Music News: 5/14/09

14 May 2009

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Posted: 14 May 2009 08:24 AM PDT

US techno champion Dubfire proved he's a man of the people recently by organising a special party bus for 50 of his biggest fans in Lithuania. He booked a bus in Vilnius and loaded it with his fans for a one and half hour drive to Kuanas' Exit club where he played at a special Beatport sponsored event. On the bus, Dubfire spun a special Traktor set directly from his laptop, whilst his fans danced and drank their merry way across the country. Just check the video!

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Weekend Weapons…Martyn

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:20 AM PDT

Martyn broke dubstep and techno into pieces in 2008, bulldozing the wall in between the two genres with standout tracks that became bricks in a world that now shimmers with futuristic connectivity. The Dutch producer's record label 3024, and his remixes of TRG 'Broken Heart' and Flying Lotus ‘RobertaFlack’, helped to mould the trend which became a full marching movement in 2009. From his home in Washington DC, Martyn revealed his current top three cuts to Beatportal.

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Leaving Ankara - Faruk Sabanci, Truby

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:46 PM PDT

Paul Van Dyk's digital imprint is back with another big room, big sound, trance triumph. This time on production duty with their first Vandit release is a new Turkish / English duo named Faruk Sabanci and Sean Truby.

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Interview: Julian Jabre’s ‘Vicious Circle’

Posted: 13 May 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Defected are back, doing what they're best at: sun-soaked vocal house music that's just right for terraces in Ibiza and its beach bars. French producer Julian Jabre is the funk protagonist behind 'Vicious Circle', which is currently riding high with the John Dahlback Club Mix clocking in at No.6 in the Beatport Top 10 House Chart. Beatportal met Julian Jabre to find out more about the track that is on its way to becoming a summer anthem.

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Markus Schulz named ‘festival resident’ of Godskitchen

Posted: 13 May 2009 11:32 AM PDT

As we roar towards another summer of festival madness, Markus Schulz has been named by global dance promoters Godskitchen as its official 'festival resident' of 2009. The tip of the hat by Godskitchen is yet another achievement in a long line of accolades that the Miami-based trance DJ has received recently. In October he came 8th in DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs poll, in March he was crowned Best American DJ in the IDMAs, and his forthcoming LP 'Thoughts Become Feelings', which he produced under his progressive alias Dakota, is already garnering attention from the press. Schulz will take over eight festival and arena dates this summer for Godskitchen, which means he will only visit Ibiza four times this summer.

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