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| Podcast | Genrecast: Trance 07 - Beatport Posted: 24 Jul 2008 09:30 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. This week's trance genrecast features Nic Chagall, Marco V & Sander Van Doorn, George Acosta feat. Aruna, Add2Basket Records and more. |
| News | Steinberg’s Second Sequel Posted: 24 Jul 2008 08:00 PM CDT For years now, PC users have ogled Apple’s iLife media creation tools with a certain degree of envy and respect. With intuitive and powerful applications like iPhoto, iMovie and iWeb, Mac users have had it easy when it comes to expressing themselves. But budding PC-based producers have had it the roughest because Microsoft has focused its efforts on bundling photo and video tools with Windows, while largely ignoring the amateur and semi-pro musician audience, unlike Apple, who delivered GarageBand – which is largely a slimmed-down Logic Pro – to its users, free of charge. A few years back, Steinberg stepped up to the plate and created Sequel as an inexpensive music creation platform that looks and feels quite a bit like GarageBand, offering a surprisingly capable suite of tools at an extremely affordable price: $99 US |
| News | Tayo and Skool of Thought launch new dubstep label Posted: 24 Jul 2008 07:07 PM CDT Fabric resident, Mob Records owner, part time Radio 1 DJ and all time breaks pioneer Tayo has joined forces with Against The Grain label owner, Skool of Thought aka. Lloyd Seymour to launch a new label, ‘Cool and Deadly’ that aims to ‘explore the music that falls into the space between breaks, dubstep dub and garage’. |
| News | Interview with Matt Thibideau aka Coordinates Posted: 24 Jul 2008 06:12 PM CDT Open Concept Recordings artist Matt Thibideau (aka Coordinates) sits down to give us an exclusive interview with some insights into his production aesthetic and influences. |
| News | Farewell to the World Electronic Music Festival Posted: 24 Jul 2008 03:32 PM CDT This year’s World Electronic Music Festival in Toronto, Canada will be the last. Organisers Ryan Kruger and Jesse Brown have said that due to a decline in popularity and the sheer amount of effort and money that’s involved, the final event will take place this weekend. |
| News | Richie Hawtin on Cocoon Ibiza Posted: 24 Jul 2008 11:34 AM CDT Along with Ricardo Villalobos and Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin is resident DJ of Cocoon in Ibiza. Here’s what Richie had to say about his residency at Ibiza’s biggest techno night. |
| News | James Holden’s top Glade Festival tracks Posted: 24 Jul 2008 05:41 AM CDT We caught up with Border Community head honcho James Holden just after his set at this weekend's Glade festival, which took place in Aldermaston, UK. After rocking the crowd with his unique brand of emo-infused techno and lush, shoegazing electronics, Holden agreed to be photographed - but requested we let him disguise his face. You can find out why after the jump. |
| News | Appleblim voices his opinion on digital downloads Posted: 24 Jul 2008 02:36 AM CDT Skull Disco co-founder Appleblim, who’s about to launch his new label Applepips and has recently mixed the latest in the new ‘Dubstep Allstars’ series, has been talking to Resident Advisor about his latest work. |
| News | Melt Festival – A success for techno fans Posted: 24 Jul 2008 12:39 AM CDT This year’s Melt Festival was the most profitable in its 11-year history, with far more international exposure than it's had, plus an extra day of events. It was rumored that in past years Melt would call up agents to book acts, whereas this year those same bookers were calling Melt to try and get their artists scheduled, and due to the festival's popularity, Melt had to deny some acts that wanted the chance to play. This year Melt also spent its biggest budget yet, and this can be easily reflected by the calibre of talent (The full line-up is here: Melt 08 program). With names like Bjork, and with the speculation that she might have been flown in via helicopter to the event, it’s no wonder that the budget was large. The organizers of the festival were understandably feeling pressure to ensure that they could make their budgeted money back. From what we heard the festival organizers managed to succeed, which is highly deserved, after growing the festival for over a decade. |
| News | Interview exclusive with Ricky Stone Posted: 23 Jul 2008 11:25 PM CDT Born in the north of England and initiated into electronic culture at the famous Shelly’s in Stoke-on-Trent, Ricky Stone is a club star who chose to rise in the east. Having relocated to Asia in 2002, these days -- in between touring, producing, running two labels and yoga sessions -- he continues to enjoy DJ life to the fullest whilst attuning himself to the nuances of the Cantonese language. Click through for a quick conversation with this UK-born, Hong Kong-based DJ as he reveals highlights from Asia to America and label news of his fast-moving Flat Belly Recordings. |
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