Detroit techno icon Robert Hood is set to play four Australian shows in September, his first visit to the country since 2011. The tour will see him DJ across two weekends in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney (buy below) and then wrapping up in Perth.

A pioneer of the minimal techno sound and member of the infamous Underground Resistance, Hood has been busy in the studio of late, releasing two LPs in the past 12 months; the concept album 'Motor: Nighttime World 3' and the debut album under his Floorplan moniker, 'Paradise'.

Robert Hood 2013 Australian Tour Dates
20.09.13 - Techphonics @ Electric Circus, Adelaide
21.09.13 - Capacity 350 @ The Liberty Social, Melbourne
28.09.13 - Sonido @ Civic Underground, Sydney [BUY]
29.09.13 - Geisha, Perth

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Skream's recent journey from dubstep and bass to the sunnier sounds of disco hasn't exactly been a secret. The signs were beginning to show on his mix for the 'All Gone Pete Tong' compilation earlier this year. But whilst that mix was creeping more into house territory, it was his 'Disco Set for Judie' mix which dropped a few months later in May that really had tongues flapping, showcasing a love for all things 70s glitterball. His sets at clubs and festivals in recent months have been in a similar vein.

The UK producer's new single follows suit; a straight-up disco affair featuring vocals from Sam Frank that could give Daft Punk's latest album a run for its money. Have a listen below and let us know what you think of Skream's new found love.

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Following the first round lineup announcement back in July which revealed big-hitters such as L.A. beatsmith Nosaj Thing and Detroit techno legend Carl Craig among others, boutique Victorian festival Strawberry Fields has revealed more names to add to its fifth anniversary edition cast. Turbo Recordings head honcho Tiga leads the charge (voted #1 in our Best Mixes Of 2013 So Far feature) joined by an array of acts across the electronic music spectrum including Ghostly International beatsmith Shigeto, techno purveyor Andy Stott, house newcomer Jacob Korn and many more. In an exciting twist the headliner for the second round announcement is being kept under wraps for the time being.

Strawberry Fields 2013 Second Round Lineup
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Tiga
Shigeto
Andy Stott
Avatism
Jacob Korn
Guerre
Tom Cosm
Chromotone
Sensient (LIVE and retrospective DJ set)
Terrafractyl
ShadowFX
Tetrameth
Rat & Co
Oisima
Jakubi
Grimez
Andras Fox
Child
Silent Jay
Fantastic Man
ALTA
Timmus
Sound of Thought
Namine
Tincture

Strawberry Fields 2013 First Round Lineup
Nosaj Thing
Carl Craig
Moodymann
Extrawelt
Day.Din
Finnebassen
Microtrauma
Kink
DjRUM
John Tejada
Liquid Soul
GMS
Riktam and Bansi
Sascha Braemer
Collarbones
Willowbeats
Antix
Zenon 10 Years

Tickets are on sale now for $145 here.

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After spending a few years playing in electro-pop wonder band Van She, Michael Di Francesco aka Touch Sensitive is back with his debut EP and a spot on the brand new Listen Out lineup. In the middle of his latest North American tour, Michael caught up with us to chat about his collaboration with Anna Lunoe, a secret track debut and that awesome new video clip for his single 'Pizza Guy'.

Pulse: You’re kind of a multi-faced music magician, you first released songs under Touch Sensitive back in 2004, then did some more stuff under a bunch of other names as well as Van She. Why the choice to start releasing songs under Touch Sensitive last year and this year? Mainly because I just got busy with doing the Van She stuff and then doing the Van She Tech stuff was my outlet for dance music. I kind of always mucked around at home and did stuff but never really put anything out. During that time though Chad and Nathan [Future Classic] were like ‘oh you know we should do something again with Touch Sensitive’ but I just never had time or never really had the drive. And then last year when I did the one with Anna Lunoe it kind of reignited my interest in it, I guess.

