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  Ha! You back! Get the newsletter! Right after this years Rattviksdansen Folklore Festival, most of the keys on Axwells board got lost in an equipment smashing session he did with Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso to warm up for the next show. He hit Sebastian in the head so hard, the whole Casio fell [...]

Outhere Records from Munich released an Kwaito compilation featuring Dj Mujava of Warp Records, Pastor Mbhobho, L’Vovo Derrango and others: Ayobaness – The Sound of South African House. Guess you remember Township Funk. If you dont, listen to it! If you do, you’ll look forward to Mugwanti/Sgwejegweje on the compilation. Even more important, it’s not [...]

Its okay to watch the wrap ups of saturdays football matches on repeat when its sunday. Just found out trading the weak commentators for some music is still the better choice. Especially when you watch them games for the fourth time. What I put on my playlist: first, Faithless are back. Its three years since there [...]

Why cant I turn on the computer without reading about Calvin Harris anymore? May be because he’s got a subscription on high chart entries. Just like Dizzee Rascal has. After Calvin Harris did “Dance Wiv Me” for Dizzee Rascal, he hooked him up with the next straight to number one single. “Holiday”. Dizzee went to [...]

Übersuccesful House producer David Guetta has a new album out: One Love. The concept: mixing house with urban music. Sounds familiar? Yeah, right. The features implementing the idea: Kid Cudi, Estelle, Kelly Rowland, Ne-Yo, Akon, Black Eyed Peas (Guetta produced I Gotta Feeling for them, what explains why it sounds like Guetta’s smasher Love is [...]

if you listen to house or electro or electro house or something, you might know about diplo. as i read in one interview, he’s pretty much about mixing house and hiphop. his sound speaks for his self though. Diplo: Well I mean I kind of grew up on hip hop and Baltimore club was like [...]

bouncin remix of a-traks “Say Whoa” by boyz noize. i mssed a-trak (kanye wests dj) in cologne a few days ago, he’s off to canada and nyc by now. A-Trak – Say Whoa (Boys Noize Remix) found it in a post from Norbert Schiegl on the nice topfriendmusic blog, where Schowi of german rap group [...]