A couple things popped up over the weekend that I didn't list last week:
- DJ Eco is going to Toronto on the 20th and Edmonton on the 27th.
- Love is presenting their annual Classics Night this Saturday put on by Massive Event, where the theme of the show is old-school tunes. Zack Roth, Tom Colontonio, DJ Eco, and Frank Chiarello will be playing that night.
- Sleepy & Boo will be at Cielo this Friday, with free admission on the guestlist before midnight
- deadmau5 is playing a trio of shows at the end of October at the Roseland Ballroom.
Check the sidebar to the right for more info/tickets.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Electric Zoo 2010 set times, scheduling tool, and afterparty info announced
When announcing new info on this year's Electric Zoo Festival, usually Made Event will send out small updates, such as a ticket price increase or a couple new names added to the schedule.
But today they sent out a huge update with some decent surprises.
First off, New York's Zack Roth has been added to the Hilltop Arena schedule for an 11am-noon set on Sunday. I've seen Zack play his house and progressive sets before on Bars N' Beats, and he's always fun to watch.
The official set times for the festival can be found here. This year the schedule is a new format where you can create your own printable list of who you want to see and listen to tracks from each artist. Artist bios are also built into the schedule, and can be viewed when you mouse over their names. An iPhone scheduler app is also in the works (no Android or Blackberry love though?).
Some of the bigger names like Markus Schulz are playing sets earlier in the day since they have separate gigs that night, but I'm glad that Made Event didn't run into some possible scheduling snafus (Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren are the headliners for their respective stages on Sunday, but they're not playing at the same time).
You can also get to the festival this year through the local ferry, and tickets for that can be purchased here.
Finally, Dresden & Johnson, Italoboyz, Heartthrob, and Taimur & Fahad have been announced to round out the lineup for Saturday's official afterparty at Pacha. Guy Gerber is the only name right now for the Sunday afterparty, but more details will be coming soon.
But today they sent out a huge update with some decent surprises.
First off, New York's Zack Roth has been added to the Hilltop Arena schedule for an 11am-noon set on Sunday. I've seen Zack play his house and progressive sets before on Bars N' Beats, and he's always fun to watch.
The official set times for the festival can be found here. This year the schedule is a new format where you can create your own printable list of who you want to see and listen to tracks from each artist. Artist bios are also built into the schedule, and can be viewed when you mouse over their names. An iPhone scheduler app is also in the works (no Android or Blackberry love though?).
Some of the bigger names like Markus Schulz are playing sets earlier in the day since they have separate gigs that night, but I'm glad that Made Event didn't run into some possible scheduling snafus (Above & Beyond and Armin Van Buuren are the headliners for their respective stages on Sunday, but they're not playing at the same time).
You can also get to the festival this year through the local ferry, and tickets for that can be purchased here.
Finally, Dresden & Johnson, Italoboyz, Heartthrob, and Taimur & Fahad have been announced to round out the lineup for Saturday's official afterparty at Pacha. Guy Gerber is the only name right now for the Sunday afterparty, but more details will be coming soon.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Enhanced Recordings albums, clothing on sale
It was a pleasant surprise when I opened up one of my email accounts this afternoon and found this in my inbox:
Enhanced Recordings has been one of the hottest trance and progressive labels this year so far, and they have a bunch of great two-disc compilations now on sale for $12.81 (US) each. There's also a few bundle deals there too, where you can get two compilations (four discs total) for $20.32 or a compilation/shirt for $28.14.
And the icing on the cake is free shipping no matter where you live and no tax for US customers.
Click here to visit their web store.
If you're looking for something new to listen to and can't decide, check out Enhanced Sessions Vol. 2 (Mixed by Tritonal and Ferry Tayle):
Over on TranceFix, Jorn Van Deynhoven called it the best compilation of the year so far and the previews sound awesome. After I'm done sifting through some of the stuff I haven't listened to yet, I can't wait to give this one a spin when it arrives in my mailbox.
[Image/video credit: Enhanced Recordings]
Enhanced Recordings has been one of the hottest trance and progressive labels this year so far, and they have a bunch of great two-disc compilations now on sale for $12.81 (US) each. There's also a few bundle deals there too, where you can get two compilations (four discs total) for $20.32 or a compilation/shirt for $28.14.
And the icing on the cake is free shipping no matter where you live and no tax for US customers.
Click here to visit their web store.
If you're looking for something new to listen to and can't decide, check out Enhanced Sessions Vol. 2 (Mixed by Tritonal and Ferry Tayle):
Over on TranceFix, Jorn Van Deynhoven called it the best compilation of the year so far and the previews sound awesome. After I'm done sifting through some of the stuff I haven't listened to yet, I can't wait to give this one a spin when it arrives in my mailbox.
[Image/video credit: Enhanced Recordings]
Want to learn how to DJ or produce?
No matter what music store you visit in New York, you'll always seem to notice this trend: they sell guitars, keyboards, and band instruments in abundance, and offer lessons for each. For us electronic music fans, they might have a corner where you can buy a cheap turntable or a mixer, but as for lessons on how to use this stuff, you'll have to go "elsewhere".
That "elsewhere" is Dubspot, which looks nicer than any lesson room of a Guitar Center or Sam Ash that I've ever seen:
If you're heading back to school somewhere in the New York area over the next couple weeks (and a lot of us are), Dubspot is offering discounts for courses that begin this month and in September.
You can get a 20% discount for signing up for a course that starts in August, and a 10% discount for those that begin in September.
Their staff also runs a blog where they post podcasts and free instructional videos. Wouldn't it be cool if they let their students make some guest mixes for the blog as a final exam? (just an idea...)
Call 212-242-2100 or email info@dubspot.com for more information.
[Image credit: Dubspot, info credit: PlexiPR]
That "elsewhere" is Dubspot, which looks nicer than any lesson room of a Guitar Center or Sam Ash that I've ever seen:
If you're heading back to school somewhere in the New York area over the next couple weeks (and a lot of us are), Dubspot is offering discounts for courses that begin this month and in September.
You can get a 20% discount for signing up for a course that starts in August, and a 10% discount for those that begin in September.
Their staff also runs a blog where they post podcasts and free instructional videos. Wouldn't it be cool if they let their students make some guest mixes for the blog as a final exam? (just an idea...)
Call 212-242-2100 or email info@dubspot.com for more information.
[Image credit: Dubspot, info credit: PlexiPR]
Friday, August 13, 2010
Beatbot: Is it good?
Yesterday Beatport unveiled a new service for their website: Beatbot, which matches tracks that you like to similar ones based on sound, genre, style, and other aspects. It's a bit similar to the way Pandora works, but the goal is to get you to buy more music from the store.
Here's a quick demo of how it works (the track in this video, Gorge's "Xaxax", is pretty decent):
So how is it?
While I give Beatport effort for trying, it's nothing more than a glorified label tracking service.
For each song you want Beatport to do a scan on, it chooses 20 similar ones. But the problem is that only one or two of these 20 songs are not from the label of the song you picked. So you're essentially just getting an in-browser update of "what's new" from your favorite labels.
Here's a quick demo of how it works (the track in this video, Gorge's "Xaxax", is pretty decent):
So how is it?
While I give Beatport effort for trying, it's nothing more than a glorified label tracking service.
For each song you want Beatport to do a scan on, it chooses 20 similar ones. But the problem is that only one or two of these 20 songs are not from the label of the song you picked. So you're essentially just getting an in-browser update of "what's new" from your favorite labels.
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