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| Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:04 AM PDT Here's an inventively groovy video for Osborne's 'The Count', an electrified techno cut on Spectral Sound. Using some clips from the famed Detroit TV program, The New Dance Show, 'The Count' is wonderfully juxtaposed against swinging 1980s dancers, afros, and drabs MC Hammer might have based his wardrobe on. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| The Case (of the Lost Jacksters) / Earthquaker - Green Velvet Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:31 AM PDT Green Velvet aka Cajmere did a huge amount of groundbreaking work in the early days of house and techno, however, it's clear from his new release 'The Case (of the Lost Jacksters)' he's still very much a forward-thinking man. This is erratic and bizarre house music that somehow manages to squeeze Green Velvet's typified hallucinogenic vocals, acid basslines, jazzy pianos, huge organs and bleepy beats into a comprehensively catchy track. |
| WMC Video: Stephan Bodzin on Lemur multi-touch Posted: 01 Apr 2009 04:32 PM PDT JazzMutant's beautiful multi-touch controller Lemur has carved itself a miniscule niche amongst electronic music producers who can afford its $2000 price tag, and on Sunday at the Beatport Pool Party at WMC Stephan Bodzin demonstrated the awesome power of touch-screening (see, we turned it into a verb) a DJ set. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| MSTRKRFT announce new LP ‘Fist of God’ Posted: 01 Apr 2009 02:14 PM PDT Indie dance duo MSTRKRFT a few moments ago announced that their forthcoming sophomore album 'Fist of God' will be released in June. Describing 'Fist of God', Jesse F. Keeler said, "We tried to make ‘festival weapons,’ so when we play them, it’s like throwing a million hatchets into the audience." Sounds brutal. |
| Beatport wins ‘Best Retailer Award’ at IDMAs Posted: 01 Apr 2009 11:14 AM PDT For the fourth time, Beatport has been honored with an award at the 24th Annual International Dance Music Awards, a ceremony that takes place at Miami's Winter Music Conference and recognizes the most innovative and elite artists, producers, promoters, record labels, and contributors in the industry. Adding to the Beatport collection, this year's Best Dance Music Retailer award was presented to Beatport's CEO Jonas Tempel. |
| Video: Tonium reveals next gen Pacemaker Posted: 01 Apr 2009 10:29 AM PDT Sweet! Tonium this morning unveiled the next generation of their portable handheld DJing machine Pacemaker with this superbly colorful video on YouTube. With a 60GB hard drive and lots of intuitive DJing functionality, the new Pacemaker promises to take DJ culture mainstream, onto the streets (and anywhere else for that matter). The video is great fun and the new Pacemaker has a mightily impressive list of features that will satisfy even the DJs amongst us who take their craft seriously. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2009 09:12 AM PDT Recently we wrote about some forthcoming hits due from Luciano's label Cadenza, that were at the time only available on vinyl. o Well now Michel Cleis & Salvatore Freda's excellent EP 'Uva Fragolina' and Argenis Brito's trippy techno EP 'Imminent' are on Beatport. Click through for the download links. |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2009 04:36 AM PDT Just in time to wrap up this past week of glorious electronic music mayhem, this installment of dancefloor slayers comes from Miami's own Oscar G. One half of the infamous Murk production duo and eight-year resident of Miami's Club Space, Oscar G. has been an integral cog in the groovin' wheel for close to two decades. In a blend of neo-tribal drums, dark and sexy vocals, and melody rich basslines, we heard the damage firsthand during the Nervous Records afterhours on Saturday night at Nocturnal, where he tore down the house as the sun rose. Afterward, we grabbed this Miami man and grilled him for his choice cuts -- peruse them below. |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2009 03:07 PM PDT Breakbeat heavyweight and consummate tastemaker Krafty Kuts took a moment to chat with Beatportal before his headlining set at Deekline's WMC Booty Breaks shakefest. |
| 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 Objektivity 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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