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25 May, 2012 | 10.00AM

EDMbiz Conference taps Richie Hawtin, Perry Farrell, Kaskade, and more for panels

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: edc edmbiz kaskade perry farrell richie hawtin

The EDMBiz Conference, set to take place June 5-7 as part of Las Vegas’ EDC Week, has an impressive list of presenters and panel discussions planned for its four-day run next month.

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25 May, 2012 | 8.00AM

Weatherall, Magda, Sander Van Doorn, and Loco Dice on the benefits of lossless files

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: aiff loco dice lossless magda sander van doorn wav weatherall

It’s a known fact in the DJ community that lossless files are the way to go if you’re looking to deliver the highest-quality sound to your audience. If you’re playing big-room soundsystems, festival PAs—heck, anything larger than your bedroom—lossless files are the only way to ensure top-quality audio without the sound degradation that is inherent in MP3 compression.

DJ extraordinaire Sander van Doorn prefers “playing lossless files only,” he says. “As I want to guarantee my fans the best audio experience for every set.” And he’s definitely not the only one. Loco Dice echoes the sentiment, saying, “I play lossless files because the format contains uncompressed audio, gives me the maximum audio quality, and doesn’t fail when I combine digital files and vinyl records.”

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25 May, 2012 | 5.00AM

Track Of The Day: Gullfisk - Green Waters

Written by: Sean Lewis
Filed under: Music News: gullfisk track of the day

Reaching back into the catalog built by Commodore 69 and Konnekt‘s label, Hot N Heavy, it’s clear that they’ve always searched to provide a space for things a little more innovative than the turning trend. Even a short exploration will reveal that their imprint can’t be defined with one specific sound. Their most recent release, from the 21-year-old Belgian producer Gullfisk, cements that claim. Gullfisk’s EP, Move Me, brings yet another fresh set of sounds to the imprint, connecting bass-minded music with a smoothness of melody and mood.

25 May, 2012 | 2.00AM

Drop The Lime Unveils Video For “Bandit Blues”

Written by: Beatportal
Filed under: Videos: drop the lime, miguel campbell, ultra, video

Just this week, Drop The Lime released the sleek ”Bandit Blues” single via Ultra, and now the NYC-based producer has put together this dark, intriguing video for our enjoyment.

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24 May, 2012 | 11.01PM

Tune in to Beatport Live with mLe

Written by: Sean Lewis
Filed under: Music News: beatport live mle ustream

Check us out today (Friday May 25th) on Beatport Live as we invite back the beautiful and talented mLe to rip it up for a second round. Last time we had a dancing robot make an appearance, so you never know what might show up this time. Check out mLe’s mix of everything from breakbeat, electro, and beyond as we take to the air starting at 3pm MST (5pm EST / 22:00 GMT).

For archived sessions of our previous Ustreams (including mLe’s first time around), check out our Beatport Live page at Ustream.tv/Beatport.

24 May, 2012 | 1.00PM

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Shares A New Video From Upcoming LP

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Videos: totally enormous extinct dinosaurs, videos

UK producer/DJ Orlando Higginbottom (a.k.a. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) is only a few weeks away from dropping his debut long-player, Trouble. Now, we no longer have to wait to get our first taste of what’s to come, thanks to this video for the album’s track, “American Dream Part II.”

24 May, 2012 | 10.33AM

DJ with the highest quality lossless files on Beatport and save for one week only

Written by: Beatportal
Filed under: Music News: aiff lossless wav

We’re excited to announce that for one week only, when you make your next Beatport purchase lossless, you’ll get half off AIFF and WAV upgrades. “Why should I buy Lossless?” you might ask. Well, allow us to explain:

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24 May, 2012 | 10.15AM

Holy Ship! 2013 Announces Line-Up Including Justice, Boys Noize, Diplo, And More

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: a-trak boys noize crookers diplo hard fest holy ship! justice

Earlier this year, the folks behind Hard Fest began a new endeavor which, over the course of four days, used a cruise liner to bring party people from Florida to the Bahamas and then to a private island for a day-long beach party—all the while showcasing top-notch dance music talent behind the ones and twos. That tropical cruise/non-stop dance marathon was called Holy Ship!, and the details of the next edition have just been shared, including an absolutely stacked line-up of international DJs and producers.

