Archive for March, 2011

Inspiration from Ali Wells aka Perc

Monday, March 28th, 2011

One of the few producers around who can claim to be putting a fresh stamp on the techno genre is London producer and label owner Ali Wells aka Perc. He’s a producer with a relentless work rate and mammoth discography to match. So how does he get it all done? He told a recent interviewer: [...]

Electric Frog Festival 2011 Line Up

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Glasgow-based dance festival Electric Frog returns next month with a stellar line-up that includes Erol Alkan, J Rocc, Francois Kevorkian, Green Velvet, DJ Yoda, Ivan Smagghe and Dave Clarke. One of the country’s music highlights last year, Electric Frog bills itself as “Scotland’s premier urban & electronic micro-festival” and is this year expanding to two [...]

Review: Carl Craig & Planet E

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Carl Craig has taken up the mantle this year, and with good reason – Planet E, his label, has reached the big two zero. Each of the carefully chosen tracks bears out the resilience of its makers. In truth, any of these tracks could have been written in the last two decades, an observation that [...]

Kim Kardashian Debuts Techno Song

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The wait is over. Kim Kardashian has finally dropped her debut single, ‘Jam.’ Produced by The-Dream, the bass-heavy techno song made its debut during ‘On-Air with Ryan Seacrest’. Kardashian, admitted that she was nervous about premiering the track, and after taking a listen, the reality star has every right to be. Although the expectations may [...]