Israel isn’t well known for it’s trance. However, if Loud Frequency, a compilation CD from Drugless Records, is representative, this may soon change. Drugless is a full-on psychedelic trance album that brings together tracks from nine artists. The tracks are all fairly long, with the shortest, Alive Substance, at nearly seven minutes. The track lengths… Read More Various – Loud Frequency
Billed as “new tunes out of DJ Acan’s recordbag”, Freeride is an great collection of previously unreleased trance electronica. The CD is an eclectic set, but it leans towards straight-ahead instrumental trance and psy-trance. DJ Acan is a popular Vienna-based DJ best known for his work in the psy-trance genre. In addition to playing around… Read More Various – Freeride
NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Korg has expanded its KONTROL series of MIDI Studio Controllers with the introduction of the new padKONTROL. It offers 16 trigger pads and a wide range of control possibilities for expressive MIDI performance onstage or in the studio. The padKONTROL’s 16 velocity-sensitive trigger pads are responsive to the user’s touch and… Read More NAMM Update: Korg Intros padKontrol MIDI Controller
Holly Daggers, a video/media artist and live VJ, has add VJ Comix to her site. Superstar VJ follows her travels with Busta Rhymes, Miri Ben Ari, the All Mighty Senators and Scratch Makananiks. Superstar VJ is a sort of blog in graphic novel format. Daggers delves into her setup, including a section on dealing with… Read More VJ Comix: The Life of a VJ in Graphic Novel Form
Native Instruments has announced that a demo version of Traktor DJ Studio 3 is now available. The new version features four playback decks, a suite of performance effects, an analog-modeled mixer section, a customizable user interface and more. TRAKTOR DJ Studio 3 also allows DJs to browse and purchase the latest club music releases from… Read More Tracktor DJ Studio 3 Demo Available
ION has created the world’s first USB turntable. The turntable is designed to make it easy to convert old vinyl directly to CD or MP3, not to be a computer-ready DJ-style turntable. The ION USB turntable includes Audacity software for Mac/PC for recording as well as a trial of Bias Soundsoap 2 for cleaning and… Read More Ion Intros USB Turntable
10 Years in the Life is a double-CD collection of some of the finest tracks and remixes by BT. While it is not a greatest hits compilation, it collects radio edits and rare versions of some of his best tracks. Disc 1 is a retrospective of BT’s songwriting work, while Disc 2 is a continuous… Read More BT – 10 Years in the Life
DJ Paul Oakenfold will launch a three-week all-DJ U.S. tour July 3 in New York. Playing venues with capacities from 1,000 to 10,000, he will lead a bill that will also feature Deep Dish, Ferry Corsten, Junkie XL and Sandra Collins on various dates. “It’s going to be a lot of fun for us and… Read More Oakenfold Tour to Feature Superstar DJs
Planet Sample, a new sample CD site, has announced three new electronica loop CDs. PlanetSample provides sample CDs for producers of Ambient, Acid Jazz, Big Beat, Dance, Downtempo, Drum and Bass, Hip Hop, House, Lounge, Techno, Trance and Trip Hop. They have now released three new sample CDs, available in a variety of formats. Elements… Read More Planet Sample Intros 3 Electronica Sample Collections
iCompositions has partnered with Drums on Demand to give away a package of free loops for GarageBand, Logic, and Soundtrack. The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 90 drum loops, 19 “single hit” sounds for applications such as sound effects, and 9 “loop layers” for building your own drum loops. The… Read More iCompositions Announces Second Free GarageBand Loops Package
