08 July 2008

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News | iPhone 3G demand crashes O2’s servers

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 09:39 PM CDT

Anyone who registered their interest with UK service provider O2 was informed at 8 AM this morning, via text message, about their chance to upgrade to the new 3G iPhone on a first-come-first-serve basis. New buyers didn't experience too many problems buying their 3G iPhone, but the contracted owners who've already got one – tempted in by an irresistible "click here for free upgrade" – flocked to the site in droves, crashing the system. This is bad news for musically-minded DJs and producers everywhere.

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News | Interview with Richard Grey

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 07:14 PM CDT

Cannes-born French house don Richard Grey drops the next Perceptions of Pacha installment, which is said to be a "knockout selection of peak-time, electro-infused house, blended with radio-friendly cuts and updated classics". With releases on Subliminal Records, Illegal Beats and Pacha Recordings, Richard has amassed a solid discography under his belt, and this release is promising to be no different. Catch an interview with Richard after the break to find out what he's using to rock the dancefloor this summer.

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News | Top Track: Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner ‘Delayed’

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 06:53 PM CDT

The Berlin duo Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner are scoring big deep techno points for their latest release. 'Earworm' was one of last year’s biggest minimal techno tracks. From Hawtin down, it was thrashed to pieces by all the scene’s biggest names.

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News | 10 Days Off festival in Belgium

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 04:08 PM CDT

Held in Ghent, Belgium, from July 18 through the 28th this year, the lengthy 10 Days Off festival is heralded as an annual "gathering of tribes" where all genres of electronic music are celebrated. Originally started as Ten Days of Techno in 1995, this festival has since drawn the attention of millions of music lovers the world over, with festival-goers totalling upwards of 25,000 in 2006.

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News | Beatportal Interviews 2562

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 11:50 AM CDT

2562 is representing a new sound, fusing dubstep and techno which branches out to an audience that like to blur the boundaries of what is deep and moody. Coming straight out of Holland, 2562 has taken his favourite elements of Detroit techno and implemented in his non-generic 4/4 rhythmical dubstep style.

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News | Morgan Geist drops new album

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 12:23 AM CDT

It was about time for another solo joint. Over ten years after his last solo album ’The Driving Memoirs’ [check it out after the jump] on the now defunct Clear label, Metro Areas’ Morgan Geist returns with ’Double Night Time’.

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