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Detroit’s annual techno gathering, Movement, has announced the first wave of artists scheduled to play the 2013 edition over Memorial Day weekend. The line-up includes Detroit stars Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig and Derrick May & Kevin Saunderson, in what we assume to be a tag-team configuration.
Another major B2B set on the line-up is Marcel Dettman and Ben Klock, both residents at the infamous Berghain in Berlin. Two more Berghain residents, Detroit native Ryan Elliot and Movement first-timer …
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Remember five years ago when Snoop Dogg dropped the ’80s-tinged classic “Sexual Seduction,” and Dam-Funk was all like, “What am I doing on MTV? Oh wait…” Turns out the love of keytars wasn’t just a passing phase for gangster rap’s friendliest pup. Amongst the many DJ mixes recently posted on Snoop’s Soundcloud page, Magnetic Magazine spotted this selection of excellent nu-disco and deep house tunes (called Euro Tekno by DJ Snoopadelic) by Tensnake, Prins Thomas, Lisa Shaw, Genius of Time and a lot more. The beatmatching is a little rough, which just leads us to believe that the hour-long set was mixd by Snoop himself, presumably whil wrapped in a haze of blunt smoke.
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How does German producer Tensnake follow-up his sinfully sapphic video for “Coma Cat?” With the cutest clip we’ve seen in years. Like an all-ages club taken to the extreme, the neon-clad clubbing toddlers in this video for “Something About You” are so flippin’ adorable, you’ll be appalled the next time you strut into a club and see what grown-ups look like in their place.
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Disco is dead. Say that to this artist and you might find yourself learning a little music history 101. Dimitri from Paris is considered disco’s top brass – a champion of the classics, forgotten dusty gems and modern disco influence since he began DJing over twenty years ago. Not only a figurehead for the genre, Dimitri has also become the force behind the Playboy DJ mixes. The newest is “Knights of Playboy” on Defected, a double release with Bob Sinclar featuring the likes of Tensnake and Darryl Pandy. Here, the real life Playboy explains disco’s impact throughout the years, inspirations for the newest mix, and yes…what Hef’s mansion is really like. …MORE
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