The much-travelled Matias Aguayo always brings a sense of adventure to his music, be it on Cologne’s celebrated Kompakt label or his own Cómeme imprint. In this lecture at the 2011 Red Bull Music ...

Hailing from Lisbon, Buraka Som Sistema took hip-hop, techno, zouk from the Caribbean and kuduro from Angola to fashion an irresistible dance music sound that quickly wooed anyone who heard it.

I think the difference... a DJ obviously plays people's music. I think a turntablist uses records to make music. It's kind of a flip in the mind type of thing. So how did you start making music? One ...

A singer, songwriter, producer and actress, Janelle Monáe has been electrifying audiences with her hybrid brand of Afrofuturist funk, soul and R&B since her 2010 debut LP The ArchAndroid. Most ...

We're here at Red Bull Music Academy in Montréal. We are here to talk to a man who has mixed so many jams, so many tracks by Young Thug, T.I., Travis Scott. Here we have Alex Tumay. Yeah, I was born ...

Asha Puthli is a name that’s legendary for many reasons. Over five decades the singer, songwriter and actress has released ten albums, over 25 singles and made numerous guest appearances on a wide ...

In only a few years, Detroit’s Danny Brown has gone from underground oddity to towering rap star, releasing three critically acclaimed albums and charming fans worldwide. Covering topics such as ...

The first thing I chopped was a [jazz fusion group] Return To Forever jam. Was there an old Roland sampler, the MS something? Whatever. It was big, it was grey, it had a red button on it. I chopped up ...

Maurice Fulton’s productions have been key to the growth of house music worldwide, both as a solo artist under and tireless collaborator. In his lecture at the 2006 Red Bull Music Academy, Fulton went ...

Chez Damier has devoted his life to dance music. After starting out in Chicago, he set up fabled Detroit nightclub the Music Institute with Derrick May and Alton Miller, looked after the business ...

Composer, author and educator Pauline Oliveros has dedicated her life to sound and to listening. One of electronic music’s most important early figures, she was an original member of the pioneering ...

Gaspar Noé is one of the most daring and accomplished filmmakers of his generation, responsible for celebrated movies like Irreversible and Enter the Void. As part of the RBMA Radio: Live Los Angeles ...