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| Top 10 DJ Chart - John Digweed Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:58 AM PST It is always interesting to hear where John Digweed is at musically, as the British superstar jock has somehow managed to maintain his core sound and stay on the fringes of dark club music, without ever jumping on any passing bandwagons. There are only a handful of DJs who have been doing it for 20 years now that still sound fresh today, and as you'll hear from his chart after the jump, Digweed is definitely one of them. |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2009 04:08 PM PST The sophisticated deep house grooves on 'New Skank EP' are not ones you'd normally associate with Bermondsey, South London, which is home to the hardest football fans that ever lived (Miiiillwaaaallll). But the second EP from 23-year-old Warren Brown aka Wbeeza is just as likely to cause a crowd scuffle. |
| Sound Advice: Tips for running a label in 2009 Posted: 03 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PST It would seem that, in 2009, everyone wants a piece of the pie. The rise of the bedroom producer has led to an unprecedented number of people ditching the age-old methods of releasing records in favour of starting their own labels. But how much does this new breed actually know of running a record label? Beatportal's Ryan Keeling gathered label managers Stuart Knight, Matthias Tanzmann, Dylan '2000 And One' Hermelijn, and Roska in an attempt to unearth the vital components behind running a successful electronic music label in 2009. |
| Video: The origins of the Roland TB-303 bassline Posted: 03 Mar 2009 12:42 PM PST Here is a video documentary about the Roland TB-303 bassline, a synthesizer with a built-in sequencer that was manufactured by the Roland corporation in 1982. It had a defining role in the development of electronic music and was used extensively by producers of acid, house, trance, techno and drum & bass, and its distinctive sound still dominates the electronic music scene today. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Beatport launches electronic music wiki Posted: 03 Mar 2009 01:50 AM PST After a few weeks of public beta, we're happy to unveil our wiki for electronic music which we're calling BeatWiki. With over 72,000 artist pages and 7000 record label pages, BeatWiki is set to grow into the world's most definitive electronic music information hub. But like wikipedia, we need a little help from the public first. |
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