PDF magazines are a promotional tool used by companies and collectives in a similar way that ‘zines led the way of underground media in the latter half of the 20th century. PDF mags are usually independent ventures showcasing international creativity and culture. Most downloadable magazines like this are art and design based in their content (such as the fantastic photography magazine Romka, which you can read all about and download their inaugural four issues here). For some online magazines there appears to be very little editorial control for the scope and quality of work displayed. There is often an interesting mix of splendid effort and mediocrity. This can not be said however of our featured magazine this week – Cuemix.
Cosmic Mole
Cuemix is a magazine both for and about DJs. There is a sublime mix of excellent writing, colorful layouts, and good content. What initially caught my eye was interviews in the current issue with one of electronic music’s more eccentric characters The Mole – a highlight of Burlington Project’s Red Box residency at We Love… Space 2009.
Baldelli
The above is a photo of Danielle Baldelli who along with Marco Dionogi has mixed and compiled the fantastic “Cosmic Disco? Nah… Cosmic Rock!” album for Eskimo Recordings. He is from before the age when genres were rigid and terms like house meant cool (in the ’80s) or a genre (in the ’90s), his DJ sets knew no boundaries. He pitched down disco records as far as they would go and gave birth to the slow chugging Balearic sound.
All in all it’s a great read and one we can’t recommend enough, download that latest issue here. Incidentally, The Mole provided one of the best interviews this summer (also interviews with Busy P, Riton and PBR Streetgang and performances from Busy P, Ben Korbel, Hot Chip, Paul Woolford and Felix Da Housecat) check it out below…
