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Armin van Buuren Announces All Dates for ASOT 550 Tour

Douglas — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:32:01 +0000

Last night, during his radio show, Armin van Buuren revealed 5 extra events of the A State of Trance 550 celebration. Next to events in Belgrade, Moscow and Kiev, the 550th episode of the show will also be celebrated in Los Angeles and Miami. The grand finale will take place in Den Bosch on March 31st, 2012. Divided over 4 weeks and taking place on 2 different continents, ASOT 550 will be the biggest show the popular DJ has ever done.

A State of Trance 550 kicks off on March 3rd in Serbia’s Belgrade, to move to Russia’s capital Moscow only 4 days later on March 7th. Ukrainian dance lovers will be dancing in Kiev on March 10th. This time, Armin lands his ASOT show twice in the US. On March 17th, as part of the Beyond Wonderland festival in Los Angeles and in Miami on March 25th. On March 31st, the biggest and final edition of ASOT 550 takes place in the Brabanthallen of Den Bosch, The Netherlands. Armin announced the full line-up for the Dutch edition of A State of Trance 550 last night, which can now be found via www.astateoftrance.com.

Armin:“Like last year, I wanted to lay it on again, so that ASOT 550 turns into a real worldwide happening. I’m very much looking forward to share this milestone with all listeners, visitors and DJ’s!”

Next to these 6 events, Armin and his team are also looking into the possibilities of an exclusive pre-party on the first of March 2012. The full line-up of all events, as well as the winner of the wildcard for the A State of Trance 550 Theme contest will be announced next week, on December 8th. After that, the voting poll for the contest opens and people are able to vote for their favourite track to be the official anthem of ASOT 550.

TOURDATES ASOT 550, March 2012: 3rd March A STATE OF TRANCE 550 – Belgrade, Serbia 7th March A STATE OF TRANCE 550 – Moscow, Russia 10th March A STATE OF TRANCE 550 – Kiev, Ukraine 17th March A STATE OF TRANCE 550 – Los Angeles, USA (as part of Beyond Wonderland) 25th March A STATE OF TRANCE 550 – Miami, USA 31st March A STATE OF TRANCE 550 – Den Bosch, The Netherlands For more info and tickets, as well as the full line-up of the Dutch ASOT 550 show, check www.astateoftrance.com.

Also all producers send in your original tracks by December 8th for a chance to be the ASOT 550 Anthem. http://www.astateoftrance.com/anthemcontest/

Ferry Corsten Releases First App-Only Album

Douglas — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:46:49 +0000

Ferry Corsten has released the first App-only album ever to celebrate his 20 years as a producer.

The 20 year App contains a one hour long special mix created by the man himself, filled with 34 of his biggest hits up to date and a lot of unique pictures of Ferry’s face morphing through the years and his musical life. A must have for every fan of Ferry Corsten and dance music in general.

Key features in this App: - Unique 20 Years mix made by Ferry Corsten - Beautiful pictures of Ferry’s face morphing through the years, his musical life and dance events - An overview of his albums over the past 20 years, including track lists Check out the App on ferrycorsten.com

Ferry Corsten has become an icon in the trance and dance scene. He has released 6 artist albums since his rise to the top and a myriad of compilations. With his own record label, Flashover Recordings he releases his own music and the music of other great electronic DJ’s and producers.

His interactive radio show Corstens Countdown is currently broadcasted in more than 50 countries worldwide and annually nominated as one of the best dance radio shows in the world.

With Full on Ferry he treats his fans to a great night filled with back to back sets with himself and various artists. The show has it’s residency in Ibiza, Spain.

DMb Podcast 039 : Juliet Star – USTM18 (feat: Nic Chagall, Super8, Ferry Corsten, ATB, Cosmic Gate) Free DJ Mix Download

djnth — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:43:11 +0000

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Always wanting to be a dancer, Juliet Star enjoyed dancing to the beautiful sounds of Progressive House and Trance. The transition from just dancing to the music, and wanting to play it instead, was a slow one but eventually took hold and a love for DJing was born.

