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21 May, 2012 | 2.00AM

Track Of The Day: Bobby Tank - Afterburn

Written by: Sean Lewis
Filed under: Music News: bobby tank hudson mohawke rustie track of the day

Last year, Bobby Tank‘s Nexus Moonburgers, on Prime Dub, smashed through the glitch-hop scene like runaway freight train. Weirdly, though, it was a bit of a departure from his usual style, which seems to favor edits, smooth synths, an ‘80s-ish sound palette. As his latest release, the Afterburn EP, makes the rounds, it will likely garner comparisons to Hudson Mohawke and Rustie, but don’t take those comparative references as superior to Tank’s sound—his skill set easily puts him in the same league, particularly evidenced on his latest number, ”Afterburn," today’s Track Of The Day.

20 May, 2012 | 11.01PM

Introducing: Herva

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: bosconi herva introducing

Young upstart Herve Atsè Corti (aka Herva) got his start playing drums and tinkering around with numerous instruments as a kid growing up in a rural part of Italy. After a chance encounter with some production software, Corti discovered a love for electronic music that has since evolved into a truly hybrid production style, combining shades of bass music, house, techno, and even touches of the West Coast beat scene into his rich, textured tracks. Recently tapped by the Bosconi Extra Virgin imprint, Herva’s debut LP, Meanwhile In Madland, saw a release last month, laying the groundwork for what is bound to be a career as adventerous as it is impressive.

In this edition of Introducing, we dig deeper into Corti’s roots, process, and his plans for the future.

19 May, 2012 | 10.50AM

International Music Summit to host Will.I.Am, Moroder, Tenaglia, and more this week in Ibiza

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: danny tenaglia giorgio moroder ibiza ims international music summit will.i.am

The International Music Summit, happening this coming week from May 23-25 at Ibiza’s Gran Hotel, has just announced that it will host a keynote interview and DJ set with Will.I.Am, an interview with legendary synthesizer pioneer and producer Giorgio Moroder (moderated by Beatportal’s Josh Glazer), and a live video link-up session with Danny Tenaglia from New York.

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18 May, 2012 | 12.00PM

Bomb Alert! Glitterbug - Passages

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Videos: bomb alert, c.sides, glitterbug

Cologne’s Glitterbug makes some broodingly dark and gritty tracks. The first one on his latest LP, Cancerboy—yep, it’s called Cancerboy—”Backwards," is just the sound of someone’s ventilated breath, presumably as they lie in a hospital bed. If there’s one thing right off the bat that speaks to Glitterbug’s strength, it’s his ability to immediately set a mood—even if it’s a supremely dire one.

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18 May, 2012 | 10.00AM

Beatportal interviews trance trio Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren about their debut LP on Armada

Written by: Ellie
Filed under: Music News: armada armin van buuren cerf mitiska & jaren

Most trance fans will have first heard of Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren back in 2007 when Armin van Buuren opened his A State of Trance compilation with their beautiful ”Light The Skies” track. Five years on, the LA-affiliated trio of Matt Cerf, Shawn Mitiska, and Jaren Cerf have had three IDMA nominations, peaked at #3 in the Dutch dance charts, collaborated with the likes of Rank 1 and Dash Berlin, and have just released their debut artist album, Give Me A Sound, which we currently have for you exclusively through Armada Music. Here we check in with the crew to get all the gritty details.

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18 May, 2012 | 8.00AM

NYC trio Lemonade offer up a totally NSFW video for “Neptune”

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Videos: lemonade, nsfw, true panther sounds

New York electronic-pop trio Lemonade are set to release their second LP on May 29, via the True Panther Sounds imprint, and in anticipation of it, they’ve just released this not-safe-for-most-office-environments video for the lead single, ”Neptune."

18 May, 2012 | 5.00AM

Track Of The Day: AIMES - Step Away (Chordashian Remix)

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: aimes chordashian nurvous track of the day

Making their Nurvous Records debut this past Tuesday, Brooklyn-based nu-disco outift Chordashian return with another dose of dancefloor demolition on their remix of AIMES‘ ”Step Away.” They’ve already done remixes for the popular English duo X-Press 2, been featured on Ben Watt‘s Buzzin’ Fly Radio show, and played a DJ set at the 2011 Electric Zoo festival, but 2012 looks poised to be the true breakout year for Felix Feygin and Michael Bank.

