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HQ — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:04:21 +0000

DJ Mag Top 100 DJ List Voting Ends Soon

djnth — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:36:02 +0000

3 Days left to vote for your favorites in the 2011 Top 100 DJ List. Go Vote Now!

Bonus Video: One of our favorites, Markus Schulz, in a interview with FluxCity during his recent stop in LA talks about the Dance scene in the US.

Top 100 Time Again

Electric Zoo 2011: USTM’s Top 5 Tracks

Douglas — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:01:19 +0000

Electric Zoo festival is now over, and their already in the process of the 2012 festival!. Over the course of three days, there were ton’s of tracks old, new, mashups, edits, and remixes, But over here at USTM HQ we have our Top 5 tracks that just did it for us. Check out our Top 5 Tracks below. Ferry Corsten VS Armin Van Buuren – Brute Brute is a new track from Ferry Corsten & Armin Van Buuren, a

Markus Schulz Unveils ‘Digital Madness’ – The Transmission 2011 Anthem

Douglas — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:37:38 +0000

On the 19th of November, inside the vast surround of the Czech capital’s 02 Arena, Transmission will once again reign. Long ranked as a world-class trance event, it will bring together clubbers and music lovers from theCzech Republic, Europe and far, far beyond. Providing the anthem absolute for the night and for the third year running, will be one of the world’s most accomplished electronic dance music produce

Electric Zoo 2011,The Review | Interview With Arty | Afterfilm

Douglas — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:24:54 +0000

Electric Zoo Music Festival-2011, Randall’s Island Well, LDW has come and gone…and with that, comes deep sadness over my fellow EDM lovers as we experience yet another epic year of The Electric Zoo Festival on Randall’s Island, NYC. The line-up this year was stellar, with even another day added to the event!! This year, the event coordinators did an excellent job with the tent placement, and putting

Mean – Fake Believe – Free Track

djnth — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:01:59 +0000

I’m a sucker for ElectroPop so when Mean sent over some music I just had to post up a track. Get their full album at the Bandcamp link below.

Download audio file (Mean_-_You_Like_Boys_dancemusicblog.com_.mp3)
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Get Your Deadmau5 USB Drive

djnth — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:44:41 +0000

You read it right, Deadmau5 now has his own USB drives that you can order starting Feb 7th here.

He recently made history becoming the first ever artist of this genre to headline London’s legendary Earls Court, following in the footsteps of Oasis, Pink Floyd and Madonna.

This special edition deadmau5 USB has eyes that light up when being used. It features
exclusive footage from this recent Live show at Earls Court, recorded on December 18th
2010. Contents include…

• Exclusive film – Live From Earls Court shot in HD
• Behind the scenes footage
• Exclusive photo gallery
• Wallpapers

NOTE: This product is NOT available to territories in the American continent for some weird reason.

ListenMusic.FM a New Kind of Online Radio

djnth — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:36:34 +0000

How much time do you usually waste to dig up a record or a composition you love? How often do songs you download turn out to be of bad quality? Ever wanted to preview an entire song before you buy it beyond the 30 second previews some online retailers give you? Wouldn’t you like to listen to any tracks, from Deadmau5 to Avicii, and find out interesting facts about bands and artists, from Armin van Buuren to Fatboy Slim, all on one site?

Visit ListenMusic.FM to find and listen to music and related content that fits “Your Sound”. The library of ListenMusic.FM embraces thousands of tracks and albums, info about artists and descriptions of genres.

If you prefer not to download music, but don’t want to look for the record when you want to listen to it then Register on ListenMusic.FM for free and:

* Score your fancied compositions and bands
* Vote for songs and artists in the charts
* Arrange your private playlists
* Listen to music online without downloading anything
* Find music that fits a mood
* Easily discover new bands similar to songs you like
* Add content links to songs you like
* Embed tracks on your social networking profile
* Find others with similar tastes, add them as friends, and vote for their playlists
* Recommend compositions you like to your friends
* Find out interesting facts about singers and print the lyrics of songs
* Choose sites from which to download music
* Listen to music for fun and for FREE

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Dance Music News : LA Dance Under Siege, iPad DJ, Tiesto Lives!

djnth — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:44:39 +0000

Headliner.fm
Promote your music by leveraging your current fanbase on Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. Send messages to your fans promoting other people’s music and earn credits to have bands you like promote your sound. [Headliner.fm]

