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10 mins in Steve Angello’s biggest year
beatportal.com - 21 hours ago
10 mins in Steve Angello’s biggest year
— beatportal.com — Steve Angello made a New Year’s resolution last January. Quit partying, and get back in the studio:... 2009 was going to be the year of music. Now 11 months down the line, Angello is about to release his new album ‘The Year Book’, which shows just how much he has fulfilled that ... (more) 10 mins in Steve Angello’s biggest year

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DJ T. tour blog: Week 19 & 20
beatportal.com - 44 hours ago
DJ T. tour blog: Week 19 & 20
— beatportal.com — DJ T.'s blog from the road continues with raring reports from five North American cities - San... Diego, Calgary, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Boston. Click through for his amusing and insightful thoughts from the road, and for information on round three of the Get Physical Producer Challenge - ... (more) DJ T. tour blog: Week 19 & 20
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Video: Dennis Ferrer ‘Hey Hey’
beatportal.com - 2 days ago
Video: Dennis Ferrer ‘Hey Hey’
— beatportal.com — Dennis Ferrer's house hit 'Hey Hey' has been snapped up by Defected Records in the UK, after... topping the Beatport Top 10 on Ferrer's own Objektivity label. Pete Tong named the track his Essential New Tune recently on his Essential Selection show on BBC Radio 1, calling it "quality from start to ... (more) Video: Dennis Ferrer ‘Hey Hey’

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beatportal.com - 2 days ago
Official Beatport catalog sale
— beatportal.com — For the next five days, Beatport will be hosting a catalog sale for all general content. *Tracks... normally priced at $1.49/€1.30/£1.12 will be lowered to $.99/€.99/£.79. Read more on Beatportal (more) Official Beatport catalog sale
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Weekend Weapons…DJ Icey
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Weekend Weapons…DJ Icey
— beatportal.com — DJ Icey's cool b-boy flavoured breakbeat made him king of the Florida breaks scene in the mid-90s,... which at one point led the US club scene with its alternative dancefloor beats. Before Britain's nu skool and funky breaks scene took off, Icey and a group of artists that includes DJ Baby Anne, ... (more) Weekend Weapons…DJ Icey

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How progressive house sounds in 2009
beatportal.com - 3 days ago
How progressive house sounds in 2009
— beatportal.com — To casual observers, dance music's multitude of genres must seem amusingly pedantic. How many ways are there... to describe electronic music that you can dance to? House, trance, techno, drum & bass - it's a confusing world with its own language, and that's before they started chucking adjectives ... (more) How progressive house sounds in 2009
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20 tracks every broken beat fan should know
beatportal.com - 7 days ago
20 tracks every broken beat fan should know
— beatportal.com — The beat changed one day. Four-to-the-floor's steady dominant drum march fractured, as chaotic new patterns emerged in... the ranks of uniformity. Once the familiar heartbeat of disco, house, and techno skipped, the boundaries tumbled down. The tempo rule book was thrown out, sounds warped, and ... (more) 20 tracks every broken beat fan should know
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Weekend Weapons…Nick Chacona
beatportal.com - 8 days ago
Weekend Weapons…Nick Chacona
— beatportal.com — Nick Chacona chucks everything but the kitchen sink into his disco-tastic productions, yet at the atomic centre... of his music is something which is not often found in Brooklyn, New York - pure golden sunshine. Yippee! The 33-year-old's music positively drips with loin-stirring randiness, but ... (more) Weekend Weapons…Nick Chacona
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feedproxy.google.com - 9 days ago
In the studio with Ulrich Schnauss
— feedproxy.google.com — Ulrich Schnauss ushers me, with slight hesitance, into his East London studio. He fidgets and fusses over... inanimate objects that do not need attention. For a figure whose music drips with solitude and melancholy, this is a rare moment of exposure, and he seems uncomfortable, unnerved by the ... (more) In the studio with Ulrich Schnauss

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‘The legends of electronic music’: Yello launch remix contest
beatportal.com - 10 days ago
‘The legends of electronic music’: Yello launch remix contest
— beatportal.com — Following the hugely successful Depeche Mode Remix contest, Beatport is proud to present the second edition in... our remix contest series 'The Legends of Electronic Music'. For the first time ever, Beatport is offering producers the chance to remix Yello. This contest is unique because for the ... (more) ‘The legends of electronic music’: Yello launch remix ...

