Europe and beyond is gearing up for this massive Netherlands festival.

With a phemonel house-based lineup, the Extrema Outdoors festival (organized by the Dutch progressive house label of the same name) is certain to leave those who can’t attend drooling.

Focusing strongly on progressive house, electro, and techno, the lineup features a plethora of highly-rated acts, including Pete Tong, Erick Morillo, Sasha & Digweed, Chris Lake, Fedde Le Grand, Sebastien Leger, S.O.S., Phatjak, 16 Bit Lolitas, Harry Romero, Booka Shade, and many, many more.

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Fresh new DJ mix from Bryan Cox…

The Smackdown 002 – Live From The Meltdown Festival

This week, the Dutch boy wonder Rene Amesz throws down a set of his distinctive take on house and tech
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/

With Pete Tong missing in action in Ibiza, his usual weekly BBC Radio 1 radio show will be hosted by these house superstars over the next few weeks…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/petetong/tongdeps.shtml

Columbian producer/DJ on the rise – DJ Fist – takes us on a South American swing of what its like to dance to his groove
http://www.blowmedia.com/radio/radio_djfist_01.shtml

French electro-house sensation Sebastien Leger announced the unusual plan for his upcoming album.

The full “Planets Project” will be a 12-track compilation, with each track supposedly representing one of the planets (although with only 9 planets in the solar system, we imagine Sebastien will be taking some creative liberties).

The twist is that he’ll be slowly releasing each track off the album from now until the album’s release in October. In fact, the first two “planets”, Pluton and Saturn, are currently out now, and according to Sebastien’s website, Mercury and Mars aren’t far behind… Read more

01) Haji & Emmanuel – If (Marcella’s Stabbing Sally Remix) [Big Love]
02) DJ Dan – Needle Damage (Remixes) [Audacious]
03) DJ Misjah – What Is [Great Stuff]
04) Subsource – This Town (Hook-n-Sting Dub) [Spin Out Records]
05) Hipp-E – Get Ready [Soco Audio]
06) D.Ramirez & L.Sullivan & D.Bobrov – Pleasure Me [Slave Recordings]
07) Robbie Rivera – The Shout (Tiko’s Groove Remix) [24 Seven]
08) Soul Conspiracy – Say What (Hatiras Remix) [Rootz]
09) Melleefresh & Deadmau5 – Hey Baby [Rootz]
10) Chicken Lips – He Not In (vandalism Club Mix) [Azuli]

The almost x-rated tour returns to conquer America & beyond for the warmer summer months with a full on music & eye-stimulating experience
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