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What does a wooden record sound like?

17 May 2013 07:00 AM PDT

»What does a wooden record sound like?

There's a lot of chatter lately about lazer cutters and 3D printers, heck, you can make a gun with them, for god's sake! But there's of course much safer fun to be had with new technology, and one such example is the awesome experiments being done by Amanda Ghassaei, who 3D-printed a record last year and who has now lazer-cut one of our wood.

Hot Natured's "Reverse Skydiving" is 2013's summer anthem-to-be

17 May 2013 04:00 AM PDT

»Hot Natured's "Reverse Skydiving" is ...

Since video surfaced of Damian Lazarus unleashing our favorite Hot Natured track to date (or at least 2013's best track to date), we've been combing the internet's wasteland of misinformation searching for a release date, but, lo!, like a feral unicorn mystically appearing in an enchanted forest, it was delivered to the BP servers for our repeated preview listening.

Christian Smith celebrates 100 Tronic releases and a second artist album: "No rest for the wicked just yet."

17 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT

»Christian Smith celebrates 100 Tronic ...

From investment banking to underground taste-making, Tronic Records head honcho and club veteran Christian Smith has traveled the globe with unprecedented musical stamina. With a catalog of Beatport chart-toppers under his belt and a long-standing reputation for making cutting-edge music, his attempts to play past the pigeonhole of techno has made him a tough artist to box, but all the more fascinating, naturally.

Having recently reeled out the label's 100th release and dropped his second full-length artist album, Omakase, there was never a better time for numerous goings-on.

Tiesto's remix of "Get Loose" tightens its grip on the charts

16 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT

»Tiesto's remix of "Get Loose" tightens ...

Tiesto has taken Beatport's top spot yet again, this time with his new remix of Showtek and Noisecontrollers' "Get Loose."

Andreas Tilliander on TB-303 fetishism: "I want to be buried with mine."

16 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT

»Andreas Tilliander on TB-303 fetishism: ...

It certainly is not a stretch to describe Andreas Tilliander as an innovative producer. Operating under a number of different aliases across his long career, the Swedish artist penned some of the most seminal records in the rise of glitch-techno for labels such as Raster-Noton and Mille Plateaux. Tilliander has continued to push the envelope as a forward-thinking producer, most recently issuing icy, hardware-driven live techno under his TM404 alias. With TM404's self-titled LP of techno lattices still giving us chills after dropping in April, we decided it was time to take a peek under the hood to see just what Tilliander utilizes to craft his unique brand of techno. Turns out it's all the magic of the classic Roland TB-303.

Carl Craig takes over Rinse FM today, Ultra announces 2014 dates, and what is Swedish House Mafia planning?

16 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT

»Carl Craig takes over Rinse FM today, ...

There's lots of Ultra-related news to get to today... First up, the festival has announced its dates for 2014, but also of note is that Swedish House Mafia, who famously handed in their wings at this year's UMF, have got some surprises up their collective sleeves. Read on to see what they've got brewing.