New DJ tech: The Surface Remix Project

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The guys from Microsoft have released a pretty cool custom touch cover for the new Surface tablet computers specifically made for the DJ/Producers in mind, check it out:  

To read more, click on this article from the Verge.  

Top tracks from trance Thursdays

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Yesterday we were witness to another fantastic marathon session of trance radio shows that have been dubbed as trance Thursdays on di.fm. It officially started at 12 pm with Markus Schulz Global DJ Broadcast, it continued at 2 pm with Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance, and ended with M.I.K.E Push's Club Elite Sessions and Simon Patterson's Open Up. Here are the top selected tracks from this week's shows:

Global DJ Broaddcast "Global Selection":  

 Andy Moor feat. Nicole Mckenna - Please Forgive Me (Wellenrausch Dark Matter Dub)

A State of Trance "Future Favourite":  

Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioia - Dreams 

Club Elite Sessions "Tune Of The Week":

Ilya ViG – Trying Hard 

Open Up premiere:  

Simon Patterson - Brush Strokes 

P.S. Couldn't find ASOT's "Tune Of The Week" anywhere, my apologies.  


 

Tickets are now on sale for both Halloween massives in Calgary

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Calgary is a good place to be in October as they be host to two absolutely massive shows planned around Halloween set a day apart, all held at the Big Four Building. Both shows offer stacked lineups:

Friday - Cemetery of Sound:  

The House of Horrors stage:

  • Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike
  • Mat Zo
  • Manufactured Superstars
  • Wolf Pack
  • Titus1
  • Sunseekerz

The Altered state stage:

  • Zeds Dead
  • Paper Diamond
  • Branchez
  • DJ Green Lantern
  • Slim Pickins
  • Riot Events DJs

Saturday - Halloween Thriller:  

  • Flux Pavilion B2B Doctor P (Special back to back set)
  • Dillon Francis
  • Bro Safari
  • ETC!ETC!
  • CRNKN

Both of these great events are on sale now, and if I were living in Calgary, I'd just go ahead and buy tickets to both shows.

Friday, October 25th - Cemetery of Sound at the Big Four Building

Tickets:  $61.50 - $83 for General Admission. Click here to purchase now.

Pre-sale code: altered

Saturday, October 26th - Halloween Thriller at the Big Four Building

Tickets: $62.45+ for General Admission. $138.20 for VIP. Click here to purchase now.

Weekend listening: Simon Patterson live at Global Gathering

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Simon Patterson is one of those producers that have been absolutely on fire in 2013 and has revolutionized his sound that incorporates a lot of influences from other genres. In this following mix, you'll get to hear some of Simon's latest productions packed into this one hour set recorded live at Global Gathering in the UK, enjoy: