Time Magazine tackles a subject that is very much prevalent in dance music regarding the use and abuse of the much-beloved Auto-Tune…
Time.com – Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect

We caught up with Minneapolis’ steward of live bass guitar and quality dace music production, Jevne, to get his thoughts on this year’s WMC.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Your personal favorite tune of the 2008 WMC?

Jevne: Organized Crime “It’s ours” John Hawley & Markus A! Killer new mix of the john Cutler Classic

FunkyHouseMusic.com: The overall biggest tune of the 2008 WMC?

Jevne: Organized Crime “It’s ours” John Hawley & Markus A!

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Best party of the 2008 WMC?

Jevne: OM Thursday night at the Y Ultra Lounge

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Who rocked it?

Jevne: Hipp-e, Diz, Pete Moss

FunkyHouseMusic.com: What are your plans for the rest of 2008?

Jevne: Taking the spring off from touring kicking it in MPLS, Fishing, biking & Chillin! Making some new Cuts, working on the fall/winter tours and Lining up the fall/winter releases for Onethirty

We caught up with one of Chicago’s biggest DJ/producers, Steve Smooth, to get his thoughts on this year’s Winter Music Conference.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Your personal favorite tune of the 2008 WMC?

Steve Smooth: C’est La Vie-(Fedde Le Grand Vs. Martin Solveig Remix) – Martin Solveig

FunkyHouseMusic.com: The overall biggest tune of the 2008 WMC?

Steve Smooth: Break Down The House – Laidback Luke

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Best party of the 2008 WMC?

Steve Smooth: I want my Crobar @ Dream

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Who rocked it?

Steve Smooth: Kaskade & Bad Boy Bill @ the I want my Crobar party.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: What are your plans for the rest of 2008?

Steve Smooth: Finishing up my album with JJ Flores for Ultra Records & getting ready for

our 1st 2×4 tour.

We caught up Solmatic’s front man, David Garcia, to get his thoughts on this year’s Winter Music Conference.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Your personal favorite tune of the 2008 WMC?

David Garcia: Buy Now’s Body Crash (Dirty South Remix) & Man With Red Face (Mark Knight Edit)

FunkyHouseMusic.com: The overall biggest tune of the 2008 WMC?

David Garcia:Eric Prydz “Pjano” and crowds snapped over the mash-up of “Be” Vs. “Show Me Love”

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Best party of the 2008 WMC?

David Garcia:A tie between Roger Sanchez @ Mansion & The Swedish House Mafia Party

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Who rocked it?

David Garcia:Roger Sanchez @ Mansion completely tore the place apart for 8 hours; James Zabiela @ Beatport scratched his way into stardom; Richard Vission at AM Only kept us going into the early morning; and Bad Boy Bill @ XMIX got the party started!

FunkyHouseMusic.com: What are your plans for the rest of 2008?

David Garcia: Really focus on Solmatic Records and new productions. We just launched the new Solmatic Records website and its a lot more interactive, I Have several new singles coming out, the first one called “WARLOCK” and a few remixes as well, one for Dave Aude’s track “Grass is Greener”. both should be out end of May.

We caught up with turntable trickster and prolific bootleg producer, DJ Kue, to get his thoughts on this year’s Winter Music Conference.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Your personal favorite tune of the 2008 WMC?
DJ Kue: I have no idea what it was, but I heard Stupid Fresh play some track at the Eden party that reminded me of some schoolyard song. It was nuts! On another note, I will say it was great to hear some of my stuff being played at WMC. Makes me feel appreciated you know!

FunkyHouseMusic.com: The overall biggest tune of the 2008 WMC?
DJ Kue: Hmm, you know, that’s a tough one. What’s interesting about WMC now, is that alot of the music you end up hearing is already released. So there was nothing that really wowed me, but overall, my favorite tune this year has to be Sia “The Girl You Lost To Cocaine (Sander Van Doorn Remix)”. That tune was massive and definitely rocked the house at the different parties I checked out.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Best party of the 2008 WMC?
DJ Kue: I definitely had a blast at the Eden Party and the AM Only party. It was great meeting alot of people. That was definitely the highlight for me. The music was rocking and people were having a great time. I will say that Ultra didn’t impress me this year and usually, that’s the party that knocks your socks off.

FunkyHouseMusic.com: Who rocked it?
DJ Kue: Stupid Fresh absolutely murdered the Eden party. Hands down. Hatiras had the crowd rocking by the time these two guys came on and damn! Their track selection (which was pretty much all their stuff) was massive. I highly predict Fidget House to be the next big thing in the next couple of months. Electro has become so stale as of late, and these guys, along with the other producers making waves overseas, are going to BLOW UP. Read more

DJ Kue and Jon Pegnato tag team at the “Thank Glaude It’s Miami” party @ Dream (formerly Amika / Shadowlounge).
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Radio1 Worldwide host Gilles Peterson is the latest to mix an “In The House” compilation for Defected Records which will be released at the end of January. Giles is known for having one of the biggest and most diverse record collections in the industry, but for this 3CD set it’s nothing but house music. Read on for a peek at this killer tracklist…

Disc 1

1. Wahoo feat. Paul Randolph ‘Don´t Take it Personal’

2. Larry Heard presents Mr. White ‘You Rock Me’ (Long Version).. Read more

Until the end of January, the first 50 Defected releases and the entire Fluental back-catalog will be half price on digital download from Defected’s website. The 50p price translates to less than a dollar stateside which means you’ll be able to pick up all these classics tracks and hidden gems for cheap! Read on for a list of the goods…

http://www.defected.com/news-and-reviews/latest-from-defected-hq-detail/116

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