Juan Maclean launches new live project

Juan Maclean will be performing a special audio/visual live show at Berlin's Scala on Thursday 20th November.

His 'Love Acid' project is a collaboration with Alison Childs, who is the resident video artist for the Berlin's Donuts night. Dubbed as a "psychedelic visual live acid disco house party", Juan will provide a set of live analogue audio which will be supplemented by Childs' video projections. Fellow DFA artist Gavin Russom will also be performing live under his Black Meteoric Star guise, lugging his bank of machines over to Scala to provide a set of dark and psychedelic acid. As if that wasn't enough, both Plastique De Rêve and Juan Maclean will DJ at what's sure to be one of the hottest parties happening in Berlin this week.

Nov 20 New Project Debuts By Juan Maclean & Gavi.., Scala, Berlin

DJ Page: Juan Maclean

Groove Magazine celebrate 19th birthday

Groove turn 19 this December, and to celebrate they're throwing four parties in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt.

Being Groove, they haven’t pulled any punches as far as assembling their line-ups, attracting some of the biggest names around in the underground electronic music scene. Berlin's Watergate venue is where the celebrations begin, and they've got an all-star line-up of Ricardo Villalobos, Michael Mayer and Apparat. (Warp's latest African signing Mujava also plays his debut Berlin show there.)

Groove take the party to Hamburg's NeibKlub the night after, where guests include Carl Craig, Radio Slave, Shed and Stefan Goldmann. Just as you think that things can't really get more impressive, they're keeping their stamina up and travelling to Munich, where they've lured Isolee into playing live, supported by Âme, Christian Prommer and Radio Slave yet again. Three events in three days—surely that's enough for the Groove guys?

Seemingly not, as the following weekend sees them take over two adjoining Frankfurt clubs in the same night, opening both up to create a massive three-room party. The legendary Robert-Johnson club will host a live set from the Arto Mwambé project, as well as DJ sets from Dixon and Ewan Pearson. It's next door neighbour is MTW, which will see turns on the decks from Luke Slater, Marcel Dettmann, Federico Molinari whilst Johnny D and Modeselektor will also play live.

With parties as enticing as this being thrown for their 19th birthday, who knows what they're going to do next year for their 20th?

Dec 04 19 Jahre Groove, Watergate, Berlin
Dec 05 19 Jahre Groove, NeidKlub, Hamburg
Dec 06 19 Jahre Groove, Die Registratur, Munich
Dec 13 19 Jahre Groove, Robert-Johnson, Frankfurt

BPM Festival announces initial line-up

January's BPM Festival has announced the initial names on its line-up, including current RA podcaster Lee Burridge and Damian Lazarus.

BPM takes place in the Playa del Carmen region, which is located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Of course, they'll be making the most of the tropical location, hosting daytime beach parties for each of the ten days before moving the music into the clubs with a load of top DJs. The full bill is yet to be revealed, but they have currently announced that Lee Burridge, Sander Kleinenberg, Damian Lazarus, Steve Lawler and M.A.N.D.Y. will all be making appearances.

The festival runs from January 2nd-11th, so if you need to wash those New Year's blues away with some sun, sand, sea and beats, there are worse places to be than BPM.

Jan 02 Bpm Festival, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Snowbombing announce initial line-up

Austria's Snowbombing festival is now one of the biggest events in the festival calendar, and it has just released its line-up for 2009's bash.

As with previous years, the line-up has an incredibly wide range of acts for your delectation. Whether you're into house, techno, disco, dubstep or drum & bass, there'll be plenty for you to check out over the course of the week long event. The organisers have got their cheque book out and managed to secure Fatboy Slim for a rare headline set, while elsewhere you can hear DJ sets from Grandmaster Flash, James Zabiela, Claude VonStroke, Nic Fanciulli, Greg Wilson, Reverso 68, Lindstrøm, Chase & Status, High Contrast, Skream, Benga and many others. For those sick of seeing DJs, the live line-up is bigger than ever this time around, with artists booked including Dizzee Rascal, Beardyman and The Whip.

There's so much going on during the week that it doesn't seem like there'll be much time for anyone to go skiing. Just make sure that you don't inadvertently go whizzing down a slope after a few too many!

