Archive for February, 2009

ULTRA RECORDS TO RELEASE ‘GET WILD’

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Sharam (known to many as one half of Grammy Award-winning DJ super-duo Deep Dish) will never conform to anything other than his own high standards. Ultra Records will release Get Wild, on April 7, his debut studio album featuring new material from Daniel Bedingfield, P. Diddy, Tommy Lee, and Kid Cudi.
This spring, Sharam brings his Read more...

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ARC X NEW BALANCE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

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Boston-based New Balance announced the premiere of its first global Partnership program. Meaning, New Balance is teaming up with their biggest retailers to design a new collection of shoes, created by New Balance and their Partner, but available to everyone, worldwide. Check out the the new Alife Rivington Club X New Balance collection.
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DJs now promote, manage events on the phone, online, or at the club

Categorized Under: Life, Nightlife, Tech, Weblingers 4 Comments

Champion Sound, maker of promo tools and applications, is releasing a new application available on the iPhone and Blackberry, and more models coming soon. They offer free fan promotion and guest list management anywhere that you are. Sounds good right? Well you can build personalized guest lists to promote events via email at no cost. Read more...

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MIKE PATTON SCORES FIRST FEATURE FILM, CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – Mike Patton (Fantômas, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom and the forthcoming Mondo Cane amongst others) has just completed his first major motion film score for the film “Crank 2: High Voltage” (Apr. 17 release). While Patton has often dabbled in film whether it was lending his voice to Read more...

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Bodega X Rockport

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Bodega and Rockport fused to produce this project based on a set of shared ideals.  Since their inception both Massachusetts based companies have been in search of creating the perfect shoe.  Rockport, founded nearly 40 years ago out of the back of a VW minibus kept a simple philosophy in mind; the perfect shoe had Read more...

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Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics Release Inspiration Information #3

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The third in Strut’s Inspiration Information studio collaboration series brings together an intriguing pairing between one of Africa’s great bandleaders, Mulatu Astatke, with the next level musicianship of The Heliocentrics collective from the mighty roster of Stones Throw / Now Again.
Known primarily through the successful ‘Ethiopiques’ album series and the film soundtrack to Jim Jarmusch’s Read more...

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LADY SOVEREIGN REVEALS “SO HUMAN” VIDEO

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With the premiere of her vibrant “So Human” video today, London’s Lady Sovereign showcases the first official single from her sophomore album Jigsaw (out April 7th) with a story only she could tell.
Directed by David Allain and shot in London (Ting Tings “That’s Not My Name”, FrankMusik), this colorful video lightheartedly summarizes some of the Read more...

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Gigolo founder DJ Hell to release new artist CD “Teufelswerk”

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On April 27, DJ Hell will release Teufelswerk (German for “Devil’s Work.”) on Gigolo Records.  Across 16 tracks divided into two themes, “Night” and “Day”. The nocturnal side offers a contemporary interpretation of Chicago house and Detroit techno. Its sunnier sister disc finds Hell embracing the groove of his roots. The album sounds unlike anything Read more...

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Cazals return to the USA this March

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Cazals are set to return to the US this spring to showcase their killer live set in New York & LA as well as to celebrate the release of the debut, before returning back to the UK to work on their sophomore release. The first non-electronic group to sign with label du jour Kitsune, ran Read more...

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EXTRAWELT

Categorized Under: Music, Music Reviews 3 Comments

Genre: techno.
Sounds like: emotive, melodic, early morning dance grooves.
Bottom line: Deep soundscapes unite with minimal beats, as lush melodies drive forward, leaving room between the sounds for your mind to drift. While the grooves are definitely solid, the easy-listening quality of this album makes for a perfect sunrise drive home from the raging club. (Praxis)

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