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Giveaway: Free Pair of V-Moda Remix Headphones from Sander Kleinenberg

djnth — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:00:52 +0000

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

Fabriclive 14/01/2011

Ave — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:30:44 +0000

Facebook event right *here*.

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 mammoth year of releases and sell out tour dates while Ms Dynamite is set to perform her wind-and-grind inducing live set. One half of Roller Express – a project tipped for big things in 2011- Redlight will join the fray with his specialist strand of vocal focused dance music. Up and coming bass music collective Tomb Crew and the man responsible for keeping London crowds clued up on authentic funky bashment flavours, Smutlee, are also on board to keep the vibe going.

They’ll be welcoming some of the most performance focused drum and bass DJs to our cavernous Room Two this week for a night of heart-thudding bass and ear-splitting rhythmic rolls. Andy C leads the pack with his much desired, energy-heavy style set; with a recently constructed home studio and the promise of some solo productions in 2011, the RAM Records spearhead is sure to be on a creative flex as we move into the new year. 1xtra’s Bailey also tops the bill and with his overarching appreciation of all drum and bass strands, he’ll undoubtedly have crowds bopping to the beat. Dom and Roland is set to switch things up as his ultra technological take on production takes his set to a different level, while Vapour and Macpherson hop on board to drive fabric fiends to dizzy new heights.

Room Three will be vibing to do a different beat as a collection of the godfathers of that moment-in-time, dark garage sound will grace our brick-clad cubby hole. Commended for bringing the original idea of dubstep to shady, underground, (and back then empty) dancefloors, Horsepower Productions and El-B are set to fill our club with hardhitting, dynamic basslines and that recognisable, high-soul groove. We’ll also be welcoming Oris Jay to our disco, a man whose dusk-infused electronica is sure to take us to even murkier waters. Seiji is set to round up our prolific bill, and with another self-titled EP set to drop in February, we can only expect more beeps, bongos and bass that memorably tore up dance floors in 2010.

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.

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.

TranceDesign.net

TechnoBox: Finally a Useable iPhone App for Making Music

djnth — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:15:43 +0000

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

New Miami 2009 Comp – Cr2 Records

Mica — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:14:19 +0000

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.

MIX: DJ Nth – Dance by Numbers 8.8.8 Mix

HQ — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:08:54 +0000

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

Download audio file (DJ_Nth_-_Dance_by_Numbers_8.8.8_Mix(djnth.com).mp3)
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)

Favourite dance music tracks RIGHT NOW.

Mica — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:13:44 +0000

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

MIX: DJ Nth – Dance by Numbers 8.8.8 Mix

New dance music DJs profile: Serotonin Thieves

Mica — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:04:04 +0000

Once again, DMb has the pleasure of introducing another up-and-coming UK act; Serotonin Thieves.

They have been picking up support from the likes of Fedde Le Grand, Shapeshifters, Damian Wilson (CR2), Lucien Foort, Danny Dove and Thommy Davis (Code Red). On top of this, ‘Can U Tell Me’ was picked by Pete Tong for his Fast Trax show. After the show, the track was signed to his Bedroom Bedlam label & EMI Music Publishing.

Serotonin Thieves are Ryan King & Scott Blake, who have been making dance music together for the past 6 years, creating their own label called Steal the Love Records. You can find some of their work on the net, including Coldplay and Kraftwerk reworks. Check out their myspace here:

www.myspace.com/theserotoninthieves

They have just returned from playing in Sligo, Ireland, after recently DJing for Kidology Records in London & Ibiza. They are also in the beginning stages of hosting their own night with Pete Tong’s ‘Future Stars’ the Bad Boy DJ’s at Herbal in Shoreditch, with their first gig down there on Sunday.

Early 2009 will see some of their new work released (for free!), so Dance Music blog will be keeping an eye out for these two in future… keep your eyes peeled!

Contact dancemusicblog@googlemail.com if you think you’ve got what it takes to get your creations featured here.

Vote in the DJ mag top 100 DJs 2008

Mica — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:01 +0000

“The most important poll in dance music”

DJ magazine’s top 100 DJs poll 2008 is now three weeks away from closing, if you havent voted yet, click the link below…

http://top100djs.djmag.com/

Voters get a free track from Trackitdown and a digital copy of the mag as an incentive, so there is no excuse to not have your say.

You can vote for literally anyone (local DJ, favourite DJ etc..), and the poll is a 100% public vote, so the results show who really are the most popular DJs at the time.

Recent winners include Armin Van Buuren (2007), Paul van Dyk (2006, 2005) and Tiesto (2004, 2003, 2002).

The results will announced in London on 29th October.

New dance music DJs profile: Siegfried Android

Mica — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:19:35 +0000

After passing these guys at Global Gathering, I looked them up, listened to their work, spoke to them and thought that DMb readers should know all about them too…

JJ Metcalf and George Hilton, aka Vibrosis and Prof. Oblivion, won a Mixmag competition to open the Mixmag Terrace on the Friday, and their set proved that they were worthy winners! The Buckinghamshire (UK) duo are based in London, and are hoping to play some more big stages in the not too distant future. They play a wide range of styles, mixing some of the most unlikely tracks together – check out the Siegfried Android pages below to listen to some of them.

For Siegfried Android’s Global Gathering mix click here. Leave a comment if you want the tracklisting for the mix – it’s too long post up.

Siegfried Android Myspace and Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/pages/Siegfried-Android/10630644771 www.myspace.com/siegfriedandroid

Vibrosis told DMb: “Global was unreal! Seriously, we were in Belgium when we got the call, had to take a week out of our trip to do it, was stressful was but well worth it. Apparently we nearly got disqualified because the mix we sent Mixmag overran by like 10 minutes. The crowd were easily the biggest and best crowd we’ve played to so far – you guys just loved every bit of it!”

Ones to keep an eye out for in the future…

Think Dance Music blog readers would be interested in your work? Get in touch at dancemusicblog@googlemail.com.

ADE Amsterdam Dance Event previews lineup

Mica — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:37:03 +0000

Amsterdam Dance Event

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The Amsterdam Dance Event is now officially the biggest club festival in the world, with over 700 DJs playing in 40 different venues across Amsterdam. The total audience last year was 72,000, and this year there are an extra six venues.

A preview of the lineup has just been released, with all the big names playing, including: Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Erick Morillo, John Dahlbäck, Markus Schulz, Paul van Dyk, Sven Väth.

Ticket information isn’t available yet, but the festival is not far away, taking place on the 22/23/24/25th October. There are also a few ‘unplanned’ afterparties the night after for those that can handle it…

Dance Music blog is back!

Mica — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:52:47 +0000

After a few months away, Dance Music blog (DMb) is back!

From now on, we want to get our readers contributing more, so if you know of any aspiring DJs wanting to get themselves some free exposure, great mixes that need to be shared with the world, or any interesting articles etc, send them to the following address:

dancemusicblog@googlemail.com

Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates on the new mixes we post, follow us on twitter.com (dancemusicblog) and get involved!

Keep an eye out for DJ Nth’s new mix to be posted up here soon…

DMb

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