Listen to this: Simon Patterson Open Up 005
/Simon Patterson continues to deliver with his new radio show:
Like Trap? Then you're gonna want this track (Free download)
/DJ Snake - 'Bird Machine feat. Alesia':
This release was done through Jeffree's, a sub-label of Mad Decent. Their business model is covered in this Billboard article but to paraphrase it briefly: Jeffree's is used by Mad Decent to sign one-off track deals with producers which is then release it to the public for free. If the track gets some buzz they will start selling it. It's a win-win proposition for the producer, label, and fan which has helped launch the career of Baauer with his Jeffree's backed hit, 'Harlem Shake'.
Be sure to bookmark the Jeffree's site to download future releases for free.
Listen to this: Bryan Kearney's epic 4-hour set
/Recorded live from London, UK on February 23rd:
This 4 hour journey has unbelievable energy, great mixing, and fantastic uplifting trance vocal track selections. This is my favourite trance set of the year so far.
(VIA Reddit)
SFX hints of their futures plans for Beatport
/It goes well beyond just selling electronic dance music tracks online.
Quoted from Chris Stephenson, the CMO of SFX:
"We’ll use the Beatport platform to help promote events, and the event audiences to help promote awareness of Beatport,"
“There’s a mobile opportunity not only to take your music on the road, but also the ticketing aspect; the idea that when I buy a ticket, it goes to my mobile phone and allows me to engage at an event in a way I haven’t been able to before. We can push directly to Facebook, or scan an RFID at the events themselves, tracking real-time what people are doing. We can preload mobile devices, partnering with a wallet-type business.
(Source: Billboard)
Armin Van Buuren & W&W - 'D# Fat': Is it a sign of a style change for Armin?
/Labelled as 'Progressive House' by Beatport, Armin Van Buuren's collaboration with W&W is available now:
To put this latest release into context, I have found a few choice quotes from Armin regarding house music in his DJ Mag interview:
"I've been really impressed by a lot of the new house guys..All that new energy that they're bringing, I thought 'OK, this is the future'."
"Of course, I 'm jealous of some other DJs and their sound, but I can't change my sound. It would be too far away from my heart. I can't do something I can't love."
And on W&W:
"Some guys like W&W are playing a more house-based strand of trance, and all the styles are merging. Some people call Swedish House Mafia trance. But people are still experimenting with the harder edge of trance. It is not just one sound."
Could 'D# Fat' be a signal of the beginning of a style change for trance legend Armin Van Buuren? We've already seen Armin dabble with more Progressive House sounding tracks in 2012 such as 'We Are Here to Make Some Noise'. With a new album already finished and promised by Armin to be "very different" because he's been "drawn to different musical styles", trance fans should brace themselves as we could see a very different Armin Van Buuren in 2013.