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Pick Of The Week: Squarepusher - Ufabulum
After his jazzy Shobaleader One project, Tom Jenkinson returns to the fray as Squarepusher with one of his hardest-hitting albums of the last decade, and it just happens to be our Pick Of The Week here at Beatportal.
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Track Of The Day: Pitchben - Soda (Lorenz Rhode Remix)
Today’s track really couldn’t have a better-suited name. ”Soda” appeared in its original form late last year on Pitchslap, the debut artist album of German electro-funk obsessive Pitchben, and it deftly combined robotized grooves and pop hooks with a determined indie-dance stomp. Fast-forward to this week’s brand-new batch of remixes—including additional reworks from Jamie Lidell and Krazy Baldhead—and it’s Pitchben’s meeting of minds with fellow Deutschman Lorenz Rhode that is the pick of the litter. Rhode can regularly be found among the ranks of modern retro fetishists like Gomma Dance Tracks and Exploited, and it’s his knack for disco and filtered house that transforms ”Soda” into an effervescent, bubbly, five-and-a-half-minute sugar rush.
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Tune in to Beatport Live with Para One
Straight outta Paris, Para One heads to our Berlin office today (Wednesday, May 16) to work drop some ruthless electro for Beatport Live. Check us out at 17:00 GMT (12 PM EST / 9 AM PST) to see what bits Para One will bring out of the bag to have us rockin’ on a weekday.
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Watch the video for Session Victim’s “Dark Sienna”
Videos depicting sportily clad dancers busting moves in lower-income European housing estates is practically its own sub-genre in dance music. So what makes this particular take on the old mise-en-scène for Session Victim‘s latest single, ”Dark Sienna,” so charming?
On Rotation: Staff Picks Week 20
New tracks from Theo Parrish and Squarepusher, and even some blissed-out indie rock feature in this week’s On Rotation segment, which compiles our expert team of merchandisers’ and editors’ favorite picks of the week.
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Skrillex, Afrojack, Benny Benassi, Moby, and tons more to play Chicago’s Spring Awakening Festival
Chicago’s place in the history books as one of the cultural and musical centers of the country should never go overlooked. But damn, does it make it easier to remember when the city presents festival lineups like the one React Presents has got planned for this year’s Spring Awakening, which hits Soldier Field on June 16th and 17th. Laidback Luke, Skrillex, Afrojack, Benny Benassi, Moby, Flux Pavilion, A-Trak, Datsik, and Dillon Francis are just a handful of the names that’ll be hitting the field that weekend. And it’s just been announced that Spring Awakening will be the first-ever festival to take place within that hallowed stadium’s confines. (Go Bears!)
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A chat with deep-house producers PBR Streetgang
As so eloquently put by Martin Sheen, PBR Streetgang is a rag-tag coterie of “rock and rollers with one foot in the grave.” While the father of tiger-blood-infused Chuck Sheen was knowingly referencing the call sign of a patrol boat merrily floating its way through communist-occupied waters in Coppola’s 1979 wartime epic Apocalypse Now, “rock and rollers with one foot in the grave” still paints an accurate portrait of the Leeds-based DJ duo of Bonar Bradberry and Tom Thorpe (aka PBR Streetgang). Since their last release on Jamie Jones‘ red-hot imprint Hot Creations, and their latest on 2020Vision, At Dez, the fellas had some time to wax poetic on the early days, their production methods, and what to watch out for in 2012. Read on for more!
Track Of The Day: Joker - Skitta
If consistency were a ranked musical division, Joker would be one of the few acts capable of defending a championship belt. There are few contenders that have maintained their position with a signature style that remains equally as interesting on each new release. The Bristol producer is captain of the Kapsize label, which serves as the main vessel for producers like Ginz who have jointly designed an inspirational, trademark sound, coined as “Purple.” Each Joker release is a highly anticipated one, and even though the newly released track ”Skitta” has seen a lot of airtime as a dubplate, it’s just as ballyhooed as the next.
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Check out Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso’s new video
If you’re a fan of electro/progressive-house monsters Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso, then you probably already know that their team-up, last year’s ”Calling," ran amok on the charts as an instrumental. And maybe you also already know that the same thing happened when, earlier this year, the pair got OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder on that track, for a version called ”Calling (Lose My Mind).” Well, guess what else? There’s now a video for the tune, and we’ve got it for your viewing pleasure.
Beatport #1: Sander Van Doorn & Mayaeni - Nothing Inside
Congratulations to Sander Van Doorn and Mayaeni, whose collaborative track ”Nothing Inside” just hit the #1 position on the Beatport Top 100!
This one from Van Doorn’s own Doorn Records made its opening statement by debuting at #25 a week ago, but the combination Detroit singer Mayaeni’s vocals with Doorn’s production could not be held back from topping the chart.
Be sure to catch Sander Van Doorn as he takes to the world with dates in several countries throughout the summer. Check out his schedule on his website for upcoming shows. Be sure to get the track “Nothing Inside” on Beatport here, and read on to hear a sample of the new #1.
Winner Selected: Pioneer RMX-1000 remix station and a year’s worth of Beatport credits
We’ve teamed up with Pioneer DJ to give one lucky winner the brand-new RMX-1000 Remix Station, the perfect partner to bring studio-level sound manipulation to your DJ sets.
UPDATE: Congratulations to our grand prize winner, dj licious, and thanks to everyone who participated!
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Grab Beatport’s 40 Essential Detroit Techno And House Tracks, Part 1
With the Movement Festival right around the corner—a homecoming for Detroit electronic music if there ever was one—now seems as good a time as any to have a peek through the annals of Motown’s techno and house legacy. Of course, it’s impossible to assemble a definitive list of the top 40 Detroit tracks of all time, so we took a different tack: here’s what we consider essential, all nicely packaged together in fully downloadable charts, or as individual tunes.
Terranova unveil video for “Prayer” featuring Udo Kier
It was already odd enough when Kompakt stalwarts Terranova got German star of stage and screen Udo Kier to voice their track ”Prayer," which came off the Hotel Amour LP back in February. Now the Melancholia star is back to lend Terranova his piercing gaze as he lip-synchs to the tune in this video directed by Nicolette “Coco” Krebitz, whose vocals also feature on the hauntingly undanceable track.
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Colette, DJ Revolution, and Fei-Fei featured at free DJ community hang session in LA next week
Next Tuesday, May 22, the southern California community will gather for a night of DJing, music, and BBQ featuring Colette, DJ Revolution, Fei-Fei, and more at 631 N. Azusa Ave in Azusa, California.
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Watch the video for Claptone’s “Night On Fire”
Faceless stars aren’t exactly a new phenomenon in the world of electronic music. In fact, anonymity is the hallmark of some of the scene’s biggest artists—take Daft Punk, The Bloody Beetroots, and Burial just for starters. Add Claptone to the list, as this unidentified combo hit the world of disco-tinged deep house hard this spring with their cover of the Wu-Tang Clan classic ”Cream." The tune climbed up the Beatport charts and made its way onto the hard drives of star DJs including Tensnake, A-Trak, and Matthew Dear. Their latest, “Night On Fire,” which drops June 4th on Beatport, promises similar results by borrowing Jim Morrison’s most famous verse and wrapping it in brooding keys and swaying disco rhythms.
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