Music News - Main Feed

This feature allows you to filter content in the Main and Community Feeds by your chosen genres.

You must login to use it.

2008	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
2007	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Filtered by:: Breaks + Chill Out + Deep House + Drum & Bass + Dubstep & Grime + Electro House + Electronica + Hard Dance + Hardcore + House + Indie Dance/Nu Disco + Minimal + Progressive House + Psy Trance + Tech House + Techno + Trance

1 December, 2008 | 9.45AM

Weekend Weapons…Sebo K

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Ryan Keeling

This week’s Weekend Weapons piece features an upfront selection from Mobilee Records’ Sebo K.

Having built up a solid reputation during 2007 thanks to numerous killer club cuts, the Berlin based DJ/producer has had a comparatively quiet 2008, although he did find time to release ‘Diva’, one of the biggest and most widely supported tracks of the year.

This weekend’s gigs saw him embark on a UK-based double header, headlining Phonica Records’ huge birthday celebration at Corsica Studios in London alongside Prins Thomas, then traveling up to Liverpool for Mumu @ Club So on Saturday.

Here are the three biggest dancefloor destroyers from Sebo K’s weekend.

30 November, 2008 | 10.04AM

Skream delivers 30 min track for Nike

Section: Music News Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Christen Reutens

British dubstep producer Skream is the latest dance artist to have been tapped by Nike for a 30 minute track for their ‘run’ mix series.

Skream follows a long line of electronic music producers who have been asked by Nike to produce 30 minute workout pieces to help market their Nike Sport Music campaign including LCD Soundsystem, Cassius, The Crystal Method and Simian Mobile Disco.

(0) Comments
(196) Views

28 November, 2008 | 11.13AM

10 days of dance music in January: BPM Festival, Mexico

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Christen Reutens

Dance festivals are doing good if they manage to keep going for two days, but The BPM Festival in Mexico thinks 10 days is more like it.

Running from January 2nd till January 11th 2009 at the stunning beachside location of Playa del Carmen, BPM’s clubbers will push on through the pain barrier with a diet of sunshine, upfront techno and summery house music. Poor them.

Considering it’s in January, there probably isn’t a dance music fan out there who doesn’t want to leg it to Mexico.

(3) Comments
(666) Views

28 November, 2008 | 4.30AM

Secretsundaze NYE hosts Johnny D UK debut

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

Secretsundaze have announced details of their New Years Eve celebration with the news that Johnny D will make his long-awaited UK debut.

Joining him on the night will be the figure head of nu-school Detroit, Omar S and star residents James Priestley and Giles Smith.

The night will also see a return to the much loved Village Underground venue in Shoreditch, East London; a spot that has seen much Secretsundaze action over the years.

Hand picked from the Community Feed. Have a Story? Submit Content.

27 November, 2008 | 2.50PM

Interview: Chris Lake on his Sia ‘Buttons’ remix

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

When you’ve worked with the likes of Kylie, Robbie Williams, Mark Ronson, Lilly Allen and Deadmau5, it’s pretty safe to say you’re in demand for remix duty. It should come as no surprise then that the latest name added to the remix list of Chris Lake is hot-to-trot Australian songstress Sia.

Famed for her canny knack of picking the best producers to work on her original tunes, this year saw her dominate the dance charts with ‘The Girl You Lost To Cocaine’, thanks to a crossover hit remix from Sander Van Doorn. Now she’s back in the clubs once again with a Chris Lake re-rub of her hidden bonus track ‘Buttons’, from her album ‘Some People Have Real Problems’.

‘Buttons’ also got remixed by Markus Schulz, Canadian whizz kid Jimmy Vallance and electro-clash darlings CSS, but it’s Lake’s remix that is keeping DJs happy the most.

We caught up with Chris Lake to find out more.

27 November, 2008 | 11.02AM

Techno legends Slam celebrate ten years of Pressure

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: jamiegardiner1

Beatportal speaks to techno icons Slam as they prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of dance music’s biggest club nights - Pressure.

Pressure hits double figures this weekend, no mean feat when you consider the fickle nature of today’s clubbers.

Co-founders of Soma Recordings, Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle better known as Slam launched the monthly event way back in 1998.

(0) Comments
(316) Views

27 November, 2008 | 7.30AM

Stars showcase Ableton at Ministry of Sound

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

Next Saturday, 6th December will see music software developer Ableton take over the Baby Box at London’s Ministry of Sound for a special one-off event in association with Novation.

