Electronic Vibes

It was one of the biggest success stories of last year, and for 2006 looks likely to be the best dance music event during the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

South West Four festival, organised in conjunction with Metro newspaper, had a successful launch on Saturday 15 April 2005 with 4000 clubbers packing into Brixton Academy to see Carl Cox and Mr. C tear it up.

This year the South West Four festival features Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, James Zabiela, Sander Kleinenberg, and Desyn Masiello alongside its DJ ambassador Carl Cox on the 10,000 capacity outdoor main stage.

BBC Radio 1 stalwart Pete Tong will join the likes of Seb Fontaine, Steve Lawler, Danny Howells, and Nic Fancuilli in a second arena, whilst trancers Judge Jules, Mauro Picotto, Fergie, Ian Betts, Sander Van Doorn and Matt Hardwick will DJ in a third tent.

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It’s nearly been a week since this website was launched and I’m glad to annouce that it has been doing quite well, it’s roughly getting 70 - 140 unique visitors a day and about 80 - 180 hits a day.

If you’ve been here since the first day you have probably noticed a few minor changes. Firstly the text header I previously had has now been replaced by some sexy bubbly text created by a friend of mine, AJ. Moreover, you may have noticed that towards the right under the ‘About’ heading I have added two links, one for advertising and one for contacting me.

Well, that’s basically it! Please do tell your friends about this website and adverise it around if you can, I’d really appriciate it. Furthermore, you can also contribute to the website’s content; if you know of an upcoming release please contact me using the ‘Contact Electronic Vibes’ link towards the left.

If you have any sort of comment or suggestion you can leave a comment on this post.

It’s very easy to think that England and America are the only places in the world where amazing parties take place. Despite the fact these two countries provided the formative foundations of dance music as we know it today, they are now constantly being challenged by new kids on the block; new countries who are discovering dance music, grabbing it by the scruff of the neck and embracing it wholeheartedly. With this comes new talent; fresh producers and DJs who are being thrust onto the world stage and given the exposure they so richly deserve. One such success story is South America’s Hernan Cattaneo.

Coming on May 08 2006, Hernan is releasing a new compilation with the sexiest house tunes out today, Renaissance Presents: Sequential. This release will be a double-cd based compilation (Tracklist below).

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Paolo’s sets are rooted in a love of house music, deep, warm or weird techy house with a strong breaks influence. Putting a label on Paolo is hard, and he prefers it that way - his hallmark is breathtakingly smooth, skillful and often rapid transitions between a wide variety of genres in any given set.

Just making it back into the house scene, Paolo Mojo is about to release a new compilation with some hot tunes (Tracklist available). This release should be out and available in shops by April 24 2006.

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The first Alex M.O.R.P.H. solo artist album will be released on May 26 2006. This upcoming release will come in two editions; a standard edition which will consist of a double-cd and a limited edition.

In the standard edition, CD 1 will include all Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s singles and co-ops (Containing lots of unreleased tracks) and CD 2 will include all of the remixes he is doing for artists such as Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Andy Moor, ATB, Matt Darey, Solarstone, Super8/DJ Tab.

Furthermore, a limited DVD (Only 500 copies will be available) will come bundled with 2 videos, 1 pioneer mixing tools and some extras.

Unfortunately there’s no more details such as the tracklist regarding this release. Stay tuned and more updates will be published once they’re known.

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With dance music currently overwhelmed by house music, there is extremely good news for the trance scene. Binary Finary return with their long awaited artist album The Lost Tracks.

The Lost Tracks is an album that takes a journey through trance, electronica and progressive sounds. These tracks have never been heard before and some are still in the old skool state in which they were first created. The album marks Binary Finary’s historical and emotional journey, from their time in hiding, to their re-emergence as producers to be reckoned with.

This album is upfront and available as download only. It comes in both mixed and unmixed formats for the die-hard clubber and digital DJ alike. There is also the choice to download selected tracks from the album - something no other artist is doing. One of the most exciting tracks on the album has to be the Binary Finality Mix of the seminal classic ‘1998’ - never heard before and a fitting update of this amazing track!

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Creamfields will take place this year on Saturday 26 August at Daresbury, Halton, near Liverpool, and will feature an eclectic blend of dance music acts and DJs. The Prodigy are headlining the mainstage, alongside Gnarls Barkley, Goldfrapp, and The Zutons.

The world’s no.1 DJ as voted in DJmag’s Top 100 DJs poll 2005, Paul van Dyk, will be playing in the 10,000 capacity Cream & Goodgreef arena alongside Ferry Corsten, Tiësto, Paul Oakenfold, Eddie Halliwell, Armin van Buuren, Marco V and Adam Sheridan.

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With a number 3 position in the international DJ MAG Top 100 Armin van Buuren can be seen as one of the most successful DJs in the world. Armin received the ‘Best Album’ award during the Dutch dance release awards for his latest artist album ‘Shivers’ and with this album he recently got nominated for a prestigious Edison Award in the category Dance.

A brand new episode of A State of Trance compilation is to be released on April 17 2006! The official release party of Armin’s new A State Of Trance 2006 Compilation CD will take place on April 28 2006 at Armada Night in the Heineken Music Hall.

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After the sucess of the first release of Global Underground’s Music DJ Box Set 1 a new release is scheduled to be out on 24 April 2006. This release consists of 6 CDs which include Unkle, Ashtrax, Trafik, Phonique, Lostep and Swain & Collingwood.

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A new series of a Global Underground compilation is scheduled to be released on 15 June 2006. This new release comes in luxurious digi-pack packaging with bold red artwork. The pack is gloss laminated and contains a deluxe 20 page colour booklet with photography from exotic locations from around the world, plus liner notes by Heat magazine / The Independent newspaper journalist Dom Phillips.

Moreover, it contains bonus unmixed CD featuring exclusive unreleased music and comes in a 11” square red velvet box with an oversized 36 page glossy colour booklet.

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