CONTROL VOLTAGE

September 6, 2012 – Not too long ago, DJs routinely busted their backs schlepping heavy crates of vinyl from gig to gig.

September 5, 2012 – "You are now listening to Araabmuzik." That telltale voice is back, and so is Abraham "Araabmuzik" Orellana, the MPC champion and Dipset producer turned EDM acolyte, whose Electronic Dream 2 appeared on eMusic yesterday, with no advance warning. Or is he back?

September 4, 2012 – The music industry may be burning to the ground, but record collectors have plenty to fiddle with these days: We're awash in box sets, 180-gram reissues, colored vinyl, marbled vinyl, sparkly vinyl, picture discs, audio postcards — you name it; if grooves can be cut into it, they probably have.

August 31, 2012 – Mosca's "Done Me Wrong" and "Bax," released last summer on Glasgow's Numbers imprint, were highlights of the ongoing U.K. garage revival. Reviving the plucky organ bass and fidgety, swinging drums of Groove Chronicles, Zed Bias, and the style of 2-step known briefly as "nu dark swing," Mosca's tunes were dead ringers for the rough-cut, spit-and-chewing-gum anthems of yore.

August 30, 2012 – Asheville, North Carolina's Moogfest announced a number of new additions to its lineup this week, including Nas, Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), and Morton Subotnick; on October 26 and 27, they join Primus, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Squarepusher, Four Tet, GZA, and Actress in rounding out one of the most adventurous festival lineups in North America — and that list of names only scratches the surface. Moogfest

August 29, 2012 – Fresh off Chrome Lips, their dank, gothed-out mixtape with the 16-year-old Barbadian rapper Haleek Maul, Chicago's Supreme Cuts return with a dreamy remix of Physical Therapy's "Drone On" featuring Jamie Krasner. Just about the only thing the two releases have in common is that they're both free.