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| Josh Wink gets cosy in Belgium Posted: 16 Feb 2009 03:25 PM CST Josh Wink hopped across the border of The Netherlands yesterday to play a gig in Ghent, Belgium. Here in day four of Wink's exclusive European tour diary, windmills, cosy bed & breakfasts and a dancefloor damage chart all feature. |
| Is this the first ever Ukrainian dance music video? Posted: 16 Feb 2009 01:33 PM CST The topic of globalisation always interests us here at Beatportal, as we feel (and often argue) that electronic music is truly music for the globalised world. Today we were tipped off to a video currently on YouTube, from a Ukranian DJ called Mavr. The tipper claimed that this is the first electronic music video ever from the Ukraine, and because we've never seen a dance music video from the country, we're unable to confirm this. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Posted: 16 Feb 2009 11:05 AM CST This week's Weekend Weapons comes direct from arguably the world's biggest house DJ, Erick Morillo. Since establishing himself as a Strictly Rhythm mainstay way back in the early '90s, Erick Morillo has gone on to become an all-encompassing, global phenomenon, reaching the point of notoriety where perhaps even your mom has heard of him. It was around those early days in his nascent career that Morillo was thrust to fame as a pop star: His international smash 'I Like To Move It' under the Reel 2 Reel moniker conquered charts and mainstream clubs across the globe. Conversely, 1995 saw the release of 'Reach' - an underground classic that is still being dropped to this day - recorded alongside Louie Vega as Lil Mo Yin Yang. |
| Lonely One - Motor City Drum Ensemble Posted: 16 Feb 2009 03:57 AM CST Danilo Plessow of Stuttgart, Germany, known for his 'Raw Cuts' releases on his own MCDE imprint, finds an even deeper, subterranean voice under his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker on this debut release for 20:20 Vision Recordings. Here we get a dose of the emerging 'nu' deep house sound, while still keeping in line the mindset formed by the earlier days of Detroit. |
| Josh Wink’s Awakening in Amsterdam Posted: 15 Feb 2009 06:46 PM CST Now in The Netherlands, Josh Wink updates his live European blog with some tips on where to sit on planes, and reveals how sometimes DJs will compete over who had the worst journey getting to the gig. He also catches up with some DJ friends (Wighnomy Brothers, pictured above) and Marco Corola at the Awakenings festival, and some guy gives him a banana in celebration of his new LP 'When A Banana Was Just A Banana' (check it out in the player). |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:52 PM CST Josh Wink's live blog from Europe continues, with a dispatch from Milan in Italy. In this post, Josh has MIDI controller problems (and blames it on Friday the 13th), a surprisingly relaxing flight, and discusses the age-old battle DJs experience when on the road: sleeping versus eating. |
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