How did your collaboration with Anna Lunoe come about? I’d known her from just like around the scene and I’d heard a track that she’d done with Wax Motif [Love Ting], it was like a Brothers Johnson disco sample and I thought it was really cool. So I was like ‘Oh hey I like this thing that you did, we should do something!’ So one day she came over to the studio and pretty much within the first sitting we had the rough beat and the vibe down. I mean stylistically it changed, god knows how many times. She is such a hard worker though and I can be quite flakey at times. In my own defense though I have been busy!

Back to Touch Sensitive, your debut EP that was released earlier this year, all the songs on it have incredible layers throughout. when you’re producing your tracks how do you go about doing it? Do you envisage the final sound and head towards that or is it kind of like each beat and line separate and see what fits where? It’s usually a case of one idea and putting it in the computer and then quickly having another idea and seeing how they work. So, you know, I’ll have a melody or pads or drums and I’ll put one part in and then I’ll just build up sections as a loop. So for 'Pizza Guy' for example, I started with the riff and then obviously the drums and then the bass, the bass in that song changed a few times as well actually. Or the other thing that’s really cool is I’ll just be flipping through synths on a preset and I’ll find one that works and because it sounds a certain way or has certain characteristics it makes you play parts that you wouldn’t normally play. It’s a little hard to pinpoint exactly how it comes together because it does change, but that’s roughly it.

Is there a certain reasoning behind the ‘pizza’ theme of the EP? Yeah! So what happened was Nick from Van She who I did the Van She Tech stuff with had a club night in Sydney called Pizza. So when I had done the track and I needed to bounce it and sent it to Future Classic I called it Pizza Guy and it just stuck. I guess it’s a kind of ode to him, which is fitting because he’s in the film clip as well. So that’s kind of what it’s about I guess, not that that means anything to anybody else, but that’s what it meant at the time. The cool thing about it though is that it can mean different things for everyone.

The video clip for 'Pizza Guy' that was directed by Entropico had that amazing delivery boy story line to it. Did they also come up with that concept or was it someone else? I’m pretty sure the credit for that one goes to Nathan at Future Classic. He was really keen on doing a video clip for it but I was like, ‘Oh man, it’s just background music, like no one wants to see a video clip for that, no ones going to care’ but he was pretty persistent and was like ‘Nah man, what do you think about this idea, we’ll borrow a Ferrari and we’ll do all this stuff’. So yeah I just kind of went with it and then we got some of the other Future Classic guys to jump in the clip, which was fun as well.

The track was debuted secretly through a Classixx mix, what was the reasoning behind dropping it like that? What happened was Classixx were in Australia for Sydney Festival and we all ended up at this barbeque that Future Classic were throwing, everyone who was in town for the festival turned up for this afternoon drinks thing. Anyway when I left, Nathan played the track to Classixx and they were like ‘We’re doing a mixtape for Fader can we please please use this song?’ and Nathan said yes on the condition that they couldn’t reveal the name and just put a question mark next to it in the track listing. So yeah it was cool because it helps having someone like them like it, and like it enough to put it in their mix. I was mortified though that he’d played it to people when I wasn’t there. I think he knew that if I was there I wouldn’t have let him play it [laughs].

You are on the lineup for the new Listen Out party this year, but this year's been a pretty massive one for you in terms of performing - you’ve been overseas a lot plus you had a show earlier here at the Opera House. Did you ever think you’d play there as Touch Sensitive? I’ve played there before with Van She as a part of Vivid Festival a few years back but I never thought I’d be playing there again myself. I would never even have though to do a Touch Sensitive live show if it wasn’t for the guys at Future Classic being like ‘You know, you could play live bass, you should do something.' So I tentatively agreed and they booked me my first gig supporting Bicep at the Adult Disco party and that was pretty cool. I actually really enjoyed it. But no, I never really thought that a live show would be part of the plan, not that I’ve really ever had a plan.

