Psycatron - 'Memories Of The Moment'

Those of you who remember Psycatron’s stunning remix of Mutant Clan’s ‘Persuader’ from John Digweed’s first ‘Structures’ album, or the brilliant ‘Vertigo In The Modern’ (Beddigi08) with Sian, will no doubt be chomping at the bit to get your ears around this brand new single. This is HOT!!!!!

Psycatron, aka Northern Irish duo Paul Hamill & Dave Oost Lievense, produce 21st century Techno with tracks that combine relentless energy and groove with bundles of emotion and tension, to make for an all-encompassing sound that is perfect for those big arenas and club rooms. Their Original Mix with its energetic, melodic, percussive groove backbone mounted on a deep, throbbing bassline, builds a drawn out brooding vibe towards an ecstatic mid-way climax before layering and building in pure, intense Psycatron style.

Psycatron - Memories of the Moment by Bedrock Records

‘Memories Of The Moment’ has been the biggest track of the summer for Psycatron in their live sets, so you may have heard it already at the I Love Techno Festival, Global Gathering, Klubbers Day Madrid, Fabric, Berghain, Oxygen Ireland, Astrolopolis France, Baracca Valencia, The Loft Barcelona, or on their multiple dates on the Planet E 20th World Tour.

Between them, John Digweed and Nick Muir, producers of the finest electronic dance music, have been involved in many pivotal moments in the world of club music over the years and have in many ways helped to define genres & push the boundaries further. As with all their studio productions their remix of ‘Memories Of The Moment’ is another mission statement to show that they are not resting on past laurels but always developing their sound in an exciting direction. It’s a spine-tingling, fizzing, spiralling, anthemic monster that will be huge worldwide.

Psycatron - Memories of the Moment ( John Digweed & Nick Muir remix) by Bedrock Records

Remixes for Spooky, Simian Mobile Disco and Vince Watson have all been Psycatron highlights already this year, and a single with Paul Woolford for HotFlush received critical acclaim. New singles are on the way alongside Sian and Detroit Grand Pubahs, whilst the boys are currently locked down in their studio, working on the first Psycatron long-player for release in 2012. In the meantime you can tune into their fortnightly Electric Avenue radio show on Proton, which already has 20k subscribers.

Psycatron’s high profile productions have been popping up on some of the world’s most respected labels, receiving props from some of the biggest names in the business and record sales flying high in the Beatport charts. Fergie (Rekluse), Carl Craig (Planet E), Christian Smith (Tronic), Will Saul (Simple), legendary Belgian label R&S Records, have all featured stunning Psycatron tracks, so it seems fitting that they have now linked up with Bedrock Records again to end the year in style.

“These guys are fantastic, definitely a name to look out for” – John Digweed

“I LOVE Psycatron” – Laurent Garnier

“Psycatron is one of the acts of the year” – Agoria

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Buzzin Media on Soundcloud

Selling your CDs for Christmas cash is a simple process that will not only provide you with money to celebrate the holidays but also help you clear out some space for the gifts you will get in return from family and friends. If you are new to selling your used CDs, this guide can walk you through the process.

Get The Most For Your CDs: Some Tips

If you are trying to sell old CDs for cash, there are a few insider tips that can help you negotiate a higher price for your stuff.

• Make your CDs look as good as new. This rule is especially important regarding the case that you use for each disc. If the case is cracked, or if it doesn’t open and close properly, switch it out for a newer case from another CD.

• Always have the original artwork. This can make or break a CD sale. Keep in mind that whomever you are selling to will sometimes turn around and cell your CD to another person, so it is important that it comes in the best condition.

• Don’t expect too much. You may only be able to get a couple of pounds for your CD, but keep in mind that it is used. Also, in the age of digital music, there may be a dwindling market to buy physical compact discs when people can just download music much easier.

Where To Sell CDs

The good news is that there are still a lot of outlets that allow for CD resale. If you live near a record shop, you could walk in and probably make your trade on-site within minutes. However, the Internet also makes it possible sell your discs online, which widens your market of potential buyers. You may be able to get a better price using this method since you can actually hold a virtual auction for each CD and award the sale to the highest bidder. Keep in mind, though, that selling CDs online usually requires you to upload information for each individual disc, and you are responsible for making sure that the discs arrive in good condition to each buyer. If you have to pay for postage to send them, it may eat into your profits.

If you are looking for an easier way to sell CDs online, you could try a Web site like Music Magpie. This is a service that lets you sell your CDs directly to them, without having to hold an auction. Uploading information about each CD is easy, as well, since you only have to enter in the bar code for each disc. Also, if you do choose to use musicMagpie, the company will pay for the postage or send a courier to pick up your CDs.