After joining #trancefamily and a trip to Holland Juliet found a home for herself among Trance lovers from all over the world. Currently residing in San Diego, California, Juliet Star can be found performing across the Southwest US with her take on Progressive and Trance with the occasional Breaks or House set.

Currently you can catch her live every Thursday at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on ProjectRadio.us for her show ‘The Mix Hour’ and ever Sunday 6pm PST / 9pm EST for 2 hours on ProjectRadio.us and JulietStar.com

Moving forward keep an eye open for some original Juliet Star productions and her contributions to the blog United States Trance Movement.

Juliet Star has put together a great collection of Trance tracks that showcases her programming and mixing skills. Download then head over to her podcast and subscribe.

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Mix Info & Tracklisting
Juliet Star – USTM18

01. Nic Chagall and Duderstadt feat. Relyk – Alone With You (Original Mix)
02. Super8 – Cre8 (Mike Saint-Jules Remix)
03. Nuera pres. Levann – Someday (Original Mix)
04. KhoMha – 507 (Original Mix)
05. Jordan Suckley feat. Lisa Cowell – Latvian Sun
06. D-Mad pres. Yummy L.Y. – Blaze Away (Original Mix)
07. Victor Dinaire feat. Peter Finley – 2nite U R Perfect (Steve Brian Remix)
08. System F vs. Cosmic Gate – The Blue Theme (Ferry Corsten Fix)
09. ATB feat. Cristina Soto – Twisted Love (Otto Knows Remix)
10. Tom Cloud – The Sky Is the Limit (Original Mix)
11. Shato and Paul Rockseek – Wonderfooled (Radion 6 Remix)

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DMb Podcast 038 : Niki Belucci – 1st of September (feat: Mark Knight, Swedish House Mafia, Mark Fanciulli, John Acquaviva) Free DJ Mix Download

djnth — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:00:37 +0000

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Niki Belucci is the symbol of beauty, charm, eroticism, freedom, sexuality and energy. Growing up, Niki had a promising background in gymnastics collecting 21 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals and countless other awards. Years later, after several months in the adult industry she began to focusing on a different hobby, DJing. By then she had been performing in small clubs with her vinyl plates entertaining club goers around the country. In a real professional sense, Niki entered the club life in the fall of 2003. Thanks to her talent and ability to perform well under pressure, she had about 160 performances during her first year in Hungary and in the neighboring countries altogether. More and more new gates opened up to her in the upcoming years mainly Austria, Germany and Russia, while she also continued to perform in her homeland.

After several years of playing gigs and touring the world she signed to Unlimited Sounds, home of the D.O.N.S and only a short while later her hit album was co-produced by D.O.N.S. & DBN, the widely recognized DJ and producer Jerry Ropero and vocals were performed on it by Charles Salter (the voice of Axwell). And Niki’s success story continued…

Niki as a resident DJ has acquired increasing recognition during 2010 and following her previous success in France and Italy, she is asked to become resident at the true home of House music at Amnesia in Ibiza. With that her new home on Wednesdays is now the party island of the Mediterranean, where she is headed straight from Gabicce, Italy, her other home of the past two years.

We have been getting lots of hits on DMb from people searching for more info on Niki Belucci and now we finally have a DJ mix for our loyal podcast listeners that covers the spectrum of Techno, House, and Club music.

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Mix Info & Tracklisting
Niki Belucci – 1st of September

01. Rainer Weichhold and Nicole Moudaber – Wild Wild Fest
02. Mark Fanciulli – The Tide
03. Jon Rundell – Knick Knack
04. John Acquaviva and Olivier Giacomotto – Clear Sailing
05. Yves LaRock – The Zoo
06. Wally Lopez and NDKJ – Running Out
07. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
08. no id
09. Florence And The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (Mark Knight Remix)
10. Swedis House Mafia – Save The World
11. no id
12. Mark Knight – The Future

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Speedy J – Catwalk : 5 Hour DJ Mix (free download)

djnth — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:32:43 +0000

When I first started listening to this mix I didn’t realize how long it was (5 Hours 47 Minutes to be more precise) and before long I was 3 hours in and completely lost in the rhythm. This is an amazing and flawless DJ Mix from one of Techno’s finest!

