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| Posted: 21 Jul 2008 10:46 PM CDT Another new event beckons for attention on the international raving calendar. If you’re no stranger to scouring Easyjet or Skyscanner for cheap flights, you’re no doubt already a member of the international raving adventure club. |
| Podcast | Genrecast: House 02 - Beatport Posted: 21 Jul 2008 09:31 PM CDT If Beatport Burners are a weekly staple in your musical diet, then your ears are in for a treat. Beatportal is now launching four -- count 'em four -- new podcasts on a biweekly basis, with genres spanning house, trance, drum and bass, and chill out. Similar to the Beatport Burners, Genrecasts are enhanced podcasts featuring the best new releases linked directly for download from Beatport. Kicking off the House Genrecast, this week's podcast features Cue, Crime Club, Robot Man feat. Nanchang Nancy, a Dennis Ferrer remix of The Sunburst Band, Compost, Nervous Records, Strictly Rhythm, and many more. The Genrecast is an 'enhanced' podcast, which means each track in the mix has a track mark and shows the release artwork, meaning 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 you're able to click through to Beatport should you wish to buy the release. It's the easiest way for DJs to do record shopping! We will be bringing you the best new releases out on Beatport of each genre, so check back soon and often for the best tracks. Click through for the first house installment of 15 of the hottest new releases. |
| News | Interview: Theo Parrish talks about the music industry Posted: 21 Jul 2008 07:01 PM CDT Last week was the week of controversy, or so it seems. After the Brikha vs. Aber dispute and Philip Sherburnes' new ’month in techno’ column for Pitchfork Media (more about that in another post tomorrow), Detroit's deep house maestro Theo Parrish expressed his views on western music's pattern of ”black roots, white fruits“ in a one-question interview with Read more on Beatportal.com |
| News | Techno heroes: Mark Broom interview Posted: 21 Jul 2008 04:06 PM CDT With the recent re-emergence of artists like Russ Gabriel, B12 and Schatrax, it feels like there's a bit of a renaissance in the air for lovers of classic British techno. But one DJ/producer who's been constantly releasing and DJing for over 16 years is London-based Mark Broom, purveyor of finely-tuned, darkly tinged electronic sounds of the highest order. Ahead of his hotly-tipped new release for 2020 Vision, we caught up with Mark while he was on vacation in the quaint British seaside town of Cromer. You can read his replies after the jump. |
| News | Preview: R & S and Radio Slave join forces Posted: 21 Jul 2008 02:21 AM CDT Two years ago Renaat Vandepapeliere anounced the re-birth of one the most influential techno labels of all time, his (and Sabine Maes') own R & S Records, which has been defunct since the late nineties. For nearly two years the sole activity of the reborn label-legend was to re-release a big chunk of the countless classics from their back catalogue. New, exclusive material on R & S was promised but it never saw the light of day. Well, in August the wait is over. |
| News | Top Track: Luciano breaks the silence with a club destroying remix Posted: 20 Jul 2008 11:53 AM CDT The underground's iconic techno troubadour is back to remind us who's boss. While he may be roasting the dancefloors of Europe’s top clubs and festivals this Summer, El Tache’s production output has been quite of late. |
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