Archive for May, 2011

At Berlin Festival, Music Hits the Big Screen

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

If you hear the strains of various musical genres at cinemas around Berlin, don’t be surprised. The annual In-Edit International Music Documentary Festival will take place from April 5 to 10 at Kreuzberg’s Moviemento. From electro to flamenco, an eclectic range of musical genres are represented in the lineup of 33 documentaries that feature artists [...]

DJ Skribble

Friday, May 13th, 2011

DJ Skribble is a great American DJ, prevalent on the dance club scene. Toca’s Miracle! is a popular anthem that often gets the crowd energetic. This DJ Skribble is well worth checking out. He’s also been on MTV several times.

EMI launches dance music A&R project ‘She Can DJ’

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Having built a star-studded dance music roster, EMI music is looking to add a new talent to the ranks. With inthemix on board for the search, the A&R project ‘She Can DJ’ will result in a Global Recording Contract with EMI for the winner.

Techno Music Takes the Talent to South Beach

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Every March, the beautiful people like Madonna and Diddy and Karl Lagerfeld head down to Miami to join the the gods of electronic dance music. There, they float in and out of dance clubs to hear some of the best DJs in the world practice their trade. They come to Miami to check out two [...]

DJs Mystik and Epic

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

DJ Mystik – A high quality Asian DJ who often collaborats with DJ Epic. Milky Way, Open Your Eyes, Fur Elise (Remix), and Better Off Alone are some of the best songs that DJ Mystik does. DJ Epic – DJ Mystik’s often allied friend. Both produce outstanding tracks, collorbrative and independent. The song My Oh [...]

Veteran DJ Laurent Garnier on staying relevant after 20 years behind the decks

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

His 18-month L.B.S tour is that ‘the man with the red face’ is constantly seeking new sonic landscapes. Alongside Scan X and Benjamin Rippert, live tracks are re-created night after night, with no one show being the same. No matter the city Laurent Garnier knows that relevance is key: ‘you’ve got to respect the crowd [...]

Ultra Festival Miami in March

Monday, May 9th, 2011

One of the electronic music world’s most renowned festivals gets under way Friday, offering three rave-tastic days of all things techno, electroclash, ambient, breakbeat, IDM, synthpop – and Duran Duran! Other headliners include Tiesto, Deadmau5, Underworld, the Chemical Brothers and David Guetta. Most of the second-tier acts could easily be headliners at most festivals, including [...]

Review: Paul Oakenfold

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

Wow! That’s all that can be said about this DJ! Oakenfold’s music is so great and he is so well resptected he did the entire soundtrack to the hit movie Swordfish starring John Travolta, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman. Plus, his live performances are supposed to be even more impressive.

Bleep.com Podcast

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

For those of you with a penchant for the more broken and leftfield side of things. Warp Recordings digital downloads imprint Bleep.com have launched a new podcast. The first episode gives a good feel for the eclectic output of warp over the years, if you like to have your musical horizons this is definitely one [...]

Melt! Festival 2011 Announces Acts

Friday, May 6th, 2011

The Melt! organisation. Today announced several new acts for the 2011 festival in Ferropolis, Germany. White Lies, Digitalism, Jens “Jence” Moelle and Ismail “Isi” Tüfekci join the Berlin-based Melt! Klub Weekender with squealing synth sounds, brute breaks, and belling bass lines