Mar 29 Snowbombing, Mayrhofen, Austria

DJ Page: Fatboy Slim

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Judge Jules and Gilles Peterson don their pirate duds

Judge Jules and Gilles Peterson are set to ride the seven seas this weekend as part of the Chuff Chuff party.

The duo, and a host of other DJs, will be manning the decks for the epic 16-hour shindig set to go off in the Midlands at Alton Towers. And, as if the name didn't tip you off, there's going to be a bit of a theme to all of this. As a result, you should expect to see Judge and Gilles breaking out their best pirate costumes and, if you want to fit in, you'll most likely have to have your own as well.

That'll be easier than you think, though, as Alton Towers offers a nice little hotel accommodation package, including spa suites and water park availability for those not in the clubbing mood. Act fast, though, and be ready to call in sick for Monday. Our excuse? Scurvy, of course.

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RA release advice: November 2008

In the fast-paced climate of electronic music, it's sometimes difficult to find out exactly when your favourite artists have their latest releases out. And there's nothing more annoying than buying your monthly fix of vinyl, only to have something you really wanted hit the stores the day after you've put through your order. That's why we at RA have decided to give you a list of upcoming albums and singles so you can keep on top of everything that's being put out on a month-to-month basis.

Of course, while we've tried our best to keep all the information as accurate as possible, delays may mean that the release dates aren't 100% correct so keep that in mind when browsing. It isn't a comprehensive list of everything coming out; more of a selection of key releases for the month. That said, any label/artist who doesn't see their particular release in this list, should feel free to e-mail us at pressreleases AT residentadvisor.net to get their tunes listed for this and upcoming months. (Enterprising music geeks should feel free to do the same!) And anyone looking for release advice should bookmark this space: We'll keep it updated throughout the month.

November 1
V/A – Kitsune Maison 6 (Kitsune)

November 3
Daniel Bortz - Kantorka EP (And)
Bukaddor & Fishbeck - Carat (Traum)
Digitalism – Hands on Idealism (Kitsune)
dOP - Panik (Milnormodern)
Glitterbug - Supershelter (C.Sides)
Glitterbug - Supershelter - Excerpts 1 (C.Sides)
Le Le – Flage (Magnetron)
Mark-Henning - Fabrique Belgique (Soma)
Marshall Jefferson Vs Noosa Heads - Mushrooms (Soap)
Mathias Kaden - Moron / Shetani (Vakant)
John Keys - Pac Man (Treibstoff)
Roman IV - Altes Testament (Playhouse)
Silverclub - Crash This Car (Leftroom)
Ian Simmonds - The Wendelstein Variations [EP] (Musik Krause)
Solaris Heights - Communique (Boxer)
Satoshi Tomiie - Renaissance: The Masters Series [2CD] (Renaissance)
V/A - Balinken EP (3000 Grad Records)
V/A - Rabimmel with a Vengeance (Areal)
V/A - Spectral Remixed (Spectral)
Vince Watson - Duality Pt. 1 (Mule Electronic)

November 4
Morel - Death of the Paperboy (Outsider Music) (US Release)
V/A - Spectral Remixed (Spectral Sound)

November 5
Liapin - Basila (Outils du Connoisseur)

November 7
Shahrokh Sound Of K. - Dripping Point (Compost)

November 10
Luca Bacchetti – Afrikaans (Ovum)
Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond [LP] (Fabric)
Chicago Dancefloor Voodoo - Transfusion [digital] (Classic)
Decimal - Babylon (Soma)
Efdemin – America (Curle)
Geoffroy & Kolombo pres. Mugwump - Meditation EP (Kompakt)
Gorge – Kassiande (Freerange)
Guns 'N' Bombs – Riddle of Steel (Kitsune)
Matthew Herbert - There's Me and There's You [LP] (!K7)
EOC - Information Warfare [LP] (Ai)
Johnwaynes - Black Label #38 (Compost)
The Last Atlant - I Like Chocolate (Global Underground)
Lawrence - Miles (Dial)
Modeselektor - Happy Birthday Remixed Pt. 2 (Bpitch Control)
Alex Niggemann - Everybody Darling (Solar & Poppcke) (Ostwind)
Nukes & theburlybeatfarmer - Wallet FAT (Stigma)
Others AKA Bruno Pronsato & Daze Maxim - Saxophone/Trumpet (Musique Risquée)
Riz MC - Radar (Crosstown Rebels)
Sebastien San - Juno / Jupiter EP (Echocord Colour)
The Sight Below – Glider (Ghostly International)
Swayzak - Smile and Receive (Swayzak)
TG - Mr Dry Remixes (Trapez)
V/A - Famous When Dead VI [2CD] (Playhouse)
Zombie Nation - Forza (UKW)