Download it now.

More about Speedy J
Jochem Paap is the Rotterdam artist Speedy J, early on in his career he was given the moniker to note his adept skills in his DJ performances. He is unanimously considered to be one of the first techno producers to come from the Benelux. Together with people like Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin he helped in pushing the genre on just after it had escaped the Detroit delivery room.

Since the early nineties, Speedy J has released his music on Plus 8, Warp and Novamute, while techno developed into a dominating force on many dance floors worldwide. After his seminal albums Ginger (1993) and G Spot (1995), Jochem turned left and headed for other exciting sounds.

On Public Energy No. 1 (1997) and A Shocking Hobby (2000) the sound wizard exchanges flowing, harmonious techno for a much more complex sound, filled with colliding samples, crackling rhythms and tremendously thrilling turns.

After 20 years of techno Speedy J has now come full circle. But what a an exiting journey it has been musicaly. Over the years he has collaborated with video-artists, filmmakers and advertisers, made the pioneering DVD Umfeld (2007), in collaboration with LA based video artist Scott Pagano. The DVD, remarkably made available as a free download on the internet for his fans is an audio-visual, electronic trip in 5.1 surround sound, which sets the standard for many composers who want to compose in the six speaker format.

Speedy J has continuously been pushing the boundaries of electronic & experimental dance music. Blurring the lines between Live performance and Digital Djing, he fuses subversive electronics and peak time Techno. Always on the lookout for new tools and technologies, Speedy has adopted some exotic tools in his studio setup such as Symbolic Sound’s Kyma system. He is also working collaborating with NI and Allen & Heath advising and helping develop DJ tools such as Traktor, Maschine and the A&H DB:4 mixer.

Logically, the releases on his label Electric Deluxe all feature tool versions, introducing the concept of creating unique live sets from parts as a natural progression of traditional Djing. Not only setting the bar for peak hour Techno madness, Electric Deluxe has become the platform for his Collabs series that started on Novamute, as well as releases by open minded artists like Terence Fixmer, Gary Beck, Echologist, George Issakidis, Tommy Four Seven and Edit Select to showcase the value of creative synergy using newest technology.

Another important part of his Electric Deluxe platform is the introduction of a new series of techno events called Electric Deluxe presents, now on its 11th edition has brought the likes of Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Radio Slave, Matthew Dear, Chris Liebing, Modeselektor, Jeff Mills and Marcel Dettmann into play. Electric Deluxe is the staple of many summer festivals and is now setting its stall out to move around the globe pushing its sound and forward thinking parties. EDLX l has hosted stages include Mysteryland and Lowlands in the Netherlands

Speedy J’s musical vision is genre blurring, creative freedom at the highest level of innovation and quality, it is providing a platform for artists operating within any conceivable genre in the broad spectrum of techno to fully explore and embrace the ever- expanding technological possibilities.

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DMb Podcast 037 : Browntown – Cube Life 12 (feat: John Dahlback, Who Da Funk, Marco Lys, Sebastien Leger ) Free DJ Mix Download

djnth — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:00:32 +0000

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As a native of the city that gave birth to House music, Chicago, browntown (Sami Ahmed), has cultivated his roots in House music from a very early age. After living in Florence, Italy and London, England, for some time, browntown has now settled back in his native city and taken his understanding of House music and coupled it with all of the worldly influences he witnessed and experienced himself. Not tied to one specific genre of House, browntown’s live sets are one that leave listeners wanting more -from his Funky Deep House Grooves to his explosive buildups -all who hear hear him continue to listen, love, enjoy, dance.

We’ve been listening to this mix continuously for the past few weeks and it is truly great for all situations, working, chilling out, partying, driving, eating, showering, blogging…you get the point.

Enjoy!

