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dj irene drops new mix
DJ Irene went back to school in recent years to get a college degree in music, but she hasn't dropped out of the mix-CD game, where she's the top selling female. Her latest, Dissonance , dropped this week on Moist Music. It features some of her own classically influenced productions and ...
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best buy to roll out dj-centric retail sections
Best Buy is rolling out "Club Beats" sections in seven stores that will showcase Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, Monster Cable accessories and DJ gear, according to Billboard magazine. The idea, explains Best Buy merchandising vice president Wendy Fritz, is to make specialty gear previously found ...
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after all the hype, 'dj hero' deemed a fail
G4 notes that , despite all the hype, the video game DJ Hero failed to crack top 10 in game sales last month (although it was released late in the month) and here's why: DJ Hero is a game where you pretend to be a guy who is playing records. Think about that for a second. You're not ...
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the crystal method gets live like larry king
I'm catching up with this one: Last weekend The Crystal Method performed a surprise live set at the Echoplex in Echo Park. Here's my review in LA Weekly. [LA Weekly photo by Colin Young-Wolff]. Thanks for making danceblogga a top 5 destination for dance music news on Google.
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dirty south profiled
In this week's OC Weekly, I take a look at Dirty South, the Australian progressive/tech-house DJ who's performing in SoCal, including stops at Code in Newport Beach and Vanguard in Hollywood, next weekend . I write: Where contemporary dance music’s founders were raised on hardware such as ...
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is dance music killing off hip-hop?
In a recent New Yorker essay pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones argues that hip-hop is terming out in favor of electronic dance music, that much recent output "is hip-hop by virtue of rapping more than sound. The tempos and sonics of disco’s various children—techno, rave, whatever your particular ...
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posting will return
Apologies for my intermittent posting. I just started a new job and have been swamped. I hope to find a rhythm that allows me to get back to my old pace. Stick with me. Thanks.
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this hop-hop/dance thing continues to grow
The hip-hop/dance reunion that brought us Kanye West's sampling of Daft Punk and the Black Eyed Peas' use of Fedde Le Grand in the studio continues to blossom. This weekend BEP's Will.i.am gets on the decks at Pacha NYC. A statement says his "box is full of everything from David Guetta, ...
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robbie rivera speaks
In today's LA Weekly online I do a Q&A with Miami house/trance/tribal artist Robbie Rivera, whose new album, Closer to the Sun , is out this week on Ultra Records. He'll be at Giant at Vanguard Saturday. I asked him how he likes his warm-up DJs to play when he spins. Here's what he says: ...
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l.a. halloween fests draw gatecrashers
In today's LA Weekly online I check in with local cops for crowd estimates and crime reports surrounding two almighty parties -- Hard Halloween and Monster Massive. Police say Hard did about 8,000 people on each of its nights -- Friday and Saturday -- at the Shrine Auditorium in Exposition ...
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ultra festival announces dates
Summer weather has only this week started to cool in Southern California, but the organizers of the annual Ultra Music Festival in Miami are already planning next spring's do: Today they announced the dates of March 26 and 27 for the 2010 event. Early bird specials on tickets start at noon ...
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lawler speaks, offers mix
In today's LA Weekly online I do a Q&A with Steve Lawler, who I call the Ozzy Osbourne of dance music -- the DJ prince of darkness. He'll be in Los Angeles Saturday to DJ at Monster Massive . He says: "L.A. has always had a good scene on and off over the years, and L.A. is one of the ...
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hard fest set times announced
Organizers of the two-day Hard Haunted Mansion Friday and Saturday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles are making last-minute preparations and have warned potential attendees about counterfeit tickets that are circulating. They won't be honored. Set times have been announced, including ...
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