Archive for October, 2008
The Young Punx have been shortlisted for the prestigious Grammy Award for ‘Best Electronic/Dance Album’ for their debut album – ‘Your Music Is Killing Me’
Online Link: The Young Punx: Shortlisted For A Grammy Award
LA Weekly’s Dennis Romero charts the rise of nu electro in Los Angeles, a movement he claims was effectively born when Daft Punk performed there in 2006.
Online Link: Nu Electro: Los Angeles – California
‘Hatiras Presents’ is the weekly radio show presented by Hatiras. Each episode features a new 60 minute mix from many of the planet’s finest DJs. Feel free to download the show here every week. And don’t forget – support the music by purchasing downloads from Beatport, Juno, etc.
MP3 Download Link: Hatiras Presents Mike Balance 02
Armin van Buuren has been named as the world’s number one DJ in the annual DJ Mag Top 100 awards. The list, which was officially unveiled last night at Ministry of Sound in London, (having been available in certain corners of cyberspace since the beginning of this week) threw up little surprises in terms of personnel with the usual suspects of Ti�sto and Paul van Dyk taking the second and third spots respectively. As you can see from the list below (after the jump), the chart is a bastion of trance, with the top 10 in particular featuring Above & Beyond (#4), Ferry Corsten (#6) and Markus Schulz (#8). Electro house also made a good account of itself with David Guetta (#5), Deadmau5 (#11) and Axwell (#20) among the highest placed artists… Read more
All too often producers overlook ‘ or sometimes disregard ‘ the value of the lowly noise gate and its cousin, the expander. Originally designed to help eliminate hiss, rumble and other unwanted recording artifacts, the noise gate has quite a few creative uses once you understand what’s going on under its hood. In this tutorial, we’ll take a closer look at the underlying principles that govern this type of effect.
Online Link: Tutorial: How To Use A Noise Gate.. Read more
Could Pete Tong be dance music’s answer to American Idol/X Factor creator Simon Cowell? He has got his sights set on exposing new talent across the USA; American Idol stylee.
Online Link: Pete Tong’s US Talent Search
Bronx-bred brothers Steve and Chris Martinez are insistent on bucking the DJ trend on a few different levels. At 19 and 16 years of age respectively, they exhibit an impressive dexterity as DJs and an intimate connection with a genre of music deeply ingrained in their DNA: house. They’re an anomaly of their generation, and not just because they’ve spun crowds into frenzies in Ibiza, Hong Kong, London, and Switzerland before they’ve even hit legal drink: The Martinez Brothers Talk Gear & Tunes.. Read more
Fresh new DJ mix from Wei Shen…
Fresh new DJ mix from DJ Disciple…
Check out this new DJ mix from DJ Disciple…
‘Hatiras Presents’ is the weekly radio show presented by Hatiras. Each episode features a new 60 minute mix from many of the planet’s finest DJs. Feel free to download the show here every week. And don’t forget – support the music by purchasing downloads from Beatport, Juno, etc.
MP3 Link: Hatiras Presents DJ Dan 03
Check out this new DJ mix from Tocadisco…
Check out this new DJ mix from Roger Sanchez…
As credit crunches, economic crises and rollercoaster stock market fluctuations dominate world headlines, people are looking for an escape. In times of uncertainty, stress or hardship, music perhaps more than anything else soothes the soul and provides a release from the perils of day-to-day life. Unfortunately the music industry ‘ and club land in particular ‘ has not been immune from current conditions and has taken a few ‘ at time major ‘ hits in recent months. It’s reassuring, however, to see that one label and event brand ‘ Defected ‘ is bucking the trend and only getting stronger… Read more
It must be a measure of Danny Howell’s success that even though he hasn’t visited our shores for nearly two and a half years, there’s plenty lot of anticipation surrounding his impending return. This enviable reputation that he’s built up for himself has a lot to do with his ‘chameleon’ approach to his DJ sets. While he was tagged as one of the ‘progressive’ up-and-comers earlier in the decade when he was chosen by the Global Underground label to front one of their Nu-Breed releases, he’s since become known as a performer that takes an unpredictable approach to house music that can see him dropping everything from mainroom bangers to deeper selections, progressive to techno, or whatever else he can get his mits on… Read more
