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18 Dead at the Love Parade

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

18 Dead In Love Parade Stampede
“Eighteen people have been killed in Germany during the country’s annual “Love Parade”, held this year in the former industrial Ruhr city of Duisburg”
Officials and eyewitnesses spoke of a mass stampede in which people were trampled under foot. At least 40 others were injured, some seriously, and many police and [...]

Free-Stylers! (aka: Free Tunes)

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Yeah, you read that right. FREE! They’re last EP is getting the remix treatment. We’ve secured 2 of those remixes and have permission to give them out FOR FREE!
While we’ve talked about the ‘Stylers at length in this blog, here’s a remind in case you missed it:
Rocking clubs and parties for over [...]

POUMTCHACK POW! TAKE THAT!

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Bam! Here’s a fun genre bending mix from Flore!

She has a new album coming very soon.  Here’s a teaser of her upcoming single off the album.

Glade is Cancelled

Monday, May 24th, 2010

In previous posts, we praised Glade for adding breaks to their lineup unlike their other fesitval counterparts.
Now, it appears that Glade 2010 is cancelled.
The official statement reads:
“With great sadness we have been forced to cancel the Glade Festival 2010.
When we started back in 2004 we did so out of a love of [...]

Interesting Turn Of Events

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

In a previous post, we criticized the UK Festivals for releasing their lineups with no breaks on them…
Well, Glade released their ‘final, for real this time‘ line up… and guess what?
BREAKS EVERY NIGHT!
the newly added
BOOMTOWN STAGE
THURSDAY:
NUSKOOL BREAKS
BEN AND LEX
DJ CHAMBER
FREERANGE DJS
KID CHAMELEON
MORPHOSIS & MONKEY T
FRIDAY:
BREAKSPOLL
NAPT VS BEAT ASSASSINS
ELITE FORCE (AV SET)
SCRATCH PERVERTS
CUT LA ROC
JAY [...]

CiRCA Officially Done… But we knew that…

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Circa nightclub declares bankruptcy
Infighting among partners blamed for closing
By Ashante Infantry
Entertainment Reporter – Toronto Star
Circa, the mega-nightclub that was supposed to revive the entertainment district when it opened in 2007 has quietly shut its doors, informing patrons with a simple “Thank you for supporting us over the years” on its website.
“Our understanding was that it closed [...]

New Stuff from Odissi

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Artist, DJ, and Suicide Girl Odissi has a new release out on Lot49 and a new mix to download.
Here’s the deal with the release:
Dance music’s reining princess of all things twisted returns to Lot49 with a follow up to her first solo release on the label, (Empty Vodka Bottles), which was unleashed on the dance [...]

KJ Sawka Joins Pendulum

Monday, April 5th, 2010

According to his website, super-jungle-drummer KJ Sawka has joined electronic mega-force Pendulum!
From His Site:
Pendulum edge even closer to super-group status with the news that world renowned electronic drummer Kevin Sawka – better known as KJ SAWKA – has joined the band. Sawka has already contributed to the recording of Pendulum’s eagerly anticipated third album “Immersion” [...]

Here-vé, have some Hervé!

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

To celebrate the release of new mix ‘Ghetto Bass 2‘, Hervé has decided to give away original track ‘Hot! Drum Attack‘ – the b side to single ‘Zombies‘, taken straight from the press on Ghetto Bass 2!
DOWNLOAD: HERE (direct)
‘Ghetto Bass 2‘ is out on 12th April!
Hervé has a new fan page on Facebook – click [...]

UK Doing Glitch Hop?!? Uh oh…

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Now it’s probably gonna REALLY catch on… Seems everything the Brits touch goes global, at least for a while. Jungle, Big Beat, Speed Garage, Dubstep… although Grime never really got as big as it could have.
There’s a new label coming out called Skanky Panky. (www.skankypankyrecords.com)

Here’s what they’re saying about themselves:
“Brand new label [...]