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| Dubfire Traktor DJ competition: submit entries now! Posted: 13 Mar 2009 08:00 AM PDT The window for Dubfire's Traktor WMC DJ competition is now open, and for the next 12 hours users can submit their 30 minute mix entries at: filistics.com/contest.html The prize includes the opening slot at the Traktor-sponsored SCI-TEC party in Miami at Kore Lounge on Wednesday 25th March, a Traktor Scratch Pro premium package and lots of SCI-TEC goodies. To read the competition rules again, and for all the prize details click here. |
| WMC track: Fredski & Tomas Barfod ‘March On Swan Lake’ Posted: 13 Mar 2009 04:50 AM PDT Get Physical Music seem to have developed a cunning knack for outputting sun soaked anthems over the years. The theme can be traced back to 2005 and the release of the Booka Shade double header 'Mandarine Girl' and 'Body Language' (alongside M.A.N.D.Y.); a pair of tracks that practically suffocated Ibiza through their sheer ubiquity. Think back to Samim's summer 2007 accordion jig 'Heater' and Noze's booze-addled, Miami conquering 'You Have To Dance' from last year, and the trend becomes abundantly clear. Although not quite an all encompassing anthem in the vein as those above, Fredski and Tomas Barfod's 'March On Swan Lake' looks like it could be shaping up to inflict hefty levels of damage upon the terraces of WMC this year. |
| Bomb Alert! Paul Woolford remixes Morgan Geist ‘The Shore’ Posted: 13 Mar 2009 02:04 AM PDT Bomb alert! British champion and Space Ibiza resident Paul Woolford will drop a remix of Morgan Geist's 'The Shore' next week, the standout vocal disco cut from the Metro Area man's solo LP from last year 'Double Night Time'. |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2009 05:34 PM PDT If FLYamSAM is sounding rudely familiar then look no further than Los Angeles Brainfeeder cohorts Flying Lotus and Samiyam. It’s as if these guys weren’t cool enough already, they had to had to join forces and form a supergroup. |
| Create the next Minus music video Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:46 PM PDT Minus have entrusted the task of creating their next music video over to their fans. The label is looking for three minute submissions to accompany 'Shine', the lead single from Louderbach's upcoming album 'Autumn' that will be released through Minus later this year. Those who fancy getting involved in the project will need to be quick however, as the final date for entries is April 2nd - a mere three weeks away. The winner will have their material used as the track's official video clip, along with the obligatory signed copies of the album and single. |
| Sound like Daft Punk by using QWERTY Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:51 AM PDT Now you too can sound instantly like Daft Punk with this rather silly but fun QWERTY keyboard-triggered web app called iDaft. It has all the vocal samples from 'Harder Better Faster Stronger' sitting ready to go and they're clean as a whistle. All it requires is some rhythmic finger taps, and hey presto!, you've got yourself the beginnings of a bespoke Daft Punk bootleg. |
| Video: Steve Porter mashes Jacko’s ‘This Is It! speech Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:54 AM PDT If doom and gloom and the woes of the economy are getting you down, this Michael Jackson mash-up by Steve Porter just might help you smile. The New York-based producer and DJ took Jacko's recent 'This Is It! announcement from the London press conference about his final curtain call, and layered it over the top of an electro groove. The weirdest bit? When Porter pitches MJ's voice up on "I'll be, I'll be performing the SONGS fans want to hear." Watch this video on Beatportal |
| WMC Track: Oscar G. ‘Chunky Buddha’ Posted: 12 Mar 2009 08:25 AM PDT Just in time for WMC, Miami native Oscar G. adds this deep and tribal monster to the arsenal of the Innervisions 'Secret Weapons' series. Coming from one half of the production outfit and label Murk who are said to have helped define the house sound of the the '90s, particularly in Miami, we can expect that this one will drop once again like an A-bomb on Miami's dancefloors if this veteran's instincts are in place. Do away with all wholesome thoughts of sun and surf here, as this one feels more like the beginnings of a long night, with grit, grime and danger to boot. |
| Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:12 AM PDT Toasty’s ‘The Knowledge’ has already gone down as being one of the classic tracks within dubstep circles through its utilisation of vocoded vocals and breakstep rhythms. Five whole years after its original release date, this pioneering debut track is massively reshaped into its third incarnation by Untold. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PDT Next in line to follow Erol Alkan, Miss Kittin and the Klaxons in the Bugged Out! compilation mix series comes the ever melodious sounds of indie dance group Hot Chip. The compilation will feature two discs: a house and techno mix from Felix Martin, Al Doyle, Joe Goddard and Max Cooper will make up the first 'Bugged Out' disc, and then the second will be a mish mash of a little bit of everything, featuring Alexis Taylor, Owen Clarke and Joe working their magic. |