Has there been a favourite performance space so far? Oooh that’s hard! I guess the Civic Underground is pretty good, as far as a first gig goes that was probably the best I could’ve ever hoped for. I don’t know! I think it’s more to do with the party itself and who’s in the room and what the people are like. I’d be happy to play in someone’s lounge room, with shitty speakers to twenty people if the vibe was awesome. I don’t need lots of production to do what I do and have a good time. I think because I used to play in cover bands back in the day so I’m not deterred by shit conditions because I’ve worked in shit conditions, so when you work in good conditions it’s even better. As far as internationally goes, I’ve only played in America so far and they’ve all been really good.

Is there anyone on the Listen Out lineup that you’re really keen on seeing yourself? Yeah I’m interested to see Disclosure and John Talbot and Duke Dumont. The great thing is because it’s over four weeks I’m going to get a chance to check out everyone's shows so that’ll be really good. It’s going to be awesome.

You recently posted about the sad passing of legend George Duke on your Facebook. Who else, if anybody, would you list as your musical influences? That’s tricky. My musical taste is pretty broad. For a while I was turning my nose up at disco and funk, for whatever reasons, but now I’m kind of getting back into it. I went to this party the other night and it was just disco and funk and out of the whole night I only knew five of the tracks they played, but it was still amazing. I always hear lots of records that I really like the sound of but I don’t necessarily always know the artists. I also really like all the old Kashif productions and anything Lindsay Buckingham did. Old house is great as well. I think there are definitely people that stand out from particular genres and it depends what kind of music I’m making at that time that kind of determines who my influences are. I don’t think I can compress it down to one in particular.

Have you been tempted to try out making music in a different genre outside of electronic? Hmm I don’t know. When I worked with Ladyhawke years ago we started making some tracks that were pretty grungy with drum machines and stuff that we never got round to finishing, so hopefully one day I might get around to finishing those ones off. I’m sure one day I’ll get sick of machines and sequences and whatever and I’m going to want to play in a band again with drums and stuff, and when that time comes I guess that’s what I’d like to do.

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According to a recent report there is now scientific evidence to assert that smart kids are more likely to get high.

Using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study, researchers published a report last year which found 17,416 children with higher IQs were more likely to use illegal drugs later in life. But why? Research indicates that children with higher IQs are more likely to eat well, lead active lifestyles and look after themselves, and are also inclined to experiment with drugs because, based on an educated perspective on health, there is limited data on the damaging effects of occasional drug use.

There are other theories on why smart kids end up taking drugs. Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa argues that intelligent people are better equipped to thrive in new environments and are more capable of dealing with new situations, which would explain their impulse to interact with new things. According to Kanazawa the same principle can be used to explain why intelligent children are more likely to grow up to be heavy drinkers.

"Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life." - Steve Jobs.

You can't really argue with Ashton Kutcher, right?

Article courtesy of The Week.

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From the 3rd to the 6th of October 2013, the Mainstay Beach Bar gets tropical and brings the heat to the white sands of the Daisies. The line-up selected is of exquisite design and adding to the magic this year is Ashton Gardner.  

Versatility in the world of Deep, Minimal, Tech and Disco is something Ashton Gardner is well accustomed to, which is why we see him return to the Mainstay Beach Bar this year.

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London promoters Another Party are bringing Cocoon founder Sven Vaeth to the capital for his first stand alone show in ten years on Friday 27th September.

Papa Sven has been kept more than busy of late, bringing Cocoon to Ibiza for their annual season, besides gearing up to celebrate 100 releases on the label arm of the empire with the Cocoon 100 compilation, besides hauling his Cocoon roster to the likes of Temple Newsom Park in Leeds for Cocoon in The Park.

However, this September he heads back to the UK capital for a six hour set at an as-yet undisclosed location, that's been promised to be decked out with 3D mapping projections and a state of the art soundsystem. Another Party co founder James Manero is also supporting Papa, while The Mixmag All-Star DJs shall be taking care of an intimate room 2.

