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ElectroHouse superstar, Wolfgang Gartner, has just put together his debut artist album with 11 tracks on the CD plus 2 bonus tracks for those purchasing online. Weekend in America is out today at all the usual outlets.

Tracklisting
1. Get Em feat Eve
2. Space Junk
3. Menage A Trois
4. Circus Freaks feat Jim Jones and Cam ron
5. 818
6. Forever feat will.i.am
7. The Way It Was
8. Shrunken Heads
9. Still my baby feat Omarion
10. Illmerica
11. The Champ

“I have to make something that’s never been made before; have to make the best thing that I’ve ever done in my life – otherwise it gets stagnant or worse,” says producer/DJ Wolfgang Gartner. Whether or not his progressively more maximilist take on electro-house is your bag or not, you have to respect his exponentially steep rise through the electro-house ranks. And Lord knows, you’ve heard it — or about it: flipping Beethoven’s 5th for the 4 am crowd; eight #1 tracks on Beatport; remix/collabs with Britney Spears, Timbaland and Black Eyed Peas; festival-highlight performances at Coachella ‘10 and Electric Daisy Carnival’s ‘10 and ‘11.

Where Joey Youngman, the one-time party kid from San Luis Obispo, CA and another-time househead old soul, has been electro-house’s dark (work) horse, Weekend in America, his debut full-length for Ultra Music, is Wolfgang Gartner becoming dance music’s one-man parallel universe, outpacing electro-house and outdoing himself.

“One of my mantras is that I have a responsibility to advance the genre. If I’m capable of doing something I’ve never done before, I feel like I have to use that ability, because there are not many people who do – or can. I have to push myself real real hard to do it. That’s something that’s really surfaced with this record,” he admits. Gartner’s work ethic is mythical amongst even his most storied contemporaries: Make music all week. Play it out all weekend. His DJ sets – and this speaks to a combination of prolificness, personal taste and a proven track record – are almost entirely made up of edits of his own work. Then again, when you spend 20 hours a day working on music…
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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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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02:25 — 71.5MB)

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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.

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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.

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:17:03 — 88.2MB)

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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.

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:19:38 — 72.9MB)

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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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Podcast: Download (Duration: 29:40 — 34.0MB)

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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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Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:51 — 52.5MB)

For more info on Paul Ahi and DJ EQ check out:
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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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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:19:13 — 90.7MB)

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