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10 mins in Steve Angello’s biggest year
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
DJ T. tour blog: Week 19 & 20
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
Video: Dennis Ferrer ‘Hey Hey’
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’
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
Weekend Weapons…DJ Icey
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
How progressive house sounds in 2009
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
20 tracks every broken beat fan should know
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
Weekend Weapons…Nick Chacona
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
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
‘The legends of electronic music’: Yello launch remix contest
‘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 ...
Everybody needs Green Velvet
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
The Black Eyed Peas remix contest winners
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
What’s in Anthea’s DJ box?
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?
DJ T. tour blog: Week 18
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
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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