Toni Tambourine Talks To Scarlett Etienne

Posted by on 03/02/2012 No comments

Toni Tambourine of Listen-Up PR was good enough to send us an interview they did recently with New York native Scarlett Etienne.  Scarlett used to be a resident DJ at the Soundfactory and Sullivan Room (where we caught her a few times along with an opening gig she did for Sasha at Matter a few years ago in London).  As the years have past, she has catapulted into the forefront of the European dance scene headlining gigs all over the place including spending summers in Ibiza.  She recently did the Big Questions section for DJ Mag, and also did a super kick ass RA Podcast (RA 013) a few years ago for Resident Advisor that we still listen to.  Read on for the interview. Read more »

Renaissance 20th Anniversary With Sasha

Posted by on 03/02/2012 No comments

For those of you old enough to have gone to the Renaissance parties 20 years ago, yes it has been 20 years (sorry to break it to you).  Sasha will be playing at Renaissance’s 20th anniversary parties (there are two) on Sunday 8th April at Vox, Leeds & Gibb St Warehouse, Birmingham.  Read on for the detailed information. Read more »

Hot Chip Announce New Album “In Our Heads”

Posted by on 03/02/2012 No comments


The gents from Hot Chip are hard at work again on their fourth studio album entitled “In Our Heads.” The album which was recorded in London and was self-produceds, will be out in the UK on June 12, 2012. They are also about to start touring for their side project with Tom Hopkins called “New Build.” The tour has two dates in NYC at the Mercury Lounge, but both have been sold out for some time now. Hopefully you’ll get to catch them again when they come around for the In Our Heads tour.

Source: http://hotchip.co.uk/2012/03/hot-chip-in-our-heads/

No Sugar Added At Winter Music Week

Posted by on 03/01/2012 No comments

No Sugar Added is back at Winter Music Week in Miami for its 4th year and the party has packed a lot of great talent into two days at Nikki Beach.  The party will take place on Friday, March 23rd and Saturday, March 24th at the newly revamped Nikki Beach and the lineup is pretty solid (and by solid we mean, not a clusterfuck of David Guetta/Avicii/AVB etc… (*cough* Ultra *cough*)).  We’ve never been to Nikki Beach (we tried sneaking in during WMC 2004 after it was over capacity but that didn’t go so well) but we’d imagine it’s expanded if they’re having four stages each day. Read more »

Little Dragon Recreates Little Man Using Moog Equipment

Posted by on 03/01/2012 No comments

Little Dragon recently stopped by the Moog studios in North Carolina to reinvent their track “Little Man” off their latest Ritual Union album.  The session was recorded during Moogfest 2011, and though unfortunately Little Dragon’s bassist was sick and couldn’t make it, their soundman filled in doing the bass parts using a Moog Little Phatty.  Little Dragon front woman Yukimi Nagano sings through an Analog Delay Moogerfooger which sounds awesome, as well as keyboards being replaced with Minimoog Voyagers.  Check out the video. Read more »

Apple Files Beat Matching Patent For iTunes

Posted by on 03/01/2012 No comments

Engadget is reporting that Apple has filed a patent for beat matching in its iTunes software that ultimately would allow users to mix songs straight in iTunes like their favorite DJ’s do using that super expensive hardware known as turntables.  From the patent listing in the summer of 2010, Apple is trying to create smart playlists by organizing tracks based on BPM information so that tracks can be played in mix.  Read more »

Behrouz Birthday Party Mix Live From Cielo 2009-05-14

Posted by on 02/23/2012 No comments

Great set from back in May of 2009 from Behrouz’s Bday party recorded live from Cielo on Sirius XM Radio.  Behrouz was looking for the mix on his Facebook page so we happily obliged.  Enjoy! Read more »

Ultra Music Festival Presents New Film “Can U Feel It”

Posted by on 02/23/2012 No comments

We’ll be the first to admit that the Ultra Music Festival in Miami is not our cup of tea.  Most of the acts are of the trance and mainstream type, so if it were up to us, we’d rather be at DEMF, but we certainly do give credit for all the things Ultra has done for the dance music community.  In the 12 years since its formation, Ultra has turned into a 45 headed monster and has really brought main stream dance music to the forefront here in America.  The festival sold out months before the Winter Music Conference even started in 2011 and ended up having over 150,000 people attend over the course of three days.  Pretty amazing when you think about those numbers given 7 or 8 years ago, dance music in America was laughed at and still considered underground. Read more »

Kraftwerk At MOMA Sells Out As Showclix Servers Cannot Handle The Load

Posted by on 02/22/2012 7 comments

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.

Luciano At District 36 This Sunday (Feb. 19th) Postponed

Posted by on 02/16/2012 No comments

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.