22/12/2008 ‘Sound Science’ by Coldcut
Since the late 80s Matt Black and Jon More have been producing music as Coldcut. The two Englishmen have been responsible for numerous tunes somewhere between Hip Hop, Breaks, House and Drum and Bass ever since. Further they set up the legendary record label Ninja Tunes and are responsible for...
18/12/2008 Slices voted # 1 DVD in Groove magazine reader poll 2008
Every year, when we already start despairing of finding the right Christmas presents and figuring out some wicked New Year's resolutions, German music magazine Groove asks its reader what they liked most about the passed year. In DVD matters the DVD magazine Slices got (again) the most...
17/12/2008 Danse macabre with Get Physical
Berlin-based record label Get Physical recently asked 13 renowned DJs which song should be played on their funeral. Bizarre question, indeed. But the result is a surprisingly good compilation. Nearly every track belongs to a different genre. However, they have one thing in common: they are all...
16/12/2008 Second ‘Need2Soul’ compilations hits the stores early next year
English deep house label Need2Soul just announced a new compilation to be released in February 2009. Originally the label was focused on bashing basement club nights. But as it became more popular they came out of the basements and started to organise parties at renowned clubs li...
13/12/2008 Maniacs in Mitte?
A few weeks ago some pretty bizarre people were on the street in Berlin Mitte. Have you seen the weirdos wearing magenta sombreros on Alexanderplatz? They performed electronic classics like Kylie Minogue’s 'Can’t Get You Out Of My Head' or Daft Punk’s 'Around The World' with violi...
12/12/2008 Jesse Rose asks 'What Do You Do If You Don’t'?
Jesse Rose asks 'What Do You Do If You Don’t'? Fidget House pioneer Jesse Rose finally revealed some details about his forthcoming album: It’s name is 'What Do You Do If You Don’t?', it includes collaborations with Hot Chip, Afra & The Incredible Beatbox Band as well as Davi...
12/12/2008 The Big 50
Marc Romboy's imprint of all things pumping and techy Systematic, celebrates its 4th Birthday and 50th release this month with a 3 track EP of techno goodness from Hugo & Daniele Papini. After 15 years in the music making business, Marc decided to start his own imprint in 2004 as platform f...
11/12/2008 ‘The Radio Sessions – Electronic Beats on Air’ on Motor FM
Our small but wonderful world of Electronic Beats gets its own show on Motor FM! “The Radio Sessions – Electronic Beats On Air” hosts from today every Thursday from 10 p.m. till midnight national and international DJs of distinction, chatting about bits, BMPs and bassdrums to pre...
05/12/2008 Gotye ‘Like Drawing Blood’
This pyjama wearing weirdo called Gotye produced one of the albums of the year according to iTunes. First things first: His original name is Wouter DeBacker. Born in Bruges, Belgium he emigrated with his family to Melbourne, Australia. He was into music since his teens and playe...
03/12/2008 On the first day of Christmas...
My Zero" gave to me.... 31 free mp3's! To celebrate their first Birthday, and a year of some pretty amazing releases, electronic music download site Zero" are giving away 31 of their favorite songs from the last 12 months. Like a musical Advent calender one track will be made availabl...
02/12/2008 New stuff by Hercules And Love Affair
Hercules And Love Affair just finished their Europe tour these days. The performances were in a refreshing way surprisingly positive. Although they performed with a live band it was more like a highly danceable and funky DJ set, which caused a lot of pleasure! (Check the reviews of their gigs a...
28/11/2008 Rekids' Revolution
Radio Slave’s record label Rekids is about to release a triple compilation called 'Rekids Revolution'. The first two CDs are unmixed and includes material from Radio Slave itself, disco influenced John Daly, tropical Toby Tobias or abstract Luke Solomon. The third CD is mixed by...
27/11/2008 Has Mr C gone crazy?
Always an outspoken figure with an opinion or two at the ready, Mr C of the Shamen, Superfreq and The End fame, is now going against the grain of the vinyl loving DJ by actually getting rid of his ENTIRE record collection - over 15.000 records. We came across his posting and it seems completely...
27/11/2008 Two hot from Gomma
Two hot new videos from team Gomma, that are completely different but equally good. Firstly Munk fresh from playing the Electronic Beats festival Berlin, have released the video for Down In LA (Shazam Version) which is takes place entirely underwater. MUNK "Down...