• Burn Studios in partnership with Beatport and Sasha presents the Search for the Next Producer Star

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Burn Studios in partnership with Beatport and Sasha presents the Search for the Next Producer Star Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Burn Studios in partnership with Beatport and Sasha presents the Search for the Next Producer Star 24 June , 2011 3.12PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos While most music producers keep their tricks close to the vest , Sasha has decided to show his cards . At this year’s IMS in Ibiza the legendary DJ and producer discussed how he created the conference’s 2011 anthem track , deconstructing the work during one of the main panels . The track , titled Cut Me Down set to release on Beatport early July , will be Sasha’s debut

  • Boy 8-Bit: Madrigal

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Boy 8-Bit : Madrigal Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Boy 8-Bit : nbsp Madrigal 26 June , 2011 11.15PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News Boy 8-Bit’s new EP , Madrigal , 8221 is out now on This Is Music home to last year’s single The Keep , 8221 and it’s a storming four-tracker full of taut melodic tech house , mad UK funky , and various points in between for fans of SBTRKT , Julio Bashmore , Caribou and Four Tet’s floor-oriented gear , and other oddball-but-potent dance hybrids , it’s sure to put some wind in your sails . Get the EP here and keep reading to stream download Boy 8-Bit’s recent promo mix , featuring an hour and 45 minutes of jacking

  • SBTRKT: Wildfire

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation SBTRKT : Wildfire Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item SBTRKT : nbsp Wildfire 27 June , 2011 6.56AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos sbtrkt young turks SBTRKT’s jaw-droppingly good debut album is out this week on Young Turks home also to The XX and John Talabot . Featuring vocals from Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano , Roses Gabor , Sampha , and Jessie Ware , it could almost be a pop album and in fact hits many of the same pleasure centers as Little Dragon’s forthcoming album albeit arrayed around SBTRKT’s uncanny feel for the groove . A bass-music triumph . We’ve got an extensive interview with the masked man himself coming up later this week for now , feast

  • Planet Mu gets dreamy with Vezelay

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Planet Mu gets dreamy with Vezelay Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Planet Mu gets dreamy with Vezelay 28 June , 2011 4.13AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos planet mu vezelay Having recently brought us Anti-G’s thrillingly deconstructed dubstep , Machinedrum’s next-level psychedelic beat music , Venetian Snares’ bizarrely funky Cubist Reggae , 8221 and more footwork variants than you can shake a stick at , Mike Paradinas’ mighty Planet Mu label throws us yet another curveball . Vezelay’s aptly named Lyre EP is an unusually lyrical offering for the label , suffused with dreamy vox and keyboards lacing soporific beats . The gorgeous Sedative” is perhaps

  • Bass Up: Find a Better Bassline on Beatport

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Bass Up : Find a Better Bassline on Beatport Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Bass Up : Find a Better Bassline on Beatport 28 June , 2011 10.00AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News bass basslines staff picks Dance music without bass would be like a car without wheels . But not all basslines are created equal . We wanted to give it up for basslines that twist and morph and move , that grab you by the lapels and won’t let you go . We’re talking about elastic , acidic , mercurial , even elephantine bass we’re talking about seasick wobble , all-encompassing throb , and the nimblest figures ever to jitterbug their way into your heart . From deep house to

  • M83: Echoes

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation M83 : Echoes Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item M83 : nbsp Echoes 28 June , 2011 3.55PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos m83 A short , visually arresting new video teaser from France’s M83 surfaced today , with no guidance beyond the vague new album soon . 8221 Soon” What’s soon” Then again , when it’s M83, does time even matter Judging by the ambient-overdrive epic vastness of the snippet—not to mention the gleaming cityscapes and jawdropping landscapes—M83’s Anthony Gonzales sets his clock according to a different time zone than the rest of us : Eternal Standard Time . And for you synth geeks out there , the opening images of his studio might be even

  • We Love… loves Planet E

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation We Love loves Planet E Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item We Love loves Planet E 27 June , 2011 3.39PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos carl craig derrick may greg wilson ibiza paul woolford planet e the mole we love The We Love crew gives it up for Carl Craig and his Planet E label , which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year . Carl kicks things off in the characteristically blunt fashion we love him for : My objective with Planet E is kind of the objective , F k the focus groups , 8217 you know We’re just gonna put some s t out—if you like it you like it , if you don’t , you don’t , you know Hear , hear Check out the full 10-minute vid for further

  • Transforming Noisia

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Transforming Noisia Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Transforming Noisia 29 June , 2011 9.10AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos 16bit dubstep noisia transformers Can there be any doubt that dubstep has truly crossed over Not only does Noisia’s Machine Gun 16 Bit Remix feature in the new Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon the biggest blockbuster this summer—it even soundtracks the trailer . Watch out , Decepticons : Noisia is firing hollow-point basslines with your name painted on them . Get your 3D wobble on the Machine Gun” EP here including remixes from Spor and Amon Tobin Get these tracks on Beatport.com 0 Comments 399 Views Tags 16bit dubstep noisia

  • Box Codax: Seven Silvers

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    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Box Codax : Seven Silvers Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Box Codax : Seven Silvers 29 June , 2011 3.05AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos box codax franz ferdinand gomma When he’s not providing the chugging rhythm guitars for Franz Ferdinand’s famously angular” guitar sound and we do mean famous : googling Franz Ferdinand” angular” returns nearly two million hits Nick McCarthy applies similar pick-work to his jittery disco-punk trio Box Codax Last month , some five years after their debut album , Box Codax released the follow-up Hellabuster once again on Gomma . It’s a cheeky collection of amped-up rave-ups , drunken shout-alongs and jagged funk that

  • Benga: Smack My Bitch Up

    Updated: 2011-06-30 20:04:09
    : Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Benga : Smack My Bitch Up Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Benga : Smack My Bitch Up 24 June , 2011 4.05PM Written by : BeatportSean Filed under : Videos benga video Dubstep’s biggest badman , Benga in a show of class , released the free track Smack My Bitch Up” on his website this month . Now an official video for the track has surfaced to accompany the offering . If that weren’t enough , rumors of his upcoming album have been authenticated on the site , although no further details have been released . Register at Benga.co.uk in order to keep up to date as they release exclusive snippets of Benga’s album . Get these tracks on Beatport.com 1 Comments 698 Views Tags

  • Update scheduled tomorrow…

    Updated: 2011-06-29 01:47:41
    Dear friends. Just a quick note to inform you that the Record Union website will be down for a few hours tomorrow. Our techies have been working on some updates and will be implementing these during this down time.  Once the updates are installed we will revive the website and tell you all about what [...]

  • March reports come early…

    Updated: 2011-06-21 10:03:10
    Dear artists, labels, music people and fellow humans. As a little “we are sorry” for the February reports being delayed this month we have paid out the March reports earlier than scheduled. You can see these payments and stats in your account page right now. We know that getting your sales reports on time is important [...]

  • New payment routine

    Updated: 2011-06-15 08:29:16
    Dear Record Union users.  We would like to inform you of a new payment routine which is now in effect. This new routine will involve payouts from your account page being temporarily disabled at the end of every month while new royalty reports are being processed. The reason behind this new routine is a problem that [...]

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