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| Win tickets to this Saturday’s Fabric Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:57 AM PST Beatportal and London clubbing institution Fabric have teamed up to offer four pairs of tickets for this Saturday's (7th March) event. Even by the club's own sky-high standards, Saturday's line-up is something of a jaw-dropper. Starting from the top, Room 1 will host the long-overdue debut of Mannheim house hero Johnny D, with Radio Slave and the ever-excellent Craig Richards also in attendance. |
| Video: The six second break that shaped the world Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:12 AM PST In this fascinating 20 minute video, Nate Harrison narrates the history of the 'Amen Break', an obscure six-second drum sample for the b-side of a chart topping single from 1969. In the video, Nate argues that this little known break became the basis for all drum & bass and jungle, and it was sampled extensively in early hip hop. In other words, these six seconds shaped the modern music world as we know it. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| ? / The Hologram - Mark Pritchard Posted: 04 Mar 2009 05:50 PM PST The first release on new eclectic London imprint Ho Hum sees the iconic Mark Pritchard leaving his 23rd century robot-dubstep manifestation behind and producing something completely removed from this body of work. Played to death by the High Priestess of experimental, Mary Ann Hobbs, this is a wondrous transgression into heavenly ambient, emotive-electronica. |
| Free Audion download! - I Am The Car Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:44 PM PST Matthew Dear has announced a new monthly series of free track downloads from his Audion guise. The first track up for free download is called 'I Am The Car', a dark throbbing techno cut devoid of a single kick drum. Grab the download link after the jump. |
| WMC Track: Jamie Jones ‘Summertime’ Posted: 04 Mar 2009 12:05 PM PST No Miami Winter Music Conference would be complete without a blissful sun-soaked vocal house record taking over the terraces. Stardust stole the 1998 event with 'Music Sounds Better With You', Noze grabbed headlines last year with 'You Have To Dance' and Jamie Jones might well do it this time around with the stunning unreleased single 'Summertime'. |
| Interview: A conversation with Saint Etienne Posted: 04 Mar 2009 08:38 AM PST Pioneers of early '90s bliss pop, the venerable UK darlings Saint Etienne have a discography behind them that covers the better part of two decades. One could propose that the indie dance genre was indeed nearly defined by this band's output, with tracks that bridged from the dancefloor to the car and into the living room. |
| Sound Advice: Tips for running a label in 2009 Posted: 03 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PST It would seem that, in 2009, everyone wants a piece of the pie. The rise of the bedroom producer has led to an unprecedented number of people ditching the age-old methods of releasing records in favour of starting their own labels. But how much does this new breed actually know of running a record label? Beatportal's Ryan Keeling gathered label managers Stuart Knight, Matthias Tanzmann, Dylan '2000 And One' Hermelijn, and Roska in an attempt to unearth the vital components behind running a successful electronic music label in 2009. |
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