I awake to a pop and immediately think a gunshot in the not so far off distance. It’s pitch black and cold. Flakes of light snow flurry around me. I feel the dampness as they melt on my face yet cannot feel their cold. My fingers and hands sting trembling uncontrollably. I cannot feel them […]
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Sandwell District Calls it Quits
Sandwell District has called it quits. The techno record label / collective from the likes of Regis, Function, Silent Servent and Female has apparently decided to go into a new direction and possibly cease to release music all together. Beatportal and FACT have also recently reported on the matter. On December 30th, 2011 Sandwell District first […]
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The Knife, New Studio Album for 2012
Brother and sister team The Knife are now recording a new album to be released in 2012 (via their website). This will be their fist studio album since 2006 Silent Shout though they have been busy. The two collaborated on the electro-opera Tomorrow, In A Year, Olof had a string of 12′ techno releases as […]
(via Resident Advisor) After 27 years in business, Record Time, one of Detroit’s most well-loved record shops, will close for good next month. “The writing has been on the wall for a while,” owner and founder Mike Himes said on Tuesday. “We were sinking fast, I knew it was time put the white flag up […]
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How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?
The highly anticipated full length compilation album, Feed Forward, from the Sandwell District record label collective has been delayed. I first began to wonder when online record stores had the album cataloged with a set release date of 10/25. The date had come and gone and so had the listing of the record. With earlier rumors […]
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A Look Inside New LCD Soundsystem Album
Here’s a brief look inside the mansion studio the new LCD Soundsystem album was recorded. Some of James Murphy’s thoughts. Some new album sounds. And is that a Will Ferrell impression at the end? James also announced a tour and made a few promises: “here’s a promise: i’m not going to make many expensive videos. […]
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Movement Torino
Movement Torino kicks off today (VENUE: Pala Olimpico Isozaki di Torino). Movement Torino is the European version of Movement in Detroit (the Detroit Electronic Music Festival aka DEMF), one of the largest, longstanding and most influential dance music festivals in the world. Movement, started on Memorial Day weekend back in 2000, then called the Detroit […]
The new EP from Massive Attack, Splitting The Atom, is now available for pre order from iTunes (UK) and 7digital. The official release date is 10/4/09. This release has been a long time in the making. Track listing below. 01. Splitting The Atom (feat. 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy) 02. Pray For Rain (feat. Tunde […]