Capitalise On Your Other Entertainment Collections

If you are extra strapped for money this Christmas season, you could potentially make money off of selling your videos and games, too. As long as you are ready and willing to part with your DVDs and games, you could sell them using the same methods as you would when selling your CDs. In addition, the market for DVDs is a bit more robust, so you should be able to find eager buyers for your discs.

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James Follette 'Santa Brother'

James Follette is a 25-year old soul singer from London with a love of all things retro! His references range from Amy Whinehouse to Gladys Knight, Prince to Otis Reading. He loves the old but always with a new twist – something fresh!

He met Victoria Wilson James from Soul II Soul who took him under her wing, introduced his music to legendary manager Davett Singletary (Usher, Cee-Lo Green, Outkast et.al) who helped guide and facilitate the writing, recording and ultimate conception of an album all his own. It’s due for release next year in partnership with the launch of new music technology MusicROVR.

In the meantime though, he’s had some fun with his version of Christmas classic ‘Santa Baby‘ - and throwing in some 21st Century references. It’s proven really popular already with it being picked up by the biggest chain of shopping malls in America and appearing on a number of platinum FM radio play-lists.

His new spin on the timeless classic, which he’s called ‘Santa Brother‘, is out now on worldwide digital release through Basquiat Beats, in prelude to the release of his album ‘The Adventures of Melvin P. Jackson’ in the second quarter of 2012.

I loved ‘Santa Brother‘ the moment I heard it on Soundcloud; it’s fun, sassy, cheeky and it’s got a swing that would have Santa shimmy down the chimney tonight!

James Follette - Santa Brother by basquiatbeats

The Stateside success looks set to repeat itself on British shores with the song being play-listed in stores, hotels and gyms nationwide plus front page pride of place on iTunes, Amazon and eMusic! All these releases are leading up to his return booking at Jazz Cafe and a slot at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

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Workshop Records is one today’s most respected underground labels with releases from Move D, Fred P, Lowtec, & Kassem Mosse to name but a few.  With their records released in generic sleeves, often without titles and artwork this is a record label that lets the music do the talking.

Gunnar Wendel aka Kassem Mosse is one of the most respected new wave of house & techno producers.  Omar S was so impressed with his “578” track that he decided to produce two remixes whilst travelling through Berlin and it was this release that Resident Advisor picked as one of its top tracks of 2010.  Kassem Mosse’s remix of Commix’s “Need To Feel” was Juno Plus’s No 1 track of 2010 showing why his productions are as popular with the dubstep fraternity as they are in the house and techno world.

Kassem Mosse will play a special live set alongside label mate Even Tuell and is joined by Paul Crognale and label owner Dolan Bergin.  As usual our Funktion One sound system is installed for all of the loft parties.

These parties always sell out in advance and demand for Kassem Mosse’s appearance is high so it is highly advisable to purchased in advance from Resident Advisor.

Future Loft Party guests include Prosumer, Move D, We Play House, GHL plus many more.

Electric Minds presents Loft Parites
Saturday – 14th May 2011
10pm until 6am
Shoreditch, East London

Tickets
£5 & £7 – Sold Out
£8 to £15 – On Sale Now

A phone is only as good as its network, so one of the most important steps you should take when buying a new cell phone is looking at the coverage in your area. Occasionally in areas with good coverage, there may still be small blank spots, but having good national coverage is essential for getting your money’s worth out of a cell phone plan.

There are different comparison charts and maps that will show the area of coverage between different networks, and show some of the advantages of one network over another. The Sprint coverage map, for example, showcases areas of high and low concentration for their cell phone coverage, so you can know what areas your signal will be strongest, what areas it will be weakest, and when you might be wandering into a roaming zone. This can help you avoid some heavy fees.

Most cell phone networks are constantly working to expand their networks and coverage areas. Again, using the Sprint coverage map as an example, the amount of people on the Sprint network itself numbers at nearly 52 million subscribers. As cell phones become an increased necessity, so too does the necessity to boost the strength of the supporting cellular network.

As wireless technology increases, networks will continue to change and mold. Wireless technology is becoming more powerful, but still needs a network of grounded support to keep it running. Do your research and make sure your area will stay covered so you don’t end up with a $200 paperweight.

Bonn Lewis pseudonym of Ben Wilson DJ/Producer from Bradford, has released a track called Brit Latin that crosses genres and provides the listener with some quality Electro, House, Filth, Dubstep and Maximal sounds . Bonn Lewis prides himself on not putting all of his musical eggs into one basket and his first ever live performance gained him residency at all Rusty Hat promoted events in the UK.

