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DJs’ tips for success in 2009
With the new year here, resolutions are no doubt already being broken. But what can DJs and producers do to kick start 2009 in the right way?
Beatportal’s Mr. Tunes, a self-confessed tech junkie and accomplished music producer in his own right, grabbed his notepad and pen and wrote a quick self-help guide for DJs and producers in 2009.
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Become a Hed Kandi America resident DJ
Venerable house music label Hed Kandi, one of the world’s most successful dance brands, is currently running a DJ competition for North American residents.
Hed Kandi America needs up and coming DJs to represent them across North America (that hints at a plan to set up regular club nights across the continent), so if your sets align with Hed Kandi’s distinctive sexy soulful and vocal house sound submit a mix at HedKandiAmerica.com.
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Top 10 DJ Chart
SIS [Various]
Beyond his ubiquitous releases last year, very little is known about Turkish born, Frankfurt resident Burak Star aka SIS![[a]](http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif)
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Perhaps taking his media training from fellow press-dodger Ricardo Villalobos, (who outputted his brass-meets-house anthem ‘Trompeta’ last year through his own Sei Es Drum label) SIS has been hiding under the radar since his November 2007 release ‘La Gurua’ pricked up the ears of the electronic community.
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Podcast: Genrecast: Trance 19
Beatport
This week’s installation of the Trance Genrecast was handpicked and sorted by Beatport staff, and represents a selection of favorite trance classics.
As always, this Genrecast is an enhanced podcast, meaning you can view the artwork, skip through tracks, and purchase the tracks that are linked directly for download from Beatport.
This week’s trance genrecast features Mr. Pit, Martin Roth & DJ Eco, Jon O’Bir, Anjunabeats![[l]](http://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif)
, In Charge and more.
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Cold Champagne
Phace [Neosignal]
Having been in the scene for some time, producing some blisteringly hard tunes for Subtitles and Vision, Phace and Misanthrop have joined forces to launch their new label, Neosignal, to try and establish a stronghold of cutting-edge, neurofunk drum & bass.
The first release, ‘Cold Champagne’ is the ultimate showcase for the label’s future releases; the sound is characteristically dark and eerie but also dynamic and gut wrenchingly heavy.
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Electronic music’s struggle in a changing China
China’s continued rise as a global superpower is having quite a strange effect on the development of the country’s indigenous electronic music and club scene.
Whilst China’s gross domestic product grew by 8.7% in 2008, making its economy the fourth largest in the world, the club scene experienced something of a recession (at least the superclub scene did).
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Loco Dice to mix ‘The Lab’ on NRK
NRK, the imprint responsible for the ‘Back in the Box’ series (among many others), have lined up tech-funk luminary Loco Dice for the first installment of a new series called ‘The Lab’.
The label has seen such wide-ranging and diverse talent as Dave Clarke, DJ Sneak, Louie Vega and Christian Burkhardt on its roster recently, and Loco Dice is undoubtedly a solid choice to join the stately ranks.
In this double-disc set, the Berlin-based jock shows off his versatility, with a first disc that fights dark and dirty, while the second is more the ‘lover’ of the two.
Have a stare at the full tracklisting after the jump.
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Retro Sonics for London’s old skool fans
Old skool ravers will have a new temple in London at the end of January in which to don white gloves and blow their air horns.
DJ Kid Fiesta aka Franc Gooding, co-director of Bloom Festival, has announced a new night called Retro Sonics that is dedicated to late ‘80s and early ‘90s house music.
Unlike many of the other retrospective raves around, the first Retro Sonics party will actually see two of the biggest early UK house pioneers play live, Shades of Rhythm and Liquid. Oi oi.
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Under The Willow
Ryan Crosson [Alphahouse]
The slightly warped releases of Ryan Crosson have marked him out as a key player in the North American techno nu-school, and here he returns to Butane’s Alphahouse imprint for more sinister fun.
Honing down the ricocheting percussion of his other work into a starker, sharper groove, both tracks are designed with the foggy hours of the night in mind.
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Green Velvet to play Bloc Weekend 2009
With Carl Craig, Kode9, Lee Scratch Perry, Frequency 7 and Appleblim having already confirmed for Bloc Weekend 2009, there was more than enough reason to make the trek to Butlins Holiday Camp, in Minehead, Somerset, England.
But now Chicago house and electronica god Green Velvet aka Cajmere has been added to the Bloc party, which takes place from March 13th-15th, 2009 (check out some of Green Velvet’s excellent past releases in the player after the jump).
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You interview Jonas Tempel, CEO of Beatport
Beatport 4.0 will launch on 21st January 2009 and to celebrate, we’ve decided to give the Beatportal community the opportunity to interview the CEO of Beatport, Jonas Tempel.
Email your questions to the big chief using the email address below, and we’ll pose the best ones to Jonas.
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Podcast: Beatport Burners: Episode 91
Beatport
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 Jay Lumen, Dousk, Angel Stoxx, a Daniel Portman remix of Tim Davison, and some beats from Toolroom and Tribal Vision Records.
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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Carlos The Jackal
Bonar Bradberry [Red Music Records...
Sounding familiar? It should do, because it’s Gary Numan’s ‘Music For Chameleons’ boldly re-edited and re-released as a slice of nu-disco pie.
This should in no way deter you from the quality of this brash tune, which itself has mutated into a funky, slappy bass, disco monster that’s as fun and quirky as its contemporaries.
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Macworld 2009: Apple’s latest production tools
Yesterday, Apple announced significant upgrades to several of their products, notably the iLife suite of media software, the more office-oriented iWork, and their high-end 17-inch MacBook Pro.
For DJs and producers, the highlights are GarageBand ‘09 and the new MacBook Pro.
When Apple revved the MacBooks and MacBook Pro last fall, the top-of-the-line 17-inch MacBook Pro was conspicuously overlooked, leading many industry insiders – Beatportal included – to presume that Apple had a major upgrade planned for this month’s Macworld.
True to form, that’s exactly what happened.
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Native Instruments’ 3 new products for NAMM 2009
Native Instruments has revealed that it will be dropping three new products at the NAMM 2009 music tech trade show next week.
The company said in a statement to the media that there will be one product each for DJs, producers and guitarists, and that the new releases represent “the biggest NI product innovation in years!”.
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'Auricle / Bio / On feat. Moritz Von Oswald'
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