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We've got a winner! Back in December, Strictly Rhythm celebrated 20 years of label history by offering fans a chance to remix Armand Van Helden's 'Witch Doktor', a classic slab of darkside house music. Now, the votes have been tallied and Strictly Rhythm have chosen their favorite from the 20 finalists.

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We've got a winner! Back in December, Strictly Rhythm celebrated 20 years of label history by offering fans a chance to remix Armand Van Helden's 'Witch Doktor', a classic slab of darkside house music. Now, the votes have been tallied and Strictly Rhythm have chosen their favorite from the 20 finalists.

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Hybrid has a new album out next month, and he's made some rather nice videos about the making of it. Full on orchestral action! The single, 'Disappear Here' is out this week


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It is February in Dublin. Danilo Plessow, a skinny white 24-year-old DJ from Stuttgart, spins vinyl to a tightly packed dancefloor in the Crawdaddy section of the Pod nightclub in Harcourt Street. Now known as Motor City Drum Ensemble, Plessow has worked under several aliases including Hypster Wonkaz, Aphro Pzyko, and Inverse Cinematics (previously his most successful project and a joint creation with Joachim Tobias), before he launched MCDE last year. Through a number of high profile remixes and a standout series of EPs called 'Raw Cuts', Motor City Drum Ensemble hit all the right notes in 2009. Both deep house master Moodymann, and Detroit pioneer Kenny Larkin, publicly praised Plessow for taking the classic Detroit sound and turning it into something new.

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Melt Festival in Germany is back for it's 13th year from July 16 -18. Headliners this year include Massive Attack, Booka Shade, The xx, A-Trak, Chromeo, DJ Shadow, Riton, Four Tet, Fred Falke, Sinden, Ellen Allien, Fake Blood, Lindstrom & Christablle, Two Door Cinema Club, Carl Craig feat. Mike Banks, Ricardo Villalobos, Crookers, and an entire stage curated by Modeselektor. 3 day tickets are €94. More info is at meltfestival.de

The 1-2-3-4 Festival will return to Shoreditch Park on July 24 with bands and DJs including A1 Bassline, Action Beat, A Grave With No Name, Autokratz, Blood Music, Bo Ningen, Breton, DDD, Dark Horses, Deep Sht, Dollop, Drum Eyes, Dum Dum Girls, Egyptian Hip Hop, Invasion, Is Tropical, Kool Kids Klub, Lele (Speaks), Le Shark, Maria & The Mirrors, Matthew Wowow, Mazes, Necro Deathmort, No Bra, Not Cool, Random Impulse, S.C.U.M, Sharks, Smash & Grab, Sunderbans, The Lovely Jonjo, The Knock Out Drops, The Ruling Class, These New Puritans, The Toes, Toddla T & MC Serocee, Trailer Trash Tracys, Tronik Youth, Veronica Falls, Victor Talking Machine, Vivian Girls, Von Haze, Wavves, We Have Band, Wild Palms, Zombie Zombie. There will be five stages, nine after party venues plus early bird tickets are only £15. See the1234shoreditch.com for more.

Calvin Harris and Audio Bullys are the latest top names announced for this summer’s Eden Sessions at The Eden Project in Cornwall. The show will take place at the home of the iconic Biomes on Saturday July 3. Tickets are £35 plus BF from edensessions.com

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Check out this 10min doc on Leeds' night Back to Basics.

It features interviews with founder Dave Beer and DJ Pete Tong.

It's a great little watch and coincides with the promo of Back To Basics Recordings 001 from
Buckley & Woodall 'Kitch N Sync' which features mixes from Jamie Jones and Chris Duckenfield.

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Check out this little beauty. Well, maybe less of the little.

This is Pioneer's DJM-2000 mixer which launches today.

It has an innovative touch screen and arsenal of remixing FX, with six individual effects processors. It has effectively built in the technology of the EFX-1000, removing the need for an external effects unit along with touch screen technology from the SVM-1000.

The mixer has been developed with the help of a number of DJs. James Zabiela, Roger Sanchez, Eddie Halliwell, Tom Middleton, The Swedish House Mafia, Paul Woolford, John '00' Fleming and Kutski have all tested out the DJM-2000 at various stages of development.

You can buy the mixer in June - its price: €1,999 (£1822). For more see pioneerprodj.eu

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We should warn you at the outset that this video is totally NSFM—not safe for mealtime, that is. The Dutch heavyweights of drum'n'bass and electro, Noisia, test your gag reflex with their video for 'Machine Gun', which begins as a clever collage of abstract imagery and commences in a bloody orgy of mangled flesh and raw meat.

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Danilo Plessow explains his deep-seated fascination with the music of The Motor City to Beatportal: "I'm not saying I have the same hard times but I can identify with the emotions in the music from Detroit."

Soonnight really get down to the nitty gritty in picking apart the process behind the French producer's upcoming mix for the Balance series.