Mix Info & Tracklisting
Browntown – Cube Life 12

01. Danny Daze – Fall Away From Love
02. Sebastien Leger – Majuro (Alex Dias Remix)
03. Josh The Funky 1 – Everynight (John De Mark & Steve Kid Remix)
04. Mladen Tomic – Lets Funk (Stefano Noferini Remix)
05. DBN pres. Tom Shark – Le Freak feat. Shena (Marco Lys Dub)
06. Soundshaperz – Get it Right (Original Mix)
07. Kid Massive & Peyton – A Little Louder (Muzzaik Remix)
08. Dirty Secretz feat Will Clarke – Hazlo (Original Mix)
09. Lasterkraft 3D – Weightless (Tube & Berger Remix)
10. Belocca – Lemme Love You (Original Mix)
11. Plastik Funk – The Reason feat. Irma Derby (Luca M Remix)
12. James Talk Ridney – Sunrise (Original Mix)
13. Danny Serrano – Keep On (Original Mix)
14. John Dahlback – Work It Out (Original Club Mix)
15. Piet Van Dongen – Vulcanic Ass (Original Mix)
16. Bass Kleph & Filthy Rich – Be Right There (Original Club Mix)
17. Jose M., TacoMan – Tom Collins (Original Mix)
18. Amelie Music – Wildcard (Dualton & M.in Remix)
19. Who Da Funk – Shiny Disco Balls (Feloppe Senne Remix)

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DMb Podcast 036 : The Squatters – What’s Your Status Summercast (feat: Kid Robot, Kerli, Alex Metric, Russ Chimes, Foamo) Free DJ Mix Download

djnth — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:23:26 +0000

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The Squatters is the brain child of Oliver Portamento and Alex Powell, who have been working together for many years, not just as DJs but also as successful Promoters, Event Organisers and Producers. Taking influences from Oldskool, Hip Hop and Rave, then fusing it with today’s modern House, Electro and more experimental genres such as Dub Step, Drum n’ Bass and even Trance. By cut n’ pasting these together, adding chopped vocals and colossal breakdowns, they have created a unique big room sound that has closed the ranks between the genres ensuring a heavyweight impact on the dance floor.

Their productions and remixes have received consistent airing by BBC Radio One, Kiss100 & Capital FM, as well as support from a countless list of elite radio and club DJs. Having remixed and produced for some of the worlds’ finest Labels & graced some of the world’s finest dance floors.

The Squatters newest track releasing on August 29, ‘Higher’ sticks firmly to their signature sound with stomping 4×4 beats and drops to a rave-influenced riff before building to a bleepy, slidy crescendo, accompanied by an all important vocal tag. We’ve seen this one do damage on an unsuspecting dancefloor and it does NOT disappoint! On remix duties, HeavyFeet with a stompy House mix and Flask with the Dubstep remix.

It’s a great day for a high energy stompy House mix from the Squatters! And if you like this one be sure to head over and subscribe to their Podcast for a regular dose of their sound.

Enjoy!

Mix Info & Tracklisting
The Squatters – What’s Your Status Summercast

01. Phonic Funk & Roog – Ktdng
02. Champagne – My Love Is Right (Sharp Boys Remix)
03. Kidda – Wanna Be Loved (Stupid Fresh Remix)
04. Neoteric & Wax Motif – Go Deep
05. Kid Robot – Freaky Work
06. Belle Amie – Girls Up (The Squatters Dub)
07. Little Bastard – Voodoo Doll (The Squatters Remix)
08. Kerli – Army Of Love (Riley & Durrant Remix)
09. Adam K & Soha – Circadium Rhythm
10. Moonbootica – Highrollers
11. Alex Metric & Charli xcx – End Of The World (Russ Chimes Remix)
12. Joey Saint – Rocket Dog
13. Sted-E & Hybrid Heights – Up & Down Feat. D.O.S.E
14. The Squatters – Sucka Punch
15. Example – Ctwykm (Tom Staar Remix)
16. Foamo – Vibrations
17. Mr. Spring – Voyager 1.57 (The Squatters Blogged It Mix)
18. Hot Pink Delorean – Overthrow The City
19. The Squatters – Zippyshare
20. Botnek – Pop Music

