23 January 2009

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Feature: Freq Nasty’s bass relations

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 03:29 PM CST

To pigeonhole Fiji-born, New Zealand-raised Freq Nasty into the breakbeat category would be naïve and contradictory to the broad spectrum of sound that he produces. Seen as an innovator, Freq Nasty has constantly been pushing the boundaries within bass driven and broken beat music since the late 1990s when he moved to London. He really came into the spotlight when his 2003 album ‘Bring Me The Head of Freq Nasty’ dropped on Skint Records.

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Video: How ‘Share’ will work in Ableton Live 8

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:39 PM CST

'Share' is one of the more interesting new features in Ableton Live 8, as collaboration is central to so many electronic music producers and labels.

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Poker Flat announce Poker Flat Digital label

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 12:21 PM CST

Just a few moments ago, Steve Bug's Poker Flat announced the launch of a new sub-label called Poker Flat Digital focusing on, you've guessed it, digital only releases.

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Keep It Dirty EP - Boola

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 10:21 AM CST

Romanian upstart Boola takes two steps forward and two to the left(field) on the 'Keep It Dirty EP', his second release for Lomidhigh Organic this month. The Danish label could have put out a mini album of his material when combined with the weirdly wonderful 'Astroceva EP' from a couple of weeks back, although with a debut LP for Rekids in the pipeline, all is not lost.

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Clone Records to kiss goodbye in February

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 04:26 AM CST

Popular Dutch imprint Clone Records, a label dedicated to upfront electronic music, will see its last release in February after its owners revealed that they had become somewhat jaded with the current state of the scene.

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The New Beatport launches!

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 11:50 PM CST

One minute ago, the highly anticipated Beatport 4.0 launched and it's ready to rock at www.beatport.com. With a whole host of new features (the majority of which came from user requests), version 4 of Beatport is set to redefine the way electronic music fans find and buy their music.

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Renegade Snares - Omni Trio

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:22 PM CST

Originally released in 2003, the style, production and sound of this track in no way sounds dated on this collaboration from two of drum & bass' finest innovators. Released towards the end of Moving Shadow’s great tenure, this track has been described as “a match made in heaven”, as it brought together the pioneer of intelligent drum & bass Rob Playford, with a fresh faced High Contrast before he had made his huge musical impact.

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Beatport Burners: Episode 93 - Beatport

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:00 PM CST

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 Wolfgang Gartner, Jaytech, a P.T.M. remix of Dirty South, and some beats from Chakaboom and High Contrast Recordings. 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.

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