Soonnight really get down to the nitty gritty in picking apart the process behind the French producer's upcoming mix for the Balance series.

The Retreat imprint continue their Reels podcast series with a mix from Mirau and Mule man Iron Curtis. Curtis Mayfield, Maurice Fulton and Neville Watson all make the cut.

Don't Stay In has teamed up with Trance Energy and is giving you the chance to win an exclusive Trance Energy Travel Package for April 3rd!

The Trance Energy Travel Package contains return flights from Birmingham International Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

Upon arrival in Utrecht, you will stay in 4-star hotel Mitland, only a ten-minute drive from the Trance Energy venue. But not to worry… You won't have to drive yourself since you and your friend will be brought to and picked up from Trance Energy!

The morning after you can chill out in the swimming pool or Turkish steambath before you make your way back to Schiphol Airport and go back to the UK!

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Featuring Delphic and Crookers

Wunderkind tells the tale of Richard Semmler, a Colombian DJ who spins for 12 hours per day, 7 days per week, while dealing with a severe degenerative disability.

Is there any producer with a keener eye for detail than Wolfgang Gartner? The meticulousness of the electro house producer from Austin, Texas, has made him a huge star within the genre, and helped him net eight Beatport No.1 records. Whilst most electro house producers opt for simplicity - a big bassline and a simple house loop will do, won't it? - Wolfgang Gartner throws layers of synths and FX into the mix, resulting in tracks that offer a multitude of build ups, bass holes, and hand-raising moments. His latest single 'Undertaker' sees Wolfgang return to what he does best - microscopically precise heavy house grooves mixed with an instantly recognisable epic melody. No doubt, it will be one of the hits of Miami's WMC 2010 in a little over two weeks. But what don't we know about Wolfgang Gartner? We decided to fire a series of personal questions at the producer and DJ to find out more about the man behind those killer electro house grooves (and yes, that is Wolfgang Gartner when he was a kid).

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Mixmag and Don’t Stay In have joined forces to create the ultimate trip to Ibiza.

We’ve sorted out an incredible Ibiza package for four nights on the island starting on Monday August 30 to Friday September 3.

Between those dates we’ve arranged the ideal clubbers package including: four nights accommodation at Ibiza Rocks Hotel, parties and guestlists sorted for every night, 25% discount on drinks at the hotel and a bunch of money can’t buy VIP upgrades in the clubs.

The Mixmag/ Don’t Stay In Ibiza session will run like this:

• Monday: Arrive at Ibiza Rocks Hotel, exclusive Don’t Stay In Party that night in Electric Lounge (not open to public) with secret guest DJs

• Tuesday: Free admission to Ibiza Rocks gig + after party

• Wednesday: Don’t Stay In pre-party @ Bar M followed by guestlist for Reclaim the Dancefloor @ Eden

• Thursday: Mixmag @ Cream Ibiza pre-party and exclusive bus to Cream Ibiza and the Mixmag Terrace @ Amnesia with VIP guestlist and access to the VIP balcony for the first 150 people booking this package

• Friday: Farewell pool party with special guests

• Throughout your stay you can use a 25% discount on drinks at Ibiza Rocks Hotel meaning your pre-club round just got a lot cheaper.

This adds up to an incredible Ibiza escape all for the insanely cheap price of £189!

Spaces are limited, however, if you want to reserve a space there's no need to pay for the whole holiday now – you can reserve your space with a £50 deposit and pay the rest later.

To book go to this booking page where you can place a deposit to hold your place or book the full package now.

Alternatively call 0208 780 5551 (Mon-Fri 9.30-530). If you have any questions about this amazing holiday package just call this number.

The £189 price is based on three sharing a self catering studio. If you require just two sharing a studio add an extra £35 per person. Extra nights, pool and stage view studios are available on request. Each booking is subject to a £4 booking fee.

We’ve purposely not included flights in the package allowing you to shop round for the best deal for you.

Mixmag and Don’t Stay In Ibiza Session is only accessible by booking the package above. Places are limited. No ‘wristband only’ sales are possible. 25% drinks discount does not work during the Ibiza Rocks gig on the Tuesday night.

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"I might mime along while a CD plays, like everyone else does!" Harvey Bassett discusses his new project in a brief but nonetheless amusing interview with Juno Plus.

"I might mime along while a CD plays, like everyone else does!" Harvey discusses his new project in a brief but nonetheless amusing interview with Juno Plus.

Vandit’s 10th Anniversary World Tour rolls into the UK on Bank Holiday Sunday May 30 at The Brixton Academy.

As one of dance music’s seminal labels, Vandit has been responsible for furthering founding father Paul van Dyk’s legendary status, as well as bringing to the world’s attention artists such as Alex M.O.R.P.H., Giuseppe Ottaviani, Jon O’Bir and Filo and Peri.

PVD is already confirmed for the event. More names are to be added. The party kicks off at 10pm and advance tickets are £20.

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