Drumssette the Cassette Drum Machine
Check out this cool drum machine from Mystery Circuits made out of a Tascam 4 Track cassette recorder. [Make Blog]

Sander Kleinenberg – M.A.N.I.A.C.
Nice new track from Sander Kleinenberg called M.A.N.I.A.C. over at Beatport. [BeatPortal]

Tiesto Didn’t Die in LA Car Accident
He might make $20 Million a year, and he might be the World’s most recognized DJ, and he’s still alive. Tiesto let everyone know via twitter that he is not dead. [TrackitDown]

LA Rave Task Force Created
In the aftermath of the death of a 15 year old at Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles the city has set up a special group to investigate electronic music events and report back with their findings. [LA Times]

Electronic Music Events in LA Cancelled
HARD LA Music Festival and Fresh Squeezed both cancelled in wake of Electric Daisy Carnival death. [SoundSpike]

iPad DJ, Ok Maybe This Thing is Useful
It’s definitely overpriced but it just may prove useful for DJs and musicians after all. [Fosfor]

50 Most Charted Tracks at Beatport
Taken from DJ charts for the first half of 2010. [BeatPortal]

Lucent L’amour 2010 – A Visionary Love Festival

DJ Cookie Jar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:52:14 +0000

Photo courtesy of SinningInLA.com

The Do-Lab crew know how to set a mood: trademark organic structures, well lit environment, indoor and outdoor stages, happy people doing things to help good causes, top-notch artwork in every direction you look… oh ya, and big name dance music acts pushing some serious sound. This year’s annual Lucent L’amour event in honor of Valentines Day, was a perfect example of this. If you weren’t outside taking in the live avante garde dance performances or live art, you were treated to this years headliners: N.A.S.A., Bassnectar and Stanton Warriors (in order of appearance) on the multi screened main stage inside.

The big three started off with N.A.S.A. who’s set was like an electro retrospective of dance music mash-up spectacular from Micheal Jackson to Rolling Stones, who’s “Satisfaction” was mixed with Benny Benassi’s classic track of the same name. The crowd was loving it. Add to that the scantily clad girls on stage dancing with big goofy aliens, and a swarm of gold body-suited dancers.. and you’ve got the fixin’s for a proper party.

Next up was Bassnectar. You never know what to expect when this guy is on the decks… which I like… when I catch him rocking a set I like… like this one. Minimal mic time and rewinds means more music… and when the music is this good, you don’t want it to stop. Mind bending sounds, thick beats and tasteful tempo changes kept the crowd hyped for the whole set. While I’m usually not a big fan of DJs getting on the mic, there’s no denying the genuine love and gratitude Lorin espouses to his adoring crowd. It just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

The veterans of the bunch closed the party out… Stanton Warriors started their set off with one of the more annoying sounds i can think off… played at a very LOUD volume, followed by a danceable but not awe inspiring performance. That said.. a mediocre set from Stanton Warriors is still gonna make you wanna dance your ass off. It may be a bit formulaic at this point, but it’s an effective formula, and the energy of the crowd proves it.

Overall, this party kicked ass and I can’t wait for this year’s return of Do-Lab’s 4-day mega outdoor event, Lightning in a Bottle. What more can I say? Check out what our friends over at SinningInLA.com had to say about it.

Karaoke Channel Takes it Online

djnth — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:16:40 +0000

As a disclaimer, if you ever get the chance to hear me sing karaoke take cover. While I don’t exactly have the voice of an angel I do enjoy watching others karaoke. When friends get together and have a few drinks it sometimes turns into a karaoke all-nighter. I recently came across this karaoke website that does the whole karaoke thing online with a huge selection of new and classic songs to choose from. I was really impressed by design of the site and its ease of use and features. My favorite is being able to use your webcam to record performances and play them back.

Drop in and try it out for free.

Website: Karaoke Channel Online

ListenMusic.FM a New Kind of Online Radio

Wanna DJ at Coachella?

djnth — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:09:08 +0000

Wanna DJ at Coachella? It’s simple, get some friends to generate power and you can spin a 30 minute DJ set. Read on…

From Green LA Girl:
You may remember Global Inheritance for its environmental theme park Environmentaland, public transit friendly concert series Public Displays of Affection, or its Re:cycled Tweets social media fundraiser. Thanks to the nonprofit, concertgoers have been able to get to Coachella by train, charge up cell phones with bicycle power and enjoy eco-themed art installations.

