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3 December, 2008 | 5.37PM

Bad

Kode 9, LD [Hyperdub]

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Caleb Rakes

This track is like cutting up and dissecting Kode 9’s brain; swirling around inside are his musical inspirations ranging from Detroit techno, late nineties garage, dubstep and deep house.

Teaming up with LD on this latest Hyperdub release, Kode 9 has managed to spill the contents of his head onto this five minute track, which epitomises not only the new direction for his productions but also setting a new paradigm for the Hyperdub label.

3 December, 2008 | 2.35PM

Feature: DJ Pierre’s enduring acid influence

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Terry Church

You probably don’t remember 1987. If you do, then you might have hazy memories of wearing aviator sunglasses, big leather jackets and fingerless gloves.

Top Gun was at the cinema. Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ was blasting out of radios everywhere.

But away from the mainstream the first seeds of acid house were being sowed by four house music lovers in Chicago: DJ Pierre, Marshall Jefferson, Spanky and Herb Jackson.

Together, under their alias Phuture, they created the world’s first acid house record called ‘Acid Tracks’, an 11 minute 17 seconds-long house trip based around a sound that has become synonymous with electronic music ever since, the bassline of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer.

3 December, 2008 | 12.00PM

Prime Loops: Dirty Electro Synth Loops

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: francispreve

The latest addition to the Prime Loops catalogue focuses on electro synth textures.

Containing over 160 loops, Dirty Electro Synth Loops is a collection of “addictive, filthy nu-house licks, raw wobbly sub-bass grooves, jackin’, rude and disgustingly electroholic twisted leads, crystallised sexy electro-flavoured textures, and purified pulsating chord progressions.”

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3 December, 2008 | 12.00PM

Podcast: Beatport Burners: Episode 88

Beatport

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Podcasts
Written by: Beatportal

Beatport Burners take the hottest new releases out there and wrap them up in a nice little weekly podcast, painstakingly handpicked by Beatport staff.

If you’re a DJ looking for what’s hot right now, then you need a dose of our weekly Beatport Burners, which includes tracks that are sure to be blowing up a dancefloor near you.

This week we’re serving up a fresh mix of Tiger Stripes & Audiofly, James Harcourt, Murat Uncuoglu, Get Physical Music, Radiocity Records and more.

And remember that Beatport Burners are ‘enhanced podcasts’, so you can skip through tracks, see the cover art and click through to Beatport to download releases.

So get in on the mix and check them out.

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3 December, 2008 | 9.28AM

Skream & Benga go back to back at Bloc

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Zack Rico

Cutting-edge British electronic music festival Bloc Weekend has a distinctly dubstep flavour this year.

Dubstep kings Skream and Benga (check out Benga’s excellent ‘Diary of an Afro Warrior’ in the player) have just been announced as headliners and will play back to back at Bloc, which takes place from 13th - 15th March 2009 at Butlins Holiday Camp in Minehead, Somerset.

Tickets and info here: http://www.blocweekend.com/home.html

3 December, 2008 | 6.41AM

Bambaata (Break Remix)

Shy FX [Digital Soundboy Recordings...

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Caleb Rakes

Digital Soundboy Recordings kick off a remix series of big classics with Break’s take on Shy FX’s late nineties jungle classic ‘Bambaata’.

Break has been flooring it recently with his hard-edged, poisonous tunes. His new album on Symmetry has been applauded by everyone, whilst recent tunes such as ‘Splash Step’ and ‘Coming From the Top’ with DJ Die have been on all the DJs playlists for the past few months.

2 December, 2008 | 8.02PM

DJ Sneak: Back in the Box

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: ryankeeling

DJ Sneak is set to follow on from UK techno don Dave Clarke and deliver the next installment of NRK’s ‘Back In The Box’ series.

The idea behind the mix is to allow DJs to dust off some of their favourites from yesteryear and present them in a double disc mix.

In typical Sneak fashion, the mix is a fluid blend of Latin-infused Chicago house alongside the more melodic end of the European scene.

2 December, 2008 | 5.03PM

Remix Hotel L.A. 2008

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog, Technology
Written by: Beatportal

Presented by Avid, Remix Hotel wraps up its 2008 offerings in sunny Los Angeles from this Thursday, 4th December through Saturday the 6th for a full weekend of music production technology, master classes, panels, demos, artist performances and more.

Special to this occasion RHLA will add video production to the roster.

