Archive for February, 2010
The Fool’s Gold European Vacation is now streaming on RBMA Radio for your listening pleasure. Check out some of the hottest names in the scene doing their thing in Paris, France live including artists such as A-Trak, Jokers of the Scene, Nick Catchdubs, Congorock, and more!
Trizzy and the boys stopped in Paris during their European Vacation tour last December, and the night’s highlights are now streaming on RBMA Radio.
‘Hatiras Presents’ welcomes Australian-based artist Bass Kleph to his weekly online broadcast. 2009 has been his Bass Kleph’s strongest year yet. The commercial and club success of $pend My Money (feat. Stellar MC) in Australia has catapulted him into the top echelons of Aussie talent (he jumped 26 places to #10 nationally in the ITM Top 50 DJs in 2009) and has firmly cemented his position as ‘one to watch’ on the international stage. His success in the ARIA Club Charts has meant that his remixes are in hot demand, but it’s his Beatport success this year that is making the international arena sit up and take notice.
‘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, iTunes, etc.
This past summer we picked up news that the We Rock label was resurrecting. For those of you unfamiliar with the We Rock label, it was essential French House that held its own during the rise of Roule, Fresh Fruit, Work, and other classic funky house labels of the past. Anyhow, the kind folks behind the Discodust Blog seem to have a connection with the French artist Raw Man (the mastermind behind We Rock), and have shared the next update which has us very excited!
We hooked you up with ‘What You Need’ by Priors (involving Raw Man of Crydamoure fame) many moons ago and Eye Industries are finally coming through with a release of remixes, including Discodust favorite Grum and Hey Champ, which you can check out right now! The secret star of this post is the Raw Man remix of ‘Neverest’ by Hey Champ though, which was done in exchange for the ‘What You Need’ remix.
If you’ve been following our site over time, you know how much we support the mighty Grum. Originally from Scotland, but now transplanted in Leeds – England, the young man continues to churn out essential remixes and innovative original productions. Here is just another example…
Los Angeles based electro rockers Jump Jump Dance Dance have already received some good feedback on the blogs for their recently leaked track ‘Do It For Love’ and are following up with the release of their first actual single. the post-punk flavoured ‘synths versus guitars’ anthem called ‘Show Me The Night’ will be out on etcetc. soon. Discodust favorite Grum delivers a great remix to ensure that both indie and electro-dominated dancefloors are covered.
Ms. Pinky has been on the scene for quite a while pushing out various software tools to let you manipulate audio with timecode records. With Max For Live on the scene you can now scratch in Ableton via Ms. Pinky giving some users an alternate to Ableton’s The Bridge. Create Digital Music posted the down-low on this development:
What should DJing in Ableton Live look like? How could conventional vinyl cueing and scratching be integrated with the Live environment? Serato and Ableton gave us one possible answer to that question last week with The Bridge. Their solution: use your Serato DJ set normally, and simply sync the transport of Ableton Live when the two run simultaneously.
That solution could be ideal for some users, but it falls short of what many expected, which was the ability to scratch audio elements from Live as though they were on vinyl. Scratching Live clips would seem to be the best of both worlds: you get all the live sequencing features of Live, but you can still manipulate sound as you would on a turntable.
Ms. Pinky Revised from Mastah Lee on Vimeo.
Recently acquired from Phonat’s website, here is a live DJ mix by the man himself from a January 2010 gig at Milk Club (Italy) available for your listening and downloading pleasure.
Treasure Fingers is a hot name in the nu disco/indie/funky house scene with backing from the likes of Fool’s Gold, and a developing legion of supporters that is stronger than most. Check out what the hype is about with this recent live DJ mix he dropped at Muse – Washington DC for the District Ignition crew and their essential weekly Snatch Rewired!
Here we have the official video for Gramophonedzie – ‘Why Don’t You’ – which has been a smash single for the San Francisco record label Guesthouse Records. The video is extremely creative, and if you haven’t heard the track…well, let’s just say its a great weapon to have in the collection.
The uprising Italian star re-transplanted in London continues to simply blow our minds – this time with his 2nd single from the critically acclaimed album self-titled release “Phonat”. ‘Love Hits The Fan’ is the new tune and from the moment we heard the album release a few months back, we knew this one was special. Here is what Nathan Taylor of The Young Punx had to say about the release:
The video is cut to ‘Love Hits The Fan’, the next single release to be taken from Phonat’s debut album, ‘Phonat’. Like the video for ‘Set Me Free’ it was directed and produced by Rocco Pezzella, Andrea Staiano, Francesco Castellani for the “Savants Collective”. ‘Love Hits The Fan’ will be released within 10-weeks with a clutch of remixes including cuts from Bestrack and Sharooz, plus a brand-new club version from the man himself and ‘Love Hits The Fan’ Part 2!
FunkyHouseMusic.com favorite when it comes to innovative forces in dance music, Hal Ritson expresses his thoughts on the ever-shifting social media landscape and how music artists can leverage the emerging advantages of the growing trends.
On Saturday 23rd January, the world’s leading music industry conference, MIDEM, was kicked off by a panel discussion with Hal Ritson of The Young Punx and Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls discussing the artist’s perspective on new models for the promotion of music in the digital economy. Other speakers following included Pharrell, Ed O’Brian of Radiohead and Fallout Boy.
Here are FunkyHouseMusic.com we can’t get enough of the “In The Studio…” video series that comes with our monthly gear porn Magazine + DVD from Future Music. Last November, American techno hero Claude VonStroke revealed some of his production secrets in front of the camera and those videos have been re-posted to Youtube. Check ‘em out before they disappear…
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InTheMix.com.au conducts an audio interview with the head of Buzzin’ Fly Records and all around house legend Ben Watt on what to expect in 2010…
DJ/producer and head of the revered Buzzin Fly stable, Ben Watt has long since transcended his original status as part of the Everything But The Girl duo, going on to become one of underground dance music’s most loved figures in the UK. In the opening weeks of 2010, it’s business as usual for the Buzzin’ Fly crew and they’re putting out just as much beautiful music as ever – and these days, taking up most of Ben Watt’s time.
ATFC lays down the next Defected mix CD with a wicked track list injected with personal edits, forgotten gems, and Defected classics!
ATFC delivers 2 discs of the freshest worldwide house music complete with exclusives and classics sprinkled throughout the mix. CD1 includes the brand new ATFC release (‘Computer Love’) as well as an exclusive from Copyright (‘Someday’). Also included is the massive 2009 Ibiza smash ‘I Called U (The Conversation)’, a future house music anthem from Dennis Ferrer (‘Hey Hey’) alongside huge big room sounds from Steve Angello and Erick Morillo.
CD2 kicks off with an exclusive new remix of Reboot’s 2009 hit ‘Enjoy Music’ by rising Italian / Shoreditch talent Riva Starr, Osunlade’s underground killer ‘Mirror Dance’, a brand new cut from DJ Gregory, Mark Knight and Underworlds epic ‘Downpipe’, ATFC’s remake of the Strictly Rhythm classic ‘Spark Da Meth’ before finishing on a classic from arguably London’s biggest dance music act; Basement Jaxx and their 1997 Brixton bomb ‘Fly Life’.
Mike Balance returns to ‘Hatiras Presents’ to rock our ears with the freshest in electro and funky house!
‘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, iTunes, etc.
MP3 Link: Hatiras Presents Mike Balance 03
