RaveClips.com
June 25, 2007 | Filed Under General Info | No Comments
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Toolroom Knights Vol. 1
June 23, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Ministry of Sound monthly Toolroom Knights will release its first compilation ‘Toolroom Knights Vol. 1′ this week. On the decks is house producer Martijn ten Velden and ex-Dirty Vegas member Paul Harris, who have both previously delivered 12″s for the Maidstone house label Toolroom which runs the Toolroom Knights parties. Ten Velden delivers a party house and electrohouse set featuring his own singles ‘Bassification’ and ‘I Wish You Would’ while Harris turns in a more proggy mix with cuts by Wally Lopez and Lexicon Avenue as well as his own collaborations with Audiofly and Pete Tong.
Ibiza: The Sound of Renaissance Vol. 4
June 21, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
The latest compilation from progressive house stable Renaissance promises to capture the sound of clubland’s most famous island. ‘Ibiza: The Sound of Renaissance Vol. 4′ arrives at the end of the month, just in time for summer. ‘The Sound of Renaissance’ is an annual compilation series mixed by label manager Marcus James and Cafe Mambo resident Pete Gooding. Like volume three, the CD includes downtempo (’Beach’) and dancefloor-oriented (’Club’) mixes.
Aril Brikha - Ex Machina
June 19, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
‘Deeparture…’ was released on Derrick May’s Transmat label in 2001, following up from his ‘Art Of Vengeance EP’ in 1998 which spawned the club monster ‘Groove La Chord’, a tune which hasn’t run out of steam even in 2007. Since then the Swedish producer has been quiet on the record front, putting out a handful of EPs on Kompakt, Poker Flat and Music Man, prefering instead to concentrate on his live show in clubs. But the release drought is over: this month Brihka follows up ‘Deeparture…’ with a spanking new eleven-track album released on UK label Peacefrog.
Piracy more serious than burglary, fraud, bank robbery
June 16, 2007 | Filed Under General Info, Tech Zone | No Comments
For the more than nine years that Ars Technica has been publishing online, we’ve been outspoken when it comes to the lack of balance between the threat of piracy (which is always overstated) and the “solutions” to piracy (which are often draconian) that some copyright holders demand. Whether it’s laws that would turn the possession of software into a crime, completely baked piracy reports, or yet another law meant to criminalize civil infractions, we’ve cast a critical eye on an industry that defines solipsism.
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
June 15, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Expect nu-rave electro and disco punk on the debut longplayer from Simian Mobile Disco. Their debut album ‘Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release’ arrives next month. Simian Mobile Disco are Jas Shaw and James Ford, the synths and electronics of former indie band Simian, whose ‘Never Be Alone’ you’ll definitely know as ‘We are Your Friends’ reworked by Justice. These days, however, the pair are best known for making ravey house and electro as DJs and producers - Ford produced the debut album from day-glo kiddies the Klaxons.
Across Borders: Italy
June 13, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Old and new house producers from Italy come together on the new installment of Audio Therapy’s ‘Across Borders’ compilation series. Each volume of ‘Across Borders’ focuses on progressive and house producers from a single nation. Recent volumes have showcased Greece and The Netherlands, while the latest is a ten-track CD featuring cuts by established artists such as Joe T Vanelli, Claudio Coccoluto and Santos as well as young guns such as Niki B & Christian E.F.F.E and Alex Dolby.
10 Years of International Deejay Gigolos
June 11, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Founded in 1996, DJ Hell’s label Gigolo Records has always had its ear to the ground – the label put out early records by big names from Miss Kittin to Justice. Each summer Hell puts out a two CD unmixed compilation aiming at showcasing what’s landed in his inbox – this year’s effort ‘International Deejay Gigolos CD Ten’ features acts which will be new to most: names such as Woody, Arbotique, Voltique or Rebecca Von Kalinowsky. But it’s not all uncharted territory – Hell includes cuts from Gigolo regulars Mount Sims, The Presets and Oliver Huntemann, as well as an update of Steve “Silk” Hurley’s ‘Jack Your Body’ by Jamie Anderson and Jesse Rose. Hell obsessives will also be interested to check the previously unreleased Hell remix of Human Resource’s ’91 hardcore anthem ‘Dominator’, which completes the package.
Guy Gerber - Late Bloomers
June 9, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Guy Gerber started out making progressive house in 2002, but in 2004 he did something special: he made the genre new again with his hit ‘Stoppage Time’, a pitch-shifted peaktimer that scored big amongst the techno crowd a year later. Sven Vath, Kiki and Holden couldn’t get enough of it, so much so that Vath signed Guy Gerber to his Cocoon label in 2006, where he released ‘Sea of Sand’, a minimal-prog hybrid that bridged the boundaries between the genres like no other. Now he’s giving us his new LP - Late Bloomers.
Chris Fortier - As Long As The Moment Exists
June 7, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
Former progressive house producer Chris Fortier reveals a new direction on his debut album. As Long As The Moment Exists arrives in June. Chris Fortier was one of America’s prog figureheads in the late nineties and early noughties, releasing mix albums and 12″s on labels such as Bedrock and his own label Fade. But two years ago, Fortier surprised fans by revealing a new musical agenda on his mix CD ‘Balance 007′, bringing together René Breitbarth, D.Diggler and Mathew Jonson for a more techno-oriented take on dance music. As a producer, recently Fortier has been releasing tech house under the stealth alias 40oz, handing in rerubs of everyone from !!! to Alexkid to Alexi Delano. Look out for further surprises next month when he drops his first longplayer.
Cocoon releases Compilation G
June 7, 2007 | Filed Under Artists | 1 Comment
Sven Vath’s Cocoon stable has been releasing an unmixed collection of prized cuts in May for the last seven years. Past volumes have been home to big hitters such as Dinky’s ‘Acid in My Fridge’, Roman Flügel’s ‘Geht’s Noch?’, James Holden’s ‘The Wheel’ and Guy Gerber & Shlomi Aber’s ‘Sea of Sand, so you know there’s going to be a hit on here somewhere. Latest edition includes new cuts from hot producers such as My My, Stephan Bodzin, Cobblestone Jazz and Audion as well as established names like Tiefschwarz, Phil Kieran and Deetron. There are also tracks from ones-to-watch Marcel Dettman, Jamie Jones, Chaim and Aki Latvamäki.
U.N.K.L.E’s War Stories
June 5, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases | No Comments
James Lavelle’s UNKLE project returns with a new album ‘War Stories’. As usual with UNKLE, the album features a swag of guest vocalists, including Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, Ian Astbury from The Cult and 3D from Massive Attack. As the vocalist choices suggest, ‘War Stories’ album promises to shift UNKLE’s sound in a more rock direction: Queens of the Stone Age producer Chris Goss helps out behind the decks, while most of the instrumentation on the album is played live.