Weekly shows update

- Sean Tyas, Ryan Tyas, MadRiverRai, James Costas, and Jay Kinard will be playing another boat cruise through Manhattan's harbor on August 20.

- Deadmau5's unhooked show with 22 other acts, which was originally scheduled for July 5  (but got canceled) at the pool at Harrah's Resort and Casino, has been rescheduled for October 3.

- TranceAddict and Massive Event are putting on a "Trance Takeover" event at Pacha on the weekend of September 24th. The only two names confirmed so far are Andy Moor and Marco V, but many more are going to be announced in the coming weeks.

- Sappho's Journey of Royal Advisor Records will be at The Bitter End this Sunday.

- Lastly, if you haven't bought tickets yet for this upcoming Labor Day weekend's Electric Zoo Festival, prices will increase again at midnight tonight.

DJ Hero was too simple

Gregory Kaufman has designed an interesting-looking digital turntable setup, with mixer controls being incorporated through touchscreen hand gestures.

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New York Times article on Arabian EDM festival

The New York Times ran an article today on Distant Heat, a Middle-Eastern dance music festival.

Stephen Farrell of the NYT did a great job at capturing the feel of an electronic event and includes quotes from Ferry Corsten and Alex M.O.R.P.H.

You can read the article and watch a video here.

Exchange of Sound Festival to be broadcast tomorrow on AH.fm

Afterhours.fm will be broadcasting another live event tomorrow: the Exchange of Sound Festival in Poland.

 The music starts at 3pm (CET) and 9am (EST).

[Flyer credit: Afterhours.fm]

1,000 albums for $5 each

Every month, Amazon.com sells 100 of their MP3 albums for a reduced price of $5 each. But for the month of August, they've listed 1,000 choices in this category, including some decent selections for those of us that like electronic dance music.

You can view a full list of the EDM albums on sale here. Among the trance deals:

Anjunabeats Vol. 7

Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise 2

Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise 5 - Los Angeles

Aly & Fila - Rising Sun

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