| News | Authorities want to close DC10 for a year Posted: 12 Aug 2008 10:25 PM CDT At the beginning of the season, DC10 received a rude start when ordered by local authorities to shut down for 57 days to "serve the remainder" of the 60-day sentence imposed upon them from the previous year. Now, set to re-open this coming weekend with a Circo Loco party to kick things off, according to ibiza-voice.com a new sanction has been issued: A full year closing and a fine of 300,000 Euros -- the maximum penalty. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Top Track: Kid Cudi ‘Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)’ Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:51 PM CDT Sometimes you hear a track that is, if you will, an instant classic. The Crookers mix of rising rap star Kid Cudi is that track. Whereas Sinden's bassline anthem 'Beeper' last year annoyed and delighted people in equal measures, 'Day 'N' Nite', although also a crass, bass heavy monster, pales in comparison of offensiveness. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Roger Sanchez’ studio insurance in Ibiza Posted: 12 Aug 2008 08:42 PM CDT Beatportal had the honour of visiting Roger Sanchez' villa in Ibiza yesterday and hanging out with him in his studio (a forthcoming Beatportal video is coming shortly!). Halfway through a session demonstration, the power blew in his studio, with a big cracking sound. "If you're going to have a studio in Ibiza, you need to be properly prepared for power outages," explained Roger calmly, pointing underneath his studio desk to a large black metal gadget which had 'Black Sound' written on it. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| Videos | Can you name this trance anthem? Posted: 12 Aug 2008 07:53 PM CDT We need help identifying a track that was dropped by Markus Schulz at Armada in Amnesia on Tuesday night. As you can see from the video, it’s an absolute anthem and the crowd's going wild for it. Watch this video on Beatportal.com  |
| Videos | Konflict’s ‘Messiah’ In YouTube mass viral Posted: 12 Aug 2008 06:28 PM CDT One of the biggest viral YouTube links doing the rounds at the moment is a take on Konflict’s ‘Messiah’, on Renegade Hardware. Voted by readers of KMag as the second most influential record of all time, the new YouTube video sees attendees at a church service going mad to the hard edged drum & bass classic. Watch this video on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Top Track: Patrick Chardronnet ‘Days like These’ Posted: 12 Aug 2008 05:19 PM CDT |
| News | “Fabric 2” to open “within weeks” Posted: 12 Aug 2008 02:37 PM CDT In Tokyo you have Womb and in London you have Fabric - the undisputed two "best clubs in the world". Say hello to the third. It's called Matter - the second venture by the masterminds behind Fabric - and the product of a carte blanche bankrolled by keen investors cackling in the face of the credit crunch. Beatportal was shown around its inner shell on a press trip last week. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Richie Hawtin’s DJ setup Posted: 12 Aug 2008 11:13 AM CDT Richie Hawtin is known for his love of new technology and currently employs a rather complicated setup to DJ with. Anyone who has recently stood beside Richie in the DJ booth will no doubt have been scratching their heads because alongside an Allen & Heath Xone:92 mixer he also has two Allen & Heath Xone:1D controllers and two laptops running. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Competition: Traktor 3 daily giveaway! Posted: 12 Aug 2008 08:01 AM CDT Beatport, Beatportal and Native Instruments have teamed up to give away one Traktor 3 a day for 2 weeks! Traktor 3 is a versatile and comprehensive digital DJing solution designed to meet the most professional of standards. The third generation of this award-winning software offers breath-taking sound quality coupled with an unprecedented array of new features - sure to get any party rocking. Read on to find out how to enter the prize draw. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| Videos | Armin playing ‘In and Out of Love’ Posted: 12 Aug 2008 04:43 AM CDT Here’s a video of Armin van Buuren playing ‘In and Out of Love’ - the second release from his latest artist album ‘Imagine’. The video was taken at his Armada night at Amnesia on Tuesday. Watch this video on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Oliver Lang drops ‘Bomb The Terrace’ Posted: 12 Aug 2008 01:42 AM CDT Currently in his tenth season in the sunny and hedonistic mecca of Ibiza, Manchester native Oliver Lang is hard at work, playing six days a week at Bora Bora. A now regular guest at Manumission, Lang is also kicking off his own label - Dojo - this summer, and has the highly lauded summer anthem 'Bomb the Terrace' out on Azuli. Check out a video of the track dropping at Bora Bora and a list of his upcoming tour dates after the break. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| Videos | Top remix played at Bora Bora, Ibiza Posted: 12 Aug 2008 12:19 AM CDT This afternoon, clubbers at Bora Bora Beach Bar in Ibiza got excited to dance to Sander van Doorn’s remix of ‘The Girl You Lost to Cocaine’ by Sia. It’s arguably one of the best remixes of the year and shows why the tech-trance producer is considered to be one of the most credible producers in trance today. Watch this video on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Stefan Goldmann debut album in September Posted: 11 Aug 2008 10:49 PM CDT Stefan Goldmann has come a long way since his first bumpy house releases on Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon's Classic imprint. So has his sound. While it all started out, well, very much in the bouncy, Carter-esque house style of Classic, the Berlin-based producer has lately been busy exploring more haunting and minimal corners of the house universe. His debut album 'The Transitory State' will be released on his own Macro label in September. Read more on Beatportal.com  |
| News | Why don’t clubs in Ibiza allow cameras? Posted: 11 Aug 2008 09:11 PM CDT Numerous clubbers had their bags searched and their cameras confiscated at Space nightclub in Ibiza last night. Even We Love...’s own cameramen weren’t allowed to film the Chemical Brothers playing their set. Read more on Beatportal.com  |