20 September 2008

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Videos | Video: Topless DJ can spin, respond girldjs.ru

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 10:04 PM CDT

This week has seen a rather amusing public spat break out between a Russian DJ agency, and some Spanish promoters who claim that a female topless DJ they booked for a gig in Tenerife faked it. She wasn't mixing, but was instead playing a mix CD whilst pretending to mix they claimed. But Girldjs.ru have now responded with a YouTube video that they say proves Mari Ferrari is the real DJ deal.

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Podcast | Genrecast: Drum and Bass 06 - Beatport

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 10:00 PM CDT

For all you drum & bass junkies out there, we're here to tell you that you can get what you're looking for right here. This week's Drum & Bass Genrecast features the best new releases in the drum and bass world, with tracks from Mutated Forms feat. MC Tali, Basher, Break & Silent Witness, Shogun Audio, Samurai Music and more. As always, this 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 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.

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News | Dance-floor ammo: ‘Sandwiches’

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:58 PM CDT

This is weirdest tech-house lick you've ever heard. Actually, I take that back, the one I heard last night featuring samples of E.T. flirting with Elliott takes the trophy, but this is still weird as sh*t...

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News | What’s in the DJ’s Box: Steve Bug

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:21 PM CDT

The Pokerflat boss and all round DJing master reveals the records that rock his world and your weekends. Minimal underground house may be everywhere these days but at the end of the 1990s, it was an almost unheard of scene.

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News | Top Track: Lauhaus ‘Casamance’

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:11 PM CDT

Lauhaus 'Casamance' is a sublime example of how technology is making electronic music more exciting than ever before. By combining elements of jazz with house and a few oddball FX, the Dutch producer's 'Casamance' stands head and shoulders above the current slew of house releases.

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News | Sexy Ibiza beach radios

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:01 PM CDT

Just in time for the Ibiza closing parties are these sexy back-to-basics FM radios, the perfect tool for cool cats avoiding the tourist-plagued beaches who want to get down by the sea to their own beats. From Danish Radio Meisters Tangent, they're known as UNO, stylishly retro and available in eight colours including Hendrix Purple Gloss and Donavan Mellow Yellow.

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Videos | Jay Haze US tour announced

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 11:07 AM CDT

For the first time since he left his homeland, Berlin-based producer Jay Haze is about to go on an extensive tour throughout North America, promoting his new album 'Love and Beyond', which came out a few months ago [check out the album and the tour-dates after the jump]. He also found the time to shoot a little interview at his studio in Berlin, where he sat down and answered a few frequently asked questions. In true Jay Haze style.

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Videos | Interview: Matter promoter

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:39 AM CDT

One of the world's most anticipated clubs is hours away from launching. Beatportal caught up with one of its chief promoters to discuss all things that Matter.

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News | The New Mastersounds Beatsouce remix contest winner announced

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 12:39 AM CDT

Beatsource hosted its first remix contest with the New Mastersounds a few months back, inviting producers to remix the original 'Hole In The Bag' and at long last, the winner is announced! Click through for the full story.

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News | Top Release: Pivot ‘O Soundtrack My Heart’

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:19 PM CDT

Officially a band since the 1990s, Pivot would have surely been on the hit list for many indie labels but were quite simply 'off the radar', residing in the massive expanse of land and marsupials known as Australia. It was only with a new member, a creatively vivid new album and an ornamental hotdog gifted to Warp with their demo tape that Pivot join us with their epically accomplished instrumental soundclash.

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