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| Summer Bomb Alert: Matteo DiMarr ‘Smell The Wood’ Posted: 13 May 2009 08:29 AM PDT A community whisper today alerted me to Matteo DiMarr's new track 'Smell The Wood', which is surely destined to be a summer bomb this year. With its sexy carnival-feel chorus, organic South American drum lines, and huge drop, it reeks of crowd pleasing techno. Get a taste of this juicy Mojito after the jump! |
| Nic Fanciulli: How to run a record label in 2009 Posted: 13 May 2009 03:22 AM PDT Nic Fanciulli sits in a bar named Suite 701 in Montreal on a lazy Sunday. He sips on a beer, and admits he messed up. "I took my eye off the ball a bit with the label and I've held my hands up so many times about it," he says, hiding his hands under the table. "I got sidetracked with touring, and I got sidetracked with remixes and lots of other stuff that I wasn't used to at the time...I was signing records by mistake, I was signing the wrong records, I was signing records and not putting them out for a year...there were so many faults that I did and I've learnt from the mistakes." That slippery period was two years ago. Since then, Nic Fanciulli's Saved Records has become one of the most consistent labels hailing from the UK with a wealth of excellent house and techno artists releasing music through the label. Saved has become so successful that London's newest superclub Matter offered Nic Fanciulli a bi-monthly residency. Here in a lengthy audio interview, Nic Fanciulli talks about how to run a dance music record label in 2009, and how he saved Saved Records. Our chat discusses everything from online promotion, the A&R process, building a family of artists, digital versus physical, piracy, and brand identity. |
| Movement interview: Innervisions’ A Critical Mass Posted: 12 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT We live in a time of perpetual trends. Consider the moustache. A couple of years ago, if you had a moustache you were probably also wanted by the police for hanging out with people much, much younger than yourself. Like, kids. The moustache is now enjoying a hairy comeback, just ask Kristian from Âme. The concept of self-sustaining momentum is only too well understood by Âme, Dixon, and Henrik Schwarz, who whether intentionally or not, embody the idea through their new Innervisions Orchestra project that also gives the concept a name. They are 'A Critical Mass'. They are a part of a movement by electronic music artists towards collaborative live performances. They are a product of technology. They are not, however, all moustache wearers. With Innervisions debuting their A Critical Mass live project at Detroit's Movement festival later this month, Beatportal decided to find out more about their collaborative efforts and what to expect from their highly anticipated Movement performance. |
| Highlife EP - Sasha Vs. Adam Parker Posted: 12 May 2009 03:25 PM PDT Sasha is back on top of the progressive house world once again, with the lucid and ethereal 'Lowlife', a remix of a track by London singer-songwriter Adam Parker. As featured on Sasha's recent smash hit mix compilation 'Invol2ver', this release on Renaissance sees a new mix of the track arrive much to the delight of dark melodic house fans. |
| Beatport update 4.1 release notes Posted: 12 May 2009 12:16 PM PDT In an effort to keep our user community informed, we’ve decided to start posting release notes to Beatportal for each Beatport software update. Anytime we make changes to existing site features, add new features or fix defects, you can come to Beatportal to find out what they are and how they’ll impact your shopping experience. Yesterday, May 11th, we released some updates to the Beatport store. Each change is outlined below; if you have questions please leave comments to this post and we’ll respond. |
| Win a trip to Ibiza with Beatport and Pacha Recordings Posted: 12 May 2009 09:45 AM PDT Beatport has teamed up with Pacha Recordings and American Airlines to provide one lucky Beatport winner and their guest with a trip to the dance music mecca of Ibiza including flights, hotel, dining, club entry and more. For your chance at winning, read on. |
| Nic Fanciulli brings a Montreal warehouse to life Posted: 12 May 2009 09:20 AM PDT A solitary male, all in black, stands outside 13 King Street in Montreal on a Saturday night. Rain patters quietly onto the concrete sidewalk, forming pools illuminated by dark yellow street lights. Opposite an old factory mourns. The road is dead. A car approaches, drives past the man and stops. Inside, two girls squint through a dripping car window, smile at each other and pull up to the sidewalk. The car's headlights disappear, and the girls climb out. Their stiletto heels scrape on the ground as they head towards the man. They whisper something to him in French, and he swings open a heavy metal door behind him. |
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