| Beatport Burners: Episode 97 - Beatport Posted: 18 Feb 2009 01:00 PM CST Beatport Burners take the hottest new releases out there and wrap them up in a nice little weekly podcast, painstakingly handpicked by Beatport staff. This week we're serving up a fresh mix of Martin Eyerer, Beltek, Jerome Isma-Ae, and some beats from Dirt Crew and Pacemaker Digital. And remember that Beatport Burners are 'enhanced podcasts', so you can skip through tracks, see the cover art and click through to Beatport to download releases. Read more on Beatportal  |
| Embrace - 2562 Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:42 PM CST It had to happen eventually: the two Dutch dubstep techno producers who’ve found inspiration for names in postal districts have finally teamed up on this deep, two-step release. 2562, who otherwise treats us to his techno productions under the moniker A Made Up Sound, dropped the acclaimed ‘Aerial’ album last year on Tectonic, and now follows up with a tasty little dubstep record on Martyn’s 3024 imprint. Read more on Beatportal  |
| Seven reasons to attend Bloc Festival Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:18 AM CST The organisers behind the UK's Bloc Festival (March 13th - 15th 2009) approach their line-up from an impressively informed perspective - a bland list of obvious, crowd pleasing megastars it ain't. Ital Tek, Pole, Beardyman, October, Otto Von Schirach and Pinch are all playing at Bloc, and all of them have added DJ charts to Beatport ahead of the festival in order to give the public a small taster of what to expect. We've embedded all six charts after the jump, plus one from the organisers themselves. Have a listen, as they might just persuade you to attend festival. Read more on Beatportal  |
| Global Gathering 2009 headliners and dates Posted: 17 Feb 2009 09:46 PM CST |
| Samsung announces ‘DJ’ phone, sort of Posted: 17 Feb 2009 05:50 PM CST Mobile phone manufacturer Samsung, announced a new phone yesterday and claims it comes with a DJing music app as standard. The Beat DJ phone offers an enhanced music experience and has Bang and Olufsen technology for rich music playback. It also has a touch spin wheel and an advanced music play user interface, as well as music filters, scratching features and DJ mix recording. Read more on Beatportal  |