This year, Global Inheritance plans to make even more green noise at Coachella with the Sweat Shop, an initiative that gives eco-minded DJs a chance to spin on equipment juiced up by human power. Would-be DJs have to recruit a dozen friends to ride bikes and see-saws, turn hand cranks, and run on hamster wheels to power their music career, literally!

Have 12 friends ready to sweat it out at Coachella? Email sweatshopMIXER@globalinheritance.org with your website for consideration. If you’re chosen, you’ll need to reserve your spot with a $50 deposit — which will be refunded after you and your friends successfully power and perform your set.

via: Green Girl LA

Above and Beyond into the Great Beyond

djnth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:02:14 +0000

British dance act serve up theme to SpaceShipTwo plus exclusive DJ set at launch event.

When Virgin Galactic were looking for some atmospheric music to herald the launch of their ground-breaking ‘SpaceShipTwo’ this week, they turned to the UK’s biggest DJs, Above & Beyond.

At an event hosted by Richard Branson in the Mojave Desert, the track chosen to accompany the official unveiling of SpaceShipTwo was Above & Beyond’s club anthem ‘Buzz’, which samples Buzz Aldrin’s original moon-landing dialogue. To mark the occasion, guests were also handed a special ‘Galactic Grooves’ USB wristband, featuring a selection of Above & Beyond’s songs.

After the unveiling and naming by governors Richardson and Schwarzenegger, Above & Beyond performed an exclusive DJ set in front of an audience of 800 dignitaries, celebrities and soon-to-be astronauts, plus the assembled global media.

Jono Grant from Above & Beyond said: “We’re big fans of all things space-related and so in terms of dream gigs, this is up there alongside our performance in Rio to 1million people. We’re now hoping to persuade Richard to let us DJ on the first Virgin Galactic passenger flight into space!”

Keep reading for the more plus YouTube video of “Buzz”.

The launch party also featured the first ever ice bar in the desert, hosted by Absolut and Swedish IceHotel, and all the guests were protected from the desert cold by designer space jackets supplied by PUMA. Finally, to close off the celebrations, all the guests were given the opportunity to view the stunning night skies using specialist telescopes supplied by Ron Dantowitz of the Clay Observatory, whose unique tracking cameras followed SpaceShipOne into space during the epic flights of 2004.

Virgin Galactic is the world’s first consumer space travel operator, with flights costing $200,000. Check www.virgingalactic.com for details.

Steve Angello Interview and Giveaway

HQ — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:19:10 +0000

Erick Morillo interviewed Steve Angello, sent it our way to pass on to our readers, and is giving us 3 copies of Steve’s new double mix CD to give away to our US readers (sorry rest of the world we’ll try to make it up to you.) So drop us a comment and tell us where you’re writing from and we’ll do a drawing 24 hours from now for the 3 double packs. We’ve also got a audio player below the interview so you can preview the mixes.

Erick, take it away…

When you first started out did you wish you could be Erick Morillo?

Erick’s a big inspiration for a lot of DJ’s, you can see a little bit of him in everyone from David Guetta to us and to anybody. I think he’s a really big inspiration to house DJ’s.

At what point in your career did think ‘This is it, I’ve made it!’?

I still don’t think I’ve made it yet. There’s still so much more you can do and you can always achieve and accomplish more than what you’ve done. So I’m still waiting for that moment.

Tell me about your passions outside of music.

I’m definitely into cars and watches and food! I have 5 cars, 11 or 12 watches.

What’s the difference in your sound when you’re playing a stadium to when you’re playing an underground club?

When you play a stadium you can play the bigger music, you can drop the classics such as The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers and you can do boot-legs and mash ups. I think when you play clubs you can go a lot more intimate and sexy and more bass-line based, more so than you can do at festivals.

Describe the style of your set.

The style I like is to go up and down and left to right with the music and I just try and make the people enjoy themselves and I think the way to do that various from different clubs and different cities and different parts of the world. In South America you have a certain sound, the same goes for America. I think in Europe you have to be more picky because the dance music culture has been there for a much longer time so I think the crowds in Europe are more educated than other places.

What’s this thing with Pharrell? Why are the big Hip Hop stars looking to top European DJ’s all of a sudden?

