Since scientific studies guarantee that music plays a main role in sport, Sony Ericsson has organized Run To The Beat, a mini marathon in London. They have set up 17 stages along the route from where different music genres will sound during the competition.
We can say that, between 1973 and 1978, disco music lived its golden years. The Disco Files: New York's Underground, week by week, a new DJ History book, is about said years. In almost 500 pages, Vince Aletti compiles his chronicles, unpublished photographs and magazine articles of that time period, including over 200 disco album reviews and even a chart listing the best tracks of each week.
Organized via Facebook, more than 12 thousand people went Friday afternoon with their mp3 players to Liverpool Street Station to participate in a silent rave, a famous type of flash mob. Participants of Liverpool Street Station Silent Dance obliged the police to close the station for 90 minutes. Watch the videos.
A year ago, Polaroid announced that they
would stop producing the film that allowed to take the instant photos that made the company rich and famous. But
fans' pleas have been heard.
Versatility and ecological consciousness; that is the 2-in-1 pack offered by solar chargers that keep your gadget's batteries charged wherever you are. Take a look at some of these green-friendly alternatives at Flowmi.
From February 13 to February 26, a collection of dance culture designs will be displayed at Artcore, a historical exhibition at the Ultralounge in Selfridges, London. After the closing of the exhibition, an auction house will offer to the highest bidder these original artworks: from the first Basement Jaxx logos and flyers from legendary clubs Schoom and Sign of the Times to artworks by Goldie (street artist in the past, musician in the present).
Since their contract with Sony expired in 2008, Groove Armada joined the most popular rum-maker in the world to release a new four-track EP in March. However "Go", the first single included in the EP, can be downloaded for free from B-Live Share. Check it out.
While we wait for Massive Attack's fifth album, label Rapster decided to release Protected: Massive Samples, an album containing some of the tracks that help the band to construct their sound universe, including discrete samplers, adaptations with credits or direct appropriations. From Horace Andy to John Holt and from Wally Badarou to William De Vaughn.