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Nick Ghattas talks about shooting Tiesto, Above & Beyond, Afrojack, and more 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Ottawa-based Nick Ghattas catches his fair share of festivals throughout the year—but not the way most of us do. This photographer and videographer instead finds himself perched in all manner of spots...
Win Reloop's Tape USB Mixtape Recorder 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
If you're a fan of recording your DJ sets or digitizing your vinyl, we've got one seriously sweet prize for you in this week's Beatport News contest—Reloop's Tape USB Mixtape Recorder. Go right from t...
John Dahlback on label ventures, the road less taken and his recent Mutants compilation 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
As Europe maintains its reign over club culture, Swedish house producer and DJ John Dahlback continues to enjoy an unparalleled level of popularity. And with a tenure as seamless and eclectic as his, ...
Daft Punk unveil new clip, present Taylor Swift an MTV Video Music Award 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Well, the Daft Punk promo train rolls on, as evidenced by their appearance last night at the MTV Video Music Awards, for which they were nominated for Song of the Summer (they lost to One Direction, b...
Point Blank Music School presents How To Create Electronic Music: Production Analysis of the Biggest Dance Tracks 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
You’ve heard these anthems on soundsystems all over the world. Now learn how these songs were created from the ground up. In our ongoing series How to Create Electronic Music, London’s Point Blank Mus...
Richie Hawtin gets carried away, Chuckie gets knighted, and Whole Foods becomes your local record shop 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Lots to cover today, folks. Chuckie gets knighted by the president of Suriname, Dubspot breaks down Modus Operandi, Blond:ish hits the desert, and Whole Foods starts peddling vinyl? Come on in and see...
DVBBS and Borgeous storm the Beatport 100 with "Tsunami" 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A show of congratulations is due to DVBBS and Borgeous, whose latest track, "Tsunami," has taken the #1 spot on the Beatport Top 100.
A look back at gabber's foundations and street culture in 1995 23 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
"Gabber isn't about being noticed," opines DJ Rob, one of the progenitors of gabber in Rotterdam—which is ironic, considering how much gabber culture has permeated the underground dance and art worlds...
Richard Simmons tries his hand at dance music, Deadmau5 partners with Space Invaders, Soul Clap's ill-fated cuddle-puddle, and an LTJ Bukem chat 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
The flurry of activity in the dance-music world often reaches fever pitch come Friday, when the week's big news stories have wrapped and the clubs and festivals get their sound-and-lighting rigs warme...
50 ways to breathe life into your productions 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Hitting a wall with your productions at the moment? Well, we've got a solution or two for breathing new life back into your music. In fact, we've got 50 of them, courtesy of Get That Pro Sound, which ...
