Artist: DJ Nth
Title: The Afterparty
Length: 79:13
Website: www.djnth.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/djnth
Homebase: Los Angeles, CA

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Tracklisting:

01. Armin van Buuren & DJ Shah feat. Chris Jones – Going Wrong (Extended Mix)
02. DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe – Who Will Find Me (Main Mix)
03. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel – In and Out of Love (Push Trancedental Remix)
04. Lange feat. Sarah Howells – Out of the Sky (Kyau & Albert Mix)
05. Daniel Kandi & Robert Nickson – Liberate
06. Nic Chagall – What You Need (Original Extended Mix)
07. Bartlett Bros. feat. Marcia Juell – Let it Flow (Gareth Emery Remix)
08. Paul van Dyk feat Rea Garvey – Let Go (PvD Club Mix)
09. Andy Duguid feat. Leah – Wasted (Original Mix)
10. Airbase feat. Floria Ambra – Denial
11. Jose Amnesia – Follow Me (Original Mix)
12. Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiesto Extended Mix)
13. N1X – Avalanche

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After passing these guys at Global Gathering, I looked them up, listened to their work, spoke to them and thought that DMb readers should know all about them too…

JJ Metcalf and George Hilton, aka Vibrosis and Prof. Oblivion, won a Mixmag competition to open the Mixmag Terrace on the Friday, and their set proved that they were worthy winners!  The Buckinghamshire (UK) duo are based in London, and are hoping to play some more big stages in the not too distant future.  They play a wide range of styles, mixing some of the most unlikely tracks together – check out the Siegfried Android pages below to listen to some of them.

For Siegfried Android’s Global Gathering mix click here.  Leave a comment if you want the tracklisting for the mix – it’s too long post up.

Siegfried Android Myspace and Facebook pages:  www.facebook.com/pages/Siegfried-Android/10630644771  www.myspace.com/siegfriedandroid

Vibrosis told DMb:  “Global was unreal! Seriously, we were in Belgium when we got the call, had to take a week out of our trip to do it, was stressful was but well worth it. Apparently we nearly got disqualified because the mix we sent Mixmag overran by like 10 minutes.  The crowd were easily the biggest and best crowd we’ve played to so far – you guys just loved every bit of it!”

Ones to keep an eye out for in the future…

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With over 3000 entries in the NGDJ competition spanning 3 months and garnering almost 200,000 votes the winner was just announced. Congrats to May Vanya from New Zealand via Coatia. The winner was chosen based on not only mixing and track selection but also music production, visual presentation and general artist potential. It seems like the 3 winners definitely lean more towards a deeper housey kinda vibe. Hopefully next year we can see a bit more genre variety with the winners.

According to the jury, Croatian sister duo Maya Vanya “are intriguing in a ’what‘s next?‘ way” and “have proven themselves by mixing their own masterfully laid out edits” with “a big room friendly tech house sound ready for next generation dancefloors everywhere.”

You can check out Maya Vanya’s winning mix here.

NGDJ runner-ups, including Jeremy G and Adeline Supreme.

via: LetsMix

Rephlektor Inkorporated has been kind enough to send us 3 of Tom Stephan’s new mix CD “Nervous Nitelife” to give away to our loyal readers. If you don’t recognize the name you probably know Tom by his other alias, Superchumbo. I’m pretty excited to check this mix out as I have been a huge Superchumbo fan since the late 90′s when he defined the Tribal Progressive sound. Just looking at this tracklisting has already got me ready to go out an boogie! So we’re going to give away 3 copies of this CD via a random drawing. To enter to win just leave a comment below with a valid email address and tell us your favorite Superchumbo track. We will contact the winners to get your info.

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ARTIST: Deadmau5

TRACK/ALBUM: For Lack of A Better Name (Mixed Album)

RATING: (3/5)

This album is a compilation of Deadmau5′s original productions spanning the past two years and serves more as a showcase for his diversity as a producer than his skills as a dj.  Short cross fades and minimal overlays that can easily be done in a number of software programs these days, is less than impressive.  Especially given the potential for layering and EQ work with the more minimal percussive tracks, like “BOT”, later in the sequence.  Based on the technical mixing skills usually highlighted in a “mixed” cd, this seems like a bit of a misnomer.