November 12
VA - Munich Disco Tech Vol. 2 (Great Stuff)

November 13
DJ Pierre – I've Lost Control (International DJ Gigolos)

November 14
Ogris Debris - Black Label #39 (Compost)
Hell & Rother – Bodyfarm (Datapunk)
Lullabies In The Dark – Iridium (Permanent Vacation)
Ray Okpara - Swimming To The Moon EP (Drumpoet Community)
Anthony Rother - We Are Punks 3 (Datapunk)

November 17
Ada - Forty Winks (IRR)
Attp D'Amore – Serge Santiago Re-Edits (Arcobaleno)
Citizen Cain - Joker of the Queen (My Best Friend)
Dances With White Girls - New Crack Swing (Throne Of Blood)
Efdemin – Carry On, Pretend We're Not in the Room (Curle)
Kasper Davai - Davai EP (Múpa)
Gowentgone - Under the Bridge EP (Vidab)
Imps AKA Minilogue - Remixed Vol.1 (Mule Electronic)
Modern Heads - Point Of View Master (Mental Groove Ltd.)
Popnoname - Surrounded By Weather (Remixes 1) (Italic)
Random Factor - Remixes (2020 Vision)
Daniel Stefanik - The Madcap Laughs EP (Freude Am Tanzen)
TBA - TBA (Sender)
Peter Van Hoesen - Empire in Decline (Time To Express)
Siri Svegler - Their Wine / Not Worth It (Compost)
X-District - Colour Correction (Remixes) (Playhouse)
You Love Her Coz She's Dead – Inner City Angst (Kitsune)

November 18
Deastro – Parallelogram [Digital] (Ghostly International)
Guy J - Esperanza (Bedrock) (US Release)
V/A - Bedrock 10: Past, Present and Future Mixed by John Digweed [3CD] (Bedrock) (US Release)

November 19
Oliver Klein - Flow & Zeo (Kling Klong)

November 21
The Embassy - Lurking (With A Distance) (Permanent Vacation)
Turntablerocker - Black Label #41 (Compost)

November 24
Benjamin Brunn - 77 (Bine)
Burnski - Packing My Bags EP (Infant)
Chaim - Where Is Jack EP (Bpitch Control)
Tom Demac - Stand Beside Me (murmur)
Dual Shaman - Sideral (Manual)
Foals - Olympic Airways (Kompakt Pop)
Italoboyz - Portucais (Trapez Ltd.)
Jamie Jones - Panic [digital] (Crosstown Digital Rebels)
Roland Klinkenberg - Dusty Horizon (Global Underground)
Kolombo - TBC (Boxer)
Lawrence - Divided (Spectral)
Mikkel Metal - Peaks and Troughs EP Part 3/3 (Echocord)
Brendon Moeller - Ignition EP (Apnea)
Mugwump - Yanja (Disco)
Plus1 - Diagramm.Romanze (Koax)
Rocco – New Awakening (Freerange)
Roman IV - Green Tea (Playhouse)
V/A – Carry On Mix CD Sampler 1 (Curle)
V/A – Carry On Mix CD Sampler 2 (Curle)
V/A - Soma Compilation 2008 (Soma)

November 25
Kill Memory Crash – Of Fire EP [Digital] (Ghostly International)
Lawrence – Divided (Spectral Sound)

November 26
Mark August - The Wasps From Tunisia And The Silver Piggy (Connaisseur Recordings)
Ramon Tapia – Mini Jack (Great Stuff)
V/A - GPM 100 (Get Physical Music)

November 28
Rother vs. Telekraft - Planet Telekraft EP (Telekraft Recordings)
Danny Fiddo & AFFKT – Points (Barraca Music)
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MXP4Cafe is New Virutal Meeting Place for Interactive Digital Musicians

Musinaut, the Paris-based company behind the revolutionary new digital audio format MXP4, today unveils its new artist community, MXP4Café.

