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| News | Topless Russian DJ was faking it, Spanish claim Posted: 16 Sep 2008 08:14 PM CDT When Spanish booking agency Class Concept International paid a large sum of money for a female Russian DJ to perform topless at an outdoor event in Tenerife, Canary Islands, afterwards they were left bitterly disappointed and felt they had been victims of a scam. But it wasn't the size of DJ Mari Ferrari's nipples, or the amount of her body on show, that got the Spanish promoters ruffled. It was her DJing skills, or rather, the lack of her DJing skills, that caused Class Concept to send an open letter to the industry claiming that the Russian DJ agency girldjs.ru was in fact a lie. |
| News | Dance-floor ammo: ‘The Curse’ Posted: 16 Sep 2008 07:09 PM CDT So you want to get possessed by devilish tech house? Check out this staple in the sets of Claude VonStroke, featuring trippy UFO effects, a gnarly pad straight out of the Predator sound banks ["GET TO THE CHYAP-UR!!" -Schwarzenegger] and rough 'n' tumble snares. |
| News | Pete Tong launches Insiders Music Series Posted: 16 Sep 2008 05:57 PM CDT On October 24th, 2008 the one and only Pete Tong will team up with promoter Live Nation to launch the premiere of a new music platform called the Insiders Music Series. Pete's intention is to highlight some of the international electronic and indie acts that have been blowing up lately around the world, with names like Luciano, Soulwax, The Whip and more on the bill. Says Pete, “Insiders brings together an exciting combination of the hottest electronic artists and DJs for one extended night in the legendary Irving Plaza venue. A cutting edge 'micro' festival in the city.” “This is an exciting and groundbreaking opportunity for the business of electronic music...” |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:04 PM CDT Looking back, 2005 was a good year for house music. Why? Dixon started Innervisions as his own offshoot in the Sonar Kollektiv family, releasing Ame's now classic 'Rej', Carl Craig remixed Theo Parrish's 'Falling Up', and Don Williams started Mojuba [check out Mojuba's backcatalogue after the jump]. |
| News | Meet Rone, Sasha’s new wizard Posted: 16 Sep 2008 12:12 PM CDT If you had the chance to check Sasha`s Invol2ver tracklisting, you might be surprised to find Harry Potter look alike and newcomer Rone next to M83, Tom Yorke or Ray Lamontagne. |
| News | Who is Beatport? An Interview with Anthony Sache Posted: 16 Sep 2008 04:46 AM CDT Who are Beatport's customers? We decided to take a deeper look into the many faces of Beatport's user base and see what they had to say. Anthony Sache is a DJ and all round music enthusiast living in Sydney and is one of many of Beatport’s highly respected users. |
| Podcast | Genrecast: Chill Out 03 - Beatport Posted: 16 Sep 2008 12:46 AM CDT For this week's installment of the Chill Out Genrecast, we set it off with tracks from Gramatik, Mo' Horizons, Plej, *Cutz, Moodgadget Records and more. Similar to the Beatport Burners, Genrecasts are enhanced podcasts featuring the best new releases linked directly for download from Beatport. The Genrecast is an 'enhanced' podcast, which means each track in the mix has a track mark and shows the release artwork, so when you listen to it in iTunes or on your iPod you'll be able to skip through tracks in the mix, see the cover art of each release and click through to Beatport to buy the release. It's the easiest way for DJs to do record shopping! |
| Videos | Video Interview: Bob Sinclar and Axwell Posted: 15 Sep 2008 10:08 PM CDT The new Defected Records/We Play track 'What A Wonderful World' comes from house superstars Bob Sinclar and Axwell feat. Ron Carroll. Here is a interesting peek into the inspiration behind the track, which is set to be one of the biggest house records of the year. Check out the music video for 'What A Wonderful World' after the break. Watch this video on Beatportal.com |
| News | Interview: Above & Beyond Posted: 14 Sep 2008 08:19 PM CDT With the festival season coming to an end, Beatportal caught up with Above & Beyond's Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Paavo Siljamäki to ask them what they thought of this summer's controversial festival line ups. While we were there we also found out what their favourite tune is at the moment, who they think will be trance's next big thing and what their thoughts are on the great trance debate. |
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