24 May, 2012 | 7.00AM

Bomb Alert! Zombie Disco Squad & DJ Funk - Twerk

Written by: Josh Glazer
Filed under: Music News: dj funk made to play twerk zombie disco squad

It’s one thing to profess a love of booty music—producers and DJs from almost every genre have a soft spot for the hard stuff. But it’s another to enlist the help of originator DJ Funk and deliver a track that not only adds to the ghetto-tech section of your record crate, but also broadens the booty vernacular with the refrain “Twerk dat shit to da club.”

24 May, 2012 | 3.00AM

Track Of The Day: Yakine - Rise feat. James Teej

Written by: John Donaghy
Filed under: Music News: ghostly international james teej sasha spectral sound track of the day yakine

James Teej is quite the man of the moment. Coming off a team-up with Sasha for his Last Night On Earth label, Teej’s most recent release comes in the form of another distinctive vocal collab with hotly tipped Parisian producer Yakine.

With early releases on Esperanza, Eklo, Jetaime, and Circus Company, Yakine’s latest EP, Rise, released exclusively this week on Beatport through Spectral Sound, is a slick four-tracker of his own take on the deeper side of house music.

23 May, 2012 | 11.01PM

Weekend Weapons: Andre Lodemann

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: andre lodemann best works weekend weapons

Andre Lodemann is a veteran DJ/producer in the truest sense. The man has been turning out and stitching together pieces of deep, intelligent, and soulful house music for the better part of two decades, with a discography that spans across virtually all the big-name labels in his field: from Freerange to Buzzin’ Fly and, more recently, to his own Best Works imprint (just to name a few). Now he’s unleashed Fragments, a double-disc endeavor for Best Works, which collects a helping of Lodemann’s harder-to-find productions alongside a number of brand-new efforts and an entire disc of remixes. In light of his new achievement, we tapped him for our latest edition of Weekend Weapons, and Lodemann returned with seven time-tested gems for any and all DJ crates (or hard drives).

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23 May, 2012 | 12.00PM

Pauly D to Deadmau5: “Being Hated On By deadmau5? #Priceless.”

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: deadmau5 pauly d

So, it would appear that just when the dust had settled on Deadmau5‘s beef with Madonna, he’s got himself into another little sparring match, this time with Jersery Shore star Pauly D.

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23 May, 2012 | 10.00AM

Bomb Alert! Inifniti - Think Quick

Written by: Josh Glazer
Filed under: Music News: infiniti juan atkins moritz von oswald sleeparchive tresor

When you’re one of the historical figures responsible for inventing techno, it’s hard to imagine having an identity even more techno than techno. But that’s exactly the case with innovator Juan Atkins, who once described his Infiniti alter-ego as “purist techno,” compared to the more song-oriented Model 500 he is best known for.

23 May, 2012 | 8.00AM

Tomas Barfod talks about moving to LA, redefining himself, and what every drummer should know

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: fof friends of friends low end theory salton sea tomas barfod whomadewho

To call Tomas Barfod‘s oeuvre “diverse” would be the understatement of the decade. Whether making electro-infused indie rock as the drummer in Denmark-based WhoMadeWho, doing his own disco-hued tracks as TomBoy, or crafting poppy, techno-informed electronic tunes under his own name, Barfod, like his music, just can’t keep still.

Yesterday, he released the gorgeous new album Salton Sea, on the Friends Of Friends label, after making a relatively recent move to Los Angeles from Copenhagen, and soaking in its indigenous culture. The LP shows yet another side of Barfod, perhaps a more introspective one that led him to make the achingly beautiful ”Broken Glass”—a poptronic symphony of a tune that’s been making the rounds in the blogosphere as Salton Sea‘s first single.

23 May, 2012 | 5.00AM

Track Of The Day: Joshua Harrison - Dissipation Of Heat

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: d records joshua harrison movement track of the day

From what we’ve heard, it’s gonna so hot in the D this weekend (not “so cold”) that Movement attendees (who are usually caught up in the rain over the long-standing Memorial Day weekend festival) aren’t gonna know what to do with themselves. For those folks, we offer Joshua Harrison‘s ”Dissipation Of Heat” (get it?), from the currently exclusive-to-Beatport Movement 2012 Compilation, on D Records, as today’s Track Of The Day.