June 9, 2009 - Seattle - KJ Sawka has announced the worldwide release of DrumBanger, a simulation of his half-electronic drum set that gives fans a way to remix and sequence Sawka's music from their iPhones and iPod Touches. Loaded with cd-quality samples of KJ Sawka's live drums and massive synth sounds, DrumBanger puts the user behind the drums to deconstruct and then reassemble the music into a new creation. DrumBanger represents a new way to consume and enjoy music: not just by listening to it, but by simultaneously teaming up with the artist to create it.
DrumBanger Puts Fans in the Cockpit of Sawka's Drum 'n Bass Machine
"DrumBanger gives the audience a chance to create music the way I do," said Sawka. "Writing and performing music is my life passion, and DrumBanger is my gift to the world in our modern, computer phone times. Now you can be involved in the music making process and get an idea of how beats are made and loops are played from a different point of view... the drum throne." DrumBanger users touch and rub different instruments and devices in Sawka's drum set to compose sounds, and can then arrange intros, verses, refrains, and outros using the Sawkquencer - a specialized music sequencer.
DrumBanger is based on the GroovWare music remix platform, from Seattle-based developer General UI. GroovWare will bring a series of artist-branded apps that, like DrumBanger, will allow fans to listen to and reshape the artist's music. "We're looking forward to launching a whole new category of applications, in partnership with major artists, that will make mobile music an experience of creativity, not just consumption," said General UI manager Jason Thane.
DRUMBANGER DEMO VIDEO
DrumBanger can be purchased on the iTunes app store:Download app
Always
at the forefront of underground music, the Knowledge cover CD is as
synonymous with the drum & bass scene as the rewind or the Amen
break. It should therefore come as no surprise that this month sees a
break from the label / agency mix CDs that we are normally graced with,
to instead offer a complete album of new, unmixed material from DJ Trax
featuring 11 tracks written especially for you lucky blighters.
1. DJ Trax - Drawn Together 2. DJ Trax - Heavens Gate ft. Becki Biggins 3. DJ Trax - Be Moved (remix) 4. DJ Trax - Semi Conversational ft. Steve Sparrow, Chad Thomas & KJ Sawka 5. DJ Trax - Thoughts In Widescreen 6. DJ Trax - Nobody's Fool 7. DJ Trax - Sunlight 8. DJ Trax - Shady 9. DJ Trax - Inner Voice 10. DJ Trax ft. Manu Delago - The Last Laugh 11. DJ Trax - Frantically Calm
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crunk
your mad skilz boggle my mind!! what CAN'T you do?
Sawquencer? I love it!!!
thats so rad
dammitt kevin, you are going to make me get an iphone!