Axwell & Bob Sinclair - What A Wonderful World

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Tipped as one of the biggest crossover dance records of 2008, ‘What A Wonderful World’ will receive a full release on 29th September (digital release 22nd September) on Positiva/Defected.

‘What A Wonderful World’ has already received considerable radio support from Radio 1’s Zane Lowe (‘Hottest Record In The World’) and Pete Tong (‘Essential New Tune’), Galaxy’s Sarah Main, and more, as well as club exposure from some of dance music’s biggest names.

This is the first time Positiva and Defected have joined forces, mirroring the collaboration between both labels’ respective stars; Axwell has given Positiva chart hits including ‘Watch The Sunrise’ and 2007’s ‘I Found U’, while Frenchman Bob Sinclar has spent 8 highly successful years with Defected, enjoying Top 10 success with hits including ‘World Hold On’ and ‘Rock This Party’.

The…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 4:09 pm

King Unique Remix Competition

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King Unique are currently running an exclusive remix competition in association with DJ Mag. Throwing open the vaults they’re offering everyone the chance to remix three classic tracks – “Sugarhigh”, “Hinode”, and “Dirty”. The winners’ remixes will be released as part of a special package on Curfew.

Open to all styles of music, the King Unique boys are encouraging breaks headz, dubstep lovers, d&b nuts, and house fans to get involved – the more diverse entries the better. They’ve been blown away by the resulting remixes so far, so much so that they’ve decided to extend the remix competition deadline to 12th August to give any late entrants a chance to impress them even more.

“We wanted to hear people do something a little bit unusual with the tracks and take…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pm

The Japanese Popstars Mix It Up A Little

Tags: cut by the brakes, drugs, grand national, japanese popstars, Remix, rise of ulysses, the music, ting tings, tong & spoon, we just are, youtube

The Japanese Popstars have announced they’ll be remixing the Ting Tings’ new single, ‘Be The One’. The Northern Irish band, who release their debut album, ‘We Just Are’, on 28th July on Gung-Ho Records, met the Manchester duo at last weekend’s Oxegen festival.

Elsewhere on the remix front, The Japanese Popstars have been busy adding their electronic touch to bands including The Music (’Drugs’), Grand National (’Cut By The Brakes’), Shinichi Osawa (‘Star Guitar’), and Tong & Spoon (’Gas Face’).

You can see the video to their new single, ‘Rise Of Ulysses’ (released on 8 September) below. It features licensed footage from the cult cartoon series, ‘Ulysses 31’…

Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Exclusive X-Press2 Remix Competition

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Few acts within the realm of electronic music can be worthy of the title ‘legends’, but X-Press 2 is without doubt one of them. After smashing onto the scene in 1993 with the seminal ‘Muzik X-Press’, Rocky, Diesel & Ashley Beedle have gone on to enjoy regular DJ slots at the world’s largest clubs, had chart success on numerous occasions (including a UK chart smash with ‘Lazy’) and won awards for their music.

We will all be taken on a trip down memory lane as the boys release their Greatest Hits double album ‘Raise Your Hands’, featuring all of their classic tracks as well as the superb brand new single ‘Fire’. Featuring the legendary Afrika Bambaata on vocals, ‘Fire’ is bound to be yet another top notch in their discography.

To…

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Skylark - i-Panik Remixed Preview

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“i-Panik”, the debut album from Skylark, AKA International DJ Nic Fanciulli and Andy Chatterley, has been bubbling under for the last few months as a digital only release on Beatport on Saved Records. Now, with a slew of top remixes carved out to contribute to the album, NRK Music, in conjunction with Saved, are proud to announce the full release of “i-Panik” along with a companion remix disc.

Skylark have built up a more than solid musical repertoire over the years, mostly as remixers, with artists such as Tiefschwarz, Deep Dish, Paul Woolford, Rulers Of The Deep, Kylie Minogue and Steve Lawler receiving the Skylark treatment to full effect. “i-Panik” sees Skylark lay down their own original production roots, and have crafted out an excellent 11 track album, exploring dancefloor and

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pm