Beatport Live presents Joel Alter
| 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! Read more on Beatportal  |
Bassnectar Tour and Recap
| 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. Watch this video on Beatportal  |
Friction: Led Astray
| You might know Friction as head of Shogun Audio or as the artist whose many tracks took the DnB scene by storm last year. Either way, brace yourself for 2012 because Friction looks to be continuing his upwards trajectory. Here’s the latest video released via Friction, for the new track "Led Astray." The tune is a monster with "peak-time raver" written all over it. News from the camp pins the single to a February 27th release, but it also looks as if we can expect a full artist album from Friction some time this year. Watch this video on Beatportal  |
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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Now in Mashbox: New tracks from Noir, Pan-Pot + more
| 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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Must Hear Tracks: Week 53
| 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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Matthew Dear: In The Middle (I Met You There) feat. Jonny Pierce
Lucky Paul: Elephant Island
Borgore: Flex
| Naughty, naughty Borgore is at it again. The video for his upcoming single "Flex" has surfaced, and news of the EP has provided us some details of its contents. "Flex" will see remixes from Coven, Figure, and Document One, while Borgore sweetens the package with a tune featuring the vocals of LA indie-pop singer Dev. The EP is due for a full release in March, but you can catch the exclusive on Beatport coming February 27. In the meantime, check below for a behind-the-scenes-look at the video shoot. Watch this video on Beatportal  |
Track Of The Day: Moon Boots - Aretha (Zimmer Remix)
| The guys at Nurvous have once again graciously delivered us more deep-disco goodness from the city so nice they named it twice. Moon Boots, of French Express fame, unleashes "Aretha," a blissed-out summertime deep-houser, smack dab in the middle of one of the most miserable winters on record. In typical low 'n' slow Nurvous style, "Aretha" is a sleazed-out take on the modern deep house sound. Rolling bass, chopped vocals, and an arpeggiated synth move the track through its unfortunately short duration, but thankfully there's plenty of remixes in the package. Read more on Beatportal  |
Beatport #1: Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl – In My Mind (Axwell Mix)
| Congratulations to Axwell, whose remix of Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl's "In My Mind" just hit the #1 position on the Beatport Top 100!
His dance-floor touch tips the track, originally produced by Australia's Ivan Gough (of TV Rock) his countrymen Feenixpawl, over the edge. The single enlists the vocal talents of award-winning vocalist Georgi Kay, and it looks as if both factions have soon-to-be-released projects in store with her.
If you're in New York, be sure to check out Axwell 's upcoming opening of the Cosmic Opera dance event. Also be sure to keep an eye out for upcoming releases from his label Axtone.
Get the track on Beatport here, or keep reading to listen to an audio sample.
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Al Tourettes: Inventing
| 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.
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Free download: oOoOO - NoWayBack
| 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.
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