The Brit Latin Original Mix consists of a deep electro bassline, uplifting chorus and features two MC’s from the Yorkshire based hip hop band Freyed Knot and its released under Rocstar Recordings.The vocals sit with a very nice electronic Vocoder to give them a more electro edge.Ben explained “The Brit Latin Dub Remix replaces the MCs raps with effected vocal hits and textures”.Having listened to the EP over on  Soundcloud, I found the track extremly original in its production and the deep bass and vocals create an atmosphere you would expect from the Wild West.

I adored the Brit Latin Dub Remix and confess the Dub to be my favourite Remix. Its electro dub beatz dictated some seriously funky shoulder moves on my part, quite uncontrollable at times, which in my opinion denotes a quality Dub track!

The DivKid Remix is full of cut up basslines, chords and effects and in my opinion is exceptional in its complexity and technical detail;  it had me mesmerised throughout waiting to hear which effect would appear next. I am a sucker for special effects on a track, it makes the track more appealing to the ear and invokes some serious moves on the dance floor.

The Pitch Twit Remix is a very dark and dirty Dubstep and with its robotic vocals creates an interesting journey and may even encourage the listener  to sit back, close their eyes and take a journey into outer space and may the force be with them if they do.

Buy it here http://beatport.com/s/r1afyt

You can hear more Bonn Lewis tracks by visiting his Soundcloud.

http://soundcloud.com/bonn-lewis

Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself – album review

Telefon Tel Aviv is the bizarre name for US based Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper, and Immolate Yourself is their third album following previous releases, Fahrenheit Fair Enough (2001) and Map Of Effortless (2004).

Immolate Yourself is an interesting electronic album that moves between atomspheric and electro pop.

The opening track, The Birds, is like a contemporary Beloved electro pop song whereas other tracks such as Helen Of Troy and the title track, Immolate Yourself are reminiscent of Depeche Mode in a time between their synth pop glory and darker more meaningful days.

All these references are tinted with a fresh, contemporary take rather than a simple copycat retro eighties sound.

Other tracks move further away from the standard electro pop category.  Made A Tree On The Wold and Stay Away From Being Maybe build slowly with atmospheric tension.  The latter reminding me of the intro to U2’s anthemic Where The Streets Have No Name.

Though Telefon Tel Aviv keep the lid on the lighters and the intro ends with the outro, leaving me with a deep thought-provoking mood more akin to the deepness of a Joy Division track than any shallow stadium rock.

Immolate Yourself grows on me. Telefon Tel Aviv are making some interesting dark moody electro pop in a similar vain to Depeche Mode.

Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself is due for release on 23rd January 2009 on the BPitch Control label.

Rather Sound Than Safe

Rather Sound Than Safe aka RSTS are making some big electronic waves.  RSTS is Sif and Rasmus Neo and hail from Denmark.  They met in Copenhagen in 1996 and are creating electronic based music from deep electro pop to housey trance.

Rather Sound Than Safe have just released their debut single, Fairytale.  It is a darky, brooding electronic track reminiscent of an industrial metallic version of Massive Attack, complete with Sif’s cool, soft sensual vocal.

Fairytale is taken from their forthcoming album, Rebirth, to be released in October.  The album has been appropriatelt titled Rebirth as it sees RSTS reworking earlier tracks.  The result promises to be more polished and better produced than their previous versions.

The three tracks on their MySpace page certainly gives a clear indication that their music takes on different shapes and sounds.  As well as Fairytale there is the funky house / minmal trance of Funkateer and then the dub mix of Rise and Fall which conjours up a late night/early morning warehouse party in full swing.

Great though Sif’s voice is, its obvious RSTS have more to offer than electronic pop songs.  I’m looking forward to hearing the album and seeing how their different sounds work together, or whether Rebirth will simply concentrate on one style.

For more information visit Rather Sound Than Safe’s MySpace page.

Feel The Dream

Come & join our worldwide freedom party!
Calling out to DJs and promoters everywhere to ‘Feel the Dream’

Feel The Dream is a new project attempting to organise celebration of the 45th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.

Here is a message from the Feel The Team group.

WHAT IS IT?
On August 28th, and throughout the weekend after that, we are throwing a worldwide freedom party to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.

WHAT DO I DO?
It’s easy. Raise awareness of the event building the House classic, Larry Heard’s ‘Can You Feel It’ vs. Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech into your set. Anyone can play a part: spread the world, play the tune, and help clubbers and music lovers to celebrate their freedom. The track is available to download from iTunes. We will prime the audience about what is going on through our networks & get them to yell the final words’ Free At Last, Free At Last…..’ I think you know the rest. It is intended as a worldwide celebration of freedom (& House Music).

