Think you know your stuff? If you can guess the FIVE tracks in this short mashup produced by DJ Nth, not only will we be mightily impressed, but you will also win some kit from the good people at DBM Labs. Check out some of their offerings below.

There are five loops from five classic tracks. If no-one gets it right each week, we will post a clue or two. Best of luck…

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MP3: DMb Mashup

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DMb is happy to announce that Siegfried Android are playing a set at Ministry of Sound Tuesday 2nd December.

After a huge year for the boys, including a set at Global Gathering, they find themselves playing alongside Zane Lowe at one of London’s top clubs. They will be on from 10-11 at the resident student night, Milkshake. Dance Music blog discovered them a few months ago, and they look set to continue impressing on bigger and bigger stages.

Check out their pages here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Siegfried-Android/10630644771 http://www.myspace.com/siegfriedandroid

DMb wishes you well lads!

Another cool instructable for turning an old hard drive into a rotary controller that can then be mapped to MIDI to contol some DJ software or some other bit of virtual gear. If anyone technically gifted enough to build one of these does so please post some photos and let us know how it works out.

Full instructions here.

Here’s a nice bit of kit to take along with you on your next flight when you’ve just got to finish that next remix on the go.

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Now that the laptop has become the new desktop it’s tempting to do everything on the go. But try composing or editing music while enjoying a latte at Starbucks and you’ll find yourself seriously lacking in the tactile input department. There’s a reason why musicians generally need racks of equipment at their disposal… you just cant play music so well with a keyboard and mouse. The new Korg Nano Digital Music Controllers aim to remedy this musical dilemma by providing three different portable USB versions of common musical input devices that fit perfectly with your laptop. The nanoKEY gives you a mini velocity sensitive keyboard. The nanoPAD provides you with velocity sensitive drum-pads and a Kaossilator style x-y control pad while the nanoKONTROL gives you nine faders, nine knobs and eighteen switches for your mixing pleasure.

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Jochem Paap aka Speedy J has been making news with the announcement of his forthcoming album which will be a collaborative process with anyone who wishes to contribute some loops. He is doing it all from the Soundcloud website. Checking the SoundCloud site I just noticed they have unreleased tracks from MC Hammer’s new album (hmmmm). The site also acts as a way for sending audio files to fellow collaborators.

Here is the info from Speedy J’s Collab page…

What is Open Collabs?
Building on the concept of his past Collabs Projects, Jochem Paap aka Speedy J invites producers worldwide to submit parts for an album collaboration of epic proportions. In times where the vast majority is reluctant to embrace the changes that digital technology brings, he’s reaching out to prove the value of creative synergy new tools and formats have to offer. The project will be a manifest of these values, re-injecting progress into electronic music. The resulting album will be released on his label Electric Deluxe, profits will be shared with all artists appearing on it 50/50.

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