Bad news for those of you who wanted to buy Kraftwerk tickets (and haven’t already hit up Twitter)… Kraftwerk at the MOMA is completely sold out. Pretty impressive as it only took about an hour for all 8 shows to sell out. Fans started hammering the site right at noon and Showclix servers could not handle the load as loads of fans complained that their spot in the queue had timed out (though Showclix ensured that the queue was done by IP address, so rejoining would put you in the same place you were in prior to the time outs). Some people were able to call Showclix and secure tickets that way (we were able to get through to them and they had confirmed that everything except Radio-Activity was sold out around 12:55). Hopefully they tour again soon so those of us who missed out get another shot.
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Kraftwerk At MOMA Sells Out As Showclix Servers Cannot Handle The Load
Luciano At District 36 This Sunday (Feb. 19th) Postponed
Some bad news coming out of the Cadenza camp. Luciano announced via his Facebook page today that he has postponed his U.S. tour, which includes a stop to District 36 here in New York. He did not give a reason why he cancelled except for saying that it was due to an unforeseen personal issue. We certainly wish him the best and hope to have him back here soon in the states.
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” Sounds like a plan to us.John Digweed To Remember Slacker This Weekend on Transitions Mix Show
No one played more of Slacker’s tracks years ago than John Digweed. John posted on his Facebook page today that he’ll be celebrating the life of Slacker by playing a 60 minute mix Slacker did for him years ago entitled “Obsessive Sounds.” You can check it out on John’s weekly Transitions show which airs on Proton Radio for those of us not in the UK.
Help Save Ministry Of Sound London
London’s Ministry of Sound is being threatened again this year as London mayor Boris Johnson is being asked to call in the vote that was denied last year allowing a developer to build luxury flats across the street from the club. If the mayor does permit the developer to go through with the plans, it would almost certainly mean that the Ministry Of Sound would have to close this year since as those of us living in New York know, you can’t have a nightclub anywhere within a stones throw of residential housing without issues. Please read below for more information regarding this, and let’s all do our part to help them out. Read more »
Mixmag Presents Mixmag Live With Richie Hawtin
Mixmag is starting a new series of parties called Mixmag Live in London to kick off the showcase, they’ve invited Richie Hawtin (as Plastikman). Being the Mixmag Live artist also means you grace the cover of the magazine, do the covermount CD which comes with ever copy, as well as an awesome spread. Read on to see a little bit of what you get, and more about the party next month at Village Underground in London. Read more »
Progressive House And Trance Producer Slacker Passes Away In Thailand
We received some really bad news today via email. Shem McCauley, better known to many of us as Slacker passed away in Bangkok this past weekend. The email we received pointed us to a post that Sander Kleinenberg made on Twitter about the bad news, and it was also posted on Slacker’s artist page on Discogs. There is no word of the cause but we’re really saddened as he was one of our favorite producers in the late 90′s/early 2000′s. We spent many nights dancing to his remixes back when they were championed by the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, John Digweed, and Paul Van Dyk. One of the greatest was his remix of Breeder’s “Tyrantanic.” RIP. Read more »
Michael Alig And The Club Kids Remember The Limelight Ahead Of Tuesday DVD Release
The New York Post caught up with Michael Alig, Peter Gatien’s daughter, Steve Lewis and others to reminisce about the Limelight ahead of the Limelight movie DVD release on Tuesday. Not much else to say about the Limelight that hasn’t already been said here, but it’s always fun to hear stories from the people who lived them. The Limelight movie overall received mixed reviews when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, but we’re still excited to see it. Read more »
Mixmag Releases Results Of Greatest Dance Music Act Of All Time
Mixmag ran a contest from September to December asking fans to decide who is the greatest dance music act of all time? Thousands voted and the results are in. The Prodigy has taken number one on the chart, with Daft Punk in at number two followed by the Chemical Brothers. Personally, we would have taken Kraftwerk at number one, but they came in at eight. This list goes to show you that dance music does tend to cater to a younger crowd, and many of them were not around when acts like Underworld and Orbital were ruling dancefloors. From the press release: Read more »
Defected Presents Kevin Saunderson “In The House”
News out of the Defected label; Kevin Saunderson is next to bat for the “In The House” series. Kevin is a legendary DJ and producer in techno and has been an inspiration to most of the DJ’s and producers you listen to today. You might know him best as a part of Inner City who released some of the best music of the 90′s. Read on for the scoop… Read more »
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Defected Presents Kevin Saunderson
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