This thing is the coolest little piece of digital music technology since the ipod. The Pacemaker is a mobile (pocket sized and only 7 ounces in weight) personal DJ mixing system. Its massive hard drive (120GB) allows for storage of more than enough music to play around with. Its touch control system allows you to select songs, mix, change pitch, sample, loop, filter, and much more! Its essentially Serato Scratch in the palm of your hand. Bonkers! Some beta devices have been delivered to a small population of DJs and technology folks and its getting rave reviews from everyone from what we are told. This thing is going to inspire a whole new crop of DJs after people get their hands on it. It will see its official public release sometime in March and will retail for $700.

To the good folks at Tonium…..Please send us one!!! We are big tech geeks over here as well as musicologists. We will promote the hell out of this thing for you!

Here are a few videos to show you how cool this thing really is.

Interface demo:

The good folks at Beatport open up their Pacemaker…..

Steve Angello gets his introduction to the Pacemaker….

Dirty South gives it a whirl…..

This one hit our inbox recently from the good folks at Crux Records. Slept on it for a couple of days otherwise it would have been posted earlier. Bryan Cox is waving the fidget house flag (a la Switch, Herve, Trevor Loveys, and a few others) for America. We really arent fans of tagging people to genres but Cox is promoting his production work as so. Whatever the label, this track delivers on its name. Massive bass lines and glitchy beats that will sound nice on a proper sound system.

Bryan Cox ft. Snoopy - Get Nasty

BUY BRYAN COX MUSIC HERE!!!

Fellow musicologists,

The Internet has enabled the era of user-generated content as we all know. Prime examples of user-generated content are the blogs that a lot of us write and social networking sites and forums that we belong to, which allow easy publishing of and access to information. Our belief is that the volume of blog posts about an album is positively correlated with future sales (kinda obvious to most).

With this being said, we decided to create a group (and write this post) to provide a framework for discussion about how user-generated content influences consumer decision making (buying records, CD’s, and mp3’s) and to create a positive open dialog between mp3 bloggers and independent/major record labels.

First step was to create a group on Facebook to facilitate the discussion. Encourage you to sign up (if you are on Facebook) and voice your opinions, post news related to the subject, talk about your experiences in writing about the music that you love and any interactions you may have had with the labels and artists that you promote.

JOIN HERE!!!

Cheers!

ROCCANOVA has been knocking out some big remixes in recent months. He has put together this mix for your listening enjoyment. This thing is chock full of electro goodness.

ROCCANOVA - SCADA

Intro (Sampled From Toxic Avenger (Superheroes) / 2001 A Space Odyssey
1. DVNO - Justice
2. Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
3. Detroit (Ghetto Edit) - The Bloody Beet Roots
Everybody Dance - Chic - tease
4. Hustler (ROCCANOVA Remix) - Simian Mobile Disco
5. Tristesse Joie (Rolf Honey Remix) - Yelle
6. The Man Who Paid Before (Roit In Belgium’s Bedroom Remix) - Franz & Shape
Pro Nails (Bag Raiders Remix) - Kid Sister - tease
7. Gluttony - Hostage
8. Television Rules The Nation (ROCCANOVA Remix) - Daft Punk
9. I Love It - Sneaky Sound System
10. In My Arms (Spitzer Remix) - Kylie Minogue
11. Lady (ROCCANOVA Remix) - Modjo
12. Sweaty (Shazam Remix) - Muscles
Lindsay Lohan’s Revenge - Pase Rock - tease
13. Kaboom (Easy D Remix) - Ursula 1000
14. Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Chromeo
15. Composer (Surkin Remix) - Yusek
16. Sweaty Wet Dirty Damp (Gloves Remix) - Gameboy/Gamegirl
17. Ghetto Obsession (ROCCANOVA Is Ghetto In 08′ Remix) - Surkin
18. I Used To Dance With My Dady (Metal On Metal Remake) - Data Rock
19. Is You - D.I.M.
20. Every Second Counts (Ocelot Remix) - Switches
21. Oh! - Boys Noize
22. Any Way (Fake Blood Remix) - The Black Ghosts
23. The Things You Say (Dirty South Remix) - Cicada
24. Neon Knights (ROCCANOVA Remix) - MSTRKRFT
25. Road To Recovery (MIami Horror Remix) - Midnight Juggernauts
Outro (Sampled From Toxic Avenger (Superheroes) / 2001 A Space Odyssey

We wish Ed Banger Records a happy 5th birthday and congrats to Pedro Winter for what he has contributed to electronic music over the years. Looks like he and DJ Medhi killed it at the party. Cheers!

As part of the birthday celebration the Ed Banger crew put together a mix for the latest edition of Mixmag. Here it is for your listening pleasure.

MIXMAG PRESENTS ED BANGER MENAGE A TROIS

Tracklist :

01. Steed Lord - Dirty Mutha (DJ Mehdi Dirty Remix)
02. Ben Mono Feat Killa Kella - Blind Sweep
03. Puzique - Don’t Go
04. Bumblebeez - Dr. Love (Crookers Remix)
05. Surkin - White Knight
06. Kazey & Bulldog - Give It Up
07. High Powered Boys - Hoes Get Down
08. Bobmo - Rock The
09. Feadz - Numanoid
10. Armand Van Helden - J’Taime (Switch Remix/Ed Banger Edit)
11. DSL - Invaders (Busy P Remix)
12. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Spank Rock & Mos Def Remix)
13. Das Pop - Fool For Love (Sebastian Remix)
14. Smith N Hack - Space Warrior
15. Cool Kids - I Rock

Newly released video for Count & Sinden Ft Kid Sister - “Beeper” here for your viewing pleasure. Official release date for the single is March 24 on Domino Records. Make sure you go out and grab it!!

The Count & Sinden have a few live dates together over the next few months and Sinden has a number of solo dates.

The Count & Sinden:

02-29 Edinburgh, Scotland - Sugarbeat
03-01 Liverpool, England - Chibuku
04-05 Paris, France - TBA

Sinden:

02-22 Portsmouth, England - Sumo (Bestival Tour)
02-28 Brighton, England - Beach (Bestival Tour)
03-05 Dijon, France - Le Chat Noir (Generiq Festival)
03-07 London, England - Fabric
03-15 Berlin, Germany - Ghettoblaster @ Tape
04-04 Bristol, England - The Blast @ Native

And as an added bonus, here is a massive remix of the track by Fake Blood.

Count & Sinden - Beeper (Fake Blood Remix)

So it seems someone is dropping a link to a track called “Love” in the comments section of a couple of major music blogs (clever way to get your music heard). Rumor is that it is a new production from Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk. One source says that Xavier from Justice has confirmed it is true. Probability is low that its really him but we will keep you posted. In the meantime, here it is for your listening pleasure.

EDIT - Confirmed not to be Bangalter. Track is a production by Louis La Roche. Seems that someone grabbed a rip of the track and started posting it on the net referencing Thomas Bangalter. La Roche has provided a high quality version of the track. Download link below is now updated with it.

Louis La Roche - Love

Dance crews are getting a lot of air time here in the US recently due to a show on MTV and a new movie in theaters. Without a doubt, Jabbawockeez are the most impressive crew in the dance game today (not to mention they represent San Diego amongst other cities on the West coast). This video is just one of many mind blowing performances. Byters will be eaten!!!

Follow up to the critically acclaimed and award winning D.A.N.C.E. video. This one is much less upbeat which is fitting for the vibe of the track.

Photo Credit: Ginny Suss

This would have been pretty incredible to witness in person. Two of the most talented percussionists in popular music absolutely killing it on their kits at the The Roots Grammy Jam Session last week.