Rebel Radio

This week’s interview is a continuation from last week with Richard Vission. Wild Style is (are?) Richard’s tribute to the 80s dance genre freestyle. Think Exposé, Cover Girls, Trinere. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, look it up. But while the duo of Frankie and Sonja is definitely a throwback, there’s something very current about them at the same time. They’re sexy and playful and seem...

Our guest this week is Richard Vission.  He’s a DJ, remixer, producer, label owner, club promoter. He’s host of Power Tools — the longest running dance music mix show in the country. He’s worked with megastars from Lady Gaga and Madonna to Major Lazer. And he’s made hits for multiple generations of dance artists — from Crystal Waters and Martha Wash in the 90s to Luciana and his latest discovery,...

This week we come at you live and direct from the world Los Angeles premiere of Stretch and Bobbito: A Film About Radio That Changed Lives. It’s a short interview because we taped right before the film started, but they dropped some nuggets on us before the lights went down, and they promised to come back and do the full interview next time they’re in Los Angeles. If you don’t know, the Stretch Ar...

Time for some action. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think about Ookay: action. Feels a little like dude came out of nowhere to build a fan base that hangs on his every photo and enjoys his antics like taking his dad to Winter Music Conference. You may or may not love his music (it’s noisy and feels very “of the moment” in both good and bad ways), but you definitely get the sense that h...

This week’s guest is Oliver Wang, Author, Professor, and DJ. In this episode you will find snippets of music from A Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC, and Blackstreet. And the EDM.com Track of the Week is Gallant – Weight in Gold: https://soundcloud.com/lavish/gallant-weight-in-gold What’s the time? It’s time to get smart. Oliver Wang is a Ph. D. That’s French for smarter than you. He’s also a DJ, which...

Check out this week's episode with The Baka Boyz. In this episode you will hear the EDM.COM track of the week from IshDARR - Sugar : https://soundcloud.com/lavish/ishdarr-sugar-prod-medasin And music from Rick James, Pet Shop Boys, Volume 10, Major Lazer, Outkast, Cypress Hill, and AC Slater. Nick V. says Josh Levine is guarded. He might be right. But next to him, everyone seems guarded. He’s the...

Imagine getting up in front of a room full of strangers and telling them your most private, most embarrassing secrets. You read from pages of your childhood diary, pages that don’t particularly make you look good. And then those strangers erupt in applause. You’ve not only made them laugh, you made them feel a little better about themselves, their flaws, and secrets. You’ve soothed their fears tha...

Welcome to the 12th episode of Rebel Radio. Adam 12 sees people at their best, and at their worst. He sees them from the DJ booth, having the time of their lives on the dance floor, living their culture; and he sees them turnt up, twisted, too distracted by social media to really enjoy themselves. That’s what it’s like when you live behind the decks for multiple decades. Adam is Obama’s DJ after h...

This week’s guest is Terry Heller. In this episode you will find snippets of music from The Pharcyde, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and WC. The EDM.com Track of the Week is Morris by King Mez: https://soundcloud.com/hip-hop/king-mez-morris Man, Terry Heller has seen some shit. As a teenager, he hung around with NWA. (His uncle Jerry was NWA’s infamous manager played by Paul Giammati in Straight Outta Comp...

This week’s guest is artist Aaron Axelrod. In this episode you will find snippets of music from Suga Free, Bob Dylan, Flying Lotus, and Wu-Tang Clan. The EDM.com Track of the Week is Dr. Fresch – Walk That Talk ft. Thewz https://soundcloud.com/thisisechelon/dr-fresch-walk-that-talk-ft Rebel Radio is now available on Dash Radio! Check us out every Thursday, 6 pm PST on the Hot Button channel. http:...

This week’s guest is Thee Mike B. In this episode you will find snippets of music from NWA, Dr Dre, Daft Punk, and more. The EDM.com Track of the Week is Tiga - Bugatti (Tommy Trash Remix)https://soundcloud.com/edm/tiga-bugatti-tommy-trash-remix-edmcom-premiere. Don’t forget to follow, comment, and share. Mike B is a trip. He’s known as a DJ’s DJ, which means he’s a talented selector who can cross...

This week's EDM.com Track of the Week is from Penthouse Penthouse. The track is "What You Sippin' On." https://soundcloud.com/lavish/penthouse-penthouse-what-u-sippin-on Let us know what you think of the song. Kira Soltanovich is hilarious. Good thing too because she's a comedian. Maybe you saw her on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (she played the “photo booth” for seven years), or maybe on Girls...

This week’s guest is KCRW's Garth Trinidad. In this episode you will find snippets of music from Thundercat, Isley Brothers, J. Dilla, and Eric B & Rakim. And the EDM.com Track of the Week is Patawawa - Back to Life (LBCK remix)by Ivory Oasis https://soundcloud.com/ivoryoasis/patawawa-back-to-life-lbck-remix. Garth has been a DJ on LA’s legendary KCRW independent radio station for over 18 years, h...

This week’s guest is Gabriel Garzon-Montano. In this episode you will find snippets of music from Prince, Omar, and more. And the EDM.com Track of the Week is Elenne - King of Thebes https://soundcloud.com/edm/el-nne-king-of-thebes-edm-com. If you're just hearing the name Gabriel Garzón-Montano for the first time, you are late to the game. He's already done Rebel Red Bull Sound Select Artist, with...

This week’s guest is AMG, the rapper. In this episode you will find snippets of music from DJ Quik, Eazy-E, Fila Fresh Crew, and New Edition. And our EDM.com Track of the Week is from TroyBoi: Do you ft. Armani White. Check out our EP 5: Playlist to hear all of the songs featured. In 1991, AMG released “Bitch Better Have My Money,” a furious combination of sexual energy, teenage bravado, and soul...

This week’s guest is Marques Wyatt. In this episode you will find snippets of music from Aerosmith, Loosid, FKA Twigs, Depeche Mode, and Jesse Saunders. Not only is Marques the godfather of LA’s deep house scene, his lineage traces directly to the great Frankie Knuckles, who mentored Marques after meeting him in a club in New York in the 1980s. From those auspicious beginnings, Marques went on to...

Every episode comes with snippets of old and new school tracks! Listen to sounds from Mayer Hawthorne, Detroit Swindle, Rae Sremmurd, Grandmaster Flash, + more. See playlist for more! Rebel Radio caught up with retro soul singer Mayer Hawthorne and producer Jake One, known together as the funk throwback Tuxedo. We found out how they balance jumping between different genres of music (Mayer: It lite...

DJ Nu-Mark began as a mobile DJ here in Los Angeles and has grown to be one of the most innovative DJs in music culture known worldwide. We sat down to talk about his career highs like ”What’s Golden” and his recent reunion with Jurassic 5 at Coachella after a seven year break. He also shared with us that he is putting out an album called "TradeMark" with Slim Kid Tre from The Pharcyde and working...

Could working with Joe Jonas or Selena Gomez be a bad career move? Well, if you’re an artist whose core sound isn’t pop, it could mean taking a few years to get your career back on track. At least that was the case for our first Rebel Radio guest, Static Revenger aka Latroit. "I slapped my name on everything. I got pop associations and I sort of bought into all the money I was going to make... I c...