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This Friday Beatport Live presents Club Transmediale feat. Ital + Anstam

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Berlin’s Club Transmediale festival is now in full swing, and Beatport is proud to announce our collaboration with the festival in the form of a special Ustream broadcast this Friday evening featuring a live performance from Ital (100% Silk) and a DJ s…

Tune in to Beatport Live with Ronski Speed

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Tune in to Beatport Live today at 3pm MST (5pm EST / 22:00 GMT) as Ronski Speed takes trance to another level, live on our Ustream channel.

The German DJ and producer has been a staple of the scene for nearly a decade now; check out his recordings for…

Artists To Watch 2012: El Kid

Friday, January 27th, 2012

We turn our attentions to the fringes of dance music—that nameless realm (“bass music” notwithstanding) where elements of house, techno, dubstep, hip-hop and more are dissolving into each other, resulting in a volatile fusion that tests the very …

Now in Mashbox: New tracks from Tom Novy, DJ T., Noisia + more

Friday, January 27th, 2012

This week’s new batch of tunes is ready in Mashbox, Beatport’s app for mixing, mashing and melding your favorite dance music right on your iPad.

This week, we bring you a selection that ranges from melodic house to dirty breaks: Tom Novy’s “Take It” f…

The best of Depeche Mode, selected by Marc Houle, Perc + more

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Without Depeche Mode, electronic dance music as we know it would be a very different beast indeed. From their innovations with synthesizers and samplers to their thrilling ability to tease a dark mood out of a pop song—not to mention their progre…

Must Hear Tracks: Week 4

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Beatport’s genre editors bring you the best new tracks in all your favorite genres. Highlights this week include Sei A’s new EP for Turbo, The Mole’s latest for New Kanada, Tony Lionni’s “Higher Ground” for Freerange, and the Thugfucker/Tale Of Us/Life…

Artists To Watch 2012: PBR Streetgang

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Crack open a cold one and get down to the sounds of PBR Streetgang. As gangs go, the Leeds group’s numbers aren’t too intimidating—it’s just two people, Bonar Bradberry and Tom Thorpe—but their music packs a significant punch. No wonder the…

Berlin’s Club Transmediale goes “Spectral”

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Here in Berlin, we’re eagerly gearing up for the launch of Club Transmediale, an annual festival dedicated to advanced club music, experimental sound and multi-media. This year’s theme is “Spectral,” a topic that will resonate with listeners who have b…

Artists To Watch 2012: Pillowtalk

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

With a name like Pillowtalk, you can bet that the San Francisco trio takes a particularly intimate approach to dance music.

Comprised of three long-time fixtures on the SF scene—Sammy D, Michael Tello, and Ryan Williams—Pillowtalk debuted…

Tune in Thursday for Steve Aoki on Beatport Live

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Beatport is celebrating its 8th anniversary, and we want to invite you to celebrate with us!

We’ve got some special events in store, beginning this Thursday, January 26 when Dim Mak honcho and party rocker extraordinaire Steve Aoki will be spinning li…