Weekly Transmission 51!

Hey kids,

Woo! January is almost over...thank fook for that eh? We've been busy sorting out our improved, easier-to-use, and more comprehensive events section so you lot can plan your weekends better, and making some other improvements to the site.

This week's podcast comes from Boys Noize's new faves Shadow Dancer, who blend up old skool electro and club classics to great effect. We've got lots of opinion and comment in the features this week - with a must-read piece of hearing protection and tinnitus, an examination of the evolution of the funky scene, reasons why dance music is better than rock music, and Spin Doctor's thoughts on hip-hop and soul in 2009. Then we had a good old chin wag with house music hero Jesse Rose, and checked out the awesome tribal tech house of Men In Trees in the New Talent section.

There's News & Reviews from Diplo, The Whitest Boy Alive, Phoenix, DJ Choose, Dyed Soundorom, Defected Ibiza, Calvin Harris, Orbital, 2manydjs, M.I.A., Kanye West, Finley Quaye and loads more, plus new competitions to win 2 VIP tickets + a chalet for BLOC Weekender and a royal VIP box for UK House Mafia's return to KOKO in London!

Finally there's new videos in DT-TV from the likes of Deadmau5 vs Kaskade, Morgan Geist and Cool Kids, and some classics from Modeselektor, DJ Vadim and Benga & Coki!

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Men In Trees
 
"Like Ewoks playing their little bark instruments over a Rolando set."

Written By: BenGomori
 
 
 
   
Protect your hearing
 
Get yourself a 5% DISCOUNT when ordering hearing protection from Audio Relief...
 
 
 
   
Jesse Rose: "I live house music"
 
One of West London's finest on his debut LP, Berlin, and the fidget house phenomenon.
 
 
 
   
The evolution of funky
 
The recently emerged genre of funky is finding its feet, but is the commercial influence ruining it?
 
 
 
   
RANT: Why dance music is better than rock music
 
It's all about keeping it real people...
 
 
 
   
Spin Doctor's Prescription
 
Our hip-hop & soul man sizes up the year ahead....
 
 
 
 
   
Field Day announce first wave of artists
 
Including their headliners Mogwai, Bugged Out & Skream...
 
 
 
 
 
   
2manydjs confirm UK shows
 
They take over the Warehouse Project in Manchester and Brixton Academy in London in June...
 
 
 
 
 
   
EXIT Festival 10th Anniversary confirmed
 
"Probably the best festival in the world!" in the words of DJ Hype, one of last year's performers...
 
 
 
 
 
   
Prydz, Leger & Herve at Godskitchen this weekend
 
Huge line-up descends on Birmingham this Saturday 31st of January...
 
 
 

 
Carl Craig & Felix head up Chibuku's February
Zombie Nation returns
The End goodie bags - get one!
The Whitest Boy Alive announce European tour
Filth's 2nd Birthday announced
What would your Final Song be?
We're now on Twitter
Multiple Diplo news
Defected Ibiza moves to Saturdays at Pacha
Orbital announce more reunion shows
Max Cooper gets behind the genetics of music
John Peel & Jeff Mills interviewing each other
UK House Mafia returns
Will Obama revive the White House Record Library?

>> click here for full news 		 
 
 
   
Ashley Walters featuring Mutya Buena - With You
on : Abstract Urban
Reviewed By: Matty O

Multimedia man-on-the-up invites Big Brother fugitive to a neat R&B swapping of grown up love notes.
 
 
 
   
Dyed Soundorom - Naked EP
on : Crosstown Rebels Digital
Reviewed By: charlietarr

Crosstown Rebels Digital throws up a storming second release here from Freak n Chic's Dyed Soundorom.
 
 
 
   
Filth & Splendour vs Betoko - The Argument
on : Itch Records
Reviewed By: BenGomori

Two of our New Talent faves team up for this massive track which rides the line between bolshy electro house and chugging minimal techno
 
 
 
   
Delano Smith - Sunrise EP
on : Third Ear
Reviewed By: BenGomori

Another lovely EP here from Third Ear, with long-time Detroit DJ Delano Smith laying down some deep, smokey grooves.
 
 
 
   
Various Artists mixed by Alan Luna - Supperclub: Jealousy
 on :United Recordings
 

The 4th in the Dutch series of loungey compilations landed on our desk this week - and it's an absolute corker, oozing class at every opportunity.

Reviewed By: BenGomori
 
 
 
   
CircleSquare - Songs About Dancing And Drugs
 on :!K7
 

An album that combines a raw studio atmosphere, sombre tones and masses of raw talent, and sees a welcome return to the British-Columbian born, Berlin-residing tech soul, Jeremy Shaw.

Reviewed By: Scrap
 
 
 
   
Stereo:Type - What's That Noize!?
 on :Hardcore Beats
 

Breaks bombardment from Ctrl-Z and Screwface that'll leave skidmarks all over your hi-fi: what rude awakenings are made of.

Reviewed By: Matty O
 
 

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