Another Party presents: Sven Vath
Friday 27th September
TBA, London

Sven Vath (6 hour set)
James Manero (Another Party)
Mixmag Allstars

Tickets

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Just when you thought it was safe to trust the mainstream media again after Miley Cyrus’ eye-raising performance at the VMA’s, it’s come to light that the most brat-fuelled, fearful partnership of the year is actually hear..

Yep, Miley, Bieber and another dude called Lil Twist (one of Justin's brainless entourage) are collaborating on a new song, titled Twerk, that pays homage to the ubiquitous dance move. The nightmare track - unofficially leaked and rapidly disappearing off the internet (perhaps not quick enough) - features inaudible crooning from Justin, while Miley drops such cultural gems as "I came up in this party time to twerk!". Check out the horrific track in the player above.

Thanks for this, guys. Lets hope the human race doesnt continue to degenerate into a state of idiocracy.

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We’re almost close enough to hear the deep grooving thump that a 1000 square meter warehouse rigged with the full Red Bull Sound System puts out. 

Friday August the 30th it’s the first of The Warehouse Movement parties that has international Sishi Rosch in town to play alongside local acts like Kanan K7, Claudia Lovisa, Ron Rowley, The Skene Brothers and Dakin Auret. Dakin Auret put together a mixtape with intention to take you to those warehouse parties in the late 90’s early 2000’s instilling the excitement that comes with it in build-up to this large-scale event we’ve all been waiting for. Friday it’s on, to get you there in the meantime here’s Dakin mix: 

Be sure to check the EVENT PAGE to recap on the shuttle arrangements that have been made to get you to and back from the warehouse. 

Before late you wouldn't have associated the city of Sheffield with a thriving club culture, but beneath its somewhat reserved exterior there has been something very interesting boiling up. This summer alone has seen the likes of Theo Parrish and DJ Sneak bless the city with their presence, and with plenty more big names due to visit in the coming weeks and months, Sheffield is rightfully putting itself back on the map.

The city's longest running house and techno promoters, Cargo, are into their 7th year and bookings seem to be going from strength to strength. Following up from their 1st installment of summer bank holiday parties back in May, their latest offering over the long weekend in August included possibly their biggest booking to date. Excitement amongst locals grew with the thought of seeing house legend Kerri Chandler headline, with both Silky and October placed either side. Located in a multi story car park in the heart of the city, the Fez Club once again played host to hundreds of energetic ravers. Proceedings began outside with residents Growmore kicking things off in fine style. A mixture of slow and funk-filled house grooves echoed through the ground floor, and as the evening sun dipped the party was taken indoors.

A meticulous Kerri Chandler was reported to have endured a 2.5 hour sound check prior to opening, which meant that Silky was first to test out the much improved FunktionOne stacks. He demonstrated a forward thinking and contemporary selection of house and techno and encouraged those lingering on the fringes of the dance floor to take a step in. A perfect way to warm up before the main attraction took to the stage.

Opening on Jonas Kopp synth mix of Sian's 'Byzantine Conduit', Chandler made an instant impact - when his very own “Hallelujah” track shortly followed, the crowd were locked in from start to finish. He took them on a 3 hour journey, winding through patches of heavy bass and uplifting vocal snippets, but eventually his set had to come to an end as Bristol based Dutch man, October, had the responsibility of bringing the night to a close - although he didn't he do it well. His onslaught of bass induced house and techno rang out until the early hours, but as the sun began to come up, the punters began to come down and slowly but surely, the dance floor emptied.

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Big beats, sexy grooves and an outdoor dancefloor dressed as a playtime carnival is almost here. It’s almost time for the big kids to play in paradise.

