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31 January, 2012 | 3.38AM

This Friday Beatport Live presents Club Transmediale feat. Ital + Anstam

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Filed under: Music News: 100% silk 50 weapons anstam club transmediale ital

Berlin’s Club Transmediale festival is now in full swing, and Beatport is proud to announce our collaboration with the festival in the form of a special Ustream broadcast this Friday evening featuring a live performance from Ital (100% Silk) and a DJ set from Anstam (50 Weapons). Tune in Friday, February 3 at 22:00 GMT to catch both artists on Beatport’s Ustream channel.

3 February, 2012 | 4.20PM

Sounds/To/Sample: Progressive House Melodics 2

Written by: mferry
Filed under: Music News: sounds to sample

With WMC only a mere two months away, it’s about time you started working on the anthem that could be played up and down South Beach the last week of March. If you need a little inspiration to get tweaking synths and sequencing your tracks, Sounds To Sample has the answer! Progressive House Melodics 2, constructed from scratch by Steed, is packed with 100 loops of screaming prog synths and a low end so fat, even a Funktion One stack will struggle to keep up with it. Also included are 60 MIDI files to help get you started on your own progressions that could end up playing out day three of Ultra! Pick up the pack here and peruse the rest of our production-focused sister site Sounds To Sample here. Now fire up those DAWs and VSTs and get to work!

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3 February, 2012 | 1.02PM

Emika: Hit Me feat. Jimmy Edgar

Written by: Caleb Rakes
Filed under: Videos: emika, jimmy edgar, ninja tune

If I had a dollar for every time we wrote a post about Emika, I’d have, well, quite a few dollars. But when someone is as productive and exciting as Ninja Tune’s new protégé, then it’s hard not for us to continually update you.

We recently told you about her new video for “3 Hours,” co-produced by Jimmy Edgar and lifted from her debut album. Well, now there’s a video for the rework by none other than the multi-talented maestro (aka Mr. Creepy Autograph) himself, entitled “Hit Me.”

To coincide with this, Emika is also running a “rework” competition on her Soundcloud page. You can download the stems and upload your re-worked version of the track for a chance to win several exclusive goodies from the Berlin-based producer. For inspiration, check back at Beatport on February 13, when her new single drops.

3 February, 2012 | 11.12AM

Track Of The Day: Dismantle - Computation

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Filed under: Music News: dismantle track of the day wheel & deal

Considering that this track’s release was back in September and leaders in dubstep had their hands on it for some time before that, we may be a little late in honoring this tune. Still, this is a track that’s become a part of a revolution in the bass scene that is well worthy of reaching back to highlight. Still collecting spins while most of its peers fall into dusty bins, Dismantle’s debut with ”Computation” has become one of the highlights of N-Type’s Wheel & Deal label. Its use of new sounds and elements in bass production has exposed many of the dubstep allegiance to a new world of crowd-pleasing alternatives to garden-variety wobble.

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3 February, 2012 | 9.59AM

Gareth Emery Live @ The Warehouse Project

Written by: mferry
Filed under: Videos: gareth emery

Trance fans are in for a treat. The only trance producer to make it into our top ten in 2011, Gareth Emery, has posted his Boxing Day set in its five-hour entirety on his official YouTube page. Yes, you read that correctly, five hours of hands-in-the-air, synth-tastic Garuda glory for your listening pleasure. (Who knew it was even possible to post five-hour videos?) Check out the set above and see what’s new from Gareth, one of the great rising stars of trance, here.

3 February, 2012 | 7.49AM

Objekt: Cactus

Written by: Caleb Rakes
Filed under: Videos: hessle audio, objekt

Having recently represented Beatport over in Japan, Berlin-based techno producer Objekt has been making waves in the underground electronic community. From his BBC mix to his SBTRKT remix, Objekt is definitely an artist to watch in 2012.

His forthcoming EP on Hessle Audio typifies his dark, brooding fusion of techno and bass music; check back this Monday, February 6, when the record comes out. As for the video above, we have no idea what it’s supposed to mean.

3 February, 2012 | 3.32AM

Now in Mashbox: New tracks from Noir, Pan-Pot + more

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Filed under: Music News: mashbox

Ready to play with music? Beatport has a brand-new selection of pre-cut music packs now available for Mashbox, the app that lets you mash-up your favorite dance music and pop songs on your iPad.

This week, we bring you a selection of house and tech house from some of the underground’s finest, with a little techno for good measure: Double 99’s “Ripgroove” (Skint), Robert Dietz’ “Pandemic” (Cadenza), Noir’s “Found Out” feat. Richard Davies (Noir Music), Martin Eyerer’s “Bells A Go” (Kling Klong), and Pan-Pot’s “Captain My Captain” (Mobilee).

To download the tracks to Mashbox, just open up the app in your iPad and go to the Marketplace, where you’ll find all the content available for the app. (If you don’t yet have Mashbox, get it at the iTunes app store here.) Our growing catalog of exclusive, pre-cut music packs includes hits from Fatboy Slim, Josh Wink, Danny Tenaglia, Guy Gerber, Tiësto vs. Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes, Funkagenda & Big Ed, and much more.

Read on to check out audio samples of the tracks.

