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21 November, 2008 | 12.00PM

Tech News Roundup: November 21, 2008

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: francispreve

Free plug-ins, a portable hardware widget to run them, and a valuable lesson on differentiating between Deadmau5’s music and your own are all rolled up into this week’s roundup.

It’s been an interesting week, to say the least.

More info after the jump.

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21 November, 2008 | 10.47AM

Jeff Mills to receive French Order of Arts honor

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

US techno artist Jeff Mills will receive one of the highest public accolades for art in France - the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres - in Paris at the end of the year, reports French newspaper Le Figaro.

The 2nd generation Detroit techno DJ is being recognized for his ‘Critical Arrangements’ piece that is currently being shown at the Pompidou Center in Paris until 26th January, plus his many works that reflect the ideals of the futurist movement.

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21 November, 2008 | 5.00AM

Put the needle on the Rekids

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

Mighty UK imprint Rekids have complied a huge, DJ-friendly collection of their finest works to date.

‘Rekids Revolution’ brings together three CDs of the labels stand-out moments and includes a bonus mix by label mainstay Spencer Parker.

CD1 is unmixed and focused on original mixes of Rekids material that has done the damage over the past couple of years.

21 November, 2008 | 2.17AM

A To B

Miwon [City Centre Offices]

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Beatport Ronny

City Centre Offices, the German and English collaboration label, puts out another world class electronica album with Miwon’s stunning ‘A To B’ LP.

With some ideas no doubt borrowed from the Boards Of Canada camp, the projects sees pop meet shoegaze-influenced Ulrich Schnauss atmospherics and Japanese-inspired indie.

20 November, 2008 | 8.05PM

Vices

The Rogue Element [Exceptional Reco...

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

The Rogue Element used to be the guy on speed dial for top of the range remixes, so much so that he even vocally expressed his anxiety towards making his own productions.

Once the winner of such accolades as ‘Best Breakthrough Producer’, ‘Best Album’ and ‘Best Remix’ at successive Breakspoll Awards, The Rogue Element has returned to the fold in 2009 to make his mark as much more than a breaks producer and hot remixer.

20 November, 2008 | 4.43PM

Great Matters EP

His Majesty Andre [Cheaper Thrills]...

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Zack Rico

Italian producer His Majesty Andre has dropped a couple of interesting house bangers this year, but the claims that he’s the next big Italian star are a little premature.

His new ‘Great Matters’ EP on Herve’s hot new label Cheaper Thrills however does show a high level of consistency and an exciting and varied approach to house music that suggests a bright future may lay ahead - all four tracks on the EP are certainly accomplished.

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20 November, 2008 | 12.49PM

Untitled

Breakage [Digital Soundboy Recordin...

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

This year has definitely been a ‘feeeeeling good’ one; what with Johnny D taking the Nina Simone track and turning it into a massive minimal anthem, and Dutch d&b duo CLS and Wax rinsing their liquid homage to the soul legend later on in the summer.

Nina now gets the dubstep treatment, courtesy of Breakage (what old Simone would have made of it, no one will ever know).

20 November, 2008 | 10.21AM

John Tejada to mix Fabric 44

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

US techno star John Tejada has been announced as the man behind Fabric 44, the latest edition in the mix series from the esteemed London venue.

The producer, who has amassed an output of over 11 albums since the beginning of the ‘90s, has brought together 20 selections of deep and melodic house and techno which includes a large number of cuts from his own Palette imprint.

2008 mainstays such as Pigon’s ‘Kamm’, the mysterious ‘WAX10001’ and Nekes ‘Cristal’ are blended with the aforementioned Palette material as well as a couple of classics thrown in for good measure.

20 November, 2008 | 8.27AM

Video: Sven Vath on Cocoon’s 9th Ibiza season

Section: Videos Topics: Cocoon
Written by: Terry Church

Ibiza was once again ruled by Cocoon’s spectacular parties at Amnesia club this summer, and as official media partner the Beatportal team produced some great content to support the night which you can view here.