MXP4Café www.mxp4.com/community will act as a virtual meeting place where forward thinking artists can drop and share interactive MXP4 music files with fellow musicians. Musinaut hopes the site will provide the perfect space to encourage song writers, producers, djs, band members and composers of any genre to develop their musical creativity; becoming part of the an new generation of interactive digital music artists, using the MXP4 digital audio file platform.

MXP4 Technology was launched in September 2008 and is the digital audio format that transforms an artist’s recorded music into an interactive, multi-sensory experience that can be creatively varied and individually adapted for greater personal listener enjoyment. Musicians use the MXP4Creator software creation tool to turn their tunes into interactive files. Listener playback is done via the free-to-download MXP4Player. www.mxp4.com.

Andrew Sheehy, Head of Research at music analyst company, Generator believes the MXP4 format is important to the future and development of music and how we listen to it:

“By providing artists with new ways to showcase their creative talent, Musinaut’s MXP4 interactive music format will make music more enjoyable. New, interactive virtual music formats will develop to become an important part of the way users consume music in the future.”

Membership to the MXP4Café is free, giving musicians opportunity to meet with artists and labels from all over the world share their ideas and showcase their music.

Those that upload MXP4 tracks in the MXP4 format before December 31st 2008 will also get a full license of the MXP4Creator software. The normal retail cost will be £279.

Registered MXP4Café members can:

* Create their own personal profile pages so they can tell everyone about themselves and the music they create using MXP4 technology

* Upload their MXP4 tracks and create special MXP4Player widgets to embed into web pages, blogs or social networking sites.

* Download the MXP4Creator software tool. The software will be FREE to all members till 31st December 2008

* Artists that upload tracks will also get a FULL MXP4Creator licence for free

* Get support from the technical and musical team and have the option to sign-up for free training sessions

* Become part of the new MXP4 generation

* Receive invitations to take part in global competitions

Musinaut is holding a number of free training sessions for artists interested learning about more about MXP4 technology on 25th and 26th November in central London . Press or artists interested in attending can contact Charo@vp-pr.com to book a place.

Pet Shop Boys set for Brits honour

Pet Shop Boys have been confirmed as the winners of the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2009 Brit Awards.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe formed the group in 1981, and have since had 22 Top 10 hits and four No.1 singles.

A statement from Ged Doherty, Chairman of the Brits committee said: “Since their first Brit Awards over 20 years ago, Neil and Chris have produced a fantastic body of work with songs that truly were the soundtrack to a whole generation’s lives.

“The Pet Shop Boys have since become one of the most influential groups of the modern era and are deserving recipients of the award.”

Previous winners of the prize include Oasis, Tom Jones, Paul Weller and Sir Paul McCartney.

Earlier this month, it was rumoured that Simon Cowell would be this year’s recipient of the prize.

The 2009 Brit Awards will take place at London’s Earls Court on 18 February.

Dizzee Rascal joins forces with Armand Van Helden

Dizzee Rascal has revealed he is working on new material with US DJ Armand Van Helden.

The intriguing collaborative effort has so far spawned a track called ‘Bonkers’ and Dizzee says he is keen to continue working with the house expert, famed for his 1999 No.1 single ‘U Don’t Know Me’.

Bow rapper Dizzee, real name Dylan Mills, told The Daily Star: “I’m working on new material with Armand Van Helden.

“I’m excited by everything that’s about to happen and ready to get back in the studio.”

Dizzee also explained that, amid the credit crunch, he feels his job as an entertainer is even more pertinent – leading him to write increasingly upbeat lyrics.

He added: “Even though it’s a bit of a f***ed up climate right now, I feel it’s my duty to make people be able to enjoy themselves through it.

“Sometimes, when it’s totally s***, people will have more fun becuase they’re grateful for the little enjoyment they can get.”

Maroon 5 - Call & Response: The Remix Album

Maroon 5 are to release an album of their songs remixed by an array of major urban music stars.

Next month, the Los Angeles band’s Call & Response: The Remix Album will see rap and r’n'b stars , including Pharell Williams and Mary J Blige, tackle tracks pulled mainly from their records Songs About Jane and It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.

