Documentarian Samir Farooq presents a look inside the snow-capped mountain peaks of the Xinjiang region, where a burgeoning music scene is on the cusp of arrival. Across the span of small cities and vast stretches of desert, groups of young people come together to create their unique takes on hip-hop, metal and rock music, not to mention visual art. At the heart of this documentary is the divide between tradition and contemporary art, as framed by the deep-seeded passion each group holds. Enjoy a trailer for the video above.

Atlanta (by way of South Carolina) upstart, Childish Major recently sat down with TheFactsRemain.com to discuss how the success of Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O” record has catapulted his career. The HPG representative details how his interactions within the industry have benefited from the record’s popularity, despite the initial controversy surrounding Rick Ross’ lyrics.

Major also exclusively walks us through how he created the smash hit for the “Umma Do Me” rapper. The DJ Spinz (known for Cash Out’s “Cashin Out” hit) associate also informs us of a forthcoming compilation showcasing a plethora of exclusive collaborations. The “Talk That Talk” single has been confirmed to feature Young Jeezy.

He also releases the idea that more remixes are on the way following A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz, and Wiz Khalifa’s unofficial contributions. Enjoy the video and stay tuned for all new developments.

Guitar Moves, hosted by Matt Sweeney, is a show where the viewer gets an opportunity to sit in on a private, interesting, and hilarious conversation about guitars, music, life, and their craft. During the season, Sweeney and his guest play through licks, riffs, and solos that inform their style, influence their playing, and define their sound.

FL Studio 11 has arrived, hot on the heels of an impressive FL Studio Mobile release. The folks at Image Line have been intensely busy, but what strikes me is that you can now play FL Studio using almost anything, on almost any device. The Mobile version works on Android and touch Windows devices, not just iOS, when most folks target only Apple.
And the upgrade to FL Studio 11 is similarly flexible.

There’s a clip-triggering performance mode, which already supports a range of input methods: “mouse, touch screen, typing keyboard or MIDI controller. Supports APC20/40, Launchpad, Lemur, Block, Maschine/Mikro, padKONTROL, Traktor Kontrol (and more).”

Multi-touch support works in the UI. Microsoft’s gestures are supported.

Editing views have been tweaked all over the place, including lots of Playlist improvements.

And there are a number of new plug-ins, too, in typical Fruity Loops fashion:

- BassDrum percussion synth with sample layering

- GMS (Groove Machine Synth): “Multi-timbral hybrid synthesizer & FX channel lifted from Groove Machine.”
- A “performance-oriented” Effector multi-effects unit: Distortion, Lo-Fi bit reduction, Flanging, Phasing, Filter (low/high pass), Delay, Reverb, Stereo panning & binaural effect, Gating, Granulizer, Vocal formant and Ring modulation effects.

- Patcher is improved with voice effects and a new UI, for saving and recalling plug-in chains.

- New key mapping works on live notes and Piano Roll editing to modify notes. (There’s a color mapper for the Piano Roll, too.

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