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| 2008: A year in electronic music news Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:09 AM CST If you had the unfortunate event of being stuck in a coma for the last 12 months, then I’m afraid you’ve missed rather a lot. There were festivals and incarcerated DJs, apocalyptic storms and behind-the-decks fights, amazing records and glorious club moments. Legendary venues closed their doors forever and new ones brought technological genius to the dancefloor. Clubbers protested, and we all debated passionately about the ever-evolving beast of electronic music. Curious isn’t it, how addictive DJing can be? How strange it is to feel music through giant speakers; to have enlightened club moments with perfect strangers and to feel connected through music. Do you feel a fool, subscribing to a lifestyle that others don’t understand? I don’t, because electronic music, club culture and DJing gives life meaning, silly as those bleeps and beats can be. We hope you’ve enjoyed our blog coverage of electronic music in 2008, as we’ve certainly enjoyed bringing it to you. Herein lies a timeline of everything that happened in 2008, so if you’ve just woken up, you can re-experience the events and news that shaped the scene this year. Just don't blink. |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:49 AM CST MKM & GBX are the hottest things to come out of the Brazilian breaks scene and have already been snapped up by J.Mekka down at iBreaks to do a series of releases on the iBreaks Bass label. This is a high octane release, with powerful driving beats and progressive reverberating synths reminiscent of the breaks sound a few years back, but with extra balls. |
| Beatportal’s Top 10 artists of 2008 Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:02 PM CST Over the past two weeks we've been unveiling the 10 artists whom we feel made significant impact in electronic music this year, regardless of genre. The artists were chosen based on the consistency and quality of their releases, and every artist interviewed was asked to name their Top 3 Records of the Year, as influencers must also be inspired by others. Our 2008 roundup gives a great snapshot of the creators who caused big waves in the last 12 months, and so here are those names again with links to each interview in case you missed one. |
| Erick Morillo charged with cocaine possession Posted: 22 Dec 2008 04:04 PM CST Colombian born, Miami-based house DJ and Subliminal Records label boss Erick Morillo was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine at Glasgow airport after his gig at the Arches this weekend. Morillo pleaded not guilty in court today, and was ordered to return to Scotland for a hearing in March. |
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