Facetime with Dj Graymatter

by Julian Heughan aka 32french

In Portland, Maine Hip Hop has had a healthy resurgence, with people like Moshe, Brzowski, and Sontiago, and venues like Hip Hop Open Mic at the Big Easy on Monday’s, great hip hop seems to be here to stay. One such person has been seen at local clubs all around Portland, [...]

Arranging the Deck Chairs on the SS Art & Commerce

posted by c money burns
The oft-referenced dictionary.com defines neophilia as the trait of being excited and pleased by novelty. This being a site dedicated primarily to underground electronic music, it’s safe to say that most readers and contributors share this trait when it comes to discovering new music. Exactly how we go about [...]

Port Authorities win 75-64!

“Maine Roller Derby fans were treated to a nail-biter of a season-opener on Saturday April 12th when the Port Authorities took down the Rhode Island Riveters, 75-64. The Port Authorities anticipated an extremely tough match-up [...]

BelTek Festival 2008

BelTek Festival 2008 has been announced!! The 6th annual free arts and music festival in beautiful Belmont, Maine features 2 nights of music, art, and groovy people. BelTek’s organizers bring you a safe, comfortable and fun enviroment for you, your family and friends to party. Don’t be left at home. Mark [...]

WPB @ Amigo’s

Interview: Jason Keith

Jason Keith
November 2007 – Interview by Nate Shupe

What is your favorite beer?
Shipyard’s Chamberlain Pale Ale (at least that’s what it is at the moment)

When did you get started making music?
Wow! I’m gonna say, 1987 was the first time I ever picked up a guitar and tried to play it. As far as [...]

Interview: nomar slevik

nomar slevik
June 2007 – Interview
With a brand spankin’ new new album out on Hawaiian indie label SIQ Records,
Nomar Slevik ponders life outside his studio in Freeport, ME..

Are you from maine?
Yes, originally from Fort Kent, then on to Bar Harbor. I did a hot minute in Boston and then settled in to Portland for a [...]

Interview: Moshe

Moshe
May 2007 – Interview
Producer, DJ, and workaholic, Moshe is the founder and President of Milled Pavement Records
as well as co-founder of wepushbuttons.com. He’s been making and promoting music in Portland for over 11 years.

When and how did you get started dj’n? Producing?
When I was really young (like 6-7?) I used to mix tapes together with [...]

Interview: Vik44

Vik44
March 2007 – Interview
Portland’s IDM meistro talks shop.

Are you from Maine?
Im from Presque Isle Maine.

How long have you been producing electronic music?
It started for me with trackers in about 98 or so. Cool programs that used low quality samples so it didn’t eat up hard drive space or eat up cpu power. The [...]

Interview: The Lin

Thel
January 2007 – Interview
Thel tells it like it is.

WPB: Are you from maine?
yeh. Budweiser bro…
WPB: How long have you been producing/djing?
First off, peace to Alf, Didymus, Grape Ape, Taz, Huckleberry Hound, Gorloth, Falkor, & McNulty…
I got turntables a while back and been doing stuff since thursday.
WPB: How did you get into producing?
Initially it was [...]