After the controversy caused by his negative comments about the work of some DJs, Deadmau5, the most prominent producer of the dance scene in the last two years, made up for his declarations with the release of a CD full of free-royalty samples ready to use and create new tracks.
After the success of
the 10th anniversary Special Edition, Creamfields UK's organizers are preparing the festival for 2009.
For the first time ever, the general public are invited to devise their own line-up in a survey. Every DJ on every stage is up for debate. Visit www.mycreamfields.com and make your suggestions.
As
Sasha and John Digweed traveled around North America in the Spring Club Tour with their customized gear, any musician can customize his equipment thanks to StyleFlip.com, where
you have the possibility of choosing different skins to transform mixers, turntables, effect consoles and even drums. Check it out!
A week before the release of 808s & Heartbreak, the awaited Kanye West's new album, there appears Sky High (We Got the Remix), a collection of his greatest tracks remixed by A-Trak, Scottie B, Kenny Dope, Eli Escobar, Diplo and The Kickdrums, among others. Listen to it on imeen. From Tuesday 18th of November, at night, it will be available at blogs. Check it out!
Occupying the first position of DJ Mag's Top 20 VJs, the English collective Addictive TV created a new audiovisual genre: the remix videos, collages of images at high speed combined with electronic music functioning as viral tools to promote the greatest Hollywood films. Check out their best works.
Among the more than 750 artists that sent their tracks to
the contest Artista MySpace, there is a winner: the duo LeMicrokosmos will play on November 8 at
Creamfields Buenos Aires.
Argentine producers, DJs and electronic bands please pay attention! Creamfields Buenos Aires and MySpace are looking for new talents and offer you the opportunity of playing at the next edition of the festival. Upload a track or a set to your MySpace profile, sign up for the contest and get ready to play at the best gig in your career.
808 State, Bajofondo, New Young Pony Club (DJ Set), Marc Marzenit, DJ T and Angel Molina complete the line-up of the eighth edition of Creamfields Buenos Aires. These are the artists that will be performing on November 8 at the Autódromo de Buenos Aires alongside UNKLE, Erick Morillo, Gorillaz Soundsystem, David Guetta, Hernán Cattáneo, Steve Lawler, Simian Mobile Disco and Booka Shade, among others.
Just as a set or track is an open and dynamic composition you can remix, the book Techno Rebelde: Un siglo de músicas electrónicas (Rebel Techno: A Century of Electronic Music), written by Ariel Kyrou, presents the history of the genre in unstructured chapters that form a treatise on the roots of the scene. Download the entire book in .pdf format for free in Spanish.