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Amsterdam Dance Event start Wednesday and the over 3500 delegates (and tens of thousands of additional party people) are already heading to the Netherlands for the annual event known best to American’s as the WMC of Europe. And while it might be too late to book your flight, if you happen to find yourself in the Central European Timezone, these are the 12 event see wouldn’t dare miss. …MORE
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The beautiful thing about retro is that it’s always rejuvinating itself . So while UK label Strut has been best known for mining the catalogs from the ’70s and ’80s era, the passing of time has brought some quality ’90s house to the front of the nostalgia que. It’s hardly surprising that Cajual Records is ready for it’s rehash. The label’s definitive release, Cajmere’s 1992 smash “Percolator” had a huge resurgence on the dance floor back in 2007 when all things Diplo/Low Budget/B’More hit the underground mainstream. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for this legendary label that is as deserving as any imprint for the reissue treatment. Check the track list after the jump. …MORE
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View of the Igloofest main stage – Photos by Ed Gumuchian
For three long weekends in January, thousands of bundled-up partiers made their way down to Montreal’s Old Port for the sixth installment of the Igloofest festival. Like its summer counterparts Mutek and Piknic Electronik, the festival was strategically planned out in order to draw a huge, diverse crowd for each night. Although starting a night at 6:30pm doesn’t tend to turn out well for anyone, it meant that concertgoers had a fighting chance of surviving Montreal’s sometimes unbearable nighttime winter temperatures, and they could still take public transit …
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After 12 years of annual techno madness, Detroit has gotten pretty darn good at throwing a party. There’s always room for improvement, but here’s the things that got us moving at Movement 2011. …MORE
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Before he moved to San Francisco and started his world-famous Dirtybird crew, Claude Von Stroke was just another kid from Detroit, discovering the city’s techno roots at raves around the city, and at the earliest DEMF techno festivals. Now, Von Stroke has now the played the fest himself and telling us who has him excited on the line-up in 2011.
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