With Cape Town’s flawless backdrop in the outdoors being the setting for international’s Alexkid (Paris) and Enzo Siragusa (London) on the decks, playtime is inescapable. The quality support line-up alone has enough to get us feeling as if a full scale carnival just pulled in with the inner-children in us bursting at the seams to get there. B2B sets from Lady M and Claudia Lovisa are on the line-up, Diggin4Dodge are there, Kanan K7 is in there, Jimmy Chronic is playing with Rob Toca, Floyde Lavine is back in town from Mecca of music, Berlin, wonder what Floyde has in the bag for us? D’Ritmo is playing, Zuluboy and also The Skene Brothers are playing. 

Quality tunes for a boogy are on the way with Playtime in Paradise on the 14th of September that will be held at the beautiful Hillcrest Quarry in Durbanville. Tickets to this event are available HERE. Get in now for “A visual treat to feast your eyes on bringing all the whimsical childhood wonders to life in the magic that is Playtime in Paradise”.

EVENT PAGE.

Line-Up:

Zuluboy 

Ian & Malcolm Skene

Lady M& Claudia Lovisa 

Diggin4Dodge

ALEXKID

Jimmy Chronic& Rob Toca 

Kanan K7 

Floyd Lavine 

ENZO SIRAGUSA 

D'ritmo 

Australia's alternative electronic label Future Classic have been revealing a string of talented and diverse artists, stretching from Flume to Classix and more. Now, meet Charles Murdoch, fresh off the back of his Weathered Straight EP, a record that focuses on broken beats, breezy atmospherics and skin tingling, heart melting melodies as he focuses on "mood rather than hooks". Having already made an indelible mark in his native Australia, Charles is looking to branch beyond his home city of Brisbane with his emotive blend of contempoary electronica - luckily, Pulse are here to help him spread the word...

Charles, welcome. Tell us a bit about your musical background... Hello, Well I started out producing music on some crappy program which i was using to make music for a film i was doing at school. I became really fascinated with creating music using technology and how these big producers were achieving such polished sounds.

You have a new EP being released this month. What can we expect? You can experience me feeling like i’m not trying to impress anyone but myself. I think it’s a very personal thing and i’m happy that people are getting into the new single!

You’re signed to Future Classic, do you feel they give you creative freedom or are you expected to hit a certain sound? No, they give me complete freedom on the creative direction. Of course, there is times when i will be told to release this song over that other song. But it’s always for the best and those dudes have there heads screwed when it comes down to knowing what the people will enjoy.

Who do you rate highly from the Future Classic camp? Flume is always going to get a big thumbs up for me. I’ve loved a lot of his stuff and i’m glad he’s seeing a lot of recognition. Jagwar Ma is amazing as well, I’ve known Jono for a while and he is crazy talented at what he does.

You’ve worked with a couple of vocalists on your Weathered Straight EP. How do you approach working with vocalists, do they work differently? All the songs on the EP I created by myself in my bedroom. While i was creating them i had a vision for what the vocals would sound like and who would be great for them. I sent it off to Oscar and Steffaloo and they recorded their vocals through there own mics and emailed me back. Power of the internet...

You’ve not done much in the way of collaborations, is there anyone out there you would particularly like to work with?
I’d really like to do a track with Teresa Jenee, her voice is amazing, really smooth and has a lot of attitude. I’m hoping to get into some more hip hop stuff as well.

You’ve previously said that Future Classic really look after you. Are you a close camp as a label, do you see much of each other? Yes, we do. I’m not saying every day because we’re in different states but when the opportunity comes up we definitely have a beer. Their super nice dudes and very chilled to hang with.

Who are you playing in your sets at the moment? I’m playing a lot of Andras Fox, Vanilla, Tweet, Stewrat.

