Richie Hawtin
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DJ Magazine has announced its take on the Top 100 DJs in the World for 2009, and there aren’t a lot of surprises.
Armin Van Buuren again reigns supreme, with Tiësto and David Guetta following in the #2 & #3 positions.
Here are the Top 10 DJs:
- Armin van Buuren
- Tiesto
- David Guetta
- Above & Beyond
- Paul van Dyk
- Deadmau5
- Ferry Corsten
- Markus Schulz
- Gareth Emery
- Sander van Doorn
Check out the full list below, and then leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…
High Tech Soul is a documentary that looks at the history of techno music.
It features interviews with Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin and others.
DJs On Twitter
Here’s a list of some of the top DJs on Twitter, via genxglow:
- Axwell
- Armin Van Buuren
- Ferry Corsten
- John Digweed
- Sander Van Doorn
- Paul Van Dyk
- David Guetta
- Eddie Halliwell
- Richie Hawtin
- Andy Moor
- Paul Oakenfold
- Markus Schulz
- Tiesto
- James Zabiela
This is a good start, but if you’re a DJ and you’re using Twitter, or if there are DJs that you follow, leave a Twitter page link or @ name below.
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Music sharing site SoundCloud reports that Richie Hawtin is now using a SoundCloud DropBox to receive DJ promos for himself and artist demos for his label Minus.
“If you’re a DJ, label or journalist, make things easy for yourself and the people sending you tracks… start using your DropBox today,” adds SoundCloud’s David Trattnig.
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The Ultra Music Festival (UMF) has announced the dates for its 11th consecutive year: Friday March 27 and Saturday March 28, 2009.
The UMF will take place during the 24th annual Winter Music Conference at the waterfront location of Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami (the same grounds it has occupied since 2006).
The line-up for the festival is pretty insane:
- Tiësto
- Bloc Party
- The Ting Tings
- Roni Size Reprazent
- Cut Copy
- Deadmau5
- Crystal Castles
- The Presets
- Hercules and Love Affair
- Simian Mobile Disco
- Busy P.
- Carl Cox
- The Prodigy
- Pendulum
- Paul Van Dyk
- Armin Van Buuren
- Moby
Other acts that are newly confirmed for UMF include: David Guetta, Above and Beyond, Erick Morillo, Booka Shade, the Swedish House Mafia featuring (Steve Angello, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso), Benny Benassi, Rabbit In The Moon, Infected Mushroom, Fedde Le Grand, Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Tiga, Perry Farrell, ATB, M.A.N.D.Y. v. Tiefschwarz, Kraak & Smaak, Dirty South, Pete Tong, Loco Dice, Steve Lawler, Boys Noize, Markus Schulz, Kaskade, Late of the Pier, Planet of the Drums, Andy C + MC GQ and The Whip.
Sounds like a line-up, huh?
In addition to the annual Miami festival, UMF has expanded internationally to include events in Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, San Juan, Madrid and Ibiza.