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Everybody needs Green Velvet
beatportal.com - 10 days ago
Everybody needs Green Velvet
— beatportal.com — "A Christian can certainly be a dance music fan. Just as long, as with anything, they do... not give into the evils that may surround it," so begins our chat with Chicago's Curtis Jones aka Green Velvet. The long-serving house and techno DJ has been around the block enough times, to know what ... (more) Everybody needs Green Velvet
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The Black Eyed Peas remix contest winners
beatportal.com - 11 days ago
The Black Eyed Peas remix contest winners
— beatportal.com — After over 1200 remixes were entered and 41,000 votes were casted, The Black Eyed Peas have chosen... six winners for their 'I Gotta Feeling' remix contest. For the next week we will reveal those top 6 producers whose mixes will be featured on Dipdive.com , the online community for The Black Eyed ... (more) The Black Eyed Peas remix contest winners

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What’s in Anthea’s DJ box?
beatportal.com - 11 days ago
What’s in Anthea’s DJ box?
— beatportal.com — Anthea is another DJ to have sprouted out of Phonica's fertile ground in London's Soho. A job... behind the record counter of the small vinyl bastion seems to almost guarantee placement in the capital's underground club scene, and in the case of Phonica's former head girl Heidi, it can lead to ... (more) What’s in Anthea’s DJ box?
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DJ T. tour blog: Week 18
beatportal.com - 13 days ago
DJ T. tour blog: Week 18
— beatportal.com — DJ T. blogs from the land of endless opportunities this week, taking in New York City, Philadelphia,... Seattle, and Los Angeles. Click through for his thoughtful insight, videos, photos, and more. Read more on Beatportal (more) DJ T. tour blog: Week 18
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Weekend Weapons…Dirty Vegas
— feedproxy.google.com — Grammy Award-winning British dance trio Dirty Vegas recently produced a live mix from one of the world's... best clubs - Sankeys in Manchester - as part of the Stealth Live! mix compilation series. Paul Harris, Ben Harris, and Steve Smith used two mixers, two laptops, and four CDJs for their live ... (more) Weekend Weapons…Dirty Vegas

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Allez-Allez’s guide to good dance music
beatportal.com - 16 days ago
Allez-Allez’s guide to good dance music
— beatportal.com — Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are Sam Willis and Steve Nolan aka Allez-Allez . We've been... invited by Beatportal to share some of our favourite tracks with you guys, but first we thought we'd write a little about the ideas behind our blog , remixes, music and most recently, our new label ... (more) Allez-Allez’s guide to good dance music
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The 50 most charted tracks of October
beatportal.com - 16 days ago
The 50 most charted tracks of October
— beatportal.com — Whilst sales charts give some indication as to what is currently hot in electronic music, which tracks... DJs are charting is also useful to see upcoming trends. Beatport receives thousands of DJ charts a month from some of the most respected DJs in the world, and when you collate all that data, ... (more) The 50 most charted tracks of October
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Pete Tong tour: Chicago, Toronto, and Washington DC
beatportal.com - 17 days ago
Pete Tong tour: Chicago, Toronto, and Washington DC
— beatportal.com — Onto the final stage of my tour and I am playing in three cities with a strong... dance music heritage, and two with Obama power. Read more on Beatportal (more) Pete Tong tour: Chicago, Toronto, and Washington DC

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Weekend Weapons…Wolf + Lamb
beatportal.com - 17 days ago
Weekend Weapons…Wolf + Lamb
— beatportal.com — Over the last year, everyone from RA to the Miami New Times have trumpeted Wolf + Lamb... Music as the most exciting thing to happen to America since Pop-Tarts. "Wildly imaginative", "daringly forward-thinking", "one of the most exciting labels of 2009" - the plaudits have come in thick and fast. ... (more) Weekend Weapons…Wolf + Lamb

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Belfast’s Phil Kieran and his debut LP ‘Shh’
beatportal.com - 18 days ago
Belfast’s Phil Kieran and his debut LP ‘Shh’
— beatportal.com — Perhaps as I enter the orbital route to central Belfast’s inner folds it's the impression created by... an industrious skyline, solidly imprinted with mustard colour Harland And Wolff cranes that hover over the port acting as a reminder to industrial activities that bubble away in the city. ... (more) Belfast’s Phil Kieran and his debut LP ‘Shh’
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