18 May, 2012 | 2.00AM

Now in Mashbox: New tracks from Claptone, Robert Dietz, Thomas Gold, Joyce Muniz + more!

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: claptone joyce muniz mashbox robert dietz thomas gold

It’s Friday fun time, kids! That means yet another bunch of brand-new pre-cut music packs for Mashbox, the app that lets you mash-up your favorite dance music and pop songs on your iPad.

Plenty of shades of house music pack this week’s offerings:

- Thomas Gold, Lee Cabrera - Shake It (DJ PP 2012 Terrace Mix) [Cr2 Records]
- Robert Dietz - Heavy Mental [Saved Records]
- Claptone - Good To You [Exploited]
- Joyce Muniz - Morning Love feat. Louie Austin [Exploited]
- Claptone - Cream [Exploited]

To download the tracks to Mashbox, just open up the app in your iPad and go to the Marketplace, where you’ll find all the content available for the app. (If you don’t yet have Mashbox, get it at the iTunes app store here.) Our growing catalog of exclusive, pre-cut music packs includes hits from Fatboy Slim, Josh Wink, Danny Tenaglia, Guy Gerber, Tiësto vs. Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes, Funkagenda & Big Ed, and much more.

Read on to check out audio samples of the tracks, and preview more in the Mashbox Marketplace.

17 May, 2012 | 11.01PM

Tune in to Beatport Live with Sam Naff

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

It is a joyous day for our intern imported from California, Sam Naff. Today (Friday, May 16th) we will pause briefly from our regular routine of demeaning tasks and hazing rituals to push him into his rite of passage as an official Beatport Live featured DJ. Sam will grace our stream starting at 3pm MST (5pm EST / 22:00 GMT) with his own blend of moombah, midtempo, dubstep, electro, and progressive house grooves.

Be sure check out our Ustream page, Ustream.tv/beatport, for archived sessions of Beatport Live, including recent sets from Para One, Jimmy Edgar, Scuba, DJ Dan, and more.

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17 May, 2012 | 12.00PM

Bomb Alert! Doctor Dru - The Voice Of Dru

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Videos: doctor dru, exploited

Hopefully, it’s warm and sunny in your part of the country right now, because we’ve got just the video soundtrack for you: a slo-mo house-infused vocoder disco Bomb Alert from Exploited Records in the form of Doctor Dru‘s ”The Voice Of Dru.”

17 May, 2012 | 10.00AM

Original disco diva Donna Summer dies at 63

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: donna summer giorgio moroder

It’s been reported today that Donna Summer, crooner of some of disco’s most famous recordings, has died at the age of 63.

17 May, 2012 | 9.00AM

Cooly G set to release debut LP on Hyperdub

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: cooly g hyperdub karizma simbad

More news from the Hyperdub camp today: UK funky and house queen Cooly G is prepping the release of her first full-length, slated for July 17th.

17 May, 2012 | 5.00AM

Track Of The Day: Sei A - Play My Mind

Written by: John Donaghy
Filed under: Music News: kompakt sei a track of the day

Glasgow-based Sei A (aka Andy Graham) has been putting out some of the fresher and more invigorating techno I’ve heard lately. Recent works on Tiga’s Turbo Recordings, Tronicsole, and Soma are further evidence of his current fine form.

17 May, 2012 | 2.00AM

Demystifying great soundsystems with Funktion-One and Martin Audio

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: funktion-one martin audio soundsystems speakers

A tip of the hat today to our friends at Resident Advisor for this stellar article about what it means for a club or festival to produce good sound, while offering up some really simple ways to achieve it. In the piece entitled “The Esoteric Art of Great Sound,” writer Stephen Titmus taps the ultra-knowledgeable pros at Funktion-One and Martin Audio for some tips, and they spell out the basics that everyone should know about how acoustics and soundsystems work.

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16 May, 2012 | 11.01PM

Weekend Weapons: Boris Horel

Written by: Ken Taylor
Filed under: Music News: boris horel weekend weapons

The UK-by-way-of-France DJ/producer Boris Horel has managed to make a name for himself in the past few years, turning out consistently deep and rhythmic slices of tech-leaning house. And with most of his recent output appearing on the adventurous French imprint Eklo, including the Beatport exclusive Rhythm Tramp, it’s safe to say the man is nowhere near letting up. Below, Horel shares with us some of his most prized pieces of audio, and even touches on a bit of DJ philosophy along the way. Read on for his full list of Weekend Weapons.