28 March 2009

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Steve Angello humiliates Paris Hilton, DJs worldwide rejoice

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 02:21 AM PDT

The princess of bottle service culture herself, Ms. famous-for-no-particular-reason, Miss Paris Hilton, was publicly humiliated by Swedish house mafia man Steve Angello in move that will leave DJs around the world cheering his name till the end of time. The LA-based diva turned up at the 1OAK party at Angello's showcase at WMC on Thursday night/Friday morning, and found his music "was not even danceable and was frankly giving me a migraine." Hilton asked one of her friends who runs the hotel to change the music and the manager said between emphatic kisses of her ass, "I'll lead you up to the DJ booth and he'll play whatever you want." The age old battle between ignorant, over-privileged wannabes, and DJs trying to do their best, just went front and centre. Brilliant.

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Video: An unexpected WMC bomb

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 09:42 PM PDT

An unexpected WMC bomb emerged tonight - a remix of Joe Arroyo's 'La Tortuga' that was played by DJ Sneak, Laidback Luke, Dennis Ferrer and The Martinez Brothers today at the Beatport Pool Party. It's a Latino house track that features a chorus of Latino vocals, plenty of tribal drums and a driving bassline.

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WMC interview: The Martinez Brothers

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 05:49 PM PDT

At 17 and 20-years-old respectively, Chris and Steve Martinez are one of the most-talked about duos in dance music circles. Even the New York Times got in on the action and proclaimed The Martinez Brothers as the saviours of New York's house scene. US deep house god Dennis Ferrer has taken them under his Objectivity wing and given them a series of releases on his high profile label. It's about high time we caught up with The Martinez Brothers to find out if the hype is well deserved so I met the brothers a few minutes ago for a quick interview in Miami.

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WMC interview: Johnny D

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 03:47 PM PDT

A few moment ago, I met Johnny D, the Mannheim-based DJ and producer responsible for some of the biggest house records of 2008 and interviewed him about his music, his meteoric rise and his life as a fast-moving producer and DJ.

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Beatport Pool Party: live broadcast NOW!

Posted: 27 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT

Beatport has teamed up with French start up Awdio to bring you a free live stream of the DJ sets from the Beatport pool party every day. Today's live streaming audio will include DJ sets from ATFC, DJ Sneak and Laidback Luke. We're live right now people, so click through to tune in!

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