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Genrecast: Drum and Bass 13 - Beatport Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:07 PM CST This week's Drum & Bass Genrecast features the best new releases in the drum and bass world, with tracks from Ben Sage, Heist, Peshay, Black Sun Empire and more. As always, this Genrecast is an 'enhanced' podcast, which means each track in the mix has a track mark and shows the release artwork, so when you listen to it in iTunes or your iPod you'll be able to skip through tracks in the mix, see the cover art of each release and click through to Beatport to buy the release. Read more on Beatportal

The Beatport 20 radio show: Episode 12 Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:13 PM CST The Beatport 20 radio show brings together the top selling releases on Beatport.com from the previous week along with an upfront selection, chosen painstakingly by Beatport's team of electronic music experts. This episode highlights tracks from Shonky, Argy & The Martinez Brothers, Mastiksoul, Wolfgang Gartner and plenty more. Click through to see the tracklist for this week's episode. Read more on Beatportal

Weekend Weapons…Dennis Ferrer Posted: 12 Jan 2009 10:51 AM CST We get stuck back into our Weekend Weapons feature, this week with an entry from New York house legend Dennis Ferrer. Staunchly flying the flag for the Big Apple dance scene, Ferrer has been like a one-man production juggernaut since his 'second-coming' was heralded with the release of 'Sandcastles' alongside Jerome Sydenham back in 2003. His wide ranging production style has touched moments between classic afro-house, full-on melodic techno and much more in between; take 'Son of Raw', 'Touched The Sky' and 'P 2 Da J' as examples of the opposing styles Ferrer is capable of. Read more on Beatportal

Love Always Fades - Dave Graham Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:44 AM CST With just 44 friends on his MySpace page, there’s not a great deal of information readily available about Dave Graham. A lack of profile information and blog entries give him a mysterious allure, contributing – whether intentionally or not – to dance music’s switch from the superstar DJ era to a more ‘all about the music’ notion, where more and more artists are concealing their identities by hiding behind masks, cartoon characters and pseudonyms. Read more on Beatportal

Bout Ready To Jak / Shift - Osborne Posted: 11 Jan 2009 05:59 PM CST It's such a pitiful cliché these days to complain about how music in the digital age doesn't sound as good as the days of vinyl. The people that say these statements are generally sad and lonely bloggers who have become poisoned by their own cynicism and the stench of their Basic Channel t-shirt which they haven't washed since 1993. Listen to a WAV of Osborne's 'Bout Ready To Jack' on a large soundsystem, I say, and then jump into a taxi heading for the museum. Read more on Beatportal

Garuna EP - Gorge Posted: 10 Jan 2009 09:25 PM CST Functional. Hardly a glowing adjective to begin a music recommendation with but this would be the most accurate term with which to describe 8Bit boss Gorge's latest musical offering. Confusingly ditching his Reclick moniker he usually dons for the label, Gorge issues a double dose of 'floor-focused fodder; one of which works wonderfully, and one that well, sort of does. Read more on Beatportal

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