Frontman Adam Levine told AllHipHop: “I’ve always found it really interesting that a group of people looking at the same painting can all see different things.”

He added: “That was the idea behind this record, to take a few of our songs and have them interpreted by some of our favourite artists. We were really blown away by what they came up with.”

Aside from Pharrell and Mary J, artists including ?uestlove from The Roots and up and coming act The Cool Kids are on remix duty on the record.

Call & Response: The Remix Album is out 8 December.

The Music Journal Part 1 - Riot! & Traffic Recordings

The worlds top Hard Dance and Tech Trance labels Riot! & Traffic Recordings have teamed up to launch the ultimate music journal for DJs, Producers and fans alike.

The Music Journal is a double disc CD that comes packed full of brand new DJ friendly tracks, exclusive sample packs and upfront DJ mixes from the premier talent in the Hard Dance / Tech Trance scenes. Every 3 months they’ll be dropping a new edition delivering an unbeatable package of quality, quantity and value for money.

The Music Journal PT1 features original tracks and remixes from all the Hard Dance big guns; Japanese superstar Yoji, the UK’s finest; BK, Scott Attrill aka Vinylgroover, the worlds number 1 female DJ Lisa Lashes, BBC Radio 1 Star Kutski, Anne Savage & Cally Gage. All tracks have received massive DJ support and have featured on recent compilations such as Ministry of Sound’s Euphoria (Yoji’s album & Ibiza annual) TW15 Live, The Nu Wave and Frantic.

Not forgetting the producers Riot have tracked down none other than Future Disciple who opens up his sample library to offer a top selection of Bass, Kick, FX & Synth samples. Future Disciple is being hailed as one of the most exciting producers in dance music today with his string of incredible live sets and sought after releases on labels such as Kickin’ Riot! and Traffic as well as his remixes for the likes of Deep Dish, Chiller Twist and Peace Division. These samples are fully charged and set to take your productions to the next level!

If that wasn’t enough wrapping things up top female Hard Dance DJ Cally Gage has nailed a storming 15 track mix giving those of us who don’t mix something to pump on a Saturday night!

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Dixon and Âme American tour: The openers

As Dixon and Âme's Kristian Beyer gear up to hit American shores later this week for RA's debut American tour, we decided to catch up with the openers at each stop to see what they might have planned for the night.

New York: As you might expect from a man that has performed often with François K, Brendon Moeller is a veteran of the warm-up set. When we talked with Moeller earlier this week over the phone, Moeller told us as much, saying that he was excited to be opening up for the duo and that he'd be playing some tracks from his upcoming EP on Apnea, as well as from his April 2009 full-length, Jazz Junk Safari, on Third Ear Recordings. If you can't wait that long, though, you can always grab Moeller's most recent offering under his Beat Pharmacy alias, Wikkid Times, which was released today on Wave.

Los Angeles: While New York will only see man take to the warm-up spot, Los Angeles boasts four for the coveted job. Lee Foss is set to play the Avalon's Honey Lounge from 10 PM until midnight when the previously announced trio that makes up Droog—Andrei Osyka, Brett Griffin and Justin Sloe—will take to the decks to further warm up the crowd in advance of the main event. Foss is a late addition to the line-up, and so is Acid Circus, but we're guessing that few people will be sad to hear that the Brothers Vargas will be closing the night out once Dixon and Beyer take their final bow.

San Francisco: From Los Angeles, the boys will be making their way up the coast of California to San Francisco for an epic day party with everyone's favorite techno party souvenir conceptualists, the Cheap Sunglasses crew—AKA Crazy Larry and Taimur. We caught up with the latter earlier this week to give us the lowdown on what the duo might have in store after the cheap sunglasses, temporary tattoos, excuses to call off at work and earbuds. Taimur told us that cheap sunglasses would once again be the order of the day, but this time with a slight change to mark the event. Limited edition sunglasses? Sounds like techno to us.
DJ Page: Dixon

secretsundaze goes inside for the winter

secretsundaze has announced a winter series of dates to be held in the capital.

The secretsundaze crew won't be hibernating this winter. Instead, Giles Smith and James Priestley have planned a limited schedule of events called secretsundaze & friends, which will bring even more deep house to London.

