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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

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BIG! Get on it. Also, remember that fabricfirst members get in free + a guest at half price.

On Friday 14th Jan, fabric is on a pure party flex as a collection of the finest good vibe selectors take to the legendary Room One decks. Heading up the bill is a producer whose relentless growth has been recurrently documented by appearances on fabric line-ups: Benga will be wowing crowds with his pioneering strand of bass alongside fellow collaborator MC Youngman, an artist with radio A-list success with his release on Digital Soundboy at the end of 2010. Scratch Perverts make their 2011 fabric debut after a (more…)

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. (more…)

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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I recently heard about TechnoBox from AudioRealism for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and already being a fan of thier Bassline VST instrument I had to check it out. $10 for this app is a steal when compared to the price of a VST instrument or any music creation software for that matter. Compared to the price of most iPhone apps it is on the higher side but it’s well worth it. Basically TechnoBox is similar to the old Rebirth program by Propellerheads but better sounding. I definitely see someone using this app in a live set, but you would have to deal with manually syncing it up. Definitely worth a look.

From the AudioRealism website:

TechnoBox is your virtual techno studio on the go for iPhone / iPod touch featuring stunningly accurate emulations of three classic boxes: The legendary 303 bass line machine together with the smooth 808 and punchy 909 drum machines. technoBox has easy to use sequencing capabilities which lets you tie together patterns, or use it live by improvising pattern switches on the fly!

Featuring the same high quality audio engine as ABL2 which was painstakingly optimized to be able to run on mobile devices. For the uninitiated our audio engine has aliasing free oscillators and full range non-linear filters.

The drum section features 11 parts with 808 or 909 sounds (for a total of 22 sounds) with variable amount of shuffle per pattern.

technoBox comes with a session manager which allows you to load/save sessions in realtime without stopping the internal sequencer — great for saving realtime improvised patterns without interrupting the audio stream.

TechnoBox Website

Cr2 Records first launched there LIVE & DIRECT compilation series at the tail end of 2007. The series started with a bang, featuring a head-to-head electro house battle between Dirty South & Kurd Maverick. Having said that, the series reached new heights with the Miami 2008 Compilation, which was extremely well received and leaped straight to the top of the charts. This was no mean feat considering the competition, which included the mainstay brands such as Azuli, Ministry of Sound and Defected.
 
Cr2 Miami 2009 follows on exactly where the 2008 edition left us…hanging on for one more tune! The compilation again offers 3 CD’s, with the theme across the CD’s spanning CD1-Day / CD2-Night and CD3-Classics. This combination seems to really work enabling the label to cover the broad spectrum of music they release.
 
The compilation features a massive 47 tracks, of which 20 are exclusive to Cr2! Featuring upfront cuts from DJ Sneak vs Herve, Mark Brown, Harry Choo Choo Romero & Jose Nunez… plus ‘Love Emergency’ the huge new single from Kurd Maverick Feat. Sam Obernik.
 
The Album is available for download now and will be out physically Monday 16th March as mixed and unmixed CD’s. There are also 3 x 12” vinyl Samplers.

Check it out here.

Artist: DJ Nth
Title: Dance by Numbers 8.8.8 Mix
Length: 79:31
Website: www.djnth.com and myspace
Homebase: Los Angeles, CA

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DJ Nth – Dance by Numbers 8.8.8. Mix

Tracklisting:

01. DTL and Mathhead – Bricks
02. Plastikman – Spastik (Dubfire Rework)
03. Underworld – Ring Road (Fake Blood Remix)
04. Sandy W – Bleep
05. DJ Tocadisco – Music Loud
06. True Pseudo – Freaking Me Out (DJ Nth’s Glitched Reconstruction)
07. The Black Ghosts – Any Way You Choose (DJ Nth’s Original Blood Reconstruction)
08. Fake Blood – Mars (DJ Nth Needs Women Reconstruction)
09. Mighty Dub Katz – Magic Carpet Ride (DJ Nth’s Little Fluffy Osawa Mash)
10. DJ Dan – Illectrolingus (Jelo CDJ Laser Damage Remix)
11. Treasure Fingers – Cross the Dancefloor (Laidback Luke Remix)
12. Brad Hed – The Girlz & Boyz (Vandalism Club Mix)
13. Frederico Franchi – Cream (DJ Nth’s iPlay a Prank Caller on TV Reconstruction)
14. JF Presents Smokescream – Retox
15. Chromeo – Fancy Footwork (Guns n Bombs Remix)
16. Midfield General – Disco Sirens (D.I.M. Remix)
17. The Whip – Trash (South Central Remix)
18. Kid Cudi – Day n Night (Crookers First Remix)
19. The Villains – Thrilla (Villains Remix)
20. Hot Chip – Ready for the Floor (LA Riots vs Villains Nth Reconstruction)
21. Streetlife DJ’s – Gunn Crime
22. Little Boots – Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
23. Portishead – The Rip (Noise Floor Crew Remix)

I am not happy with the level of participation of DMb readers!  Sooo I thought what would everyone like to see and get involved with…?

Everyone wants to find those great new tunes, so I thought I’d show you a couple of my current favourites, in the hope that you all will comment and tell us the ones you can’t stop listening to at the moment.  There’s no prize for the best or anything, but hopefully you’ll find a couple of new tunes that you wouldn’t have otherwise. 

If it goes well then once a month or something we’ll repeat it and maybe review last month’s best tracks.

So, at the moment, I can’t stop listening to:

•  Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)- Kid Cudi
• Saturate (Stanton Warriors Remix) – Chemical Brothers
• Prodigy – Breathe (David Guetta remix)
• Robin S vs Steve Angello & Laidback Luke- Show Me Love vs Be (Hardwell Bootleg)

Leave a comment with your favourites and lets see what happens!

Much dancing love – DMb