| Beatport Burners: Episode 100 - Beatport Posted: 11 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT In this special episode of our weekly Beatport Burners we bring you a full hour of listening pleasure to commemorate reaching a century. This week we're serving up a fresh mix of Milton Jackson, Prok & Fitch, Martin Brodin, Florian Kruse, and some beats from Toolroom and Strictly Rhythm. 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. |
| Innervisions offer pre-gig Ableton workshop Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:04 AM PDT Dixon and Henrik Schwarz are set to lead a pre-event Ableton workshop as part of the upcoming Easter weekend meeting between Innervisions and Secretsundaze. Taking place at The Coronet Theatre in London on April 9th, the gig will also see the debut UK performance from A Critical Mass, the live collaboration guise of Ame, Dixon and Schwarz. The quartet performed together for only the first time in October of last year, with appearances at Popkomm in Berlin and ADE in Amsterdam. |
| WMC Track: 2000 And One ‘Dat Na Poku’ Posted: 11 Mar 2009 07:31 AM PDT Dutch star 2000 And One delivered an excellent album 'Heritage' recently, as all eight tracks were focused solely on the dancefloor and designed for club destruction. Out of all the tracks on the album, the chunky house grooves of 'Dat Na Poku' is most likely destined for WMC greatness as it's an incredibly satisfying mid-set roller that revels in its subtle loop-centric arrangement. |
| Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:53 AM PDT Conservative British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph have printed a slightly cringe-worthy but well meaning article discussing the rise of pretentiousness within modern electronic music. Far from taking a dim view on such an assertion however, columnist Edmund Conway concludes that after years of disparaging frowns from the mainstream towards its oft-dismissed musical cousin, dance music is now a complex and "sophisticated" beast that has as much to do with Steve Reich and Phillip Glass as it does with sweaty nightclubs. The mainstream British press' take on electronic music has often been derided within the electronic music community as being behind the times or hideously out of touch, casting off the genre as 'dead' and then gleefully singing its praises once it was perceived to be back in fashion. |
| Traktor DJ Competition: Warm up for Dubfire at WMC Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:54 PM PDT Today venerable techno spinner Dubfire has launched a DJ competition for his Traktor-sponsored SCI-TEC party at Miami's forthcoming WMC. "Every year I struggle to find a DJ to play the opener of my party as the guys I book I normally want to showcase at the peak hours," Ali Shirazinia aka Dubfire told me. "So I want to give a SCI-TEC fan the chance to open the room and showcase their talents, in the hopes that maybe it will inspire them to pursue a career in music." If you are in Miami for WMC and would like to play the opening DJ set at Dubfire's record label party on Wednesday 25th March at Kore Ultra Lounge, find out how to enter after the jump. |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:34 PM PDT Swiss electro house rising superstar EDX has been ripping up dancefloors left, right and center with remixes of tunes like Kaskade's 'Angel on My Shoulder', this winter's recent feel good house hit, 'What a Wonderful World' from Axwell, Bob Sinclar and Ron Caroll, and releases on quality imprints like Toolroom, Defected, PinkStar Records and Sirup Records. He's also been nominated for a Beatport Music Award, so we figured it was about time to catch up with this mysterious up and comer and find out more about his path into dance music and DJing. |
| Video: Yet another Daft Punk rip off Posted: 10 Mar 2009 12:22 PM PDT Here's yet another Daft Punk rip off. The French duo's track 'Veridis Quo' has now been lazily used as a backing song for hip hop/r&b singer Jazmine Sullivan to croon over. Unlike Kanye West's 'Harder Better Faster Stronger' sampling though, 'Veridis Quo' plays out in its full entirety. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2009 08:22 AM PDT Sharam Jey's new video for 'Monday Morning', with LouLou Players featuring Princess Superstar, looks like about as much fun as a barrel of monkeys. Whip cream, inflatable pool toys, animal masks and fireworks take leading roles in this fun and irreverent video, and might just inspire some new party games. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Showtek and Kidd Kaos Essential Mix Posted: 09 Mar 2009 09:09 PM PDT In honor of the Hard Dance Awards that took place in Leeds last week, this week's Essential Mix showcases the skills of two of the genre's strongest talent, Showtek [pictured] and Kidd Kaos. Winner of this year's Best DJ award, Dutch duo Showtek also took the crown for Best Track with their hit ‘Hold Us Back’, following up last year's victory in the same category. 'Best New Face' went to Kidd Kaos, a 20-year-old DJ and producer hailing from Cornwall who also co-heads the ‘Trancefuzion Collective’ (TFC) record label and has been busy carving out a musical path for himself for seven years now. Check out what these champions have to offer after the break. |
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