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News | Our Music Culture Explained
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Based off my experiences old and new, I have decided to write a small break down / observation of how I view our music industry.Without telling you who I am other than that my name is Jon, I’ve been a “professional” house producer for over five years, DJing for about nine. My first record was in 2003, and since then I have had about 40-some odd releases, have been on some top-name DJ CDs,...
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News | Movement Festival: live blog from DEMF
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 21, 2008
... that we need track IDs for so that you lot can get involved.So if you can't make it to Movement, Beatportal is the next best thing.Beatportal's live blog starts this Friday (May 23rd) and will continue till Tuesday May 27th.Check out all the action at: beatportal.com/movementAfter the jump, check out a video of Steve Bug killing the Beatport tent last year! Read more on Beatportal.com
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Videos | Winter Music Conference 2008 - recap!
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 20, 2008
... IN THIS VIDEOFor those of you that couldn't make it to Miami's Winter Music Conference in March, we put together this quick video of highlights from the Beatport pool party at The National hotel in South Beach.On the video you'll see James Zabiela spinning, Dubfire grooving, Tiefschwarz minimalizing and Chris Lake doing the funky chicken dance.Watch this video on Beatportal.com
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News | Movement 2008’s sick line-up
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
The line-up for Detroit’s Movement festival is mightily impressive.Over the next three days, the crème de la crème of techno talent is due to perform over the five stages – Real Detroit, Vitamin Water, Red Bull Music Academy, Pioneer Pro DJ and a stage hosted by some company called Beatport.Read more on Beatportal.com
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News | Movement 2008: A family friendly techno festival
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
Nowhere but Detroit would you see families eating ice cream whilst listening to minimal techno at a festival.Here at Movement 2008, the Hart Plaza site is a perfect place to put on a techno festival, with its large concrete areas (a concrete floor makes a soundsystem sound so much better than when its in mud), large grassy grounds, and view of the river.Read more on Beatportal.com
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Videos | Movement 2008: Justin Long drops Format B ‘Full House’
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
Here’s a video I filmed from the DJ booth of Justin Long dropping Format B’s ridiculously cool techno track ‘Full House’ on the Beatport stage at Movement 2008.The track features some superb percussive techno loops and is perfectly programmed to destroy dancefloors.Watch this video on Beatportal.com
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News | Welcome to Detroit, techno city
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
We’ve just touched down in Detroit, Michigan and the weather is perfect for an outdoor techno knees-up.For the next four days we’ll be sending live blog updates from the frontline (and backline) of Movement festival aka Detroit Electronic Music Festival, a three-day event that celebrates Detroit’s rich techno heritage.Read more on Beatportal.com
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News | Daft Punk arrested at Movement 2008
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 24, 2008
We captured this photo of one of the Daft Punk boys just seconds before Detroit police jumped and handcuffed the French house duo.After a large scuffle between Daft Punk's entourage and police, the cops agreed to let Daft Punk if the pair admitted that they weren't in fact, harder, better, faster or stronger than the police.Read more on Beatportal.com
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News | From the Hawtin’s mouth: Richie explains The Cube
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 25, 2008
Shared by Joe this is as stupid as I imagined it would be.Last night at the Minus afterparty in Detroit at St. Andrews Hall, Beatportal spotted Richie Hawtin hanging out by the bar. So we grabbed the famous techno DJ and asked him about the mysterious Cube, which he and Minus crew are promoting as a new club concept.Here's what Richie Hawtin had to say about The Cube.Read more on...
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News | The porn star afterparty
via Beatportal.com - Main Feed by (author unknown) on May 25, 2008
Last night, after the Minus party at St. Andrews Hall, we headed back to the hotel for a little afterparty.Amongst the crew gathered in the hotel room was Los Angeles-based porn director Jonni Darkko, who is one of the biggest hardcore porn directors in the business.Jonni is actually a techno producer and DJ on the side, and interestingly he composes the soundtrack for all his films. "Minimal...
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