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| Interview: Laidback Luke on the dangers of doing it live Posted: 02 Dec 2008 03:37 PM CST Recording a DJ mix compilation is a scary prospect, but recording one live in a club with actual clubbers on the dancefloor is an altogether more difficult challenge. Dutch DJ and producer Laidback Luke who's had a very successful year thanks to his standout hits 'Be', 'Show' and remixes for Steve Angello and Martin Solveig took the live club mix challenge offered by Stealth's lead man Roger Sanchez, and the result is the first part of a new 'Stealth Live!' mix series. We caught up with risk-taker/guinea pig Laidback Luke to find out about the dangers of 'doing it live'. |
| iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems Posted: 02 Dec 2008 12:15 PM CST Our favorite iPhone app – iDrum – just got even more useful for EDM producers. Back in August, we reviewed the original iDrum releases and were blown away by their functionality and intuitive features. Their latest edition, the aptly titled iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems (iTunes link), includes an array of totally professional samples gathered from the MoS vaults. |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2008 11:36 AM CST Last month Minus artist Gaiser released his debut album, ‘Blank Fade’, and to mark the event Minus teamed up with Beatportal to give away some cool Minus gear to any user who purchased the continuous mix between 19th and 30th November. Three lucky winners have been chosen to win prize packages that include a Gaiser 'Blank Fade' t-shirt and handmade leather bracelet with a sterling silver, adjustable bar embossed with the Minus logo. Click through to find out who the lucky winners are. |
| Josh Wink announces new LP ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’ Posted: 02 Dec 2008 10:52 AM CST Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Josh Wink today announced details of his fourth studio album titled 'When A Banana Was Just A Banana'. "In a nutshell, it speaks really of the loss of innocence of music," explained Wink, who seems to be on a personal mission to rid the electronic music world of its pigeonholes. "Music was just music when I was growing up. Nobody was ridiculed or had views of 'I only listen to this one kind of music', I grew up listening to everything. "Today, so many people tend to only listen to one style of music with a strong opinion of why. I miss the innocence of how it was, like when you were younger, 'A Banana Was Just A Banana'." After the jump there is the full tracklist of his LP, plus track descriptions from Josh Wink himself. |
| Can’t afford a Lemur? Use your iPhone instead Posted: 02 Dec 2008 08:03 AM CST Beatportal user Tom Phillipson got in touch with us recently to highlight his video demo on YouTube which illustrates a Mod he built for his Novation 25SL Compact, which extended the controls of the MIDI keyboard to include his iPod Touch. Tom used the TouchOSC app that allows you to send and receive Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network. Sweet. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Flying Lotus drops 69 tracks for Essential Mix Posted: 01 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST Following on from the success of his longplayer 'Los Angeles' (check it in the player), revered leftfield master Flying Lotus took BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix to another, more blissful level this week with a sardine-packed tracklist that contains no less than 69 tracks. In the two-hour window he was given he dropped jumbled up electronica loops, drifting instrumentals and sunny broken beat dreams; as well as poked fun at the British institution's high brow reputation. Check the ridiculously long tracklist after the jump and then listen to his mix again - it's nothing less than a work of art, we think. |
| Genrecast: Drum and Bass 11 - Beatport Posted: 28 Nov 2008 05:10 PM CST For all you drum & bass junkies out there, we're here to tell you that you can get what you're looking for right here. This week's Drum & Bass Genrecast features the best new releases in the drum and bass world, with tracks from Metrik, Luca, Noisia, Spearhead Records and more. As always, this Genrecast is an 'enhanced' podcast, which means each track in the mix has a track mark and shows the release artwork, so when you listen to it in iTunes or your iPod you'll be able to skip through tracks in the mix, see the cover art of each release and click through to Beatport to buy the release. |
| Genrecast: Trance 17 - Beatport Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:42 PM CST This week's installation of the Trance Genrecast was handpicked and sorted by Beatport staff, and represents a selection of favorite trance classics. As always, this Genrecast is an enhanced podcast, meaning you can view the artwork, skip through tracks, and purchase the tracks that are linked directly for download from Beatport. This week's trance genrecast features Hernan Gutmer, Markus Schulz, Oryon, Iboga Records, and more. |
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