What did you do this weekend? Us? Well, Big Shot conducted a rather interesting interview in LA with Sam Sparro and Lady Tigra that’ll appear in Issue 24. Stay tuned for more information.
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BSTV: Virgin Mobile Festival, Baltimore
The Virgin Mobile Festival took place this weekend in Baltimore and featured a star-studded bill starring some acts you may have heard of such as Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Stone Temple Pilots, and Nine Inch Nails. But the DJ tent wasn’t too shabby either. Armed with her camera, Big Shot reporter Mary Ishimoto Morris caught up with Moby, Armin van Buuren, P-Thugg from Chromeo, Rabbit in the Moon, Steve Lawler, Donald Glaude, DJ Dan, and various other jocks and asked them to pay homage to Sir Richard Branson.
DJ K-Swift Dives to Her Death
Khia Edgerton, better known to music fans as DJ K-Swift, died early Monday morning after diving into an above ground pool at her home in northeast Baltimore. Edgerton was 29 years old. Dubbed the Queen of Baltimore Club, Edgerton’s radio show Off the Hook Radio aired on 92.3 WERQ-FM, Baltimore’s 92Q for the past ten years and was instrumental in getting Baltimore club music on to the radio in the genre’s fledgling years. Edgerton was also the founder of Club Queen Entertainment, a group that focused on graphics, production and management in the music industry. On Tuesday her death was ruled an accident with an autopsy revealing the cause to be severe neck injuries.
“She pushed the Baltimore Club scene on her own,” said Ultra Nate, a Baltimore-based dance artist and international DJ. “You don’t find that kind of confidence in a lot of women DJs.”
Words: Tim McLaughlin
BSTV: Alex Moulton Talks About His New Album, Expansion Team
In between running Expansion Team (who are readying the release of the Men Without Pants collaboration between Dan the Automator and Russell Simins of John Spencer Blues Explosion fame) and working on a slew of projects, New York based DJ/producer/filmmaker Alex Moulton found time to produce Exodus, his awesome sci-fi/fantasy dance music concept album. The album features appearances by Groove Collective’s Jonathan Maron and Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and album artwork painted by legendary fantasy artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Big Shot caught up with Moulton at his studio and interviewed him for Issue 23. In these two video snippets, Moulton describes Exodus and Expansion Team’s modus operandi.
Alex Moulton On His New Album, Exodus
Alex Moulton Talks About Expansion Team