Two techno mixes that you should not miss

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Hans Bouffmyhre is a Glasgow DJ/producer that has been consistently invading my personal playlists thanks to his consistent banging techno productions over the past year. Hans takes over Slam Radio to deliver a memorable 1 hour mix:

Drumcode Radio, led by Drumcode head Adam Beyer has been one of those shows that I simply cannot miss. Drumcode radio is a weekly show that offers a lot of variety as guest DJs are regularly invited to mix. For this week's episode Adam Beyer has invited German duo Pan-Pot to the show:

Former owner of Club Space in Miami speaks out

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Louis Puig is the former club owner of Club Space in Miami and has written a provocative letter on topics such as Ultra's restrictive DJ exclusivity contracts to the current state of EDM. Here's a snippet:

​"FUTURE OF EDM. I am hoping that the future of Electronic Dance Music will be the complete opposite of the commercial Mash Up sound you hear at VIP clubs today. This sound is monotonous, tiring and not even the DJs that play it like it. In fact, they actually hate it but they sold out to it and are now stuck playing it. The sound reminds me of the Walt Disney Electric Parade. Some people call it Swedish House Music but I call it VIP Confetti Music but no matter what you call it, it is complete rubbish and what is worse is that it generates the complete opposite energy and effect of what dance music was designed to do, which is for people to dance. Believe it or not, the plan was never for you to show up, stand on a dance floor ignoring your date our friends and look at some clown jumping up and down waving his finger in the air while playing prerecorded laptop sets. Fortunately EDM fans are very intelligent and educated and they are finally catching on to these theatrics. These DJ finger waving performing clowns have numbered days. Techno, Tech, Deep House and other underground EDM genres will prevail. In case you do not understand what I mean by VIP Confetti Music, just visit the top 100 in the "progressive" category on my fav music dance music website and Robert Sillerman's latest acquisition, Beatport.com."

(VIA Miami New Times)​

New iPad DJ app could be a game changer

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Found this video from Resident Advisor: ​

According to AppBC, "DJs can choose from pre-installed templates or create their own interface with up to 6 decks - on one or several pages - making it the perfect tool for any use-case."

Some key features: ​

  • 4 cue points per deck
  • 3 band EQ with kill switches
  • Loops from 1/64th to 8 bars
  • Loop roll while track keeps playing
  • Record stereo mixes

The d(- -)b app was just released today and is available for only $9.99.

Watch this: Deadmau5 vs. Richie Hawtin at SXSW

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Hey Joel and Richie, feel free to bring this show anytime to Canada because people will be lining around the block to see this: ​

(VIA TA)​

One word: WOW!

I hope someone somewhere has a full audio recording of the set because the beginning of the set is astonishingly good.

​The Toronto Star wrote about Deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin's 'Talk. Techno. Technology' seminar earlier in the day.