In a move that’s sure to please Ableton enthusiasts, headliner Omid 16b, Mindlobster and Olly B-sides will all be performing using Live 7 and a selection of Novation MIDI controllers with their sets being projected on to a giant video screen in real time.

26 November, 2008 | 4.46PM

Damian Lazarus: Devil Night tour diary entry #5

Section: Music News Topics: Devil Night Tour
Written by: Beatportal

Damian Lazarus wraps up his second North American Devil Night tour with a bang (almost quite literally).

This last round of travels finds him covering ground from New York to Toronto and then down to the sunny shores of Puerto Rico for a massive finale.

Read on for tales of questionable karaoke covers of ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’, humorous escalator anecdotes and his thoughts on the trials and tribulations of being an international, jet-setting DJ…

26 November, 2008 | 2.23PM

The Prodigy offers free download

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

After the announcement a couple of weeks back that The Prodigy’s new LP ‘Invaders Must Die’ will be released at the beginning of March, the band have decided to fan the flames of hype with a free download of the album’s title track.

‘Invaders Must Die’ became available to download from the band’s website just a few minutes ago, and will be up till December 3rd.

Our initial thoughts? It’s a bit of a disappointment.

26 November, 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 Uto Karem, John Dahlbeck featuring Basto, Wolfgang Gartner, a Dataworx remix of Koen Groeneveld, Plastik Park, Compost, 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.

(0) Comments
(333) Views

26 November, 2008 | 10.13AM

London breakbeat orchestra return

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

Breakbeat as a genre lost a lot of momentum a year or two ago, as the scene merged with electro house and a lot of breaks producers started dabbling with 4/4.

The scene failed to attract new blood and a lot of breaks DJs complained there was not enough fresh tunes being made to keep the sound hopping.

But one of the most interesting breaks-related acts to appear during this downtime is the London Breakbeat Orchestra, a 30-piece band who squeeze on stage with violins, violas, cellos, flutes, trumpets and a whole load of instruments to play breakbeat live.

They’ll be performing at London’s Cargo in Shoreditch on Saturday 6th December, and it’s probably one of the only times you’ll be able to wear jeans and a t-shirt, and dance your socks off to an orchestra.

26 November, 2008 | 3.54AM

Buy Mr. C’s entire vinyl collection on ebay

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

Legendary British DJ Mr. C, co-founder of The End nightclub in London and ex-frontman of early 90’s pop group The Shamen, has put his entire vinyl collection up for sale on eBay with a starting bid of £75,000.

Citing an upcoming move to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career as the reason for the sale, Mr. C felt it was time to get rid of all 15,000 records, a collection of electronic music which he began building in 1986.

26 November, 2008 | 3.08AM

Deadmau5 releases sample CD for producers

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

In a twist that might seem counterproductive to building a unique artist sound, Deadmau5 and his longtime studio partner Steve Duda have put together a CD-ROM packed full of 100% royalty-free samples for music producers to use in their own tracks.

Some would say it’s a charitable gesture, considering the burgeoning international profile of Deadmau5 and the influential releases of their BSOD project.

If you asked aspiring producers worldwide to name the top 5 producers they most want to sound like for instance, you can bet Deadmau5 would be in there.

26 November, 2008 | 12.01AM

Voting begins for Franz Ferdinand ‘Ulysses’ remix contest

Section: Music News Topics: Remix Competitions
Written by: Beatportal

The submission phase for the remix contest has now finished.

Voting has begun for Franz Ferdinand ‘Ulysses’ remix contest and there are hundreds of remix submissions to sort through.

Registered users are able to listen to and ‘spin’ remixes they like, and the top five user-generated ‘spun’ remixes will be sent straight to Domino Records and Franz Ferdinand, along with another five remixes chosen by Beatportal’s editors.

Listen and vote now here.

To make things easier you can also filter the remixes by genre.

Click through for a reminder of the prizes in store for the winners, and then get to spinning!

25 November, 2008 | 4.22PM

Orbital to reform for Big Chill festival live set

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

British dance veterans Orbital have announced that they will reform for a one-off live show at The Big Chill festival in the UK in August 2009.

After 10 years of being at the top of dance music the Hartnoll brothers went their separate ways in 2004, much to the dismay of the electronic music community - over the years Orbital released a large volume of electronic music, some of which to this day remains influential and anthemic.

“We’ve never said never,” Paul Hartnoll said, with regards to the fact people thought Orbital were confined to the history books.

“It’s something I suspected would happen, which is why we kept hold of certain key bits of odd equipment...there have been slight rumblings about getting back together before but it didn’t feel good. This time it just felt right.”