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20 November, 2008 | 9.27AM

Unknown producer threatened with legal action for ‘royalty free’ Deadmau5 loop

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: Terry Church

An unknown producer called Dirty Circuit from Louisiana has been threatened with legal action by Deadmau5 after he used the main riff of Deadmau5’ hit ‘Faxing Berlin’ on a production.

Dirty Circuit aka Jesse Sinopoli thought the loop was ‘royalty free’ after finding it in a directory full of royalty-free samples in Image Line’s FL Studio 8 software.

“Why are these available as loops and why aren’t they credited or noted as this [copyrighted],” wrote Sinopoli on Image Line’s online forum.

“I would not have used it had I known it was his.”

The problem is Dirty Circuit’s album ‘Rewired’ is now being sold on iTunes and Amazon with the track disputed track ‘Berlin’ included.

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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

Tutorial: How to use modulation effects

Section: Music News Topics: Guide To Synthesis, Technology
Written by: francispreve

With compression, gates, delay and reverb covered, we’ll now delve into the mysteries of modulation effects.

Flanging, chorusing, phasers, tremolo, and auto-panning are the most common types of modulation effects in modern synths and digital audio workstation software.

Since each of these effects has its own flavor, this tutorial will cover the specifics of what to use and when to use it.

For example, flangers are great for adding animation to percussion and sweeps, but can be problematic when used on bass.

Let’s find out why.

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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.

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19 November, 2008 | 9.56AM

Justice respond, ‘The USB cable fell out!’

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: Terry Church

Yesterday we published a photo revealing Justice’s Gaspard Augé to be using a MIDI controller that wasn’t plugged in, and now they’ve responded to the allegations that the duo fake their live sets.

“I couldn’t remember the city but I think it was in Manchester,” he said.

“I didn’t notice at first, because as you can see I was looking at the computer to launch the next vocal hook and right after I realised that the blue screen went black, so there was no way possible it could work. So I plugged it back in, big deal! And the next thing you know is this picture.”

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19 November, 2008 | 9.25AM

Win Gaiser and Minus goodies!

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

With his instantly recognizable minimal sound, Gaiser is one of the most talented producers in the Minus camp, and his debut artist album ‘Blank Fade’ has been a long time coming.

The wait was well worth it though, as ‘Blank Fade’ is his most impressive body of work yet and further proves Gaiser’s one of the geniuses of the minimal genre.

To celebrate the release of ‘Blank Fade’, Beatportal has teamed up with Minus to offer three lucky winners the chance to win some very rare Minus swag including new Gaiser ‘Blank Fade’ tshirts and handmade leather bracelets with sterling silver Minus logos.

19 November, 2008 | 7.27AM

Stigma

Noisia [Vision Recordings]

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

Kicking off with a rather sinister plucking of a bass guitar string, this track could easily have been the intro for a Black Sabbath tune, but once those breaks start kicking off you know it’s something more perverse.

Returning from their recent Moby remix, the Dutch noise-core trio don’t disappoint with this hard edged d&b number taken from their fiery Fabric mix.

19 November, 2008 | 2.22AM

Musinaut offer free MXP4 training in London

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: Christen Reutens

MP3 might be the preferred format of choice for digital music files currently, but since its launch in September over 5000 artists have downloaded the free next generation MXP4 Creator from Musinaut.

The French company hopes to change the way we consume digital music with its new MXP4 technology which offers better encoding quality than MP3, plus splits digital music files into layers and tracks, allowing users to create their own remixes on the fly.

They’re now also offering a free three-hour MXP4 training class in central London on 25th and 26th November with the aim of educating consumers about the benefits of the new technology.

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18 November, 2008 | 8.09PM

Formart

Fabienne [Apparition Recordings]

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

Polish label Apparition Recordings is an interesting new discovery for us recently.

While the previous two releases on the label were more conceptual electronica, the new ‘Formart’ EP from Fabienne features three uncomplicated dubby techno and tech house tracks in a similar style to the recent output of Move D & Benjamin Brunn, Touane or the more dancefloor-orientated works of early Murcof.

18 November, 2008 | 4.25PM

Justice faking their live sets?

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: Terry Church

Poor old Justice are having a hard week. Last Thursday the duo admitted in an interview that their album [†] contained at least 400 uncleared samples, and now comes this photo which shows the pair faking it during a live set.

The MIDI controller on the left ain’t plugged in, but the tall fuzzy-haired one is pretending that it is - he’s got an intense concentrated look on his face whilst moving the faders and knobs. Busted!