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After a four year hiatus the label that defined house music throughout the 1990s announces its return to the dance music community following the re-acquisition of the brand and catalogues by former owner Mark Finkelstein. Strictly closed its doors in 2002 when a short-lived joint venture with Warner Music ended. |
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It all began in 1991 when producer/DJ's Ron Allen and Hayden Andre fused their talents and formed Strobe Records, one of the most influential house music labels of its time. The popularity of Strobe grew very quickly and its unique sound spread through North America, Europe South America and Asia. Ron and Hayden eventually decided to pursue other ventures and genes of music, however they finally reunited in 2006 and have decided to continue where they left off making, good quality music bred from the soul. |
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As download music stores become more and more important, they have to keep up the challenge with their competitors and the wishes and needs of their customers. Dancetracks Digital step up the game with their updated and enhanced website that offers pleasant tweaks and one-of-a-kind features such as Live-Ready >>. |
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In the past couple of years, Traxsource has been the #1 choice for many DJ's to get the hottest exclusives and upfront titels in House Music, as well as for classic trax from the extensive back catalogue that is available too. Building on this success, this week Level 2 has been launched offering new and exciting features, with the existing features being tweeked an beefed up to enhance customer experience. With the recent add of such labels as MAW Records and Vega Records, there are now over 300 labels represented offering legal music downloads. |
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As of today, Michael Fossati and his Spirit of House website are represented on the ever growing networking community MySpace. You can find their page here.
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CDM Chicago, NFP presents MOVE! - the 2006 Chicago International House Music Festival being held on Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23. The new lakefront outdoor venue Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island will house the event from 1 PM to 11PM. The venture between CDM and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism (IBOT) will showcase the genre of House music which was cultivated in the city of Chicago.
"The Chicago International House Music Festival is sure to provide a fun-filled weekend for music lovers," said Jan Kostner, IBOT Deputy Director.
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 | Ever wondered how Vinyl Records are made? Then these two shorts videos are for you: This is from a Discovery Channel presentation. |
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Defected Records have some hot releases ready to drop soon:
- Defected D-Fused & Digital - the first Defected digital compilaton and mix, to be complemented by a limited edition double-CD
- Eivissa 06 - a sun-drenched collection of latin rhythms and global grooves - the balearic sound of Ibiza.
They also just started promotion for the remixes of "The way you love me" by Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz featuring Marc Evans. The package includes the massive Dimitri from Paris remix, a fantastic Tom Moulton re-edit, and brand new mixes by David Penn and Sergio Flores. Also included is the classic original version.
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FASHIONFM, an internet radio station from Italy, will feature a mix from the Spirit of House "Miami 2006 Mixes" series next weekend from midnight of Saturday April 22nd to 1 AM on Sunday April 23rd (times are CET).
Go here to find out more about the various shows you can listen to on this radio station.
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This page has a list of records that should be released in the next few weeks and months. But there is no guarantee that everything will get released. And this list is by far not complete (you may contribute to it by sending me your information to
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In consideration of the rumour circulating we want to communicate that UDM Show and UDM Show LIVE! will go on.
We want to thank Armando Gomez for all his engagement and power he has put in creating and evolving UDM Show to what it is now and wish him all the best for his future career.
Mark Stone and Valentino - Lelle and Ralphie - Basel City and The World will still contribute to keep House Music alive.
For more information check their website.