Join our network and invite your mates. Above all, join us on the weekend of the 28th August by celebrating, and joining us and Dr King in proclaiming and celebrating his dream.

WANT TO KNOW MORE?
We would like all the events to promote the work done by Amnesty International in standing up for those that can’t enjoy the freedom we’ll be celebrating. Sign up at www. feelthedream. org to listen to the song, the speech or the mix we’ve created to get the ball rolling. Find out more ways you can join the party. And bring Dr King’s dream one step closer to reality.

We know it’s short notice but its about the craftsmanship of Ace DJs & the spontaneity that kicked this thing of in the first place

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Please tell us your thoughts on the freedom party. Do you love it, do you think it’s mad, do you want to add something to it?

Will will be more events to come… this is just the launch.

You can contact Feel The Dream via:

For more information visit the website: www. feelthedream. org
or Feel The Dream MySpace page: www. myspace. com/feelthedream08

Give Chance a Piece

Feel the Dream

Max Tundra to release third album

Max Tundra to release third album – Parallax Error Beheads You & support Hot Chip on their Autumn UK tour

Ben Jacobs aka Max Tundra will be releasing his third album on 13th October bizarrely entitled Parallax Error Beheads You.

Max Tundra’s two previous albums have been well received – Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be (2000) and Mastered By Guy At The Exchange (2002).

Max Tundra likes to mix it up with micro-melodies, layers of samples and sound-bytes; and there is obvious record box from where Max Tundra reaps his samples. Anything from pop, rock, disco, funk, techno, rap, metal and soul may find its way into a Max Tundra musical arrangement.

His music is different, varied, sometimes catchy, sometimes uncompromising. One look at the influences listed on his MySpace page and you will realise this ain’t no straightforward electronic music artist: Frank Zappa, Gong, Supergrass, Prince, The Police, Mercury Rev, Art Of Noise, Thunderclap Newman and Tracey Ullman among others!!!

Speaking about his new album Tundra explains:

“There are micro-melodies on the album – generally, layers and layers of stuff. Hopefully, the more you listen to it, the more new stuff will reveal itself, stuff you didn’t notice the first few times you played it. It’s intricate but that should mean it’s more rewarding over the distance, so that people can go back to it and hear new things each time.”

He goes on to say how he composes the songs:

“Each song is approached in a different way, but I often use a Commodore Amiga 500 for sequencing work,” he explains. “I don’t use PCs or Macs; I use a MIDI device to control the various instruments and hardware, the keyboards, synthesizers and samplers. And it all gets recorded onto a hard-disk machine. Hopefully it’s a more pristine sound than before but with the warmth of my other records.”

But it’s not just a simple case of electronic equipment and computer technology.

“There are trumpets, violins, cellos, guitars, dulcimers, xylophones – whatever’s lying around,” he says. “That’s another reason the record took so long to make. I thought a cello would be good so I had to spend three weeks learning to play that part and then layering it with so much stuff that people wouldn’t notice that I’m not exactly an amazing cello player!”

In between recording his third album, Tundra has been continually remixing the work of other artists, both unofficially and officially for the likes of Lily Allen, Missy Elliot, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, Pet Shop Boys, Mogwai, Kid 606 and many more.

To promote the release of Parallax Error Beheads You, Max Tundra will be playing the following live dates:

05 Oct 2008 – LSO St Luke’s (with Juana Molina)

23 Oct 2008 – Southampton Guildhall (with Hot Chip)

24 Oct 2008 – Cardiff University (with Hot Chip)

25 Oct 2008 – Liverpool Academy (with Hot Chip)

26 Oct 2008 – Leeds Academy (with Hot Chip)

28 Oct 2008 – Sheffield Academy (with Hot Chip)

29 Oct 2008 – Birmingham Academy (with Hot Chip)

30 Oct 2008 – Cambridge Corn Exchange (with Hot Chip)

01 Nov 2008 – Manchester Apollo (with Hot Chip)

02 Nov 2008 – Glasgow Academy (with Hot Chip)

03 Nov 2008 – Leicester De Montford University (with Hot Chip)

05 Nov 2008 – Brighton Dome (with Hot Chip)

06 Nov 2008 – London Brixton Academy (with Hot Chip and Wiley)

07 Nov 2008 – London Brixton Academy (with Hot Chip and Wiley)

Max Tundra is fresh, exciting and innovative. For more information visit www.myspace.com/maxtundra