| Untitled - Breakage Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:49 PM CST This year has definitely been a 'feeeeeling good’ one; what with Johnny D taking the Nina Simone track and turning it into a massive minimal anthem, and Dutch d&b duo CLS and Wax rinsing their liquid homage to the soul legend later on in the summer. Nina now gets the dubstep treatment, courtesy of Breakage (what old Simone would have made of it, no one will ever know). Read more on Beaportal  |
| John Tejada to mix Fabric 44 Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:21 AM CST US techno star John Tejada has been announced as the man behind Fabric 44, the latest edition in the mix series from the esteemed London venue. The producer, who has amassed an output of over 11 albums since the beginning of the '90s, has brought together 20 selections of deep and melodic house and techno which includes a large number of cuts from his own Palette imprint. 2008 mainstays such as Pigon's 'Kamm', the mysterious 'WAX10001' and Nekes 'Cristal' are blended with the aforementioned Palette material as well as a couple of classics thrown in for good measure. Read more on Beaportal  |
| Video: Sven Vath on Cocoon’s 9th Ibiza season Posted: 20 Nov 2008 09:27 AM CST Ibiza was once again ruled by Cocoon's spectacular parties at Amnesia club this summer, and as official media partner the Beatportal team produced some great content to support the night which you can view here. In this final wrap up video interview, the big boss of Cocoon Recordings, Sven Vath himself, reveals all his thoughts and feelings on what must have been an exhausting 2008. The video coincides with the release of Cocoon's 'The Sound of the Ninth Season' mix compilation, mixed by Sven, which you can preview after the jump. Watch this video on Beaportal  |
| RA hands DJ poll decision over to its users Posted: 20 Nov 2008 04:18 AM CST This year our friends over at RA have decided to place the decision of their Top DJ 2008 poll in the hands of their users. The poll had previously been made up by their contributors voting on individual DJ performances, with Ricardo Villalobos coming out on top of the pile last year. However, the decision will now be solely left to all users who registered before November 18th, mainly in a bid to outline the multiple registrations, fake email accounts and IP switch voting that charcterises so many of these public votes. Read more on Beaportal  |
| Feature: Efdemin breaks his silence Posted: 20 Nov 2008 04:03 AM CST Patience is a virtue, but often in electronic music when artists hit the big time and record label offers come flooding in they take the money and ride the hype wave until the end. Not Efdemin. Since his self-titled debut album blew up last year (it was voted one of the finest albums of 2007), we haven't heard a bleep or a beat of original material from Phillip Sollmann for nearly 18 months. Efdemin finally decided to break his silence two weeks ago with a new EP 'America/The Pulse' on Belgian label Curle Recordings, and quickly followed up with his debut mix album 'Carry On - Pretend We Are Not In The Room' on the same label. Both releases see Efdemin back at the top of his game, so Beatportal sent Sven von Thülen to Berlin to find out where Efdemin has been hiding. Read more on Beaportal  |
| Buttons (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix) - Sia Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:39 PM CST As well as compiling a remix album of his ‘Progression 2007’ release, Markus Schulz has also found the time to remix Sia’s track ‘Buttons’. Following on from Sander van Doorn’s massive remix of Sia’s ‘The Girl You Lost to Cocaine’, Schulz gives the record that similar tech-inspired edge, with loads of huge riffs and breaks. Read more on Beaportal  |
| Video interview: Marcel Dettmann, Berghain resident Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:23 PM CST Berghain resident DJ Marcel Dettmann has had a phenomenal year with major releases on Beatstreet, Brut ! and his own Marcel Dettmann Records having paved a darker, more stripped back techno sound that others have now followed. His recent remix of Modeselektor 'The Black Block' (listen to it in the player after the jump) is a prime example of his ability to create futuristic techno rhythms that keep the mind busy as the body moves, and being drafted in to mix the 'Berghain 02' compilation in June can't have hurt his international reputation. Pioneer's marketing website DJsounds.com managed to score a rare video interview with Dettmann at Berlin's legendary techno institution Berghain, although from the footage it's clear they went when the club wasn't officially open (Berghain has a very strict no-cameras policy inside). Watch this video on Beaportal  |
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