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| Mark Knight reveals Pacha NYC residency Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:01 PM CST British DJ and producer Mark Knight today announced the launch of a new Toolroom Knights residency at Pacha nightclub in New York, with the launch party penned for Friday 27th February. Every two months the boss of Toolroom will take over the venue on west 46th Street for seven hours, and deliver a lengthy journey into sound, a style that he has perfected whilst DJing for the last four years at Ministry of Sound in London. |
| Tiësto listeners to compile 100th podcast Posted: 06 Feb 2009 12:28 PM CST Beatportal heard from Dutch trance king DJ Tiesto this morning that he wants his fans to compile the music for the 100th edition of his podcast 'Tiësto's Club Life', which sees nearly 300,000 downloads each week. Tiësto's show first aired on April 6th, 2007 on Radio 538, a national radio station in The Netherlands, but quickly grew to become a worldwide podcast and syndicated radio show. It will see its 100th outing on February 27th 2009. |
| Posted: 06 Feb 2009 10:36 AM CST Beatportal's BeatDetect system aims to help users to ID amazing tracks that they've heard in clubs, or in DJ mixes and on radio shows. If you're desperate to name that tune, submit your IDs at: www.beatportal.com/beatdetect Here are some of the bombs that were solved this week. |
| ‘Overwhelming response’ for Speedy J’s Open Collabs Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:18 AM CST Speedy J is reporting that his Open Collabs project, the largest collaborative electronic music project ever conceived, has had an "overwhelming response" with thousands of loops, synth bleeps, field recordings, vocals and guitar jams having been submitted by the general public. |
| Ricardo Villalobos acquires nuclear weapon Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:33 AM CST Ricardo Villalobos, the highly erratic Chilean dictator of techno bent on world domination, has obtained a nuclear weapon and intends to use the dangerous device after finding out he was not part of the Beatport pool party line-up at WMC in Miami, sources reported Thursday. |
| Posted: 05 Feb 2009 09:50 PM CST As nu-disco emerges ever more into the limelight, different styles, sub categories and trends begin to emerge, split off and develop into their own sounds; similar to how life first began on Earth. Whether or not Charles Darwin would have made comparisons between the growing patterns of nu-disco and the evolution of mankind is a separate question entirely, yet I’m sure, given the chance, he would have given it half a mention in 'The Origin of Species' had he heard this blissful prog-disco record on ‘Throne of Blood’. |
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| Genrecast: Trance 20 - Beatport Posted: 05 Feb 2009 05:34 PM CST This week's installation of the Trance Genrecast was handpicked and sorted by Beatport staff, and represents a selection of favorite trance classics. As always, this Genrecast is an enhanced podcast, meaning you can view the artwork, skip through tracks, and purchase the tracks that are linked directly for download from Beatport. This week's trance genrecast features Sin Tek, Slava Flash & DJ Eco, [Emilio Fernandez]], Black Hole Recordings, Vandit Digital and more. |
| Beatport Pool Party 2009 line-up Posted: 05 Feb 2009 09:48 AM CST We're now officially allowed to reveal the line-up thus far of the Beatport Pool Party for Miami's Winter Music Conference 2009. The four-day party will take place from 26th - 29th March at The National Hotel (Remix Hotel) on South Beach. And with a line-up this good, you'd be a fool to miss it. Time to book those plane tickets and apply the fake tan. |
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