The extensive panelist lineup for this final 2008 includes Danja, Martin Atkins, Thes One, The Angel, Squeak E. Clean, Shortee, DJ Babu, J-Rocc, Carmen Rizzo and more.

Technology partners Ableton, IK Multimedia, Native Instruments, Serato, Roland, M-Audio and others will be offering participants the chance to catch up on the latest gear and get hands on experience with tips directly from the manufacturers.

General admission is free, but if you register for an all access pass you will receive a free copy of IK Multimedia Classic T-RackS 3 Equalizer, and a chance to win more gear from Vestax and IK.

Click through for the full schedule.

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2 December, 2008 | 2.37PM

Interview: Laidback Luke on the dangers of doing it live

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Sarah O

Recording a DJ mix compilation is a scary prospect, but recording one live in a club with actual clubbers on the dancefloor is an altogether more difficult challenge.

Dutch DJ and producer Laidback Luke, who’s had a very successful year thanks to his standout hits ‘Be’, ‘Show’ and remixes for Steve Angello and Martin Solveig, took the live club mix challenge offered by Stealth’s lead man Roger Sanchez, and the result is the first part of a new ‘Stealth Live!’ mix series.

We caught up with risk-taker/guinea pig Laidback Luke to find out about the dangers of ‘doing it live’.

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2 December, 2008 | 11.15AM

iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: francispreve

Our favorite iPhone app – iDrum – just got even more useful for EDM producers.

Back in August, we reviewed the original iDrum releases and were blown away by their functionality and intuitive features.

Their latest edition, the aptly titled iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems (iTunes link), includes an array of totally professional samples gathered from the MoS vaults.

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2 December, 2008 | 10.36AM

Gaiser winners announced

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Beatportal

Last month Minus artist Gaiser released his debut album, ‘Blank Fade’, and to mark the event Minus teamed up with Beatportal to give away some cool Minus gear to any user who purchased the continuous mix between 19th and 30th November.

Three lucky winners have been chosen to win prize packages that include a Gaiser ‘Blank Fade’ t-shirt and handmade leather bracelet with a sterling silver, adjustable bar embossed with the Minus logo.

Click through to find out who the lucky winners are.

2 December, 2008 | 9.52AM

Josh Wink announces new LP ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Zack Rico

Philadelphia-based DJ and producer Josh Wink today announced details of his fourth studio album titled ‘When A Banana Was Just A Banana’.

“In a nutshell, it speaks really of the loss of innocence of music,” explained Wink, who seems to be on a personal mission to rid the electronic music world of its pigeonholes.

“Music was just music when I was growing up. Nobody was ridiculed or had views of ‘I only listen to this one kind of music’, I grew up listening to everything.

“Today, so many people tend to only listen to one style of music with a strong opinion of why. I miss the innocence of how it was, like when you were younger, ‘A Banana Was Just A Banana’.”

After the jump there is the full tracklist of his LP, plus track descriptions from Josh Wink himself.

2 December, 2008 | 7.03AM

Can’t afford a Lemur? Use your iPhone instead

Section: Videos Topics: Technology
Written by: Christen Reutens

Beatportal user Tom Phillipson got in touch with us recently to highlight his video demo on YouTube which illustrates a Mod he built for his Novation 25SL Compact, which extended the controls of the MIDI keyboard to include his iPod Touch.

Tom used the TouchOSC app that allows you to send and receive Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network. Sweet.

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1 December, 2008 | 5.50PM

Flying Lotus drops 69 tracks for Essential Mix

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Zack Rico

Following on from the success of his longplayer ‘Los Angeles’ (check it in the player), revered leftfield master Flying Lotus took BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix to another, more blissful level this week with a sardine-packed tracklist that contains no less than 69 tracks.

In the two-hour window he was given he dropped jumbled up electronica loops, drifting instrumentals and sunny broken beat dreams; as well as poked fun at the British institution’s high brow reputation.

Check the ridiculously long tracklist after the jump and then listen to his mix again - it’s nothing less than a work of art, we think.

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1 December, 2008 | 2.45PM

December 2008

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: The 20
Written by: Beatportal

The 20 lists the top 20 most influential and groundbreaking releases available on Beatport each month.

Topping The 20 this month is DJ Sprinkles (aka Terre Thaemlitz) ‘Grand Central Part 1’.

Also in the 20 this month are Soundstream, D.H.S House of God remixes, Damian Schwartz, Modeselektor, Move D, Luca Bachetti, Brookes Brothers and more.