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• The New Jazz… Lounge Techno

  24Nov
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  Lounge techno came about at the turn of the century, with the coming of a variety of sub genres and techno music crossovers. Lounge Techno music is kind of a background music that ambiently has a retro feel in it. The newest addition is that it uses digital sounds and fuses it with light jazz and warm effects. So you can say that it is somewhat influenced by the jazz music. The new music is encapsulated by known acts like Bebel Gilberto and Groove Armada. Lounge techno mixes some elements of jazz and some lite hip hop beats. The music’s quality is described as extended and it blends well into the next track. Jazz and techno has so much in common. So, Yes… Lounge Techno is the new Jazz.

• Sosolimited performs presidential debates!

  06Oct
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  Theres a whole new experience waiting to be unleashed in Sosolimiteds latest remix. this time from the presidential debates. Experience like no other. ReConstitution is a live audiovisual remix of the 2008 presidential debates. This hybrid form of video art and performance explores the structure behind the sound and images of the debate. The legibility of the content is preserved, upholding the debates as a vital information source for voters. Every spoken word is indexed and analyzed and then displayed with the converted video signal. The visuals react immediately to the physical movement, tone of their voice and the words they speak. Creating a weave of an exciting and spontaneous AV narrative. The original concept was realized by three artists of media, all MIT graduates, Sosolimited.

• Ultimate Dance Techno: Vol.1

  15Sep
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  For all of you, dance fanatics. Ultimate Dance Techno is here. The first volume is finally out. The CD will take you on a journey with the very best DJs in Europe. It guarantees you an authentic mixture of electronica, house and breakbeat. Their music continually evolves into more mature dance music. And the DJs continually mold the future of techno music. The compilation boasts of upcoming DJs like Layman, DJ Van’t Oost, System Attic and Buzzer to name a few. A variety os DJs simply means a variety of influences and awesome talent that you will surely enjoy dancing to. The album is set to conquer the U.S. One huge party packed in one tiny CD.

  Here’s a few of the tracks from the UDT: Vol.1

  • Ragazza
  • Pourquoi
  • I’m Afraid
  • Warning
  • Mouse Permiss
  • Le Bouton
  • Get Party
  • Acid Phase

• EBay to Be Reduce By What?

  11Aug
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  EBay Inc. said on Monday it will reduce about 1,000 employees, plummeting its work force by about 10 percent.

  The online auction site also said it will get rid of several hundred provisional workers and reduce open positions.

  EBay said the reductions would streamline its organization. The company said it expects restructuring charges of about $70 million to $80 million, mostly in the fourth quarter.

  EBay also said its third-quarter earnings would be higher than it predicted in July, although revenue will be at the low end of its expectation. It is scheduled to announce third-quarter results on Oct. 15.

  On July 16 eBay said it expected third-quarter earnings between 30 cents and 32 cents per share, and revenue between $2.1 billion and $2.15 billion.

  EBay also said it will buy online expenses business Bill Me Later for $820 million in cash and $125 million in outstanding options. The company also said it will buy Danish classifieds site dba.dk and vehicles site bilbasen.dk for $390 million in cash.

• Dance

  04Jul
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  “Dance music is Jungle gone mainstream. When Jungle split into Ragga Jungle and drum ‘n’ bass and returned to the undergrounds scene, there were some who wanted to take it to a wider audience. And that meant going live. In 1994, Goldie produced the single ‘Angel’ using samples lifted from David Byrne and Brian Eno, taking Jungle away from hardcore, back more in the direction of Soul. Until that time, Jungle and drum ‘n’ bass had largely been promoted on compilation albums. Goldie produced his own album, Timeless, in 1995. That same year, A Guy Called Gerald released ‘Black Secret Technology’, with a second version in 1997 reaping even more acclaim.”

  By the end of 1996, Dance music is quickly becoming well known, spreading around the world. France took dance to heart, and clubs opened in Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Holland. And then there were breakbeat feasts in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.  Even advertisers even use dance music to promote drinks and soap.

  Reference:
  Keyboard Magazine Vol. 21, No.7 (issue #231, July 1995.)
  Gregory, Hugh. A Century of Pop: A hundred years of music that changed the world. London: Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., 2006.

• Synthesizer

  30Apr
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  A synthesizer is something that is used in techno music. It is an electronic instrument capable of creating a range of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies. There are three main types of synthesizers which operate differently: analog, digital and software-based. Rather than creating direct sounds, synthesizers create electrical signals which are processed through headphones or a loudspeaker.

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• Synthpop

  30Apr
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  Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave music. In Synthpop, the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument that is used. It is associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle 1980s however it has continued to exist and develop even up to this day. The German group Kraftwerk and Japanese group Yellow Magic Orchestra are said to pioneer this style of music, however a lot other musicians have improved to the original style.

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• Electro Funk

  29Apr
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  Electro Funk or Electro is sometimes known as robot hip hop and electro hop. This is an electronic style of hip hop influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records. This is different from rap records of earlier times which were closer to disco music. Records in the genre have distinct electronic sounds and some words that are delivered mechanically and these are made to sound like a robot’s voice. This is accomplished through a vocoder or other electronic distortion.

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• Ambient Music

  29Apr
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  Ambient music is a musical genre where sound is more important than notes and is recognized by its environmental and atmospheric feel. The main effect of this kind of music is to drift in and out of the listener’s awareness. This genre came from early 20th century forms of “semi-audible music”, from Erik Satie’s impressionism, through Terry Riley and Philip Glass’ minimalism of concrete music and Brian Eno’s deliberate sub-audible approach. During later times, ambient music is applied to rhythmic music at raves and dance events.

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• Trance Music

  29Apr
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  Trance is one of the many styles of electronic music. It is characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 160 BPM and features repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. The style is derived from a combination of electronic music like techno and ambient music. The term is linked to the ability of a drum beat to induce altered states of consciousness, also known as trance. This can be understood as a form of club music and is played at nightclubs all over the planet.

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