In this final wrap up video interview, the big boss of Cocoon Recordings, Sven Vath himself, reveals all his thoughts and feelings on what must have been an exhausting 2008.

The video coincides with the release of Cocoon’s ‘The Sound of the Ninth Season’ mix compilation, mixed by Sven, which you can preview after the jump.

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20 November, 2008 | 3.18AM

RA hands DJ poll decision over to its users

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

This year our friends over at RA have decided to place the decision of their Top DJ 2008 poll in the hands of their users.

The poll had previously been made up by their contributors voting on individual DJ performances, with Ricardo Villalobos coming out on top of the pile last year.

However, the decision will now be solely left to all users who registered before November 18th, mainly in a bid to outline the multiple registrations, fake email accounts and IP switch voting that charcterises so many of these public votes.

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20 November, 2008 | 3.03AM

Feature: Efdemin breaks his silence

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

Patience is a virtue, but often in electronic music when artists hit the big time and record label offers come flooding in they take the money and ride the hype wave until the end.

Not Efdemin. Since his self-titled debut album blew up last year (it was voted one of the finest albums of 2007), we haven’t heard a bleep or a beat of original material from Phillip Sollmann for nearly 18 months.

Efdemin finally decided to break his silence two weeks ago with a new EP ‘America/The Pulse’ on Belgian label Curle Recordings, and quickly followed up with his debut mix album ‘Carry On - Pretend We Are Not In The Room’ on the same label.

Both releases see Efdemin back at the top of his game, so Beatportal sent Sven von Thülen to Berlin to find out where Efdemin has been hiding.

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19 November, 2008 | 8.39PM

Buttons (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix) (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix)

Sia [Ultra]

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Ellie

As well as compiling a remix album of his ‘Progression 2007’ release, Markus Schulz has also found the time to remix Sia’s track ‘Buttons’.

Following on from Sander van Doorn’s massive remix of Sia’s ‘The Girl You Lost to Cocaine’, Schulz gives the record that similar tech-inspired edge, with loads of huge riffs and breaks.

19 November, 2008 | 5.23PM

Video interview: Marcel Dettmann, Berghain resident

Section: Videos Topics: Berlin
Written by: Terry Church

Berghain resident DJ Marcel Dettmann has had a phenomenal year with major releases on Beatstreet, Brut ! and his own Marcel Dettmann Records having paved a darker, more stripped back techno sound that others have now followed.

His recent remix of Modeselektor ‘The Black Block’ (listen to it in the player after the jump) is a prime example of his ability to create futuristic techno rhythms that keep the mind busy as the body moves, and being drafted in to mix the ‘Berghain 02’ compilation in June can’t have hurt his international reputation.

Pioneer’s marketing website DJsounds.com managed to score a rare video interview with Dettmann at Berlin’s legendary techno institution Berghain, although from the footage it’s clear they went when the club wasn’t officially open (Berghain has a very strict no-cameras policy inside).

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19 November, 2008 | 2.44PM

Damian Lazarus: Devil Night Tour diary entry #4

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

Now in its fourth edition, Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus has been sharing his innermost thoughts with Beatportal users as he spins his way across North America for his second annual Devil Night Tour.

Those of you who have been following the action thus far will have realised this is far more than a boring, self-promotional DJ tour diary; rather, it’s an honest account of life as a traveling DJ, pondering such great issues of the day as DJ sing-songs, venue challenges and the joy of Muppets.

On top of that, he’s included an exclusive selection of his top 10 tracks that have been lighting up his dancefloors throughout the tour.

19 November, 2008 | 12.00PM

Podcast: Beatport Burners: Episode 87

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 Noir, Ad Brown, a Mark Knight & Funkagenda remix of Pete Gooding & James Doman feat. Dru, Ultra, Cr2 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.