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‘CHASE THAT FEELING’ DROPS ON FRIDAY!

Hilltop Hoods — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:41:56 +0000

Our new single ‘Chase That Feeling’ will be available on Itunes exclusively this Friday. Don’t sleep!

PRESSURE’S TOP FIVE HIP HOP VIDEOS OF ALL TIME

Hilltop Hoods — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:32:38 +0000

Brother Ali – Uncle Sam Goddamn

Q-Tip – Breathe & Stop

The Roots – Don’t Feel Right

Talib Kweli – Get By

Kanye West – Jesus Walks

DEBRIS’S TOP FIVE HIP HOP VIDEOS OF ALL TIME

Hilltop Hoods — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:25:17 +0000

Promoe – These Walls Don’t Lie

Jurassic 5 – The Influence

Non Phixion – Rock Stars

Biz Markie – Just a Friend

Crooklyn Dodgers – Crooklyn Dodgers 95

SUFFA’S TOP FIVE HIP HOP VIDEOS OF ALL TIME

Hilltop Hoods — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:11:18 +0000

Feel free to argue. I probably should have had Wu-Tang’s ‘Triumph’ video in there. Jay Z’s video for ’99 Problems’ could have been in there too but it looks like his label’s ethered it from Youtube.

Public Enemy – Fight The Power

Outkast B.O.B.

Pharcyde- Drop

Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See

Sway & King Tech – The Anthem

MR TRIALS – GET FAMILIAR

Hilltop Hoods — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:06:09 +0000

Our friend Mr Trials of Funkoars ‘Fame/Friendship’ makes a guest appearance on ‘State of the Art’. He tears up one of our favourite tracks on the album ‘The Light You Burned’. He also does a remix for us on the ‘Chase That Feeling’ single. For those that don’t know, get familiar…

SINGLE ANNOUNCEMENT (CHASE THAT FEELING)

Hilltop Hoods — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:41:17 +0000

DJ NUMARK – GET FAMILIAR

Hilltop Hoods — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:18:09 +0000

As ‘State of the Art’ approaches we’ll be revealing more and more about the record.

The album features guest production from DJ Numark (Jurassic 5). We’ve always been huge fans of his production so we’re super excited to have him put down a beat for us. Get familiar…

And make sure you check out http://www.myspace.com/djnumark

PICS FROM ‘CHASE THAT FEELING’ FILMCLIP

Hilltop Hoods — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:20:52 +0000

Taken on Debris’s phone…

DJ DEBRIS – DJING FOR BEGINNERS PART 1 – EQUIPMENT

Hilltop Hoods — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:47:45 +0000

Since we did the blog on cheap home recording we’ve had quite a few emails from people asking us to do a blog on DJing. It seems most people want to know how to get in to it and what’s need to get started so I’ll focus on that first…

Obviously your going to need some turntables. If you can afford it, go for the industry standard turntables Technics 1200′s.

Technics 1200

If the Technics 1200′s are out of your price range then go to your local DJ shop and ask to try some of their cheaper turntables, be aware that the quality of the cheaper turntables varies greatly. The main thing to look out for is the drive system, try to steer clear of belt driven turntables as they don’t respond to scratching well. The best type of turntable is direct drive. If your on a budget, a good turntable to start with is a Stanton T60.

Stanton T60

Next you’ll need some good needles. My personal favourites are the Shure M44-7′s. They stick like glue to the record no matter how hard you scratch. Grab these if you can afford them then as there’s nothing worse than trying to learn a new scratch with cheap needles that skip every time you touch the record.

Shure M44-7

The last thing you’ll need is a DJ mixer. There are a huge amount of them to choose from but a great value mixer to get started with is a Stanton SA-3.
They don’t cost a lot and they are really rugged mixers. The faders last for a long time and don’t cost much to replace.

Stanton SA-3

PICS FROM ‘STATE OF THE ART’ LISTENING SESSION

Hilltop Hoods — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:22:19 +0000

Last week we had a series of ‘State of the Art’ listening sessions at Studio 301 in Sydney. Thanks to everyone that came down. Thanks to April77 for the pics.

'State of the Art' Listening Sessions