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Electro meets rap with ‘Jam On It’ by Newcleus
20 May, 2008 | 3.10PMThe year was 1984.
The early sound of electro had a fateful meeting with Brooklyn-style rap via the collective Jam-On Productions.
It started with ‘Jam On Revenge’ and somehow made its way to what we know today as ‘Jam On It’, and Jam-On Productions somehow became Newcleus.
Miraculously, as this video demonstrates, ‘Jam On It’ is as fresh today as ever.
Which means that their upcoming Detroit appearance for Movement this weekend should be just in time.
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Video: Duran Duran dig into their dance roots
14 May, 2008 | 8.46PMDuring their recent US touring stint for their latest album ‘Red Carpet Massacre’, synth pop (and of course pop) stadium legends Duran Duran pulled out this cut from their vast catalog of music.
The combination ‘All She Wants Is’ — taken from their 1988 album ‘Big Thing’ — combined with a cover of 1978’s ‘Warm Leatherette’ by The Normal (Mute record label founder Daniel Miller’s early act) was a stunning departure from their normally animated selves as performers on stage while at the Wells Fargo Theatre in Denver, Colorado this week.
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Moby makes mash-up of new album ‘Last Night’
13 February, 2008 | 6.47PM
In anticipation of Moby’s new decidedly more upbeat and dancefloor friendly outing ‘Last Night’ due April 1st, he’s put together a mash-up of the songs on the release.
The album was bumped from an earlier release in March, and, as noted previously on Beatportal, features several guest artists, including MC Grandmaster Caz, Sylvia from Kudu, MC Aynzil and more.
The album features some classic Moby pads throughout.
Get a hold of the mash-up as a stream or download on RCRD LBL.
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Beatportal interviews Trentemoller
12 February, 2008 | 2.37PMAs Danish musician Trentemoller recently trekked North America as part of a tour with his band, Beatportal’s Liz Warner caught up with him to chat about various goings on with his music production.
We chatted about playing with a live band as an electronic musician, ‘The Trentemoller Chronicles’ collection of remixes and unreleased tracks and the making of his ‘Moan’ video.
It was when we turned off the camera that we talked further to learn of Trentemoller’s plans to work with fellow Dane and filmmaker Lars von Trier on soundtrack production for von Trier’s upcoming film.
Look out for a new Trentemoller release ‘Miss You’ on Beatport in March 2008.
Video track listing:
1. Trentemoller ‘Evil Dub’ (Original Mix) [Poker Flat]
2. Trentemoller ‘Moan’ (Trentemoller Remix) [Poker Flat]
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Thom Yorke performs ‘Analyse’ live
8 February, 2008 | 6.44AMInspired by the recent release of remixes from Thom Yorke’s ‘The Eraser’ album by Burial, Modeselektor and Various, we dug for this video of a live television broadcast of the song ‘Analyse’ performed solo on piano.
No matter what the instrumental backdrop, the song seems to work for all occasions.
Interview with J. Scott G. and Shriekback frontman Barry Andrews
4 February, 2008 | 1.05PM
J. Scott G., formerly one half of Deepsky, has recently remade the classic Shriekback monster ‘Nemesis’.
We asked him for his inspiration, and he did us one better and talked with Shriekback frontman Barry Andrews himself about the remake of the song.
Here’s what J. Scott G. (pictured below) had to say about why he remade the song, followed by his conversation with Barry Andrews.
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I remember growing up with ‘Nemesis’ in the 1980s.
That chorus was so damn catchy, I couldn’t get it out of my head!
This was definitely around the time I started hearing bands like New Order, Depeche Mode, OMD and The Smiths, so all of this music was magical to me.
I knew at 10 years old that I was going to be making electronic music the rest of my life, and tunes like ‘Nemesis’ were a big part of why.
A few years ago, I took a shot at doing a bootleg remix of it, but it didn’t really come out all that well.
Then, about 6 months ago, I was talking to my label partner John, and mentioned wanting to take another crack at a remix and he was like, “Well why don’t you try getting a hold of the band and see if they wont re-sing it for you?”
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New Autechre coming March 2008
4 December, 2007 | 5.18PM
Autechre expect to release their ninth studio album coming up in March.
According to the Warp Records website, their new album with be entitled ‘Quaristice’ — but that’s the only bit of official information that we have as of yet.
The last album from Autechre was in 2005 when they released, ‘Untitled’, followed by a live tour, although they have material that’s been released since then (click on the Beatport link for full info).
For more current and future information on Autechre’s twisted brand of techno, links for Warp Records, Autechre and Autechre’s myspace page are below.
[Source: Warp Records website]
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Trentemoller talks of future plans
30 November, 2007 | 4.01PM
In today’s Herald Sun, Denmark’s Trentemøller is interviewed about an appearance he’s making in Australia as part of his band’s ongoing world tour.
In the article, he talks about the album, ‘The Last Resort’, as well as where he’d like to take his next album — with hopes of having Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star involved.
Trentemoller (full name Anders Trentemøller) also talks of his current live band set-up and finally settling on a remix for Moby.
[Source: Herald Sun]
In other Trentemøller news, the artist revealed in an interview with Beatportal that he has recently worked with fellow Dane and filmmaker Lars von Trier for soundtrack production.
Von Trier is known for several films, including ‘Dancer in the Dark’ starring Björk.
Given Trentemøller’s dramatic audio flair, the duo should create a stunning work.
More details on that development will be shared on Beatportal.
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Minus goes direct to digital with USB
30 November, 2007 | 11.51AM
Minus, the label started by Richie Hawtin, releases ‘EXPANSION | contraction’ in the USB format — a first for the label.
Hawtin has been a longtime proponent of the digital format, with early involvement in the digital DJ platform Final Scratch, as well as with the digital online music store Beatport.
In addition to being released on USB in an extremely limited quantity of 30, ‘EXPANSION | contraction’ is also released in both CD and vinyl formats, although the USB contains two bonus cuts by Tractile and Ambivalent.
Full tracklisting details are disclosed after the jump.
Ready, Set… Daft Punk!
28 November, 2007 | 1.00PM
While the world at large have already had the chance to witness Daft Punk’s document of their recent live tour in the form of ‘Alive 2007’, fans stateside wait anxiously for its North American release date of next Tuesday, December 4th.
A limited edition package is available, with the real deal, featuring the legendary Daft Punk live performance in their hometown of Paris in an 18,000-capacity sports arena, but extra goodies are included as well.
Check out Daft Punk’s official site by following the link.
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