TAG: Josh Wink

Apr26

M A N I K :: “Need Your Lovin” (Video)

NYC born and bred M A N I K is a young American producer making some waves right now. His debut EP for Ovum, Keep That Fresh was followed by a rocking EP for LA’s Culprit, McLovin You, and he started 2011 with another EP for Poker Flat titled What Is Who. His debut album drops on Ovum in May. Entitled Armies Of The Night, it’s a real album project, inspired by his upbringing in NYC and his favorite movie, Warriors. You can hear the signature slow, seductive take on house music pushed by American artists and labels like Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap and Culprit, but on Armies, M A N I K carves his own niche plains fusing jacking beats, acid funk basslines, and creative hip-hop sampling techniques. …

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Jun09

Ovum Records Top 15 For 15 Years

Started in 1994 by Josh WInk and King Britt, Ovum Recordings has remained one of America’s defining house and techno labels. The label is celebrating it’s 15 Year Anniversary this month, with a series of events stretching from Israel to Belgium—with more dates on the way. Label manager Matt Brookman selected his fave Ovum records out of the labels 100+ releases. …MORE

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Mar10

Phase III of Ultra Music Festival Announced

Ultra Music Fest has announced the third and final phase of their line-up, adding artist such as LMFAO, Afrojack, Josh Wink and Hybrid to their ginormous line-up. Florence from Florence and the Machine will perform with Swedish House Mafia on the Ultra Main Stage Saturday, March 27, and Kelis is set to team up with Benny Benassi for several songs as well.

The event promoters have also announced the addition of four new arenas to the festival grounds: the UMF Ibiza Tent presented by Space Ibiza, the UMF Brasil Tent presented by We Love Brasil & Green Valley, the Root Society Dome and the Heineken Dome Experience. The UMF Ibiza Tent is the result of a new partnership between UMF Ibiza and Club Space Ibiza, bringing the Space Ibiza party to Miami. The party is set to continue throughout the summer as UMF travels to Ibiza to host the Space Ibiza Opening, Anniversary and Closing Parties.

Ultra’s  promoters have also announced the addition of four new arenas to the festival grounds: the UMF Ibiza Tent presented by Space Ibiza, the UMF Brasil Tent presented by We Love Brasil & Green Valley, the Root Society Dome and the Heineken Dome Experience. The UMF Ibiza Tent is the result of a new partnership between UMF Ibiza and Club Space Ibiza, bringing the Space Ibiza party to Miami. The party is set to continue throughout the summer as UMF travels to Ibiza to host the Space Ibiza Opening, Anniversary and Closing Parties.

Another addition to UMF 12 is artist/composer Christopher Janney’s installation Sonic Forest which provides an interactive, aural and visual component that will entice festival goers into a unique environment. Triggered by both public interaction and electronic instruments, Sonic Forrest is composed of 16 eight-foot tall aluminum poles that contain audio speakers, lights and photo-electric cells. As people move closely by these “electronic trees,” they trigger both melodic and environmental sounds, in a sense playing the forest.” When no one is moving in the space, the piece generates a seriesof preprogrammed patterns. During various parts of the installation, independentdrummers join the environment, turning the Forest into a dance festival unto itself. Overthe past five years, Sonic Forest has been featured at Bonnaroo, All Points West andCoachella in the US, as well as the Download Festival, Hyde Park Calling, Wireless andGlastonbury Festivals in the U.K., the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands and the Zaraga World’s Fair in Zaragoza, Spain.

Tickets for the world’s leading two-day electronic and alternative music experience are available now exclusively through http://www.ultramusicfestival.com.

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Feb19

Gui Boratto – Renaissance: The Mix Collection (Review)

Gui Boratto

Renaissance: The Mix Collection

Released by Renaissance


When one of electronic music’s most respected staples, Renaissance, and Brazilian DJ and producer Gui Boratto teamed up for the first time, the result can surely be compared to a spacey sound journey through an atmospheric rainforest. Boratto gets in the mix with this groovy third release for the Renaissance name, following the likes of M.A.N.D.Y, Dave Seaman and James Zabiella. For the mix, Boratto picked tracks by some of his favorite artists and producers of the moment—Tricky, Josh Wink, Martin Buttrich, Lusine, Christian Smith, Mathew Jonson, and Bomb the Base, to name a few—as well as his own material, including four never heard before productions. While one might get locked in from song two, which is a John Tejada remix of Boratto’s 2009 “Take My Breath Away,” almost every song is a trip of its own, including Tricky’s “Past Mistake” making for a surprisingly eerie, yet beautiful ending.

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Aug25

RIP DJ Josh Link (Explanation & Apology)

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Yesterday afternoon, NYC drum’n'bass DJ Josh Link (aka Missing Link) was killed in a accident on the Williamsburg Bridge. We mistakenly reported that it was DJ Josh Wink who had passed away. We discovered our error and ran a correction within 30 minutes of the first posting. We apologize to Josh Wink for the error, and offer our condolences to the friends and family of Josh Link.

We first heard word of the tragedy via a promoter from Philadelphia, Josh Wink’s home town. Our founder Raymond Roker posted to his Twitter inquiring about the rumor, and heard back from a friend at MTV in New York saying she had heard the same thing and had details involving the accident. At that point, we posted the “news” on URB.com, stating that the information had come from …

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