The Prodigy announced that on March 2 they will release Invaders Must Die, their new album that counts with the collaboration of drummer Dave Grohl (ex Nirvana, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age) and James Rushent (Does It Offend You, Yeah?). "A collision of old skool rave noise with the stratospheric limits of new technology," they stated.
Solemn, danceable and surprising. The person in charge of the opening concert at the Cité de la Musique in Paris this year was Carl Craig, the emblematic DJ and producer from Detroit, who alongside the symphony orchestra Les siècles and the pianist Francesco Tristano formed an improbable alliance. Check out this unique combination of techno and classical music.
On January 26, the album Decent Work for Decent Pay: Collected Works: Volume One will be released. It is an album that compiles the best Diplo's remixes (the "most respectable ones," he said.) A retrospective to the producer's most eclectic form made in collaboration with artists such as Hot Chip, Bloc Party, Peter Bjorn and John, CSS, Bonde do Rolê, and Spank Rock, among many others. Check out this preview.
Boys Noize is Alex Ridha, a big German electro figure and
one of the international stars that will perform at Creamfields Buenos Aires 2008. Owner of the label Boysnoize Records,
he has just released a couple of promising remixes: one by CJ Bolland and an epic distorted version of "Focker" by Late of the Pier. Check them out!
In order to celebrate their 20th anniversary together, 808 State relaunches great part of their discography. Fans of the Manchester's band, one of the pioneers of the British electronic scene and a figure in
Creamfields Buenos Aires 2008 line-up, will be able to get the discontinued material plus exclusive contents.
Last Friday, during his show on the BBC Radio 1, Pete Tong presented the world premiere "Mind Dimension," the first track from Tiga's new material. The track will be included in his next album, on which people is speculating titles, such as Mindimension/The Future. Check out the track of which, a couple of days before, there only were four copies: Tiga's, Tong's, Soulwax's and Erol Alkan's.
Used to write music criticisms, Pitchfork's staff decided to pick the 500 best songs of the past three decades and compiled them into The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, a book featuring all-new essays and reviews written with a sharp wit that also present a new paradigm. What songs? Check out lala.com playlist.
According to the artwork of their latest compilation
Anjunabeats Volume Six, the British trio Above & Beyond are inviting fans to participate in
a contest where the winner will join them in a flight on a hot-air balloon. Besides, they will play a high-altitude DJ set using a
Pacemaker. Learn how to participate.
Thanks to the good criticism received after their first album
Psyence Fiction, UNKLE is on everyone's lips. And even though the essential member DJ Shadow left the project after recording said album,
James Lavelle didn'
t care: He called Richard File to continue with the project and confirmed the identity of UNKLE: a band that counts with the collaborations of rock figures (such as Ian Brown and Josh Homme, among others) and that, during the past few years, presents a live show as the one people will enjoy at the next edition of
Creamfields Buenos Aires.