 Words To Perfection

Mala Lecture Transcript

Norwood Throwing Stars
To the uninitiated, dubstep might seem like some teenage music produced on Playstations in between breaks of World Of Warcraft and Final Fantasy sessions. This lecture session transcript might make you re-think though, as Mala of one of dubstep’s premier crews, Digital Mystikz, gives up the goods on the Barcelona couch, proving that dubstep is in fact a natural extension of the UK bass music continuum by adapting the best elements in style and ethos to shape a new sound dimension for the now generation.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008 AT 12:33 PM - Category: Academy Life
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Twins Peak

Sly & Robbie’s Lecture Transcript

Tales for days... Sly breaks it down
It was Jeremy Harding who, among many other things, shared this anecdote about Japanese tourists travelling to Jamaica with a dictionary ‘Japanese/Patois’, during his lecture session in Seattle. No need to run to the bookstore though, rudebwoys and gals, as this time around we are happy to upload the complete transcript of another legendary session with musicians from this hugely influential island, smoothing out language barriers and dropping knowledge on tings a gwaan.

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Monday, August 11, 2008 AT 03:09 PM - Category: Academy Life
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Melbourne Marvels

More sessions added to Video Archive

Melbourne Two... Derrick May and Academy team member Torsten Schmidt talk techno in 2006
As the revamp of our website proceeds, more lecture videos have been added to the Video Archive section.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 AT 05:34 PM - Category: Academy Life
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Festival Fiber

Academy Lecturers play at Benicàssim

Academy Lecturer Carl Craig live at Benicàssim 2007 (FIB Archive / Francois Ollivier)
Spanish festival season is still in full effect with what might be one the most impressive line-ups of this season overall. Almost 100 acts are gathering at this year’s Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, ranging from red top (Babyshambles) to red carpet (Róisín Murphy). Highlights include indie demigods My Bloody Valentine and Morrissey, as well as Radio Slave, Battles, Erol Alkan, Gnarls Barkley, Booka Shade, Joakim, and of course, Academy lecturers Ewan Pearson, John Acquaviva, and Superpitcher (as part of Supermayer). And who knows, maybe Justice will get their Moz feature after having a nice glass of Mouton-Rothschild together backstage?

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008 AT 11:23 AM - Category: Academy Life
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

We're jamon, jamon in the name of the lord...

RBMA stage at Monegros Festival, Spain

TRG don't sleep in Toronto... (pic: M Truong)
Festival goers are in for a treat when they attend the Monegros Festival this weekend - adding to the killer line up, the Red Bull Music Academy stage keeps the low end heavy, with sets from Skream, Benga, TRG, and Real. Fresh from destroying the lounge speakers at Sonar, and dropping a bass-off mix versus Martyn on Mary Ann Hobbs' show this week, TRG is getting well into his stride. You can catch his mix live from Sonar right here...

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