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DMb Podcast 035 : Mac Monroe – Mixtape August 2011 (feat: Moby, Axwell, Arty, Hardwell, Arno Cost) Free DJ Mix Download

djnth — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:35:47 +0000

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Mac Monroe is a Belgian DJ and Producer. It’s in 2007 that Mac Monroe made his first steps as a DJ in a club. A few months later, he became a resident DJ in two well-known Belgian clubs. In he 2008, focused his work on producing his own tracks, and after a few months had released his third single ‘Wrong’, a huge record supported by well known DJ’s as Freemasons, Agent Greg, Ted Nilson, Dubfire, Sharam and Peter Brown. Two months later, Mac Monroe returns and unleashes ‘Amazonia’, ‘True Happiness’ and ‘Organic’, three massive tracks supported by international DJ’s such as: Joachim Garraud, Armin Van Buuren, Copyright (Defected Records), Dave Spoon, Antoine Clamaran and Above & Beyond. After the great success of ‘Amazonia’, Mac Monroe keeps up the pace with the release of ‘Roll With You’, a tremendous EP supported by: Roger Sanchez, Thomas Gold, Dave Spoon and Sarah Main, to name a few. The package includes a Trancey Tech-House original mix, a chugging Deep Techy remix from Bartosz Brenes & Nick Mentes, and last but not least, a Techy powering club remix from Eric Powa B. In 2010, Mac Monroe has become resident DJ on Radio NRJ for Extravadance from 2 AM to 3 AM every Saturday.

We would like to welcome our newest resident DJ, Mac Monroe, to DMb with a Uplifting mix that spans Trance, House, and Progressive for the Big Room and Arena crowds! In addition he has generously given us a Free Track of his “Dirt Diver” which is a massive melodic track in the style of AVICII. Get it here.

Enjoy!

Mix Info & Tracklisting
Mac Monroe – Mixtape August 2011

01. Moby – Lie Down In Darkness (Arno Cost Remix)
02. Hook N Sling & Goodwill – Take You Higher (Club Mix)
03. Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
04. Mac Monroe – Dirt Diver (Original Mix)
05. Axwell & Calvin Harris – You Used To Feel The Vibe (Romeo Blanco Festival Edit)
06. Dirty South & Thomas Gold – Alive (Original Mix)
07. Arty – Around The World (Original Mix)
08. Audible & Mikael Weermets – Free (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman Remix)
09. David Costa, Francesco Diaz & Young Rebels – Barcelona (Original Mix)
10. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – Generation X (Original Mix)
11. Martin Solveig – Hello (Relanium Remix)
12. Deniz Koyu -Tung (Original Mix)
13. Gregori Klosman & Promise Land – Endless (Original Mix)
14. Hardwell – The World (Original Mix)
15. Fadi – Ticket To The Sky (Original Mix)

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DMb Podcast 034 : Sander Kleinenberg DMb Exclusive Mix (feat: Mark Knight, Florence and the Machine, Richard Dinsdale, Gui Boratto) Free DJ Mix Download

djnth — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:53:05 +0000

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Superstar Dutch DJ and producer Sander Kleinenberg has built his international reputation on an ability to create different atmospheres, for myriad crowds, at venues all over the world.

Kleinenberg is not only an artist who declines to stick to a single, easily defined sound, he also utilizes more than one medium to create a night out. Long at the forefront of integrating video imagery and other visuals in his VDJ sets and integrating music and images single-handedly requires sharpened skills and on-the-fly invention. “Now, in the process of DJing, I am in control of another dimensions. The thought processes are not just about music; there is a visual element as well.” Which allows his to shape his identity, and stimulate crowds, in a host of fresh ways. “This is a whole new way of looking at what you do creatively. In the end, that is very challenging. It makes you more versatile as well. I love keeping on my toes.”

