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| News | What’s in the DJ’s box: Dirt Crew Posted: 29 Aug 2008 09:51 PM CDT Each week we hunch over the DJ booth to peek at the set lists of our favourite DJs. This week one of Berlin’s most revered duos reveal the weapons that rock their dancefloors. |
| News | Classic Records rides again Posted: 29 Aug 2008 07:56 PM CDT The record label that started out by setting itself the impossible task of living up to its name is back. When Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon drove past a roadside billboard advertising Cadbury's 'Classic' chocolate bars while on a tour of the UK they obviously weren't thinking of making life difficult for themselves. |
| News | Learn to DJ with Danny Rampling Posted: 29 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT He's been many things in his career - acid house pioneer, garage glamster, Euro trance warrior, Radio 1 broadcaster, and for a very short time, professional chef. Now the venerable Danny Rampling has decided to share his secrets with an e-book course entitled 'Everything You Need To Know About DJing and Success.' |
| News | Kenny Larkin releases new album Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:01 PM CDT After a bit of delay, the venerable Kenny Larkin of Detroit fame has a new album to be released on September 2nd titled 'Keys, Strings and Tambourines', on Carl Craig's Planet E label. Larkin states that it's his most dancefloor-oriented album yet, and he actually did a bit of globe-trotting to find inspiration: Carl's proper studio environment in Detroit found him hammering away, and while in Australia on tour he found enough head space to create ‘Glob Glob’, one of the singles he is particularly fond of. |
| News | Richie Hawtin on the Minus family’s roots Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:49 AM CDT The artists on Richie Hawtin’s Minus record label are a tightly knit group. Gaiser, Magda, Heartthrob, Marc Houle, Troy Pierce and Hawtin are often called the Minus family, so close is the bond between them all. “All the artists on Minus came to the label through different paths,” says Richie. “The funny thing is, all of the guys in the family grew up through the early Plus 8 and Plastikman parties. “The whole team attended these early Plastikman/Hawtin parties, and became inspired to get deeper into music. “Between all of us now, it’s like there is this feedback loop between being inspired and inspiring.” How did the artists on Minus come to meet Richie Hawtin? |
| News | Paul van Dyk to take part in ‘24h Berlin’ Posted: 29 Aug 2008 05:24 AM CDT Paul van Dyk will be playing a 6-hour set on September 5th for the '24h Berlin' project. The exclusive '1124' gig will be filmed for the documentary, which is being produced to tell a day in the life of Berlin 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall. |
| Videos | Homebrew synthesiser madness Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:52 AM CDT Remember when you were four, and you used to open your mouth and make that hideously annoying noise, gradually slowing it down until your voice box was clicking like a giga counter? Well then check out this video of a guy who, after an 11-day stint with STEIM [Amsterdam's research center for electronic performance arts tools], created this homebrew synth that sounds like a cyborg baby trying to gurgle its first words. If you like Star Wars, Blade Runner, Short Circuit or even Quantum Leap, this will be right up your alley. Watch this video on Beatportal.com |
| News | EP Recommendation: Burnski’s ‘New Road FM’ Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:36 AM CDT Burnski, at no older than 22 years of age, is Northern England’s latest debutante to the prestigious Dessous label. In fact he’s just released his ‘New Road FM’ EP which will appear soon on Beatport. Prior to this release he has produced music for Trapez, Morris Audio, Infant Records, Exquisite Music, and 2020 Vision. |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:38 PM CDT Feast your eyes on the world's first touch-screen decks. No, these aren't the product of a major corporation like Vestax or Technics, they are in fact the brainchild of a design student in Dundee, Scotland. |
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