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Spotify, last week, finally got round to opening their services up to music lovers across America. And now we have the chance to stream full albums for free, download the songs we like and sync our spotify accounts with Facebook, Twitter and iDevices.

This recent release comes as Spotify passed the 1 million subscriber milestone across Europe and continues to grow. To celebrate Spotify’s landmark achievement the guys over at Spotify HQ have offered Point Blank a limited number invitions for users to use the service for free.

To get your hands on the streaming service, all you have to do is head over to Point Blank’s Facebook page, ‘like’ it and send your name and email address to james@pointblanklondon.com. You will then be contacted with a link to download Spotify and create and account. Remember there are only a limited number of invitations, so they will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.

Point Blank is an online college for Music Production and has lots of great classes geared towards Electronic Dance Music taught by some of the biggest names in the business. They also offer some free Tutorials on various aspects of production, check it out.

To find out more about Spotify, and it’s recent US launch, check out the video below.

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Sander Kleinenberg just gave us an Exclusive DJ Mix for our podcast and now he’s giving us a pair of these beautiful headphones for one of our beloved readers. And here I was thinking that we loved Sander more than he loved us. Let’s show him our appreciation and hop over to iTunes and check out his new album “5K” and his Facebook page for some “Like” action.

For your chance to win the headphones just post a comment with the name of your favorite Sander Kleinenberg song or remix. Contest will end at Midnight PST Friday July 15, 2011 and is only valid for US Residents. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing from all valid entries.

Check out these headphones at V-Moda Website

We have a couple of passes for one lucky reader in the UK who wants to attend a night at Together. Just post in the comments and we will randomly choose one reader next week to receive the passes.

Together Season One kicks off on Friday 12th March for a series of events at the Coronet Theatre with an amazing lineup over the next few months.

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UK super-club brand Godskitchen kick starts the year with Pure Trance Classics, a must-have collection for fans and clubbers alike. Spread over three CD’s, Pure Trance Classics is the definition of real trance anthems for the loyal clubbing generation, bringing together a huge selection of exclusive tracks and mixes that have not featured on other albums including HUGE tunes from Tiësto, Armin, Paul van Dyk and Ferry Corsten plus future classics from the likes of Sander van Doorn, Marco V, Deadmau5 and Above & Beyond.

We have 3 copies of this triple CD set to giveaway to 3 readers. Just post in the comments and the winners will be chosen randomly next week. You will be notified if you are selected.

You can also pick up a copy of Godskitchen: Pure Trance Classics at Amazon.

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Rephlektor Inkorporated has been kind enough to send us 3 of Tom Stephan’s new mix CD “Nervous Nitelife” to give away to our loyal readers. If you don’t recognize the name you probably know Tom by his other alias, Superchumbo. I’m pretty excited to check this mix out as I have been a huge Superchumbo fan since the late 90′s when he defined the Tribal Progressive sound. Just looking at this tracklisting has already got me ready to go out an boogie! So we’re going to give away 3 copies of this CD via a random drawing. To enter to win just leave a comment below with a valid email address and tell us your favorite Superchumbo track. We will contact the winners to get your info.

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I have very fond memories of watching Eat Static perform live for an L.A. massive many years ago and was blown away when a four legged mech thing came out onto stage with them. It was quite the amazing performance, but scouring Google images I was unable to find any photos of the above mentioned mech leaving me to believe it was all a figment of my imagination. If anyone else saw this please let me know, I would love to know I’m not losing my mind.

So we just found out Laptoprockers have announced a Remix Contest with Psytrance pioneers Eat Static. Winners grab some plugins and the top remix to be released by Eat Static!!

Featuring a drum & bass track, a rock ballad and a synth-pop song in previous remix contests, this time Laptoprockers have joined forces with pioneers of psytrance ‘Eat Static’ to offer remixers two great tracks to play around with. ‘Sin Quest’ is an upbeat dance track with a classic psytrance feel, while ‘Up Periscope’ explores the more downtempo psychedelic avenues. The tracks are off Eat Static’s two most recent albums, De-Classified and Back To Earth.

“Both tracks unmistakeably carry Eat Static’s signature sound and make up for great remix material,” Laptoprockers said. “And as it is the first time Eat Static source material is available from the Internet in a remix contest, this unique opportunity caters for something extra. We’ll have winners for each remix track, and the best overall remix will get a very special bonus.”

As on earlier occasions, Laptoprockers offer a generous prize pool for this remix contest. LinPlug donated six of their best plug-in synthesizers for you to win! “Three prizes for each remix track is only adequate,” LinPlug commented on their contribution, “so each track will have three separate winners.” Prizes include LinPlug’s all in one drum solution RMV, their sample mangling plug-in ChronoX, and FM Synth Octopus and represent over $900 total value.

But there’s more at stake! The icing on the cake comes with a bonus for the best remixer overall. “We definitely will be able to release the best remix,” Eat Static’s Merv Pepler revealed, “we have several options in the coming months for that.” Need say more?

Laptoprockers is a webzine about making music digitally and related topics, featuring daily news and interviews. This is their fourth remix contest.

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Astralwerk sent us some free copies of their SlotMusic compilation featuring: Royksopp, Bat for Lashes, Digitalism, Hot Chip, The Kooks, and more.

We’re giving away free copies of the compilation on a SlotMusic MicroSD card to the first four people to send us an email listing 3 other Astralwerks artists other than the ones listed above. (more…)

Just in case you didn’t have anything to do this weekend, here is a chance to become one of Hed Kandi’s official North American DJs. After you do your mix post it over here too so we can all enjoy it. Time to dig through the House music crates!!

From the Hed Kandi Website:

One of the world’s biggest dance labels, Hed Kandi America, is looking for North American Resident DJs.

Are you an up and coming DJ looking to make an impact in the house music scene? Hed Kandi is looking for you!

Hed Kandi represents style, fashion, and excitement and it all comes to life through our famed resident DJs who are responsible for bringing that famous Hed Kandi sound to millions of fans across the globe. Hed Kandi’s distinctive sound is sexy, edgy, soulful, vocal, and most importantly, fun!

All mixes should be 1 hour or less.
Please submit your mix via email with yousendit file (www.yousendit.com) along with photos, and a bio to: info@hedkandiamerica.com