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Another month and another track emblazoned with the glass-shattering nuances of vocalist Katherine Ellishttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.

Between her and Shena, they really are the contemporary UK counterparts to Jocelyn Brown and Loleatta Holloway from disco’s heyday!

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Beatportal caught up with Fernando Kriete from El Salvador to find out all about his record label group Istmo Musichttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif, which is home to three of Central America’s biggest labels for trance and progressive house - Dub Tech Recordings, Itzamna and Istmo.

“We launched Istmo Music to create a platform to support and expose South American talent especially Central American talent, on an local and international level,” says Fernando.

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At the main SAMC event last night, we rolled with Dutch trance superstar Ferry Corstenhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif for a bit.

Everywhere Ferry went he got hounded by girls desperate to have their photos taken with him.

“Argentina is the only country where dance music is bigger than hip hop, it’s great,” he said, in between signing autographs and posing for photos.

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We bumped into all round good bloke Anthony Pappahttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif on the way to the SAMC main event last night, and he revealed that Buenos Aires is his favourite place to spin at.

“The city is such a passionate place, it’s a DJ’s dream,” he said.

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Bahrein is packed.

Tonight’s main performer, Marco Carolahttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, caught a leg from Italy to join what’s become this annual event known as SAMC.

And the crowd is clearly appreciative.

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Meet Katrin Richter, the German ex-pat who came to the first ever South American Music Conference in 2004 and never went home.

After being an editor for four years, she now freelances for Germany’s Raveline magazine and writes a monthly column about South America as well as interviewing local talents, such as Barem, Violett, Franco Cinelli and Santos Resiak.

Her story is like something that happens in those romantic novels. It’s also an enlightening tale of how Buenos Aires, a special place, manages to keep international travelers in a firm check.

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