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| Posted: 30 Oct 2008 08:34 PM CDT Undoubtedly one of the finest production talents to emerge in 2008, Frank Heinrich aka Reboot has become a darling of the underground seemingly over night. His sparkling releases for Cadenza, Cocoon and Below have left him in ridiculously high demand as the remix man-of-the-moment. Gearing up for his debut performance at Mulletover's infamous Halloween party in London this Saturday, we caught up with Frank to chat about live sets, bigamists and the magic behind his intricate productions. |
| Satoshi Tomiie to mix the next Renaissance Master Series Posted: 30 Oct 2008 06:23 PM CDT Fine house purveyor Satoshi Tomiie has mixed the latest installment of the Renaissance Master Series. The Japanese New Yorker follows the last entry from Dave Seamen with an excursion through deep, tech house featuring appearances from Layo & Bushwacka!, Jimpster, Motorcitysoul and Marc Romboy. Interestingly the CD will also contain a brand new single from the man himself under his Mes guise, entitled 'Madrugada'. |
| Posted: 30 Oct 2008 01:50 PM CDT Armin van Buuren has been named as the world's number one DJ in the annual DJ Mag Top 100 awards. The list, which was officially unveiled last night at Ministry of Sound in London, (having been available in certain corners of cyberspace since the beginning of this week) threw up little surprises in terms of personnel with the usual suspects of Tiësto and Paul van Dyk taking the second and third spots respectively. As you can see from the list below (after the jump), the chart is a bastion of trance, with the top 10 in particular featuring Above & Beyond (#4), Ferry Corsten (#6) and Markus Schulz (#8). |
| Hand your demos to Pete Tong tonight! Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:54 PM CDT Pete Tong is currently on tour in North America, and being the ambassador of dance music that he is, he's running his very own Simon Cowell-type talent search called Tong Factor. The concept is simple enough - come down to one of his gigs in the next couple of weeks and hand him your demos on a CD or USB stick. Pete will then listen to every single demo submitted to him, and he'll release the best ones on a brand new digital label on Beatport after his tour. Where is Pete Tong playing tonight? Read on to find out! |
| Coming From The Top - Dj Die, Break Posted: 30 Oct 2008 11:05 AM CDT Third release on Die’s Clear Skyz label sees him rope in some help from his Bristol chums. Featuring on the new ‘Skate or Die’ EP, Die’s got in not only Leonie Laws from the Breakbeat Era days but also Interface and man of the moment, Break, with whom he collaborates with on the title track, ‘Coming from the Top’. |
| Pete Tong at Monster Massive, L.A. Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:40 AM CDT Check out this footage of Felix da Housecat handing off the decks to Pete Tong on the Saturday Night Sessions stage at Monster Massive in L.A. this past Saturday. MGMT 'Kids' is the perfect pass off, and you can see these two are having a great time. |
| Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:12 AM CDT UnderThis are part of a wave of fresh new breaks talent emerging from the east. Amongst the likes of 4Kuba, Lady Waks and Access Denied, UnderThis are adding a new dimension to the wealth of contemporary breaks talent. |
| Viva Tour: A weird night in Albuquerque, New Mexico Posted: 29 Oct 2008 10:15 PM CDT Imagine walking down the street of a small city in the middle of America on a Tuesday night. You see a shitty looking bar called the Moonlight Lounge with black plastic bags over the windows and a few teenagers wearing baseball caps smoking outside. Across the quiet, yellow windswept street you hear the faintest sounds of music, a deep thumping bass and an occasional hi hat that blows over the wind. ‘Hell, might as well have a beer there,’ you think. Seems as good a place as any. |
| Pete Tong’s DJ diary: New York, 10/24/08 Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:29 AM CDT We've been following Pete Tong on his North American tour and talent search the Tong Factor, and here's his latest diary entry from the Fillmore in New York. Click through to find out all about his short but sweet NY goings on and what dancefloor monsters rocked the house on Friday night. |
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