!K7 are buzzing on the announcement that the next instalment in the DJ-Kicks series comes from the hugely acclaimed, underground dubstep producer BURIAL. The South London producer is notoriously shy of press and public performances yet his last two albums on Kode 9's Hyperdub label have established him as one of the global leaders in this exploding scene on word-of-mouth alone. more -»
Port Washington, NY - As it celebrates 20 years of chronicling United States DJ Culture, DJ Times magazine kicked off its 2008 America’s Best DJ contest on March 25th at Miami’s Winter Music Conference by announcing this year’s top 100 nominees. more -»
Ben Watt's Buzzin' Fly Records blows out the candles on its 5th birthday cake this year and to celebrate the label presents a sumptuously appointed triple CD unmixed album, two parts retrospective, one part future-facing. more -»
Amnesty International has teamed up with leading advertising agency Drugstore, DarkFibre Films and visual effects specialists Prime Focus London, to produce a new hard-hitting short film about torture as part of its “Unsubscribe” campaig. The new 90-second film, “Stuff Of Life”, is a powerful short on “waterboarding”, the hugely controversial practice of torturing prisoners by partially drowning them. more -»
Next to join Loopmasters hugely popular ‘Artist Series’ (producer led DVD sample packs from some of the most interesting and innovative producers on the planet) is Joey Youngman with ‘Jacked Out Future House’. more -»
SOOL is subtle, mysterious and minimal. This is Ellen Allien's fourth solo album. "Created in winter 2007/2008 in Berlin, intended to be a valve, a loophole. Winters always have been a very creative time for me; in particular, after this past hot and crazy summer and autumn 2007 in Berlin", says Ellen.
Music has ruled Mark Farina’s every step, since his vibrant youth: days spent marching routines with a trumpet in his Chicago high school’s band blurred into wild nights stomping around hardcore and punk shows. The American based house producer is the next hero from a Fabric mix CD. more -»
Ex rapper Loco Dice is set to release his debut artist album on Desolat, record label founded together with Martin Buttrich. 7 Dunham Place is a personal journey for Loco Dice, moving away from Dusseldorf and opting for the busy metropolitan streets of New York.
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Niki B & Christian E.F.F.E. grew up with the legendary Tuscany sound championed in the nineties by Italian masters Francesco Farfa & Miki. They return now with a fresh EP set to be released on Hell Yeah Recordings. [more »]
Digweed reached the third volume of the acclaimed Transitions mix CD series on Renaissance. For this volume, he edited all the tracks, in order to make them work together as a whole. In just a few words, the British based artist promises Transitions 3 to be the best volume from this. Is it so? [more »]
The Model has become a truly successful role model on the electronic music scene. He’s managed to become a must-see act, surprising in itself given that he’s never been pushed forward by any marketing or promotion teams....more »
