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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Editors’ Picks of 2011 : 30-11 Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Editors’ Picks of 2011 : 30-11 24 December , 2011 2.36AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News best of 2011 Can you feel it The air’s getting thinner , as we ascend to the upper reaches of the Beatport genre editors’ year-end picks . And we’re feeling appropriately dizzy about these high-ranking selections , whether it’s Paul Woolford’s dirty funk , Nina Kraviz’ ode to ghetto tech , or Balam Acab’s blissed-out glitch music . Keep reading to find out which cuts we ranked in positions 30 to 11, and check back next week for the top 10 30. Balam Acab Apart Tri Angle 29. Bastards of Funk Sonic
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. . Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Housemeister feat . P.O.S . Weird Friends Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Housemeister feat . P.O.S . Weird Friends 28 December , 2011 6.10AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos boysnoize housemeister Here’s one for anyone who may have gone home over the holidays only to discover that their old acquaintances are stranger than they remembered : Weird Friends Boysnoize Records a wild hip-house collab between Berlin’s Housemeister and the Minnesota rapper P.O.S . of Rhymesayers and the Doomtree Collective . Acid house meets acid rock , with P.O.S . spitting fire over explosive breaks . Remixes come from Obi Blanche TWR72 and Brazil’s MixHell rounding out
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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Tech Tools : Lessons with PlugInGuru Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Tech Tools : Lessons with PlugInGuru 29 December , 2011 7.41AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos pluginguru sounds to sample If all this holiday downtime has you feeling fidgety , why not find something productive to do with all that restless energy—like producing music Over at Sounds To Sample PlugInGuru is offering the Giv Me Beatz Holiday Bundle for a special holiday price , bringing together 74 patches for Native Instruments’ Razor , 105 Massive patches , 183 Absynth 5 patches , plus a 45-minute Razor video tutorial , drum loops , and more . If you’re not feeling inspired after
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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation No DJ in Shanghai : Paul Ritch Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item No DJ in Shanghai : Paul Ritch 23 December , 2011 8.42AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos artbeat studio no dj in shanghai Artbeat Studio’s No DJ in Shanghai series is kind of like tourism in reverse : they shadow European and American DJs on their visits to China , then edit the sights and sounds together into sumptuously filmed mini-documentaries . After installments with Boys Noize Paul Kalkbrenner and Louie Vega they train their cameras on Paul Ritch Okain and Vincent Vidal as they bring their bassy brand of tech house to Shanghai and Beijing . As much as some DJs may complain about
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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Pillowtalk : Heaven’s Gate Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Pillowtalk : Heaven’s Gate 28 December , 2011 2.26AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos pillowtalk wolf lamb With the 90s revival in full force , we were wondering when we’d see the return of Boy of London’s iconic logo . Well , it’s back . After turning up , improbably , in a Kreayshawn video , now appears front-and-center in the video for Heaven’s Gate , 8221 by the cheeky San Francisco trio Pillowtalk The song is the lead track on the group’s new EP for Wolf Lamb Far From Heaven and it’s a good indicator of Pillowtalk’s bedroom-eyed approach to R B , along with the ultra-smoove Weekend Girl”
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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Maxxi Soundsystem : Make or Break Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Maxxi Soundsystem : Make or Break 30 December , 2011 8.57AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos maxxi soundsystem needwant When it comes to sultry , velvety , midnight-hued deep house , Maxxi Soundsystem’s Make or Break” is right in the pocket . Incredible to believe that the single , out now on Needwant is the producer’s first-ever release . With detuned vocals , limpid string pads and touches of 90s R not to mention some seriously stirring sub-bass—this one will go down a treat with listeners looking for music in a Hot Creations vibe . The EP is rounded out by two more tunes in a similar style :
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, Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Fatboy Slim , Guy Gerber EDX now on Mashbox Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Fatboy Slim , Guy Gerber EDX now on Mashbox 24 December , 2011 6.05AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News mashbox Reviewers are raving about Beatport’s Mashbox a new iPad app that lets you create custom mashups of your favorite songs . Just in time for the holidays , we’ve spiked the punch with our first content update of new material for your remixing delirium . Adding to a catalog that includes music from Armand Van Helden , Moby , and Butch , we’ve just released pre-cut music packs for five more massive tunes : Fatboy Slim Weapon of Choice” Skint Guy Gerber Timing” Cocoon
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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Editors’ Picks of 2011 : 60-31 Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Editors’ Picks of 2011 : 60-31 23 December , 2011 1.00AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News best of 2011 We continue counting down our favorite music of the year with 30 more tracks chosen and ruthlessly ranked by Beatport’s genre editors . It’s a slightly idiosyncratic list , sure , with a whole lotta deep house and tech offset by pockets of dubstep and bass music . If our picks don’t reflect your own personal year in dance music , fear not : in the coming days and weeks we’re going to be posting lists of the year’s 100 most charted tracks and also the 100 top-selling tracks , each of
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Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation New Year’s Eve Secret Weapons Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item New Year’s Eve Secret Weapons 30 December , 2011 7.47AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News must hear tracks nye secret weapons If you’re going to be playing out this weekend—or even just soundtracking your own private after-party—you’re probably putting the finishing touches on that perfect New Year’s Eve setlist . To assist you in your task , we’ve put together a killer list of secret weapons across all our major genres and then some So whether you’re into bass music or tech house , progressive or glitch hop , deep house or crossover club hits , you’re sure to find some serious firecrackers
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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Tomcraft : Tell Mummy Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Tomcraft : Tell Mummy 30 December , 2011 12.34AM Written by : BeatportElef Filed under : Videos great stuff recordings richard dinsdale tomcraft Great Stuff founder Tomcraft is a tough guy , no doubt about it . The tattoos only tell half the story : for the real proof , look no further than his new single Tell Mummy , 8221 a bruising slab of electro-infused techno with a properly old-school vibe . Richard Dinsdale turns in an even more fist-pumping remix , complete with strafing string stabs and snares that tumble like a pillowcase full of batteries . Go tell mummy if you must , but don’t say we didn’t warn you
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Record Union would like to wish all a merry Christmas and a festive end of year.
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How can you as a indie musician build a presence take advantage Google+? This excellent article written by Ariel Hyatt over at Ariel Publicity gives you a great overview into what Google´s social networking has to offer indie artists. If Google+ is new to you and you are wondering why on earth you should build [...]
