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| Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:37 PM CDT Continuing the North American journey of Steve Lawler and Audiofly on their Viva tour, Anthony from Audiofly gives us an update on the latest joys, sorrows, trials and tribulations the boys are experiencing while on the road. \ In this video we see them having a joke in small town America. Click through for this latest diary entry. |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:29 PM CDT Pete Houser, aka Bassbin Twins (yes he’s only one man, but pretends to be two to get more money for live gigs, probably) is totally removed from other breaks producers within his field. In terms of production, style and ingenuity Bassbin Twins is in a league of his own, and the new ballistic breaks bomb ‘80808 Dub’ shows why. |
| Pete Tong’s DJ diary: Chicago, 10/22/08 Posted: 23 Oct 2008 07:46 PM CDT Pete Tong continues his Beatportal North American tour diary with coverage from his gig last night at Spy Bar in Chicago. Read on to find out the details of last night's event, including his DJ set-up, the venue, and how his search for new talent continues. |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:35 PM CDT Berlin-based duo Franziskus Sell and Jakob Hildenbrand aka Format:B have just dropped their new album 'Steam Circuit' and in their DJ chart for October, there are three tracks from their album as well as some top notch techno and wonky minimal. |
| Featured interview: Secretsundaze’s Giles Smith and James Priestly Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:19 PM CDT To establish a series of parties is one thing. But to keep it fresh and growing over seven years is something entirely different. London’s Secretsundaze crew with resident DJs Giles Smith and James Priestley achieved exactly that; molding their daytime party into an internationally acclaimed, hedonistic brand including a record label. And in the process they have re-established Sunday as one of the main rave-days of the week. |
| Justice ‘A Cross the Universe’ trailer Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:09 PM CDT The French, Grammy-nominated duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay (aka Justice) of the Ed Banger collective have announced that on November 24th Europe can expect their highly anticipated live CD and tour documentary DVD, 'A Cross the World', to hit stores with the U.S. release following in December. Here's the appropriately NSFW trailer. |
| Communication To None EP - Moon Disco Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:09 AM CDT Radioactive Man runs the Control Tower label and here he presents the new Moon Disco electro smasher 'Communication To None EP' as no.13 of his catalog. Moon Disco are from Lithuania and their sound fits somewhere in between Bochum Welt and Drexciya. |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:48 AM CDT Detroit-based indie dance innovators ADULT. arrive right on time with this freaky video for the track 'Inside' off their latest release 'Let's Feel Bad Together' on Ersatz Audio. Striking a rare balance between atmospherically chilling and comically gruesome, this piece of cinematic delight is perfectly macabre "for your viewing (dis)pleasure". |
| Cheap and Cheerful - The Kills Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:54 PM CDT All hail SebastiAn the new King of France. With the news of the last few months having been dominated by the economic downturn, you might have overlooked the fact that the French have crowned a DJ as their sovereign leader - Bastille day has been replaced by SebastiAn day. |
| Steve Lawler’s Viva tour diary: Part One Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:25 PM CDT On October 16th Steve Lawler and Audiofly embarked on the maiden gig of a thirteen-date North American tour in Montreal. Taking in dates right across the continent, the British-based artists will be bunking up until October 28th when German brothers-in-arms Tiefschwarz will join Lawler for a performance in Albuquerque and then for the remaining four dates. Seizing the chance to throw a little creative curve-ball into the mix, the tour bus has been fully equipped with with studio facilities to accommodate the DJ/producers' musical urges between gigs. The aim is to get an EP locked down for release on Viva music before the end of the tour, but, as you will read below in Steve Lawler's first exclusive diary entry for Beatportal, life on the road is tough... |
| Beatport Burners: Episode 83 - Beatport Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:00 PM CDT Beatport Burners take the hottest new releases out there and wrap them up in a nice little weekly podcast, painstakingly handpicked by Beatport staff. If you're a DJ looking for what's hot right now, then you need a dose of our weekly Beatport Burners, which includes tracks that are sure to be blowing up a dancefloor near you. This week we're serving up a fresh mix of Barem, Mark Henning, Wolfgang Gartner, a Maetrik Bass rework of Trentemoller, Arabica, Forensic Records and more. And remember that Beatport Burners are 'enhanced podcasts', so you can skip through tracks, see the cover art and click through to Beatport to download releases. So get in on the mix and check them out. |
| Introducing Dave Spoon’s new Televizion label Posted: 22 Oct 2008 12:54 PM CDT UK-based electro house don Dave Spoon launched his new record label Televizion on Monday with a huge first release from Pete Tong and Dave Spoon himself - 'Gas Face'. Considering Dave Spoon's production prowess and his respect in the industry, Televizion has a good chance of establishing itself as a top label within its first few releases. We decided to find out more about his plans for the label with a quick interview. |
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