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Prok & Fitch’s 2009 house invasion Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:51 PM CST Last year Brighton house duo Prok & Fitch narrowly missed out being crowned Beatportal's house artists of the year, but with the speed they're gaining, this year could be huge for them. The duo only formed last year and kicked off 2008 with 'Outro Lugar', which quickly burgeoned into an anthem of WMC 2008 later to be picked up by Stealth Records chief Roger Sanchez. Since that release, they've built up a reputation for remixing the 'who's who' of classic house, from Golden Girls ('Kinetic') to Cevin Fisher ('You Got Me Burning Up'), wrapping up the year by mixing a 'Best of Stealth 2008' compilation. It certainly was an impressive 12 months for Prok & Fitch, so Beatportal caught up with the boys to discuss how they plan to capitalize on their 2008 successes this year. Read more on Beatportal

Steve Lawler’s renaissance continues in 2009 Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:18 PM CST Today Viva Music boss Steve Lawler played Beatportal a cheeky preview of his fresh-out-of-the-studio track 'Panderio', and after listening to it, it seems the British DJ and producer will continue this year down the drum-heavy carnival house route that he started in 2008. Steve Lawler's recent 'Kalimba' release on R & S, plus his 'Carnival' track on Tanzbar Musik showed that Lawler had moved away from the darker, more progressive sounds that had propagated his sets for the last few years, towards more organic and drum led house music. Read more on Beatportal

New club Dice for Berlin Posted: 09 Jan 2009 12:02 PM CST Berlin already has the world's best club scene with Berghain, Watergate, Weekend and countless other dancing holes, but on 14th February the city will get a plush new club in an abandoned electricity station (after all a club wouldn't be Berlin club, without post-industrial decor and the threat of electrocution on the dancefloor). Dice in Mitte is being touted as 2000 square metres of "state-of-the-art sound and lighting and cutting edge electronic sounds" with a large roof terrace that's "perfect for after hours Sunday sessions." Who wants to move to Berlin? Read more on Beatportal

Design DEMF 2009 and win $5000 Posted: 09 Jan 2009 07:28 AM CST Paxahau and 323East, the good people behind Detroit's Electronic Music Festival aka Movement (scheduled to take place this year May 23rd - 25th) have announced a competition to find a local designer/artist to come up with the design for this year's party. To be honest (and no disrepect to DEMF) they kind of need it, as last year's campaign was a little weak, not that the dodgy logo (see it after the jump) detracted from the excellent three days of techno bliss that occurred last May. Read more on Beatportal

Winning remix hits Beatport Top 5 Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:11 AM CST Last summer Beatportal hosted a remix competition, challenging aspiring producers to rework the classic house anthem, 'Music is the Answer' by Danny Tenaglia and Celeda. After sorting through a huge pool nearly 600 entries from every genre of electronic music, three outstanding remixes were found, and eventually signed to TWISTED. Now several months later, the first place winning remix by Gabriel Vezzola has made it into the Top 10 Beatport chart (it rose to No.4 at one point), proof that the remix contest managed to unearth some real talent. Read more on Beatportal

DJs’ tips for success in 2009 Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:50 PM CST With the new year here, resolutions are no doubt already being broken. But what can DJs and producers do to kick start 2009 in the right way? Beatportal's Mr. Tunes, a self-confessed tech junkie and accomplished music producer in his own right, grabbed his notepad and pen and wrote a quick self-help guide for DJs and producers in 2009. Read more on Beatportal

Become a Hed Kandi America resident DJ Posted: 08 Jan 2009 06:42 PM CST Venerable house music label Hed Kandi, one of the world's most successful dance brands, is currently running a DJ competition for North American residents. Hed Kandi America needs up and coming DJs to represent them across North America (that hints at a plan to set up regular club nights across the continent), so if your sets align with Hed Kandi's distinctive sexy soulful and vocal house sound submit a mix at HedKandiAmerica.com. Read more on Beatportal

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