Review Earplug May 2008 Tight mixes, pithy dialogue, and rapid-fire vocal samples are apropos for his day-job as an ad man, but it’s Steve Stein’s delivery and sense of humor that have made him a crate-digging icon. Better known as Steinski, the DJ/producer launched his landmark “Lessons” mixes with Douglas “Double Dee” DiFranco in the […]
Interview Chicago Tribune January 12, 2007 “The Payoff Mix,” a Frankenstein according to one of its creators, was a song that raised questions that still haunt artists and record labels. In 1983, New York producer Steve Stein and his friend Douglas DiFranco, a studio engineer, created the tune, a technically precise and occasionally humorous reworking […]