The album does includes some of his popular electro house tracks like “Ghosts N’ Stuff” (featuring the vocals of Pendulum’s Rob Swire) and “Hi Friend” to get things moving towards the beginning.  But seems to flounder in the middle with the more minimal techy tracks that fail to resolve the conflict between the rhythmic shuffle and the sudden halt created by the breakdown of sweeping synth chords and arpeggiated crescendos to nowhere.  While his new releases contain some interesting ideas, the execution is somewhat lacking in terms of integrating them into a cohesive whole.  “Soma”‘s deep bass and techy groove is hijacked by a piano interlude that feels out of place. “The 16th Hour” starts as a dark driving progressive trance track that is starkly contrasted by the uplifting melodic breakdown. Concluding the cd is “Strobe” that begins with an orchestral, cinematic introduction and builds to a more dance floor friendly, melodic track in his signature style.  Leaning more towards trance than the electro house, fans of his earlier work will still be pleased with this one!

For Lack of A Better Name (the mixed album) traverses several areas of the electronic music realm from the booty shakin’ club hits to the more introspective soundscapes, demonstrating his range as a producer.  And perhaps a glimpse into where he may be heading… film score by Deadmau5?

Sorry we’ve been missing in action for a few weeks while we moved to a new webhost, but we’re back and we have some great things planned to the rest of 2009!

This great little Trance/Progressive Podcast has been growing and growing since its start a little over 2 years ago and now finds itself delivering some serious downloads for any DJ featured. Check em out, subscribe, and send em a mix.

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Get down to Fabric on June 1st to see one of DanceMusicblog’s favourite unsigned acts – and watch them DJ their way into getting signed! 

UNION presents:  SUMMER SENDOFF FESTIVAL at Fabric, London.

Earlybird tickets are already sold out, make sure you secure yours before they’re all gone:  Ticketweb

After discovering the pair playing a set at Global Gathering,  they have since gone on to play some of the UK’s biggest venues, including Ministry of Sound London.  It seems about time this class act got some real recognition and got signed up.  Get down to Fabric and support these guys  in the DJing competition run by Union DJ agency.  Check out some of their mixes and links below:

• Spirit Bomb 
• Robot Rocky Rock Rock

Myspace and Facebook pages

Best of luck boys – let us know how it goes.

Cr2 Records first launched there LIVE & DIRECT compilation series at the tail end of 2007. The series started with a bang, featuring a head-to-head electro house battle between Dirty South & Kurd Maverick. Having said that, the series reached new heights with the Miami 2008 Compilation, which was extremely well received and leaped straight to the top of the charts. This was no mean feat considering the competition, which included the mainstay brands such as Azuli, Ministry of Sound and Defected.
 
Cr2 Miami 2009 follows on exactly where the 2008 edition left us…hanging on for one more tune! The compilation again offers 3 CD’s, with the theme across the CD’s spanning CD1-Day / CD2-Night and CD3-Classics. This combination seems to really work enabling the label to cover the broad spectrum of music they release.
 
The compilation features a massive 47 tracks, of which 20 are exclusive to Cr2! Featuring upfront cuts from DJ Sneak vs Herve, Mark Brown, Harry Choo Choo Romero & Jose Nunez… plus ‘Love Emergency’ the huge new single from Kurd Maverick Feat. Sam Obernik.
 
The Album is available for download now and will be out physically Monday 16th March as mixed and unmixed CD’s. There are also 3 x 12” vinyl Samplers.

Check it out here.

Think you know your stuff? If you can guess the FIVE tracks in this short mashup produced by DJ Nth, not only will we be mightily impressed, but you will also win some kit from the good people at DBM Labs. Check out some of their offerings below.

There are five loops from five classic tracks. If no-one gets it right each week, we will post a clue or two. Best of luck…

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Click here to submit your answer.

The first person with the correct answer will win! Judges’ decision is final. Email dancemusicblog[at]googlemail.com with any questions.

Take a closer look at DBM’s range HERE.

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Artist: DJ Nth
Title: The Afterparty
Length: 79:13
Website: www.djnth.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/djnth
Homebase: Los Angeles, CA

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Tracklisting:

01. Armin van Buuren & DJ Shah feat. Chris Jones – Going Wrong (Extended Mix)
02. DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe – Who Will Find Me (Main Mix)
03. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel – In and Out of Love (Push Trancedental Remix)
04. Lange feat. Sarah Howells – Out of the Sky (Kyau & Albert Mix)
05. Daniel Kandi & Robert Nickson – Liberate
06. Nic Chagall – What You Need (Original Extended Mix)
07. Bartlett Bros. feat. Marcia Juell – Let it Flow (Gareth Emery Remix)
08. Paul van Dyk feat Rea Garvey – Let Go (PvD Club Mix)
09. Andy Duguid feat. Leah – Wasted (Original Mix)
10. Airbase feat. Floria Ambra – Denial
11. Jose Amnesia – Follow Me (Original Mix)
12. Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiesto Extended Mix)
13. N1X – Avalanche

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