The duo's impeccable selection means that the series of dates will kick off this weekend with Argy, Glimpse and Drumpoet Community regulars Quarion and Lexx holding things down (with a Disco Bloodbath promised in the third room), while December's event will feature Shinedoe, 2000 and One, and Kabale und Liebe , along with Brothers' Vibe. As Smith tells it, the winter parties will differ from the usual shindigs in size, so they'll be able to "invite more guests and dig a little deeper, getting whole crews to come in."

The question on the minds of those who can't make it to London, though, is plans regarding getting in another DJ to celebrate the opening of yet another ss summer season with a mix, ala Tobi Neumann earlier this year. Priestley isn't quite sure yet: "Perhaps is probably the best answer I can give you right now. The compilation market is tougher than ever at the moment and as much as we love doing the compilation side of things, we need to make sure that it makes sense financially for us too." Which is a clarion call to come support the party in person if we ever heard one.

Nov 15 Secretsundaze, The Scala, London

DJ Page: Argy

Compost get fresh

Compost are due to release a new label compilation, Freshly Composted Vol. 3, in January of next year.

The Munich based label is celebrating the fact that they have now had 300 catalogue numbers with a new label compilation, due for release early next year. Freshly Composted Vol. 3 rounds up some of the highlights of the last two years, most of which haven't seen the light of day on CD until now. These include I:Cube's sunkissed remix of Karma, Ripperton's mix of Beanfield and Charles Webster's contribution to Robert Owens' solo album. Fans who own these already need not despair, as Compost have included three previously unreleased tracks from Alif Tree, Part Time Heroes and Shahrokh Sound Of K (again featuring Robert Owens on vocal duties).

Tracklist
01. Marbert Rocel - The Pack (Part Time Heroes Flat Pack Mix)
02. Alif Tree - Mai
03. Sistars – Inspirations (Innocent Sorcerers Remix)
04. Sepalot feat. Ladi6 - Go Get It
05. Eddy Meets Yannah - Solid Ground (Crazy P Remix)
06. Karma - Beach Towel (I:Cube Cosmix Marathon Remix)
07. Beanfield feat. Bajka – Tides (Ripperton Mix)
08. Ben Mono - Jesus Was A B-Boy (TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos Remix)
09. Robert Owens & Charles Webster - Never Give Up
10. Wojtek Urbanski - Violet Violin
11. Muallem feat. Shawn Lee – Cheerleader (Phreek Plus One Cosmic Vox Mix)
12. Alex Attias presents Mustang feat. Colonel Red - Everchanging Time (Beanfield Remix)
13. Shahrokh Sound Of K. feat. Robert Owens - Perfect Stranger

Compost will release Freshly Composted Vol. 3 in January 2009.

Label: Compost

Christopher Lawrence named America’s Best DJ. Qbert and Scribble Take Honors

Superstar DJs Qbert and Skribble Take Silver, Bronze in Las Vegas Ceremony

LAS VEGAS – Trance DJ Christopher Lawrence was named the 2008 winner of the America’s Best DJ contest on Tuesday, September 2, during a ceremony at Roug at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Lawrence was presented with a gold medal and a gold-plated Pioneer DJM-800 mixer – the only one in existence.

Turntablist legend DJ Qbert took the silver, and DJ/rock star DJ Skribble took the bronze.

After the presentation of the awards by dance recording artist Kristine W, the three medalists – and No. 5 finisher DJ Scotty Boy – played special sets for an enthusiastic Rouge crowd.

The ceremony was the culmination of a four-month contest and tour, presented by Pioneer Pro DJ and DJ Times magazine. Since June, the top 100 DJs in America – as selected by the editors of DJ Times – have solicited their fans to vote for them, both online at www.americasbestdj.net, and at 40 official ABDJ events at nightclubs and festivals nationwide. By the time the polls closed on August 16, over 35,000 had voted.

Lawrence is a DJ and producer specializing in progressive trance music, who has played for crowds of over 100,000 at festivals worldwide. His dedicated fans voted him into fourth place in U.K. magazine “DJ’s” 2006 Top 100 international poll; and he was named Best DJ at the Dancestar US Awards, and Best American DJ at the International Dance Music Awards in 2005.

