Artist: Hatiras & DJ Dan
Title: Baked From Scratch
Label: Blow Media
Format: Vinyl
Release Date: 2/22/06
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What happens when you take two of the hottest funky house producers and combine them with a hip hop mc? You come out with a track that is simply out of control. ‘Baked From Scratch’ is layered with scratch samples and vocal stabs taking your everyday house tune to new heights. Featured on DJ Dan’s recent mix cd -’Lift’ – this is one of the most sought after tracks of the year.

Crowds around the world have been joining the Philadelphian rapper Messinan in chanting “burn this motherfucker down” for months now. This album will finally be released to the general public which will cause this song to only get hotter. ‘Baked From Scratch’ features a vocal side, dub, and an acapella. This seems to be the style Blow Media will be following in the year to come as they continue their reign as one of the hottest labels to release funky house… Read more

Artist: Prospect Park
Title: Get Down Tonight
Label: Z Records
Format: Vinyl
Release Date: 2/13/06
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Wow! Talk about a sneaky bomb from left field from the Z Records camp with remix support from the legendary yet extremely unpredictable producer – Joey Negro. Typically known for churning out deeper house tunes, Z Records & Mr. Negro pump out a disco house pleaser full of thick baselines, old school vocal sample snippets (this one will not scare off the vocal haters), and enough variety to keep your head bobbing hard enough you might pull a muscle.

Combining an old school feel, yet updated for the new generations, this track mysteriously combines the wonderful elements of uptempo, midtempo, and deep house all into one package. Upon first listen, house DJs will quickly realize they are listening to the production work of an experienced, talented veteran of the studios. This is a rare gem that will satisfy stubborn dance floors, old school heads, and even the ladies!.. Read more

Artist: Brian Tappert
Title: The Organ Track
Label: Soulfuric Trax
Format: Vinyl
Release Date: 2/7/06
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Soulfuric’s own Brian Tappert makes his long awaited return to the studio in the form of “The Organ Track”. This is house music for the dance floor, plain and simple.

With an old school trip to the days of whistles, pacifiers, parachute pants, breakers, liquid movements, glow sticks, vicks, and glitter – this tune brings back memories of acts like 2 Bad Mice with it’s infectious feeling. Not to be mistaken for a bootleg of a past rave anthem, this track is an original masterpiece that will blow up the spot anywhere & everywhere… Read more

Beatport.com is now offering 10 FREE MP3 downloads from 10 seperate labels in an effort to increase the hype on these WMC clubland weapons of choice.
With producers like Shmuel Flash, Huge-A, Cagedbaby, Grooveland, Def E, The Beginerz, & Matthew E…how can you go wrong with FREE music?

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Check out this entertaining read entering the recent life of the mighty Swedish superstar via the Dstressed.net online community.
http://www.dstressed.net/axwell

Artist: Axer
Title: 123 / 321
Label: Pryda Friends
Format: Vinyl
Release Date: 2/23/06
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Continuing their trend of packaging up club house delights under names reminiscent of household cleaning products (i.e. Pryda, Axtone, Cirez D), Eric Prydz and Axwell team up to create the newest house brand meant for mass consumption ‘ Axer.

This initial release on the ‘Pryda Friends’ label offers two clean cuts suited for different tastes. ’123′ is the banger here, centered around a simple yet funky techno groove. These two reps from the Swedish House Mafia prove once again that less can definitely be more, as the majority of the track employs nothing except than the aforementioned upfront riff, all to the backdrop of ever-changing percussion. Normally, one would assume that this simply wouldn’t be enough to cut it as a house track in this day and age, but the lead is so catchy and simplistic that it somehow doesn’t matter. To top it off, the dynamic duo throws in some very sinister pad action halfway through, which truly is the icing on the cake… Read more

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. has introduced the CDJ-1000MK3 and CDJ-800MK2, a new generation of high-end digital turntables that puts more control into the hands of DJs.
Step-up features include jog feel adjustments, hot looping / re-looping, improved track and wave data display and MP3 compressed audio playback, providing DJs enhanced mixing and scratching capability to sharpen their craft. Suggestions from previous generation CDJ owners were taken into account in developing the new turntables, to add better feel, precision and performance. DJs will find the Pioneer CDJ products to feel as close to a vinyl turntable with the great benefits of a digital player… Read more