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Martin Solveig returns… with a SMASH!

It’s the same man, the same producer, and he’s got the same quintessential attitude towards life and music as he ever had! We’re speaking about Martin Solveig of course, and he’s back with a brand new single, simply called ‘Hello’.

Of course, there is nothing ‘simple’ about this record, far from it; it’s brilliant, and as with everything the Frenchman does, comes with a jaw dropping video.

Let’s not forget Martin’s last release – the very lush and very pop ‘Boys & Girls’, a track that clocked up over 2 million hits on Youtube and brought to an end…

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Pete Tong Presents Wonderland Ibiza 2010

Pete Tong has revealed further details of Wonderland’s Ibiza events for 2010. The flagship White Island night will hold 15 parties across the summer at Eden, running from 25 June until 1 October.

Guests will include Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Calvin Harris, Annie Mac, Erol Alkan & Boys Noize, and many more. Full weekly line-up details can be found below.

Calvin Harris will hit Wonderland on 23 July, while Erol Alkan and Boys Noize will be playing together for an exclusive 3 hour set on 17 September. Felix Da Housecat will be joined by 2000 and One on…

Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 4:17 pm

Audioriver Festival Features Independent Market

This just in: Audioriver Festival 2010 will not just be about dancing the night away listening to the world’s top electronic music act. The Plock-based event will, for the very first time since its inception, also venture into uncharted territory by expanding the proceedings, which now officially encompass an electronic music trade fair for the Polish scene, as well as workshops conducted by some of the festival’s headliners. Sponsored by the Red Bull Music Academy, this innovative project will be known as the Independent Market.

“Last year’s daytime program turned out to be a great success. The Festival cinema, a…

Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

Markus Schulz – Do You Dream?

With ‘Do You Dream?’ on final approach (full CD release landing June 15th) Markus has gone back into the Coldharbour studio to relive its recording and film a playback of the album for his fans. Over the course of 30 minutes he guides you through his 3rd long-player, giving you the very first opportunity to hear much of the music from it. From ‘Alphastate’ to ‘Goodbye’, the album has many stories, themes and anecdotes, and via the Armada Music YouTube channel he’s going to tell you all about them.

Previously: It has been almost 3 years since Markus…

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Roger Shah – Music For Balearic People Vol. 3

The next installment of his pre-season audio-postcards to the White Isle, Roger Shah returns with chapter 3 of ‘Magic Island: Music For Balearic People’.

Everyone who has ever taken an Ibiza-bound flight has been influenced and inspired in some way by the island. Few though have felt its magnetic pull to quite the same degree as Shah. Musically every move he’s made in the last 5 years has stemmed from his attachment to the great White Isle and his expedition to capture musically as much of its essence as possible continues with his new compilation album.

Vol. 3…

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Win With Hed Kandi!

Summer is officially here, nearly, and hot on its heels it is one of the most eagerly anticipated Hed Kandi titles of the year, Beach House. Hed Kandi’s Beach House encapsulates the feel of its spiritual home, Ibiza, and flies the flag for sexy, mid-tempo house with grooving Balearic basslines and sultry soulful vocals. Sounds good, no?

Well we’ve teamed up with Hed Kandi and are offering you the chance to win one of five copies that they have kindly agreed to give away!

To be in with a chance of winning, answer the following question.

The Beach House 2010…

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 12:06 pm

PvD Presents 10 Years of VANDIT (& Competition)

Over the course of a decade and more than 100 releases, VANDIT Records has become a landmark imprint.

This summer, that milestone will be aptly celebrated with the 3 CD release, ’10 Years of VANDIT’. Mixed by Paul van Dyk – both the label’s original mastermind and prime mover – it will document the tracks that have helped make the label a part of trance music’s bedrock. The discs will cover the label’s most influential output from 2000 to 2010, with the latter featuring a new Paul van Dyk single, created specifically to mark the anniversary.

VANDIT are also looking…

Monday, May 17th, 2010 at 3:28 pm