Sander will continue to show off his aesthetic flexibility at residencies around the world during the course of the year, including Pacha in Ibiza, Avalon in Los Angeles, Ministry of Sound in London, and Paradiso in Amsterdam. So his calendar is jam-packed. But for Sander, there is always still more to do. The head of his own Little Mountain Recordings label, and a producer of sublime original tracks that elude being easily date-stamped, Kleinenberg plans to tap into all the facets of his creativity for his debut artist album, which he has been working furiously in the studio to complete over the past year with the one and only Josh Gabriel. “I am working on a definitive document,” he hints. “I want to create a real landmark, both visually and musically, where I say, ‘This has been my journey over the last twenty years… and this is where I am now.’”

One of my personal favorites over the years, I’m very excited to present this exclusive DJ Mix from one the Progressive greats, Sander Kleinenberg!

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Mix Info & Tracklisting
Sander Kleinenberg – DMb Exclusive Mix

01. Nat Self – Madam Bazooka (Original)
02. SCSI-9 – tierra del fuego (Gui Boratto remix)
03. Sebjak – Recharge
04. Richard Dinsdale – Do you think about me (Jamie Fisher remix)
05. Timofey & Bartosz Brenes – Maui Wowie
06. Florence And The Machine – You Got The Love (Mark Knight Remix)

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DMb Hollywood 001 : Paul Ahi Free DJ Mix and Interview Download

djnth — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:00:37 +0000

This is the first edition of a new series here at DMb which is presented and hosted by DJ EQ (www.dj-eq.com) which will feature live sets and interviews exclusive to DMb. In this first episode LA’s own Paul Ahi takes the decks and talks about where his DJing career began from EQ’s studio in Hollywood.

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DMb ‘Classics’ Podcast 033 : DJ Nth – The Afterparty (feat: Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, DJ Shah, Tiesto, and Jose Amnesia) Free DJ Mix Download

HQ — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:00:23 +0000

This DJ Nth mix entitled “The Afterparty” has been a very popular posting on our blog for the past few years so we decided to make it the first in our “Classics” Series of Podcasts. As our regular listeners know, DJ Nth is our resident DJ and Editor here at DMb and always delivers a solid mix no matter what style he spins. For those that haven’t heard this mix yet, pop this one in the car CD player on a roadtrip and get ready to start humming along to the infectious Trance melodies.

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Mix Info & Tracklisting
DJ Nth – The Afterparty

01. Armin van Buuren & DJ Shah feat. Chris Jones – Going Wrong (Extended Mix)
02. DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe – Who Will Find Me (Main Mix)
03. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel – In and Out of Love (Push Trancedental Remix)
04. Lange feat. Sarah Howells – Out of the Sky (Kyau & Albert Mix)
05. Daniel Kandi & Robert Nickson – Liberate
06. Nic Chagall – What You Need (Original Extended Mix)
07. Bartlett Bros. feat. Marcia Juell – Let it Flow (Gareth Emery Remix)
08. Paul van Dyk feat Rea Garvey – Let Go (PvD Club Mix)
09. Andy Duguid feat. Leah – Wasted (Original Mix)
10. Airbase feat. Floria Ambra – Denial
11. Jose Amnesia – Follow Me (Original Mix)
12. Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiesto Extended Mix)
13. N1X – Avalanche

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NGDJ 2010 Competition Winner: Maya Vanya

djnth — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:01:10 +0000

With over 3000 entries in the NGDJ competition spanning 3 months and garnering almost 200,000 votes the winner was just announced. Congrats to May Vanya from New Zealand via Coatia. The winner was chosen based on not only mixing and track selection but also music production, visual presentation and general artist potential. It seems like the 3 winners definitely lean more towards a deeper housey kinda vibe. Hopefully next year we can see a bit more genre variety with the winners.

According to the jury, Croatian sister duo Maya Vanya “are intriguing in a ’what‘s next?‘ way” and “have proven themselves by mixing their own masterfully laid out edits” with “a big room friendly tech house sound ready for next generation dancefloors everywhere.”

You can check out Maya Vanya’s winning mix here.

