It Began in Africa: The Producers’ Contest

It Began in Africa: The Producers’ Contest

19 October, 2010 | 3.55AM

• Written by: Beatportal
• Filed under: Music News: it began in africa, kittball, remix competition, remix contest

Dance music is deeply rooted in African soil; now it’s your chance to give something back.

Following last year’s charity compilation, It Began in Africa, Kittball Records and Beatport invite aspiring producers to produce their own track inspired by Africa, using the vocal parts—recorded by the African Children’s Choir—that were featured in Andreas Henneberg & Simon2’s “Bolingo Gringo,” which spent seven weeks in the Beatport Top 10.

Whether you consider your track a remix or a total remake, it’s your opportunity to work with some amazing musical material—and to help a very worthy cause.

The winning entry will be featured on It Began in Africa Vol. 2, with the winning remixer taking home $200 in Beatport credit, a V-Moda Crossfade headphones unit, plus a Kittball promo package. All proceeds from the compilation will go towards charity efforts in Africa.

Keep reading to learn more about the project and find out how to enter.

The political situation throughout the world is reaching an ever-growing state of imbalance, where the poorest increasingly suffer. Especially in Africa, children have it very hard. They grow up in an environment that offers few resources and are exposed to a life of inhuman circumstances. No education, no medical care, and worst of all, not enough to eat. Both volumes of It Began in Africa are designed to raise awareness of these injustices and to raise money on behalf of legitimate aid groups in Africa.

The money donated back to the African Children’s Choir goes to support their efforts to help children escape a life on the streets, through various development efforts, founding nurseries and schools, and other initiatives.

To produce the It Began in Africa compilation, Kittball Records worked closely with the African Children’s Choir, licensing 17 of their songs to be remixed by the likes of Timo Maas, Format B, Ida Engberg, Martin Eyerer, Daniel Steinberg, and others. Confirmed artists for volume two include Basti Grub, &ME, Gorge, Aki Bergen aka Neuroxyde, Doomwork, Turntabelrocker, Daniel Steinberg, Dapayk, Oliver Klein, Ante Perry, Kolombo, Delicious, Tube & Berger, Heartik, Pirupa, Chris Lattner, and Juliet Sikora. Yours could be the next name on that list.

Get the remix bundle here and submit your production to the Beatport & It Began in Africa Producer Contest SoundCloud page.

Send us your track

Terms and conditions for It Began in Africa: The Producer’s Contest

1. Download the production parts for the It Began In Africa: The Producers Contest from October 19, 2010 until November 8, 2010. You may purchase the stems bundled at $1.99 USD. NOTE: You do not need to download the WAV files to enter but the stem(s) must be downloaded from Beatport.com in order to qualify for the producer contest. Productions created using illegally obtained stems will be disqualified from the contest.

2. Produce the track into your chosen style. All genres are welcome.

3. Submit your production to Beatport’s Soundcloud Dropbox. MP3 files sizes are limited and may be no larger than 10 MB. Do not allow sharing of file when posting.

4. The download phase begins October 19, 2010 and ends November 8, 2010.

5. The submission phase begins on at 12.01AM MST and ends November 8 at 11.59PM MST.

6. Winner will be announced and notified by email on Monday November 15, 2010.

7.  Tube & Berger and Juliet Sikora will choose the winner, which is to be released as an exclusive track on the forthcoming It Began In Africa Vol.2 Compilation as well as the winner receiving the grand prize pack.

8. Productions using ‘uncleared’ samples will be disqualified. An ‘uncleared sample’ is a musical work, loop or sample that you do not own the copyright for (ie: you didn’t create it). You are free to use sounds that were created by you.

9. All productions submitted for this contest become the legal property of Kittball Records, any unauthorised use of these productions are strictly prohibited, no sharing of productions , posting on sites such as www.youtube.com or any other use other than for personal use. Any use other than personal, will require written agreement from Kittball Records.

10. All profits made from the sale (incl. the publishing) of this compilation will be donated to the choir and their further projects; i.e. building schemes, the founding of nurseries, and schools to help children get away from a life on the streets.

12. All trademarks and logos are protected. All rights of the producer and the owner of the recorded work are reserved. Unauthorized copying, hiring, renting, public performance and broadcasting of this record, mix or mix parts is strictly prohibited.

13. Your submission of a production in this contest constitutes your agreement to these Rules.

14. Neither Kittball Records or Beatport accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, liability, injury or upset caused to or suffered by you as a result of entering the competition or winning the prize. Kittball Records and Beatport further accept no liability for any damage caused to any person’s computer or other electronic device relating to or resulting from downloading any materials, including so called computer viruses, in connection with this competition. Nothing shall exclude us from our liability for death or personal injury as a result of our negligence.

15. We may revise these Terms and/or cancel, modify or supersede the competition (including altering prizes) if in our discretion the competition is not capable of being conducted as specified at any time by posting changes online and you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated and/or amended.

16. This Promotion is sponsored by Beatport L.L.C. 2399 Blake Street Suite 170 .
Denver, CO 80205. Colorado law governs this contest and prize
winner(s) agree that any claims against Sponsors must be filed in the Central District of Colorado.

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