Industry News
13th
Serato has released the ITCH 2.1 software update After releasing a public beta back in November 2011, Serato has officially launched a stable update for its popular ITCH DJ software. Although the ITCH 2.1 software update doesn’t add support for video play like many of us had hoped for, it does however add a few [...]
15th
Are you the Next MASTER OF THE MIX? Over $250K in Prizes for the winner of Season 2. The next audition will take place on TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. Season 1 was designed to challenge 8 of America’s best DJs in fair and somewhat friendly competitions. The competition touched on [...]
29th
Panasonic issued a statement earlier this week announcing an end of production for the legendary Technics 1200 analog turntables. Well not exactly… Earlier this week, Panasonic said that it was winding down production of the Technics SL-1200MK6 analog turntable, the SH-EX1200 analog audio mixer and the RP-DH1200 and RP-DJ1200 stereo headphones due to challenges in [...]
26th
Tightening his vice-like grip on popular culture another notch, dance superstar David Guetta has pocketed some mad bank in a new deal with his record label EMI. EMI has teamed up with Guetta Events, the clubbing company owned and run by David Guetta and his wife Cathy, to further exploit their Ibiza club night ‘Fuck [...]
25th
DJ Magazines Top 100 list has been leaked via the internet days before the official announcement Wednesday 27 October 2010 at the Top 100 DJs Party at the Ministry of Sound in London. Whats your take? Do you agree with this years Top 100? 1. Armin van Buuren (non-mover) 2. David Guetta (up 1) 3. [...]
5th
Native Instruments has announced an actual release date and a final price for the new Traktor Kontrol S4 DJ System. The retail price will be $899 and is available for shipment on November 1st. Online retailers and retail stores such as Guitar Center are accepting pre-orders now.
27th
Calvin Harris is currently raging about Chris Brown apparently ripping his track off! The drama commenced a couple of days ago when the UK producer cast the first stone, tweeting about how he lost his shit (our words, not his) upon hearing the similarities between Brown’s ludicrously named new single, Yeah 3x, and his own [...]
26th
Yesterday a record-breaking 42,000 music fans braved the 100+ degree heat to gather at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, California for Insomniac’s 16th annual Nocturnal Festival. Continuing Insomniac’s tradition of constantly improving the festival environment, Insomniac offered free filtered water to all its guests. In addition, Insomniac super-sized the main stage [...]
22nd
Ableton and Serato are proud to announce the release of The Bridge, a software partnership which brings together elements of DJ performance and production. With emphasis on ease and creativity, the new tools generated by this partnership push the boundaries of live performance. The Bridge 1.0 features: ‘Ableton Transport Control’ allows tight synchronization between Ableton [...]
31st
Here it is; the first major back-lash from the tragic events at Electric Daisy Carnival. The city of Los Angeles supposedly “breached its contract when it canceled what would have been an Oct. 30 concert by the well-known trance artist in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center.” But due to the negative [...]
