SuperDance in the suburbs of Chicago was one of my favorite places to shop for vinyl.   Meet Aaron and many other awesome DJs.   Some people have been asking me, "what happened to them?" but since I now live out in California, its been hard to stay in touch with the Chicago scene.

Here is their explanation from their MySpace page:

Big thanks to all our customers for supporting Superdance Records over the years. We wish the store could have continued. Unfortunately technology has taken huge leaps in the DJ industry allowing digital music to take the lead. There are very cool things happening in the DJ industry. Our hope is that those who bought and played vinyl will never forget what it's like to touch a record. We still believe every DJ must experience playing with vinyl before he or she can call themselves a true DJ. Vinyl will always be apart of our history. The customers allowed Superdance to have a 15 year run. We appreciate your support!! Electronic music will only get bigger from here.!!!

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Check out this video where Human beatbox James "AudioPoet" Burchfield performs an intricate three-minute breakdown -- sexy, propulsive hip-hop rhythms and turntable textures -- all using only his voice.

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Vinyl Boy brings DJ scratching directly to your studio, with the advantage of precise midi treatment for the exact results you need. With Vinyl Boy you can scratch your audio tracks in real time- just open it as an insert effect on the track that you want to scratch, and use your modulation wheel for the authentic feeling and touch of vinyl scratching! Download Demo

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Attention Akai MPC drum machine users! MPCsounds has released volume 2 of their Vinyl Scratchez library. Volume 2 includes a total of 24 MPC programs that contain over 1,530 authentic vinyl scratch sounds performed by professional DJs.

The library is backward compatible supporting MPC500/1000/2000/XL/2500/3000/LE/4000. Vinyl Scratchez 2 is available on MPC floppy, MPC CD-ROM, MPC zip disk or download.

For more information, visit mpcsounds.com.

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A euphoric Fatboy Slim strode to the front of a rain-drenched outdoor stage at Brighton seafront earlier this week, his arms outstretched and a vast grin plastered across his soaking wet face. Despite the best efforts of the English weather to scupper the event, the DJ was enjoying himself as usual.

After enduring a painful series of electric shocks during his typically frenetic performance, Fatboy was lapping up the adulation of 20,000 revellers who had chosen to see in the New Year in the company of Britain's best-loved superstar DJ at his hometown gig.

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