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Burn Studios in partnership with Beatport and Sasha presents the Search for the Next Producer Star

Updated: 2011-06-30 21:26:06

Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Burn Studios in partnership with Beatport and Sasha presents the Search for the Next Producer Star Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Burn Studios in partnership with Beatport and Sasha presents the Search for the Next Producer Star 24 June , 2011 3.12PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos While most music producers keep their tricks close to the vest , Sasha has decided to show his cards . At this year’s IMS in Ibiza the legendary DJ and producer discussed how he created the conference’s 2011 anthem track , deconstructing the work during one of the main panels . The track , titled Cut Me Down set to release on Beatport early July , will be Sasha’s debut

Boy 8-Bit: Madrigal

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Boy 8-Bit : Madrigal Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Boy 8-Bit : nbsp Madrigal 26 June , 2011 11.15PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News Boy 8-Bit’s new EP , Madrigal , 8221 is out now on This Is Music home to last year’s single The Keep , 8221 and it’s a storming four-tracker full of taut melodic tech house , mad UK funky , and various points in between for fans of SBTRKT , Julio Bashmore , Caribou and Four Tet’s floor-oriented gear , and other oddball-but-potent dance hybrids , it’s sure to put some wind in your sails . Get the EP here and keep reading to stream download Boy 8-Bit’s recent promo mix , featuring an hour and 45 minutes of jacking

SBTRKT: Wildfire

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation SBTRKT : Wildfire Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item SBTRKT : nbsp Wildfire 27 June , 2011 6.56AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos sbtrkt young turks SBTRKT’s jaw-droppingly good debut album is out this week on Young Turks home also to The XX and John Talabot . Featuring vocals from Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano , Roses Gabor , Sampha , and Jessie Ware , it could almost be a pop album and in fact hits many of the same pleasure centers as Little Dragon’s forthcoming album albeit arrayed around SBTRKT’s uncanny feel for the groove . A bass-music triumph . We’ve got an extensive interview with the masked man himself coming up later this week for now , feast

Must Hear Tracks Week 27

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Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Must Hear Tracks Week 27 Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Must Hear Tracks Week 27 30 June , 2011 9.52AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News must hear charts must hear tracks Lots of heavy hitters come out to play this week , as Steve Lawler remixes Shlomi Aber Deetron continues his run of ubiquity , Afrojack teams up with Shermanology , The Black Dog remixes Surgeon and Butch author of last year’s top charted track , drops his follow-up for Cecille Venturing deeper into the catalog , Dizzee Rascal is back with a new release on Dirty Stank Ostgut Ton head Nick Hoppner brings us one of the best releases of his career San Francisco’s Dave Aju puts a

Bass Up: Find a Better Bassline on Beatport

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Bass Up : Find a Better Bassline on Beatport Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Bass Up : Find a Better Bassline on Beatport 28 June , 2011 10.00AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News bass basslines staff picks Dance music without bass would be like a car without wheels . But not all basslines are created equal . We wanted to give it up for basslines that twist and morph and move , that grab you by the lapels and won’t let you go . We’re talking about elastic , acidic , mercurial , even elephantine bass we’re talking about seasick wobble , all-encompassing throb , and the nimblest figures ever to jitterbug their way into your heart . From deep house to

Africa Hitech: Out in the Streets

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Africa Hitech : Out in the Streets Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Africa Hitech : Out in the Streets 30 June , 2011 3.03AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos africa hitech global communication mark pritchard steve spacek warp Bass fanatics will surely be aware of Africa Hitech the duo of Steve Spacek of Spacek and Mark Pritchard aka Harmonic 313 and a member of Global Communication Reload Jedi Knights and a passel of further projects , from ambient to electro Their recent album for Warp Records 93 Million Miles has been a landmark in this year’s bass-music landscape , folding together elements of grime , juke , UK funky , and electronica into one

Audio Biographies: Get Up Close And Personal With Your Favorite DJs

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Audio Biographies : Get Up Close And Personal With Your Favorite DJs Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Audio Biographies : Get Up Close And Personal With Your Favorite DJs 24 June , 2011 11.01PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Music News Inspiration is like a tree with incredibly deep roots : the fruit it bears is nourished by waters that have traveled a long , winding path . A childhood memory might morph into a new melody a first breakup becomes , years later , a bassline . We asked some of our favorite DJs to share the tunes that map out their musical upbringing delve into their pasts with these Audio Biographies . Read on to hear the tracks that Joris

M83: Echoes

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation M83 : Echoes Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item M83 : nbsp Echoes 28 June , 2011 3.55PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos m83 A short , visually arresting new video teaser from France’s M83 surfaced today , with no guidance beyond the vague new album soon . 8221 Soon” What’s soon” Then again , when it’s M83, does time even matter Judging by the ambient-overdrive epic vastness of the snippet—not to mention the gleaming cityscapes and jawdropping landscapes—M83’s Anthony Gonzales sets his clock according to a different time zone than the rest of us : Eternal Standard Time . And for you synth geeks out there , the opening images of his studio might be even

