Electronic Vibes

Today I have been tweaking the site a little bit, making it perform better as well as adding some new features I have been working on; if you look towards the right you will see a brand new shining navigation.

The most obvious change is probably the font of the website. I have changed all fonts and they’re much more clear and reable now, they’re not as ‘rough’ as the previous fonts.

In addition, when you read a full news post if you scroll right at the bottom I have added a new boomarking feature where you can automatically add your favourite news post to a service such as Del.icio.us.

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As a nod to the originals in the series, this is a throwback to some of the amazing tracks from Euphoria’s past, the ones that still kill the dancefloors now, the ones that people really call ‘classic’.

Euphoria has always been more than just a trance album. It brings together highly crafted mixes with hand picked DJs, doesn’t pander to the obvious track if the underground alternative is the one doing damage at club level, it stays faithful to the original clubbing ideals; awe inspiring breakdowns, huge rushes of energy and frenzy inducing choruses.

Release Date: 22 May 2006.

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Following on from the success of the recent Miami 2006 collection – the world’s leading quality dance music label return with their annual Eivissa compilation, focussing on the Balearic charms of legendary clubbing destination Ibiza.

This 3 CD collection features 2 discs mixed to perfection by Defected head honcho Simon Dunmore which showcase the freshest quality house sprinkled with carefully selected legendary tracks from the Island of Dance.

This new 3 CD compilation will be available for sale to the public on 29 May 2006 (Defected Records). More information such as the tracklist is also available.

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Known around the world as a “producer’s producer”, Andy Caldwell has had his hands in some of the most critically acclaimed dance/electronic music releases of the past decade. An original member of the groundbreaking four piece electronic super group Soulstice, Andy has created solo singles for labels such as Naked Music, Om, Yoshitoshi and his own Uno Recordings.

Universal Truth will be available on 22 May 2006 (Om Records); a tracklist is also available.

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The name Tiefschwarz stands high alongside other legendary German acts such as Boris Dlugosch, Mousse T., Knee Deep, Ian Pooley, Dixon, Jazzanova, Rainer Trüby, Ata and Vincenzo. As DJs, Tiefschwarz have gained a great reputation on the international house scene.

A new album scheduled to be out on 17 July 2006 will be released by Fabric, adding a new mixing series to their discography. A tracklist hasn’t been announced, stay tuned and it will be posted here once it has been revealed!

Edit (28/05/2006): Tracklist Available!

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This year the 2nd Annual Trance Awards, which are being presented by Judge Jules, will now be taking place on Saturday June 24. This ceremony has been brought together by Gods Kitchen, MTV Dance, Mixmag and some of the most important record labels and community websites on the planet to create the ultimate celebration of the international trance scene.

Therefore to complement this change of date, the Godskitchen team have added Marcel Woods and Sander Van Doorn to the line-up as they have revolutionised trance music over the last 12 months.

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The search for the world’s best scratch turntablist will begin this week in the UK, with the first heats of the annual DMC World DJ Championship taking place across the country.

The first heat takes place in Liverpool on 12th May at Magnet. Later on, Newcastle will host a DMC 2006 heat the following night at The Other Rooms, whilst Leeds’ The Wardrobe will see aspiring scratch DJs battle it out on 14th May.

The Fez club in Cambridge will host a DMC DJ battle heat on 18th May, before the championship moves southwards to London’s Fabric on 19th May.

After that, Nottingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Bristol, Reading, and Birmingham will host heats, before the UK final takes place at Hammersmith Palais on 6 July.

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Coming on the 02 June 2006, this new album by Electric Universe (Also known as Boris Blenn) will be available in shops. This is the first album released by Boris on his newly started label.

Listening to his previous albums which where extremely high-energetic trance, I’m sure we will be waiting impatiently for this release; hopefully the tempo will be pushed up a little more to give it more energy!

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DJ Tiësto’s recent tour of Indonesia was struck by tragedy after a clubber died of a drug overdose at his concert in the capital city Jakarta. The young man, who has not been named due to his family’s wishes, died on 22nd April 2006 after apparently taking six ecstasy pills.

At first, the organisers of Tiësto’s Indonesia tour refused to comment on the death because they claimed his family did not want any publicity.

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Above & Beyond have been responsible for some of the world’s biggest club tracks over the last few years and now rank among the most respected trance producers globally, with a number of successful projects.

The album offers a mix of current and future trance classics. Tracks like the grungy and industrial ‘Helsinki Scorchin’ from Super 8 + DJ Tab, Luminary’s sublime ‘Amsterdam’, Nitrous Oxide ‘North Pole’ and the new Above & Beyond single, ‘Can’t Sleep’, are already well on the way to establishing themselves as club anthems. But the compilation also offers a glimpse of Anjunabeats’ future release schedule, and features brand new singles from Smith & Pledger, Maor Levi, Super8 and the massive, electro-tinged ‘5’ from Aalto.

Coming on 03 July 2006 their new release is scheduled, Anjunabeats Vol. 4. At the moment there’s no tracklist available, once it has been revealed it will be updated on this post; stay tuned!

Edit (05/05/2006) : Tracklist is now available!

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