You probably don’t remember 1987. If you do, then you might have hazy memories of wearing aviator sunglasses, big leather jackets and fingerless gloves. But away from the mainstream the first seeds of acid house were being sowed by four house music lovers in Chicago: DJ Pierre, Spanky and Herb Jackson.  Together, under their alias Phuture, they created the world’s first acid house record called ‘Acid Tracks’, an 11 minute 17 seconds-long house trip based around a sound that has become synonymous with electronic music ever since, the bassline of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer.

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Just a quick note that Jedeye’s dubstep rework of Madonna’s “Frozen” has been blogged on The Hype Machine!

The Hype Machine keeps track of what music bloggers write about. They handpick a set of music blogs and then present what they discuss for easy analysis, consumption and discovery. “We are creating tools that empower independent voices that write about music. Rather than picking and writing about music ourselves, we think a select group of passionate people can do a better job, so we amplify their posts and the audio they choose. This group will produce more vibrant culture and conversation than a huge social mob, or a rigid hierarchy of editors.”

Or in Jedeye’s words: “Just found out my Madonna remix has been blogged on The Hype Machine, one of the biggest and most popular music blogs on the net! BIG!!”

Madonna – Frozen (Jedeye Rework)

More information:
Jedeye @ The Hype Machine
Jedeye @ Facebook
http://www.beatmaka.com/jedeye

PNFA a.k.a. Popular Nightmare Folk Art has been a landmark in the world of electronic music since the first self distributed release “The Urban Music Box” in 1996. His 2007 track “Seize” gets released again with a new clip.

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Back with a bang for 2010, Maelstrom serves up their first tasty slab of ripped electronic pop beats for the new decade in the form of club anthem Remady – No Superstar.

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The mighty trance label Anjunabeats continues its long running love affair with The Gallery with an all-out label night on Friday 12th Feb. Headlining the Box is none other than Andy Moor who continues to rise into the trance ascendancy, alongside German duo Kyau & Albert who make a return to The Gallery and continue their extensive relationship with the Anjuna family. Super 8 & Dj Tab have just provided another killer compilation for Anjuna and are always Gallery favourites whilst Mat Zo continues to impress after another massive year in ‘09. The Bar is once again a massive Anjunadeep experience with 16 Bit Lolitas headlining alongside Jaytech and James Grant.

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Mixmag Trance Club of the Year’ Digital Society celebrates 3 years in the business on a truely epic scale at the spectacular O2 Academy Leeds. Global Superstar SANDER VAN DOORN (#10 DJ Mag Top100) lands in Leeds to headline one of the premium dates in the UK clubbing diary. The recent massive success of hit releases ‘Ninety’, ‘Bastillion’ and Bilksem’, the huge Identity Podcast, the continued success of Doorn Records and a tour diary that is unrivalled – SvD is considered one of the elite artists in todays world dance scene.

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