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Competition: ToughDrive daily giveaway!

9 May, 2008 | 5.00PM

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Terry Church

Beatport, Beatsource and Beatportal have teamed up with Tuneskeeper to give away two 160GB Freecom ToughDrives every day through May 22nd!

With digital music collections taking up so much space and DJs moving more and more towards higher quality WAVs (with larger file sizes), Freecom’s ToughDrive offers a 160GB rock solid hard drive with an internal anti-shock mechanism (which can withstand falling from two meters).

The shock protected 2.5” hard drive has a built-in USB 2.0 cable and is the smart choice for DJs looking for plenty of storage space and a secure and stable foundation.

Read on to find out how to enter the prize draw!

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Womb / Family

Matrix & Futurebound [Viper]

9 May, 2008 | 3.18PM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

Matrix and Futurebound, hot off the back of their ‘Universal Truth’ LP, are keeping the pressure on the drum & bass scene with a slew of singles.

‘Womb’, their most recent, is probably a reference to the biggest, baddest, most cutting-edge club in Tokyo, Japan.

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King Unique returns with ‘Hinode’

9 May, 2008 | 1.44PM

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog, House Nation
Written by: Lewis Dene

Matthew Roberts and Matt Thomas return to the recording arena in April as King Unique - one of the most influential dance production outfits of the past decade with a plethora of hits and acclaimed remixes to their name.

Their minimal tech-etched single on Curfew is called ‘Hinode’.

Give It Up For Me

Sydney Blu, Deadmau5 [Mau5trap]

9 May, 2008 | 1.40PM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

Get ready to move your body.

Press play on the Beatport player available in this review and you’ll see what we’re talking about.

Top Ten 3 / 3

V/A [Level Records Duesseldorf]

9 May, 2008 | 9.33AM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Lee Smith 2

Around about seven years ago, if you told your average dance music fan that you liked ‘minimal’ techno, they would stare back at you blankly as if you were speaking in some unintelligible language.

Now, as we all know, you can barely move for the stuff, which is all the more reason to celebrate labels like Level, who’ve stayed true to the notion that minimalism can be intelligent without being boring, and heartwarming without being saccharine.

Beatportal interviews Martyn of 3024

9 May, 2008 | 3.03AM

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Caleb Rakes

For those who don’t already know, Martyn is one of the most up-and-coming producers within dubstep at the moment.

His productions transcend house, techno and dub genres, and are literally played by everyone in the scene.

Expanding Contracting

Quince [Delsin]

9 May, 2008 | 12.34AM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Richard Brophy 2

For the past decade, Dutch label Delsin has been quietly putting out some of the world’s best techno.

Inspired by the deep, melancholic sounds of Detroit, the label’s strength lies in the fact that it doesn’t merely replicate its influences but gives a fresh interpretation on the source material, pushing it forward.

Suckers Hit The Dancefloor

Per QX [Play Digital]

8 May, 2008 | 1.08PM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

When a record label called Play Digital combines with a track named ‘Suckers Hit The Dancefloor’, you can almost second guess the veritable circus ride of sonics inside.

Beat-wise, you’re looking at a tight 4/4 loop containing only the choicest of syncopated shuffle effects that are designed to get that ass a-shakin’.

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Marco Carola brings da funk on Plus 8

8 May, 2008 | 11.28AM

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Ben Raven

Minus stoke the fires of their ten years celebration with a killer release on their sister label Plus 8 from Marco Carola.

It’s hard to remember the days when Marco Carola was duking it out in the loop-heavy bosh techno scene.

F Zero / Dawn Treader

Brookes Brothers [Breakbeat Kaos]

8 May, 2008 | 9.53AM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

The new darlings of the drum & bass scene – Brookes Brothers – bolster their nostalgically-named release schedule this month with ‘F-Zero’.

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Jeff Milligan on four decks at Yellow in Tokyo

7 May, 2008 | 11.19PM

Section: Videos Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Christen Reutens

Club Yellow in Tokyo will sadly close its doors in June after 16 years of pushing underground electronic music.

Here’s a video of Jeff Milligan from Toronto rocking out way back in December 2004 on four turntables.

That is the kind of thing that Club Yellow was famous for: experimental dancefloor music, and the video shows Milligan mixing it up, techno style.

Cosmos (Remixes)

Tadeo [Apnea]

7 May, 2008 | 7.20PM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Richard Brophy 2

Tadeo aka Miguel Sar must have friends in high places.

The Spanish producer, who runs Cyclical Tracks, has somehow persuaded both Chain Reaction/Hardwax’s Substance and Panorama Bar resident Cassy to remix his ‘Cosmos’ release on Apnea from last year.

I Want You (Forever) (DJ Marky & A-Sides remix)

Yousef, Carl Cox [Cr2 Records]

7 May, 2008 | 4.24PM

Section: Music Reviews Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

This is a remix of a remix of a remix.

Yousef recently relicked Carl Cox’s classic ‘I Want You Forever’, which now has a bunch of eclectic commissions to back it up.

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The Last Real DJ Alive is your friend

7 May, 2008 | 2.51PM

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive

Having earned his stripes getting smashed in clubland from a rather tender age, The Last Real DJ Alive represents a rare breed of turntablist who experienced the tail end of the vinyl era.

He understands dance music; drum & bass, house, techno, and everything else in between — from the latest Timbaland banger to the shit you need to avoid — and is therefore in a prime position to report on what’s bubbling in clubland.