PlayPortrait 02: Navigating Oval

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation PlayPortrait 02 : Navigating Oval Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed PlayPortrait 02 : Navigating Oval 30 June , 2011 12.22PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos After their video portrait of Hyperdub artist Terror Danjah and three-part feature on Poland’s Unsound festival Spain’s Playground magazine returns with another in-depth video portrait . The subject this time is Berlin’s reclusive audio theoretician , Oval Oval might be best known as the godfather of glitch music , pioneering the clicks cuts” strategies of the late 90s and early 00s with his muted , sensual dreamscapes for skipping CDs these days , he continues to push the limits of avant-garde electronica

Joakim: Forever Young

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Joakim : Forever Young Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Joakim : Forever Young 30 June , 2011 11.53AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos discodeine dye joakim tigersushi For years , hearing the phrase forever young” carried with it the risk of getting Alphaville’s song of the same name stuck in your head on constant repeat . No more Tigersushi top chef Joakim comes to the rescue with his new single , Forever Young , 8221 a wistful summer jam dedicated to the wide-eyed optimism and fleeting pleasures of youth . Says Joakim , Forever Young’ is my song for all the 30-something-year old people out there . I used to hate people between 30 and 40 when I was

We Love… loves Planet E

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Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation We Love loves Planet E Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item We Love loves Planet E 27 June , 2011 3.39PM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos carl craig derrick may greg wilson ibiza paul woolford planet e the mole we love The We Love crew gives it up for Carl Craig and his Planet E label , which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year . Carl kicks things off in the characteristically blunt fashion we love him for : My objective with Planet E is kind of the objective , F k the focus groups , 8217 you know We’re just gonna put some s t out—if you like it you like it , if you don’t , you don’t , you know Hear , hear Check out the full 10-minute vid for further

Transforming Noisia

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Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Transforming Noisia Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Transforming Noisia 29 June , 2011 9.10AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos 16bit dubstep noisia transformers Can there be any doubt that dubstep has truly crossed over Not only does Noisia’s Machine Gun 16 Bit Remix feature in the new Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon the biggest blockbuster this summer—it even soundtracks the trailer . Watch out , Decepticons : Noisia is firing hollow-point basslines with your name painted on them . Get your 3D wobble on the Machine Gun” EP here including remixes from Spor and Amon Tobin Get these tracks on Beatport.com 0 Comments 406 Views Tags 16bit dubstep noisia

Interview: Laidback Luke

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Interview : Laidback Luke Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Interview : Laidback Luke 28 June , 2011 7.29AM Written by : Ellie Filed under : Music News cream ibiza laidback luke swedish house mafia In his 15 year career as a DJ , it’s apparent that Dutch house producer Laidback Luke has been anything but laidback . As well as owning Mixmash Records , he currently ranks 17 in the DJ Mag Top 100 and he’s been nominated in the Beatport Music Awards three times . He’s also worked with some of the biggest names in dance music , including David Guetta and the Swedish House Mafia , receiving an IDMA for Best House Garage track for Leave the World Behind . 8221 More

Box Codax: Seven Silvers

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Box Codax : Seven Silvers Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Box Codax : Seven Silvers 29 June , 2011 3.05AM Written by : Beatportal Filed under : Videos box codax franz ferdinand gomma When he’s not providing the chugging rhythm guitars for Franz Ferdinand’s famously angular” guitar sound and we do mean famous : googling Franz Ferdinand” angular” returns nearly two million hits Nick McCarthy applies similar pick-work to his jittery disco-punk trio Box Codax Last month , some five years after their debut album , Box Codax released the follow-up Hellabuster once again on Gomma . It’s a cheeky collection of amped-up rave-ups , drunken shout-alongs and jagged funk that

Benga: Smack My Bitch Up

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: Beatportal Home Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Benga : Smack My Bitch Up Main Feed Submit Content News Radio Show Podcast Video Track ID Tip us on news Back to Main Feed Next Item Benga : Smack My Bitch Up 24 June , 2011 4.05PM Written by : BeatportSean Filed under : Videos benga video Dubstep’s biggest badman , Benga in a show of class , released the free track Smack My Bitch Up” on his website this month . Now an official video for the track has surfaced to accompany the offering . If that weren’t enough , rumors of his upcoming album have been authenticated on the site , although no further details have been released . Register at Benga.co.uk in order to keep up to date as they release exclusive snippets of Benga’s album . Get these tracks on Beatport.com 1 Comments 700 Views Tags