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Are there any other projects in the pipeline – you hit all the right attributes for creating an album. .. Not really, at the moment i’m just focusing on getting my live set together. I’m definitely keen on heading away and writing an album though. stay tuned.. ;)

You manage to create really haunting sounds, how important is atmosphere in a track to you? Is it fair to say you don’t value the more ‘in your face approach’? Yeah i think you got it! I’m a big fan of Lapalux, James Holden, Dauwd and i guess i’ve drawn a lot of influences off them. I like to create moods rather than hooks so I guess that means i’m spending a lot more time creating ticks and clicks rather than creating your sing along vocal melody...maybe one day i’ll head down that road though. Whatever i’m feeling at the time... music is meant to be personal (I think).

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Each Wednesday at DC-10, Jamie Jones and crew smash the walls down at the highly successful Paradise: The Next Dimension. Though last night, the Hot Creations boss took a well-deserved break from the action, leaving the night’s vibe in the very capable hands of the likes of Russ Yallop, Darius Syrossian, Heidi and Dixon.

As we walked in, Darius was keeping things jacking and bass heavy, pumping the crowd up with classic samples like Ruffneck feat. Yavahn’s ‘Everybody Be Somebody,’ heading over to slightly edgier and dark territory with the ThermalBear Remix of Simon Baker’s ‘Hideout.’ From there, the Leeds native and Viva Warriors resident effortlessly headed over to the beautiful piano melodies of ‘Mr. Man’ by Dusky, eliciting cheers and whistles from the crowd, eventually sliding things up to a more energetic pace with tracks like ‘You Know What It’s Like’ by Burnski and Manik.

At around 3am, we headed outside to cool off, only to start feeling a few gentle taps of rain, instantly emptying the garden, pushing everyone in attendance into the main room. Things got packed, hot and sweaty very quickly. No matter, that’s the way we like it! Ahead of The Jackathon queen, Heidi, Darius pumped up the tempo back to jumping, bass territory, the now packed room heaving along with the rhythms.

Heidi began with a bang, with tracks like the sax laden ‘I Need U’ by Cajmere featuring Dajae, DC-10 agreeing with the song’s lyrics, ‘that’s right,’ as they pumped and shuffled to the groove. As the rain began to subside, the main room eased back from sardine can to dance club, bringing the vibe right into the sweet spot. Heidi kept it going with bangers like Claude VonStroke’s newest bomb, ‘The Clapping Track,’ dirtybird boss grooving right along with Heidi in the booth, clearly enjoying the chance to hear his stripped down, bass heavy, organ laden mover in such a setting.

Of course, as the track broke down, the entire place, including Heidi, erupted in applause for Claude, as the San Francisco based DJ, producer and label boss gave a slightly embarrassed if not humble smile and nod to the crowd. From there, she moved onto ‘Existence’ by KiNK, out on Josh Wink’s Ovum Recordings, a track that’s getting rinsed this year by none other that Carl Cox over at The Revolution, and for good reason – the track is pure groove.

Finally it was time for Germany’s Steffen Berkhahn, better known as Dixon, co-founder of the highly lauded record label, Innervisions, who was filling in for Jamie last night. Dixon’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, having helped to usher in a resurgence of deeply layered, complex, thought provoking, emotional techno and house. Like the golden age of Sasha and Digweed, Dixon and fellow Innervisions boss Ame present a formidable force in electronic music these days, reminding one of the Northern Exposure era.

Dixon pulled no punches last night, heading from typically dreamy territory with movers like Satisfy’ by Cajmere featuring Dajae, to punchy, bass heavy rhythms with tracks like Jimmy Edgar’s ‘Strike,’ keeping everyone moving along gratefully. One glance around was all I needed to see the impact an artist like Dixon has on his captivated audience, with smiles beaming their signal loud and clear, ‘tonight is something special, and I’ll never forget it.’

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Broken Toy is Cape Town’s James Copeland who is PsyTrance DJ and producer with a healthy respect for the old-school. James has a unique take on putting the sounds of PsyTrance together and delivering it to the floor in the most powerful way possible and we have a video of Broken Toy performing in France at the Hadra Trance Festival demonstrating just that. 

