Archive for September, 2007

“gentlemen of the board, we have a decision to make. we can buy a small nation in eastern europe, or we can buy clear channel”

Bain Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners will purchase Clear Channel Communications before the end of the year for $39.20 per share pending federal approval.

So what does this mean to us? Absolutely nothing.
– Clear Channel will still broadcast the worst crap you’ve ever heard.
Friday, September 28th, 2007 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

Tom Findlay, one half of Groove Armada, is pitching his newest mix on Harmless Records and will feature three new tracks from other half Andy Cato (Sugardaddy) along with an assortment of close associates.

Tracklist as follows:

1. Sugardaddy - Intro
2. Lindstrom - I Love Space
3. Sugardaddy - Love Honey
4. Vincent Montana Jr. Ft. Goody Goody - Esto Parese Amor
5. Phreek Plus One - New York Dolls
6. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim Remix)
7. Kaos Ft. Snax - Feel Like I Feel (Balearic House Dub By The Glimmers)
8. Sugardaddy - Chasing My Tail (12 Edit) - Exclusive
9. Nick Holder - Player 1 (Magik Johnson Edit)
10. Bodzin and Huntemann - Rubin
11. Claude Von Stroke - The Whistler
12. Greenskeepers - Money
13. The Aliens - Robot Man (Riton Re-rub)
14. Andy Caldwell - Warrior (Claude Von Stroke Sharp Toof remix)
15. Buraka Som Sistema - Yah!
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Featured Artists, Featured Labels | No Comments »

Featuring top-tier in-house productions, Global Underground is prepped to unveil ‘Electric Calm V.4’ on October 8th.

Tracklist as follows:

01. FM223 – Cheater
02. Thomas Sagstad - Never Forget Where You Came From (Ambient Edit)
03. Anil Chawla & Dale Anderson – Leftorium (Ambient Remix)
04. Eelke Kleijn - Spaced Out
05. Francesco Pico – Its Late And Only 100k (Early Chill Mix)
06. Dark Globe Feat Boy George – Atoms (Deadly Avenger Dub)
07. Pako And Frederik - Nitro Fly
08. Alec Araujo And Fernando Goraieb - Baghdad (Chill Out Version)
09. Kevin Swain – Krunk (Parallel Universe Mix)
10.The Last Atlant – Seaglider (Ambient Edit)
11.Roland Klinkenberg - Filament Glow
12.Pako And Frederik - Lonely Spark
13.Roland Klinkenberg - Dusty Horizon Interlude (Electric Calm Mix)
14.Trafik - Eolica Frolica
15.Stefan Alexis - Deep In The Dimension Of Xyz
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Featured Artists, Featured Labels | No Comments »

For about 99 cents per song, the public can now purchase quality DRM-free mp3s on Amazon.com.

Just thought we’d let you know.
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 | Posted in Audio Online, Special Features | No Comments »

Beginning October 2^nd, Starbucks will be offering free iTunes music downloads – the perfect compliment to any hot caffeinated beverage! Yet another way for corporate empires to band together and proclaim in one accord “Your art is worth absolutely nothing”!

Be sure pick up your iTunes ‘music is now worthless’ free-download card along with your next Grande Raspberry Mocha Frappuccino – only at Starbucks.
Monday, September 24th, 2007 | Posted in Audio Online, Special Features | No Comments »

A third of all DonkeyServer pirates found themselves ship-less after a number of eDonkey supernode-servers were shut down in Germany this week due to IFPI lobbied court intervention.

The eDonkey network is only the file-sharing outer ring, while Gnutella and BitTorrent are the inner bulls-eye targets for the IFPI and RIAA.
Monday, September 24th, 2007 | Posted in Special Features | No Comments »

The first in a new series of semi-follow-ups for the distinguished Balance compilations, ’Balance 10.1’ will feature Jimmy Van M in the mix with Fortier, Holden and others scheduled to take on the subsequent releases. ’Balance 10.1’ will be released on October 23rd via the EQ/Stomp imprint.

Tracklist as follows:

01. Moonbeam – Uaret
02. Planet Funk – Static (Martin Buttrich Vocal mix)
03. Unkle ft Ian Astbury – Burn My Shadow (Radioslave remix)
04. Dave Shokh & Holgi Star – Lirum
05. Stephan Bodzin – Cucuma
06. Zidan Style, Chaim & K300 – Bedloff (Guy Gerber remix)
07. Mouse Down – Sexy 4 All
08. James Figurine – 55566688833 (The Field remix)
09. Mauro Picotto – Maybe, Maybe Not (Smith & Selway remix)
10. Umek – Carbon Occassions
11. Steve T – There Were Lights (Moonbeam remix)
12. Elite Force – You (Perc remix)
13. Julien Jeweil – Air Conditionne (Original mix)
14. Francesco Pico – All By Myself
Monday, September 24th, 2007 | Posted in Featured Artists, Featured Labels | No Comments »

BitsofBeats is starting a new weekly feed featuring the world’s leading dance music and electronica retailer Beatport.com! We will be linking directly to the newest and hottest Beatport releases, charts and more…njoy!

Get 10 FREE Exclusive Downloads from Beatport.com! Click here!

Label of the week at Beatport
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 | Posted in Featured Artists, Featured Labels, Audio Online, Special Features, Global Broadcast | No Comments »

Well, it has officially arrived – an advertising revenue fueled website that legally offers major and independent label media to its patrons for free – surprise, surprise. Spiralfrog.com was launched this week in a bid to create a new ad revenue resource for major and independent record labels by offering free media to consumers and collecting demographics. Touting a catalogue of over 800,000 songs and 3,500 music videos thus far, with 2 million songs available within the next few months, Spiralfrog.com is blazing uncharted paths in the digital music revenue world - and building upon the corporate industry’s growing postulation that music itself is not worth much more than the ones and zeros it is comprised of.

Spiralfrog.com media files are encoded to play on most portable devices with the exception of Apple iPods – another industry war tactic aimed at toppling the market semi-monopoly of Apple’s portables (as well as iTunes). The files are also unable to be burned to audio CD.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 | Posted in Audio Online, Special Features | No Comments »

Independent online digital retailer eMusic.com is now offering a different sort of audio for its patrons to consume – audiobooks. Now that multi-media portable devices are available in the millions around the world (mp3 phones included), the demand is elevating for audiobooks in DRM-free mp3 formats. To support this demand, eMusic has just inked agreements with audiobook publishers such as Random House, Penguin, Naxos, and Blackstone among others.

Piper Jaffray & Co. recently released figures showing nearly $300 million in audiobook sales by the end of 2008.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 | Posted in Special Features | 1 Comment »