I think America has recently seen just how good dance music is. There’s a lot of energy in it with a lot of people having a good time. Me and Sebastian worked with Pharrell, and I worked with him again after that and I think they are trying to explore new genres to get involved in because everybody gets bored of doing whatever they do. So as much as they come to us, we’d like to work with them because they give us something that we don’t have and vice-versa.

Who would be your ultimate pop/rock hook-up?

I don’t set goals on artists. Madonna would be an achievement but there’s so many big acts around that you just have to find the one that fits you rather than just going for the biggest ones.

What is it about the Subliminal sound that you’re so attracted to? What have they got right?

Subliminal has been a label that, since we started DJ-ing, had the biggest output of music that we actually liked. It’s had a big impact on us as DJ’s because when we started out all the big records were subliminal records with Erick and Harry Choo Choo Romero and Jose Nunez, so I think Subliminal has a big impact on house DJ’s career’s rather than the sound.

Can you outline some of the labels and tracks that have inspired you over the years?

I get inspired from everything from techno to RnB to rock, so it’s a very broad spectrum that we’re looking at. I think that the tracks that we’ve done such as ‘Leave The World Behind’ and ‘Show Me Love’ inspires me for my next record because they’ve been such a big success.

You’re about to release a new mix compilation on Subliminal. Tell us about it and its vibe.

The vibe of the mix is pretty much what I do – I take a 7 hour set and squeeze it down to CD’s. It’s like my business card to the scene and I’m just showing what I’m doing. I think it’s pretty much like my set in a club but obviously a shorter version that fits onto a CD.

What tracks and producers can you tell us about that feature on the mix and are any of these guys inspiring you at the moment?

I get inspired by a lot of people and Dirty South is one of my boys from Australia and then we have Joris Voorn, Cirez D is on there (the compilation) which is Eric Prydz and I’ve got some stuff on there. I get inspired at certain times by artists, I just tend to move on all the time and at this point these guys are inspiring me.

Are there any exclusive tracks on the compilation?
Yes we’ve got Gel Abril’s ‘Marir’ which is an exclusive and we’ve got my track ‘Tivoli’ which is also an exclusive. There’s another one of my tracks called ‘La Candela Viva’ which is exclusive. So yeah lots of exclusives!

You’re playing with the Swedish House Mafia this November in the Brixton Academy. What’s so special about this?

The biggest achievement with the Brixton show is that we’re actually doing it. The fact that the Swedish House mafia have managed to sell out a concert in England is a big achievement. It’s going to be fun to do and we are going to give the crowd something they won’t forget.

You are the Chief A&R guy at ‘Size’ Records. What records do you think have put the label on the map and what can we look forward to in 2010?

We’ve got a lot stuff coming out – my little brother Anton, myself, there’s also tracks from Kim Fai and a track from Christian Smith. There’s a lot of good stuff coming out right now.

I’m assuming you’ve seen the new CDJ that’s coming out in November, and I know that you’re one of the DJ’s who have resisted from leaving using CD’s. Do you think it’s only a matter of time before you start to use the computer based software?

I think you can still play the CD’s and I like the fact of having a CD because I don’t want to have to pull up a screen and find the track, but the thing with this new CDJ is that you can connect a little device to it and that then this links to all of the players. It has a big screen and it’s very good and you can just scroll down and you can do folders in itunes.

It gives you more than just a CD, you can prepare a whole set and you can prepare loops, you can set cue and loop points etc… I think the CD is going to disappear but it’s going to take a while because guys like me are still going to stick around with a case.

What is it about tattoos that you really like?

I love tattoos. Its art. Sometimes I regret ones that I’ve had done but others I don’t ha!

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new Ableton Live hardware from Novation – LAUNCHPAD

ssilk — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:54:48 +0000

Novation LAUNCHPAD for Ableton Live

Ableton and Novation have just announced a new hardware interface for LIVE, scheduled to ship in November 2009. The Novation Launchpad follows in the tradition of the Akai APC40, positioning itself as a dedicated controller for Ableton Live with buttons galore and a unique “mixer” mode providing visual feedback on channel levels. Up to 6 units can be chained and used at once, and like the APC it will also be able to be custom-programmed via the upcoming Max for Live. Take a gander at the project page and start saving your milk money!

http://www.ableton.com/launchpad

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