Watch how the man with a keen lust for foreign beer straight out of Paarl, playing under Alchemy Records (UK) delivers a punch, with bass, in your face to a beast of a crowd of French festival goers. Stomping their way through the weekend of Hadra Trance Festival Broken Toy invaded and flew SA’s flag high only to move on readying himself to play Living Utopia on the 31st of August in Switzerland.

We like our Broken Toy...

Ben Westbeech AKA Breach returns with new single 'Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)', available to stream on the producer's Soundcloud.

After slaying the charts with the feverish Jack, the new single - featuring Andreya Triana and in the Soundcloud player above - is due for release via Atlantic Records/Ninja Tune on the 20th October, adding another world famous independent stable to his release belt. Continuing on from the same dancefloor bound ethics as Jack, this bouncing, blistering cut seeks to further bridge the gap between Breach's underground aesthetic and widespread, mainstream appeal. It's also been tipped that Breach is slated to release a DJ Kicks compilation later on this year.

Let us know what you think of his latest floorfiller in the comments section below.

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Get Lost isn’t simply a party hosted by Damian Lazarus and the Crosstown Rebels crew - it’s a vibe. Carefully cultivated through lineup, venue, and production selection, each and every Get Lost I have ever had the pleasure of attending provokes a certain feeling that takes those in attendance to an alternate reality as one community feeling far away from the city in which the event takes place. Having recently moved to Los Angeles from Miami, I had high hopes for my first Get Lost in a new locale. Those expectations were met and the event was one of the best I have attended all summer.

The Egyptian Theatre was a fantastic venue that supplied a perfect theme to the party of which organizers took advantage . Not only were there sort of creepily awesome Egyptian dancers that pranced around the party, even parting the crowd like the Red Sea at times, but Damian Lazarus and DJ Harvey got very involved with the theme dressing from head to toe in full Egyptian garb.

Costumes aside, gold glitter seemed to be everywhere – and I mean literally everywhere. The backdrop behind the DJ booth was a sheet of gold glitter, and there was a gold glitter fairy that made her way well through the crowd to sprinkle it on almost everyone she could get her hands on in the audience. Needless to say, the Egyptian theme and the gold glitter added an aesthetically pleasing visual element that showed a clear attention to detail creating a full sensory experience for attendees.

Our evening started off with a bang when we walked into the Egyptian Theatre as Art Department started their set. Kenny and Jonny set the pace nicely with a groovier type of set, which they also seemed to be enjoying themselves as you could see Kenny clearly doing his thing and dancing in the booth throughout the entire set. Towards the end of their set, the mood was led to a darker and driving place to set the tone for Jamie Jones to take over the decks.

As Jamie went on the sun went down, and an array of multi-colored lasers projected onto the back wall of hieroglyphics that proved to be truly mesmerizing. Jamie Jones played one of the best sets I have heard him play in awhile. He truly took the crowd to another place with his music selection.

Damian Lazarus took over command control fully dressed in his Pharaoh costume after Jamie Jones finished. He played with vigor and passion that seems to be omnipresent in his performances. There was a sense of pride that Damian exuded during this set in particular that I feel showed how excited he was that the event was such a success – or he could have been beaming about the fact that he gave away a ticket to Burning Man to the all deserving fan Patrick Murray out of the kindness of his heart and was shortly headed to the festival himself. Either way, keep on keeping on Damian! I will definitely Get Lost again, soon.

If you are headed to Burning Man this week, make sure you check out the rebel crew on the playa wherever they may be spinning for the rest of the week.

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Julia Govor is a woman of many talents, the USSR born DJ/producer got her start performing in a live show in a small military town and ultimately became the cassette-DJ at the town's nightclub. She eventually moved into Moscow to study film and TV Production and it was during that time that her life began to take off. She became an on-air personality for MillerTV and MTV and interviewed some of the industry's top names like Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, David Guetta and even Iggy Pop. She's signed records to Visionquest and Get Physical and recently relocated to New York City where she's working on building her name as a DJ on this side of the pond.

