15 September 2008

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News | Interview: Above & Beyond

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 08:19 PM CDT

With festival season coming to an end, Beatportal caught up with Above & Beyond's Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Paavo Siljamäki to ask them what they thought of this summer's controversial festival line ups. While we were there we also found out what their favourite tune is at the moment, who they think will be trance's next big thing and what their thoughts are on the great trance debate.

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News | Interview with one of dance music’s true legends Greg Wilson

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:48 PM CDT

Before nu disco blew up, many children of disco's electronic hybrids and rarities looked to Greg Wilson for their education. A true pioneer, Greg Wilson has been spinning since his days at Wigan Pier in 1982. Armed with fist full of razorblades (for his infamous live re:edits) he has laid the blueprint for old and ‘nu’ to look like they were never apart. Below he talks to us about Skream and Dubstep, the closure of another London superclub, and the missing link in the history of UK house, techno and hip hop.

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News | Top Track: Sunlounger feat. Zara ‘Lost’

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 06:24 AM CDT

On first listening to Sunlounger’s new album ‘Sunny Tales’, the track that leaves the biggest impression is ‘Lost’. ‘Sunlounger’ is the alias of Armin’s current golden boy DJ Shah, who has mastered the art of creating beautiful Balearic music.

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News | Titonton Duvanté drops science and gets salacious with ‘Reverse Cowboy Pt. 1’

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 12:51 AM CDT

Some things seem to come far too early and often - Mondays, for example. Others, like the new release by Titonton Duvanté, seem to come too few and far between. Although he's been enchanting listeners and delighting audiences for almost 20 years, Mssr Duvanté has never had difficulty finding inspiration as he brings love, lust and sexual healing with the release of 'Reverse Cowboy Pt. 1'. Titonton is clearly at the top of his game and proves he still knows how to bring an audience to climax and satisfy those primal urges on the dancefloor.

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News | Review: North American premiere of Berlin Calling with Paul Kalkbrenner

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:34 PM CDT

Sunday night in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival in the heart of downtown (Little Italy to be exact), Paul Kalkbrenner stood outside of the Royal Theatre as people lined up to go inside. He, as the star actor, along with film director Hannes Stohr of the new film Berlin Calling, waited in anticipation of the North American premiere of their film. The rogue screening organizers, Platform Events and Xanuradio.com were bustling around – promoting, and doing press releases and media outreach - earlier that week up until the last minute to ensure that things went smoothly. That night as people entered the theatre and seats began to fill, the anticipation started to dissipate. It was clear that the screening would be well-attended by electronic music fans in Toronto.

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