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Gino Sorcinelli

Dissecting beatmaking, DJing, music production, rapping, and sampling.

Created 11 Jul 2019

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“I Just Resampled and Layered Over the Track Before”: Talking Process with Pursuit Grooves
18 Mar 2022
The vast catalog of DJ, producer, and vocalist Vanese Smith - better known as Pursuit Grooves - defies simple genre categorization. Running the gamut from instrumental hip-hop to house, ambient, and e...
“I Listen to Music Like Other People Watch Movies”: A Conversation with Tony Dark
29 Dec 2021
Before establishing himself as a DJ, studio engineer, and producer, Houston native Tony Dark developed an interest in music at a young age thanks to his immediate family. First there was his dad, who ...
"The Capacity to Put Out a Lot of Depth”: A Mejiwahn Interview
23 Dec 2021
Several years before contributing to projects like Liv.e’s full-length solo debut Couldn't Wait To Tell You... and Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin’s collaboration FlySiifu's, Oakland-based producer Mejiwahn s...
The Rise of Memphis Rap Tapes
28 Aug 2021
Original cover image by the folks at Reverb. I hope this article finds you well. You may have noticed I haven’t published anything under the Micro-Chop umbrella for the past six weeks. I should have a...
3 Cover Songs by Ahmad Jamal
14 Jul 2021
After taking up piano at age three, renowned bandleader, composer, and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal put out his debut record Ahmad Jamal Plays (later re-released as Chamber Music of the New Jazz) in 1955....
Every Micro-Chop Interview from 2020 and 2021
13 Jul 2021
I’ve worked hard to keep Micro-Chop afloat in 2020 and 2021. That said, the emotional toll of COVID and returning to teaching full-time in January 2020 have made it next to impossible to maintain a de...
"Keep Multi-Tracking on That Level": A DJ Harrison Interview
12 Jul 2021
DJ Harrison’s ‘ColorJazzMixtape’ cover photo. Born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1988, multi-instrumentalist and producer DJ Harrison was surrounded by sound from the very beginning of his life. His fath...
The Musical Journey of JWords
01 Jul 2021
New Jersey-based producer JWords first developed a strong interest in making music during high school. “I remember I was a junior and I was figuring out what I wanted to do in my life,” she says. “I w...
Revisiting Brainorchestra.'s 'The Wizard's Scroll'
25 Jun 2021
Prior to the creation of his July 2020 concept EP The Wizard's Scroll, Elizabeth, New Jersey-based MC/producer Brainorchestra. took a trip to Baltimore. During his time in Maryland he lost himself in ...
'Butter Trilogy Pt.2'
21 Jun 2021
I’ve been a fan of Controllerise member Leem Lizzy for a minute. One of the first things that drew me to his music was the crazy sample flipping on “LaLa” from his self-titled 2018 album. The chops an...
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