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22 November, 2008 | 2.22PM

Video: Riz MC shows Kanye West how to do proper electronic rap

Section: Videos Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Beatportal

When news surfaced that Kanye West had decided to flirt with electronic music on his new album ‘808 & Heartbreak’ we hoped it would be an edgy and electronic-based rap LP, but were disappointed to find that the electronic music elements were nothing more than some hideous vocoded-vocals that sounded like a robot was being sapped of its energy.

British rapper Riz MC on the other hand shows exactly how rap and electronic music can be fused on his brilliant new single ‘Radar’ on Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels.

Kanye West, please pay attention.

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21 November, 2008 | 7.57PM

Pete Tong Fast Trax 21st November 2008

Section: Videos Topics: Beatport Blog
Written by: Beatportal

On Fast Trax this week, Pete features the video for their new single, ‘Facemelter’ from The Japanese Popstars.

The Upfront Tune for this week is ‘Access The Future’ from Andy Chatterley, due out on 5th December.

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21 November, 2008 | 3.40PM

PromoOne: The future of electronic music promotion arrives

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

Back in the days before digital, DJs used to be sent promo records through the post. Some of it was decent, but a lot of it was crap.

Then when digital arrived, the promos started arriving via email as downloadable links.

The problem was, anybody with your email address could send you promos even if you didn’t want them, and sorting through them became a nightmare.

That’s what Beatport’s new promo service, PromoOne, aims to fix.

Having beta launched last month, PromoOne offers DJs and labels with a way to connect in order to promote good electronic music.

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21 November, 2008 | 2.36PM

Feature: Getting Familiar with Sinden

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

While a lot of DJs might mention Detroit or Chicago as a key influence of their music, the star of Fabric’s latest mix CD is a little different.

Graeme Sinden grew up around Kent and Essex in satellite towns near London. As a kid his stereo was tuned to the drum & bass and two step garage sounds that gave London such a unique input into dance music.

Now in the naughties, along with a new twentysomething generation of producers like Hervé or Duke Dumont he’s helping to update the vibe of the bass heavy sounds of London from the mid 1990s into an altogether more exciting musical melting pot.

His ‘Fabric Live 43’ mix is an x-ray image of the sound of London 2008, weaving from grime and dubstep through to world music and bassline house and electro.

We decided to interview Sinden about Fabric, junglism, and what partying in a Brazilian favela is really like.

21 November, 2008 | 12.00PM

Tech News Roundup: November 21, 2008

Section: Music News Topics: Technology
Written by: francispreve

Free plug-ins, a portable hardware widget to run them, and a valuable lesson on differentiating between Deadmau5’s music and your own are all rolled up into this week’s roundup.

It’s been an interesting week, to say the least.

More info after the jump.

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21 November, 2008 | 10.47AM

Jeff Mills to receive French Order of Arts honor

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

US techno artist Jeff Mills will receive one of the highest public accolades for art in France - the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres - in Paris at the end of the year, reports French newspaper Le Figaro.

The 2nd generation Detroit techno DJ is being recognized for his ‘Critical Arrangements’ piece that is currently being shown at the Pompidou Center in Paris until 26th January, plus his many works that reflect the ideals of the futurist movement.

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21 November, 2008 | 5.00AM

Put the needle on the Rekids

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

Mighty UK imprint Rekids have complied a huge, DJ-friendly collection of their finest works to date.

‘Rekids Revolution’ brings together three CDs of the labels stand-out moments and includes a bonus mix by label mainstay Spencer Parker.

CD1 is unmixed and focused on original mixes of Rekids material that has done the damage over the past couple of years.

21 November, 2008 | 2.17AM

A To B

Miwon [City Centre Offices]

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

City Centre Offices, the German and English collaboration label, puts out another world class electronica album with Miwon’s stunning ‘A To B’ LP.

With some ideas no doubt borrowed from the Boards Of Canada camp, the projects sees pop meet shoegaze-influenced Ulrich Schnauss atmospherics and Japanese-inspired indie.

20 November, 2008 | 8.05PM

Vices

The Rogue Element [Exceptional Reco...

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

The Rogue Element used to be the guy on speed dial for top of the range remixes, so much so that he even vocally expressed his anxiety towards making his own productions.

Once the winner of such accolades as ‘Best Breakthrough Producer’, ‘Best Album’ and ‘Best Remix’ at successive Breakspoll Awards, The Rogue Element has returned to the fold in 2009 to make his mark as much more than a breaks producer and hot remixer.

20 November, 2008 | 4.43PM

Great Matters EP

His Majesty Andre [Cheaper Thrills]...

Section: Music Recommendations Topics: DJ Gossip
Written by: Zack Rico

Italian producer His Majesty Andre has dropped a couple of interesting house bangers this year, but the claims that he’s the next big Italian star are a little premature.

His new ‘Great Matters’ EP on Herve’s hot new label Cheaper Thrills however does show a high level of consistency and an exciting and varied approach to house music that suggests a bright future may lay ahead - all four tracks on the EP are certainly accomplished.

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20 November, 2008 | 12.49PM

Untitled

Breakage [Digital Soundboy Recordin...

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

This year has definitely been a ‘feeeeeling good’ one; what with Johnny D taking the Nina Simone track and turning it into a massive minimal anthem, and Dutch d&b duo CLS and Wax rinsing their liquid homage to the soul legend later on in the summer.

Nina now gets the dubstep treatment, courtesy of Breakage (what old Simone would have made of it, no one will ever know).

20 November, 2008 | 10.21AM

John Tejada to mix Fabric 44

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

US techno star John Tejada has been announced as the man behind Fabric 44, the latest edition in the mix series from the esteemed London venue.

The producer, who has amassed an output of over 11 albums since the beginning of the ‘90s, has brought together 20 selections of deep and melodic house and techno which includes a large number of cuts from his own Palette imprint.

2008 mainstays such as Pigon’s ‘Kamm’, the mysterious ‘WAX10001’ and Nekes ‘Cristal’ are blended with the aforementioned Palette material as well as a couple of classics thrown in for good measure.

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.