• Labels to Watch 2011: Culprit

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Labels to Watch 2011 : Culprit Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Labels to Watch 2011 : nbsp Culprit 31 January , 2011 7.17AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News culprit droog labels to watch 2011 Los Angeles , long considered something of a desert when it comes to underground house music , suddenly seems unusually fertile . That’s thanks in no small part to Droog , a trio of party promoters whose residencies at the Avalon club and the rooftop of the Standard Hotel have served as the focal point for a coalescing scene of deep house heads and freaky party people . Last year , they stepped up their ambitions with the launch of Culprit a left-of-center

  • Artists to Watch 2011: Wbeeza

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Artists to Watch 2011 : Wbeeza Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Artists to Watch 2011 : nbsp Wbeeza 28 January , 2011 6.14AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News artists to watch 2011 third ear recordings wbeeza Wbeeza has provided secret weapons for discerning deep house jocks for a couple of years now , but he has yet to really bubble up in a big way , despite the fact that he was making deep , woozy , mid-tempo house well before its current revival . That might be partly due to the fact that he only releases music when he’s damn well good and ready—he averages a record every six months or so , all of them for Guy McCreery’s excellent Third Ear

  • Wolfgang Gartner: Illmerica

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Wolfgang Gartner : Illmerica Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Wolfgang Gartner : nbsp Illmerica 31 January , 2011 9.05AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos wolfgang gartner Wolfgang Gartner takes a page from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States with the new video for his track Illmerica . 8221 From slavery and genocide to political corruption and pop culture , the clip offers a grimly unvarnished account of the nation’s history . The title of the song , clearly , is self-explanatory . Fortunately , under the direction of Mackingwell’s Ryan McNamara , it’s visually engaging enough to avoid being too heavy-handed . Next up from Gartner : Forever ,

  • Artists to Watch 2011: Steffi

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Artists to Watch 2011 : Steffi Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Artists to Watch 2011 : nbsp Steffi 26 January , 2011 8.43AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News artists to watch 2011 steffi Well known to Panorama Bar regulars for her captivating sessions , Steffi is breaking out as a talented producer in her own right . After presenting her sweetly melodic 24 Hours on Tama Sumo’s Panorama Bar 02 mix in 2009, Steffi returned to Ostgut Ton early last year with the Kill Me EP , which featured an even more nuanced take on house music—drenched in melody and analog tone , with just enough vocals to send it over the top . Now , on February 7, Steffi marks a

  • Free Download: The Dirtbombs, Jaguar (Ectomorph Remix)

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : , Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Free Download : The Dirtbombs , Jaguar Ectomorph Remix Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Free Download : The Dirtbombs , Jaguar Ectomorph Remix 31 January , 2011 2.16AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos After years of a seemingly unbridgeable divide between Detroit’s techno community and the city’s rock n’ roll die-hards , the Dirtbombs come blazing through with a surprising rapprochement . The veteran garage rockers have recently released Party Store a fiery collection of covers of Detroit techno classics . That’s right : the five-piece band tackles some of the greatest tunes in the canon—A Number Of Names’ Sharevari , 8221 Cybotron’s Cosmic Cars ,

  • Labels to Watch 2011: Pampa

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    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Labels to Watch 2011 : Pampa Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Labels to Watch 2011 : nbsp Pampa 27 January , 2011 5.27AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News dj koze labels to watch 2011 marcus fink pampa As we begin wrapping up our coverage of artists to watch for 2011 we turn our attention to the labels we’re expecting big things from this year . We’re kicking off with Pampa Records a label you may well have heard of thanks to the fact that one of its signature tunes so far , DJ Koze’s Blume Der Nacht , 8221 ranked 32 in our most charted tracks of 2010 DJ Koze has never been known to take the easy road , and Pampa , the label he launched late in 2009

  • Artists to Watch 2011: Arty

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Artists to Watch 2011 : Arty Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Artists to Watch 2011 : nbsp Arty 27 January , 2011 6.22AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News artists to watch 2011 arty Quite a few of our artists to watch for 2011 have come from the realms of tech house and bass music . But there was one trance artist we absolutely couldn’t overlook even if he doesn’t define himself strictly as a trance artist Arty . The Russian rising star only been recording since 2009, and yet he’s already racked up 11 pages of releases on Beatport moreover , his tunes have enjoyed heavy play at the hands of Armin Van Buuren Paul Van Dyk , Tiesto , Above Beyond and

  • Starkey: Robot Hands

    Updated: 2011-01-31 18:51:12
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Starkey : Robot Hands Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Starkey : Robot Hands 27 January , 2011 3.29AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos civil music starkey What the hell , you may ask , are robot hands Starkey answers that question in the new video to his track of the same name , taken from his Space Traitor EP Vol . 1 Directed by Josh Cohen , it’s a nervewracking portrait of a creepy preacher and his unsettlingly ecstatic congregants tight edits , sci-fi hints , and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it finale make for viewing almost as thrilling as the track itself . Wrap your robot claws around Starkey’s music , plus his latest top 10, after the jump . Starkey’s

  • For my German readers: futurezone.at interview on the future of the music business: Zugang nicht Kopie (access not copy)

    Updated: 2011-01-29 23:44:13
    Gerd Leonhard: "Zugang zu Musik wichtiger als die Kopie"

  • Next Big Thing: Season 2!

    Updated: 2011-01-26 08:25:59
    Season 2 of Sweden´s largest music competition, The Next Big Thing, is now up and running. Spurred on by the success of last year, The Next Big Thing are offering a new and improved platform, even bigger prizes, not the mention a wide range of opportunities for independent and unsigned artists to show their metal. However, [...]

  • Quick note to the music industry: enforcing control when trust is crucial is not a good idea.

    Updated: 2011-01-18 14:53:56
    Enforcing control when trust is crucial will kill you. Look at the music industry.

  • New presentation: Context - The Future of Music (Eurosonic Groningen)

    Updated: 2011-01-15 16:20:18
    Gerd Leonhard Futurist on The Future of Music, Context and Copyright, Euro Sonic 2011

  • Video: Music Like Water (and just as valuable)

    Updated: 2011-01-13 15:19:43
    Music Like Water video by Ericsson with Futurist Gerd Leonhard

  • 2010 brings further decline in U.S. recorded music sales, time to face it: access will indeed replace copies.

    Updated: 2011-01-07 12:19:49
    Not copies but access: the future of music. Comments on US music sales in 2010, Futurist Gerd Leonhard

  • The Neverdies win Bandit Unsigned 2010

    Updated: 2011-01-04 09:26:43
    More great news! Record Union A&R Hans Selander has just informed us that Swedish rockers The Neverdies have won the Bandit Unsigned award this year, and have landed themselves a contract with Warner Music. They have also been scheduled to play at the Getaway Rock Festival and are proud owners of a sweet new stage [...]

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