DJ Qbert (Richard Quitevis) is a multiple Disco Mix Club World (DMC) world champion and a member of the DJ Hall of Fame. DJ Skribble (Scott Ialacci) is best known for his MTV appearances on The Grind and Total Request Live, and has toured with rock guitarist Dave Navarro.

About DJ Times & Testa Communications:

In addition to hosting the America’s Best DJ contest and tour, Testa Communications also sponsors the International DJ Expo and publishes DJ Times, Club World, The Music & Sound Retailer, and Sound & Communications magazines and produces Convention TV News at trade shows.

For more information, visit www.testacommunications.com

About Pioneer Pro DJ:

Pioneer offers a complete line of professional DJ equipment through its Professional Sound and Visual Division. Their DJM, CDJ, DVJ and SVM Professional DJ equipment are known for their high quality sound and reliability and considered the industry standard at clubs, studios, mobile rigs and homes around the world. For more information, visit www.pioneerprodj.com

Voting For 2008 Trance Awards Open To All

The Trance Awards is a celebration of the biggest and the best in the world of trance from the past 12 months. Featuring 12 categories voted for by the public via online portal

www.tranceawards.com, the 4th Annual Trance Awards Powered by Trackitdown.net is set to be the biggest date on the global trance calendar.

Voting has started and is open to everyone. The vote will close on Saturday 15th November withthe results announced live at the event.

The highlight every year is the star-studded ceremony and full-on party which celebrates the diversity of trance music and culture. Previously the awards have been hosted by super-clubs Passion, GodsKitchen and Slinky, and this year it’s time for long-running trance institution The Gallery at the world-famous Ministry Of Sound in London to welcome the most up for it trance crowd of the year on Friday 21st November.

The lineup this year includes Trance Awards stalwart Judge Jules, who will once again help to
present the awards, alongside The Thrillseekers, Lange, Sied Van Riel, Claudia Cazacu and Gavyn
Mitchell with some very special suprise live guest appearances

The UK’s leading dance download store, Trackitdown.net has once again revamped the Trance
Awards website to create a fresh vibe in another storming year for the scene. Alongside the voting, the team have enlisted leading key figures from the worlds of production, performance and promotion to tell visitors about how the last 12 months has turned out for them and look ahead to the coming year. This will feature together with their charts showing the world what anthems made an impact over the last twelve months and other resource driven content!
If you’re involved in the Trance industry then the team would like to hear about your year in trance!

Similarly feel free to send us your details through the online submission form to become a partner for the awards. This project is inclusive for everyone so get voting and have your say!
www.tranceawards.com

Beatport ends affiliate program

Digital download store Beatport has decided to discontinue its affiliate program.

In a message sent to labels and artists today, Beatport Management informed affiliates that the company had "made a business decision to shut down" the program, and asked that "all banners, buttons, text links, product images and store fronts" be taken down.

When reached for comment, Beatport's VP of Marketing Shawn Sabo confirmed the e-mail's contents, adding that "The affiliate program was not driving the relevant leads we had anticipated to [the site]. Moving into 2009, we have a plan to work with and support electronic music portals around the globe. We will be contacting these portals directly with Beatport's new offer."

Sabo also pointed out that the company's decision was to a lesser extent also driven by a desire to rid itself of associations with fraudulent mp3 blogs and forums that gave away releases for free, then drove traffic to Beatport from banners and text linking to the retailer.

This story was updated at 21:30 on 23 Oct 2008.
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Speedy J extends open invitation to producers

Fancy featuring on the new Speedy J album? If your answer is yes, then you might be in luck as the legendary techno producer is asking people to send him their material for possible use on a project that he's entitled Soundcloud. (Presumably a reference to the new site that allows producers to more easily share their music with one another that bears the same name.) Speedy (real name Jochem Paap) has had recent collaborations with Adam Beyer, Chris Liebling and George Issakidis, but it could be you that features alongside him on the new record, due to be released on his own label, Electric Deluxe.

Surprisingly enough, in this era of on-spec remixes done for nothing, Jochem has said that he wants to split all of the profits 50/50 with the artists that are involved. No guidelines have been given as far as what material he's looking for, so even the most basic of sounds and loops should be eligible. Willing participants can register at www.speedyj.com during the month of November, and submit their contribution via the website.
DJ Page: Speedy J

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