From Brent Bussey, for About.com
They say everything gets better with age, and DJing is no exception. I can remember the days of lugging around crates of records weighing 50 pounds each. Of course I was in better shape then. Nowadays, the older and wiser me carries an all-in-one system comprising of a laptop, a USB MIDI controller and a pair of headphones altogether weighing less than 10 pounds. Wonder how that’s possible? Let me introduce you to the VCM-100 from Vestax. READ FULL REVIEW
The acclaimed DJ and “Producer of the Year” deadmau5 releases his debut full length ’Random Album Title‘ which is now available exclusively at iTunes via Ultra Records. ’Random Album Title’ brings together for the first time all of deadmau5’s most popular material including smashes “Not Exactly” and “Faxing Berlin” along with his collaboration with Kaskade “I Remember” plus new songs “Some Kind of Blue” and “Slip.”
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Decibel Festival held in Seattle. This event has become one of North America’s top electronic music events which caters to everything from top house music acts to instrumental hip hop and experimental audio/ visual performances. This event will run from the 25th to the 28th and includes a two-day conference, multimedia showcases, a BBQ, a free outdoor park event, an ambient dinner theater, and the usual amazing roster of over 120 acts representing 12 different countries (including Deadmau5).
For more details and full listing of acts visit the official dbFestival site.
Our best wishes go out to our two business colleagues in this very unfortunate incident. We hope for a very quick and healthy recovery. Our condolences to the families of those who unfortunately did not survive.
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were critically injured in a plane crash Friday night (September 19) in Columbia, South Carolina. They had just performed at a free T-Mobile-sponsored show in the Five Points area, along with Perry Farrell and headliner Gavin DeGraw.
Though early reports had suggested that DeGraw may have been on the plane at the time of the crash, DeGraw’s father, Wayne, told MTV News that he’d spoken to his son Saturday morning and that he was fine. Farrell’s manager, Peter Katsis, confirmed that Farrell was not on the plane.
According to Lynne Douglas, public information officer for the Columbia Metro Airport, the crash took place just before midnight on Friday and involved a private Learjet with six passengers onboard. While taking off, the plane, which never left the ground, began sending up sparks and skidded off the end of the runway through a fence separating the airfield from a nearby roadway. It then crossed the roadway and ended up in an embankment, catching fire on impact. Douglas said two passengers — who were later confirmed to be AM and Barker — escaped the aircraft while it was on the ground, while the other two passengers and crew members died in the crash. READ FULL STORY HERE
Here’s a list of some of the top house music internet radio stations.
DI.fm – Silky sexy deep house music direct from New York city
Deep Mix Moscow Radio – Russian style deep house
House-radio – Deep, minimal-house, nu-jazz from Berlin & Amsterdam
Dogglounge – Very deep house radio
Intergalaktik – Quality house from Serbia
Audiogrooves – Soul: deep house mixes with soulful feelings from Brazil
Danceradio – Electronica stream from Greece
Handzonradio – House music from Boltimore
DeepFM – House essentials and new music, Netherlands
Blast FM – Dub, downbeat, funky breaks and cold sweated house from Bern, Switzerland
TheBedroomDj – House breaks and downtempo mixes
Netmusique – Housemusique: deep & delicious house grooves
Ibiza global radio – Music from the famous island, Spain
DinamoFM – Techno, deep house, minimal from Istanbul, Turkey
Audioasyl – Techouse, electronica, deep house from Switzerland
Deepinside – Soulful house station: the most emblematic dance-music artists, UK
Cavo Paradiso – Listen to soundz of the famous club in Mykonos island
My house-your house – Underground house and eclectic broadcasting
Deepvibes – Deep house music 24/7 straight out of old London town
SSradio – Soulful and funky house music radio station, UK
DFR Radio – Leader in house music
Future generation – Turkey’s 1st electronic station: tech-house, minimal, electro
XanuRadio – Live! Tech-house, progressive
Housefm – Pure house music from the UK
Paris-one – Deep-house, garage, soulful
Afterhoursdjs – Main house channel
PushFM – Deep soulful, tech, tribal house from London
XDJ Rembo – House from Netherlands
MotionFM – Deep soulful house from Quebec, Canada
Atmosferix – Deep house music radio from Latvia
Big shout out to FilterMusic for compiling this great list!
There is a new series of studio loops/ sample packs that are now exclusively available at www.RatedH.net. Thess bundles not only include bass pumping quality studio loops, but also include one-minute continuous looped DJ Tools perfect for those DJ’s wanting to remix on the fly. Formats included are wav samples, rex loops, and mp3 files.
AVAILABLE NOW AT WWW.RATEDH.NET
Chris Moody “Freak You” (unreleased remix of Jodeci classic) gets aired by Roger Sanchez on Release Yourself (show #361).