Pulse Radio knows a good opportunity when we see one so we snatched up Julia and her infectious curiosity and energy to host a new radio program for us entitled "Beyond The Booth" during which Julia will chat with various DJ/Producers about more than just what's in their record bags, tackling what moves them when they're not simply making and playing the music we love. Read on to learn Julia's story, and keep it locked on Pulse Radio as we debut "Pulse Radio Presents Beyond The Booth with Julia Govor" in the weeks to come!

For the second episode of the series, Julia Govor sits down with the hard working Anja Schneider, DJ, producer, founder of Mobilee Records, radio broadcaster, and mother.  The Beyond the Booth series seeks to discuss aspects of the lives of DJs that aren't directly related to music.  As they enjoy a nice bottle of wine together, Julia chats with Anja about her son, living in Berlin, taking friends to Bergain for their first time, some of her favorite wines, and American expressions.  You will also hear some of Anja's tracks that she has selected to share with listeners.  Enjoy!

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Tipped as the largest club in the North, new super-venue Control have announced their first parties for winter season, including Solomun, Tensnake and more.

The club officially opens on the 7th September with Solomun's Dynamic gang taking over both Control (main room) and Geodome, bringing Solomun, H.O.S.H & Stimming Live. The 25th October sees We Love... touch in for an off season party, featuring 2manydjs, Cassius and Haydyn Porter; the Geodome on that night is looked after by Edits, featuring Greg Wilson, The Revenge, Slaves To The Pleasure and Jacques T.

Friday 15th November sees Pete Tong host proceedings with his All Gone concept, featuring the Essential mix host and Tensnake, Waifs & Strays and a special guest yet to be announced. Finally, Mistajam's Speakerbox look after the yuletide crowds on the 6th December, with Professor Green, Pendulum, Mistajam, Amy Becker and LozContreras in Control; Geodome is hosted by Bigger Than Barry, featuring Johnny Rhodes, J Torr, Dan Dowker and more.

Dubbed as the biggest club in the north of England, Control is set to be able to hold 3000 people and is maintained by The Warehouse, who have been running clubs and venues in the city stretching back to 1979. The club is set to boast a full FunktionOne soundsystem, seven bars and 24 hour license. Other features include LED walls, a series of tunnels and the world's largest Geometric Geodome, sporting "thousands of individually controllable LED lights.

Tickets for all events are underneath the flyer. 

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Can’t remember the name of that drink? Shindig can help! The free iOS app was developed in New York by three drinking buddies – Harry, Nick, and Meng – who sought out to answer the age-old question, “What the hell was the name of that drink?” Their solution provides a fun way to remember all the drinks you’ve had as well as see what your friends are drinking.

With a database of over 50,000 beers, wines, and spirits, Shindig allows you to record the names of the drinks you try in your drink journal. Users can also add locations, photos, and comments to their individual drink entries. “Drink explorers” interact with each other on the app, making it a true social networking experience. Each drink in the system has its own community page with a collection of all the tips and photos users have submitted and drinkers can easily add new drinks to the system. The friend feature allows you to follow people you already know as well as discover people with similar tastes.  Start exploring!

Click here to download Shindig on your iPhone and check out some screenshots showcasing a few of the app's many features below:

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Musician Daniel Freitag wanted to record live shows in a new and unconventional way. He came up with a method to do so without actually recording the music itself; instead, he captured the audience’s reaction to it. For Project Bootleg, Freitag attached blank records to the floor of a music venue and left it to fans to create his vision over a series of live shows.

When Freitag came to retrieve the records from the floor, he noted that fans of artists such as Deadmau5 and Die Antwoord were the rowdiest of the bunch and created the most scratches and indentations on the records themselves. Freitag has since composed original productions from the stomped-on, scratched-up records and has released two so far. Their glitchy sound reflects the energy and excitement of fans during live music shows.

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