NGDJ runner-ups, including Jeremy G and Adeline Supreme.

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Free CD Giveaway : Tom Stephan – Nervous Nitelife

djnth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:56:24 +0000

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.

TRACKLISTING
01. Nervous Disco Dolly’s – “Get Up Everybody (Starkillers Mix)”
02. Seductive – “Underground Sound”
03. Robbie Rivera feat Rooster & Peralta – “Move Move (DJ Observer & Daniel Heathcliff Mix)”
04. Tom Stephan- “Turn That Shit Up”
05. Rishi Romero – “African Forest (Original Mix)”
06. Tom Stephan & Pete Gleadall – “Lights Out feat Rowetta”
07. Tommyboy – “Kamavtu (Rene Amesz Mix)”
08. Benny Royal – “Back to Basic”
09. Afrojack – “Polkadots”
10. Christian Arango – “Body Shake”
11. SpiritMindster – “Furious Night (DJ Dextro Mix)”
12. Deka & Dave Rose – “Lose Control (DJ Chus Iberican Mix)”
13. Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – “Pondo (Chuckie & Silvio Ecomo Mix)”
14. Major Lazer – “Keep It Going Louder (Tom Stephan Harder Mix)”
15. Larry Tee ft Roxy Cottontail – “Let’s Make Nasty (Afrojack Mix)”
16. Rico Tubbs – “Born to Bounce (Mikix The Cat Mix)”
17. Bingo Players – “Get Up (Diplo Mix)”
18. Tom Stephan – “Turn That Shit Up (Diplo Mix)”
19. Oscar G feat Tamara Wallace – “What You Need (Tom Stephan Mix)”

Tom’s new CD releases on December 29th on Nervous Records. Special thanks to Rephlektor Inkorporated for hooking this up!

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CD REVIEW: Deadmau5 – For Lack of A Better Name

sonique — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:26:48 +0000

ARTIST: Deadmau5

TRACK/ALBUM: For Lack of A Better Name (Mixed Album)

RATING: (3/5)

This album is a compilation of Deadmau5′s original productions spanning the past two years and serves more as a showcase for his diversity as a producer than his skills as a dj. Short cross fades and minimal overlays that can easily be done in a number of software programs these days, is less than impressive. Especially given the potential for layering and EQ work with the more minimal percussive tracks, like “BOT”, later in the sequence. Based on the technical mixing skills usually highlighted in a “mixed” cd, this seems like a bit of a misnomer.

The album does includes some of his popular electro house tracks like “Ghosts N’ Stuff” (featuring the vocals of Pendulum’s Rob Swire) and “Hi Friend” to get things moving towards the beginning. But seems to flounder in the middle with the more minimal techy tracks that fail to resolve the conflict between the rhythmic shuffle and the sudden halt created by the breakdown of sweeping synth chords and arpeggiated crescendos to nowhere. While his new releases contain some interesting ideas, the execution is somewhat lacking in terms of integrating them into a cohesive whole. “Soma”‘s deep bass and techy groove is hijacked by a piano interlude that feels out of place. “The 16th Hour” starts as a dark driving progressive trance track that is starkly contrasted by the uplifting melodic breakdown. Concluding the cd is “Strobe” that begins with an orchestral, cinematic introduction and builds to a more dance floor friendly, melodic track in his signature style. Leaning more towards trance than the electro house, fans of his earlier work will still be pleased with this one!

For Lack of A Better Name (the mixed album) traverses several areas of the electronic music realm from the booty shakin’ club hits to the more introspective soundscapes, demonstrating his range as a producer. And perhaps a glimpse into where he may be heading… film score by Deadmau5?

TranceDesign.net Podcast

djnth — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:12:15 +0000

Sorry we’ve been missing in action for a few weeks while we moved to a new webhost, but we’re back and we have some great things planned to the rest of 2009!

This great little Trance/Progressive Podcast has been growing and growing since its start a little over 2 years ago and now finds itself delivering some serious downloads for any DJ featured. Check em out, subscribe, and send em a mix.

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