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2 February, 2012 | 3.34PM

Bassnectar Tour and Recap

Written by: BeatportSean
Filed under: Videos: bassnectar, tour, vibesquad, video

The time has come! Festival season has begun, and artists in every genre are lining up dates in cities around the world. Our man Bassnectar is not immune to the lure of the open road. The festival veteran is scheduled for a massive, four-month block of dates, touching three continents during the first two months alone. The Vava Voom Tour with VibeSquaD kicks off in April after several dates for Bassnectar at places like Miami’s Ultra Music Festival and Brazil’s Lollapalooza. As a bonus to the tour news, Bassnectar’s camp has given us a video recap of last year’s festivities--consider it a teaser for what’s in store.

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2 February, 2012 | 1.11PM

Al Tourettes: Inventing

Written by: Caleb Rakes
Filed under: Videos: al tourettes, sneaker social club

Bristol’s Al Tourettes returns with the new track “Inventing,” lifted from his forthcoming EP on Sneaker Social Club. With pulsating, stabbing basslines, vibrant oscillating waveforms and some killer beats, it’s Tourettes to a “T.”

The video itself is just as creative, blending together images of biological experiments, naked women, and outdated technological machinery. Rumors are rife that Al Tourettes will one day be affiliated with Warp Records, and with this record, as well as his previous on Aus and Apple Pips, it’s easy to see why.

2 February, 2012 | 11.01AM

Introducing: Zeds Dead

Written by: BeatportSean
Filed under: Music News: dubstep introducing zeds dead

Zeds Dead members Hooks and DC started their journey as the instrumental hip-hop crew Mass Productions. After one album under their former title, the two eventually morphed into one of Canada’s biggest electronic music exports. Tight production and a sense for formulas that work the crowd into frenzy have turned their name into one of the most buzzed-about names on the net. And offline, when Zeds Dead struck out on their 2010 Let There Be Bass tour, they pulled massive crowds of (Zeds) Deadheads, packing feverish fans at shows all over North America.

Celebrating their latest release on Inspected Records, the Adrenaline EP has been a successful highlight of what the group does best, reaching the number one album slot on Beatport after its debut over a week ago. We bring you a special look into the guys that make Zeds Dead such a success.

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2 February, 2012 | 7.59AM

Free download: oOoOO - NoWayBack

Written by: mferry
Filed under: Music News: club transmediale holy other tri angle

oOoOO (Christopher Dexter Greenspan) is one of the core artists on 2011’s hotly tipped Tri Angle Records; he and the label are both known for dark, brooding electronic music that takes cues from ambient, hip-hop, dubstep and goth. (The style was known for a time as “witch house,” but we’re going to put the kibosh on that term right here and now.)

This spring, oOoOO drops a follow-up to 2010’s oOoOO EP titled Our Love Is Hurting Us, and this free download, provided by the fine folks at Stereogum, certainly grabbed our attention—it’s foreboding, haunting and hazy electro-pop at its finest. You can pick up the first single from the album, “NoWayBack feat. Butterclock,” here.

If you’re in Berlin, you can catch oOoOO performing live tonight at alongside Tri Angle’s Holy Other and Balam Acab and Planet Mu’s Kuedo; the show, a part of the Club Transmediale festival, kicks off at 21:00 at Berghain. See here for details.

2 February, 2012 | 7.04AM

Must Hear Tracks: Week 53

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Filed under: Music News: must hear charts must hear tracks

In this week’s selection of our editors’ Must Hear tracks, you’ll find that we’re experimenting with the format a bit. In addition to charts for genres like tech house, progressive house, dubstep, etc., you’ll find a brand-new category, Club Tracks, to showcase the burgeoning crossover between electro house, progressive and pop; we’ve also added a chart for hard dance, and fleshed out our funk/R&B category with some classic disco. Read on to check ‘em all out.

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2 February, 2012 | 4.57AM

Artists To Watch 2012: Blondes

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Filed under: Music News: artists to watch 2012 blondes rvng

The New York duo Blondes have been working at their unusual fusion of live, analog house and techno with Baleraric and Krautrock overtones for a couple of years now, winning over both indie listeners and “proper” club-music types; not many other artists have remixed art-rockers Health and performed at Space Amnesia.

Next week, they release their debut album on RVNG; the record has been in heavy rotation here in Beatport’s Berlin headquarters, and promises to stay there for a while. Get a sneak preview at SPIN, where you can stream the album in full.

We caught up with the band to find out about their unusual approach; read on for the interview, and check out their Campania International Moderne chart, featuring tracks from Kassem Mosse, Bicep, Carsten Jost, and more.

1 February, 2012 | 1.00PM

Beatport Live presents Joel Alter

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Filed under: Music News: beatport live joel alter ustream

Diving headfirst into a brilliant set of house and disco, from timeless classics to new material, we were honored to have Joel Alter behind the decks for last week’s Beatport Live broadcast. Introducing us to some funky, deep and elegant dance tracks on a Wednesday afternoon, he helped make “hump day” that much more bearable.

We followed up with him to bring you the post-stream wrap up; you can check out that interview below, as well as the video archive of his set. Enjoy!

1 February, 2012 | 9.00AM

Marc Houle: Undercover

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Filed under: Videos: items & things, marc houle

Marc Houle’s Undercover EP is his first solo outing for the newly relaunched Items & Things label, which he runs alongside Magda and Troy Pierce.

The title track is a dirty, sex-soaked house jam with Chicago on the brain; “Triple E” is more manic and more modern, with chopped-up vox and heavy drum samples. Remixes from Miro Pajic and Bruno Pronsato round out the EP.

Check out the video for “Triple E” below, along with a preview of his upcoming album, also titled Undercover.