Well my fellow dance music lovers, it’s hard to believe that another year and another decade have come to a close. I just wanted to wish you all Happy New Year on behalf of the RV Team. May your 2010 be fulfilling, prosperous, and chock-full with great tunes!
I found this link posted on a forum I read and thought I’d share it with you blog readers. The video is a step-by-step walk on how to produce the Prodigy’s track Smack My Bitch Up. I’m not sure you’d ever really want to do this but it’s an interesting look at the power of Ableton, and how you can remix with it.
This will be my last top 10 of 2009. There are some great tracks coming out to wrap up 2009, and I’m already seeing some things that I’m certain will make the cut in ‘10. Have a wonderful new year!
1. Druckpegel (Original Mix) – Mikdat vs. Afrilounge – Kassette. Druckpegel just works for me. Straight ahead and plays well with others.
2. Perfect Fever (Original Mix) – Jota Wagner – Beat Code. Perfect Fever is a fun one. I enjoy the contrast between the whimsical feel of the lead synth line and its somewhat gritty tonality.
3. The Right Time (Original Mix) – Mark Henning – Hypercolour. Hands down my favorite of the week. Rick James’ crazy ass talking about, believe it or not, kinky women combined with great production by Mark Henning. I wouldn’t change a thing about this track.
4. Murex (Phonogenic Remix) – Erich Bogatzky – Dieb Audio. It’s those synths I’m always on about… again. I can’t help it.
5. Out Run (Original Mix) – Lucio Aquilina – Hideout. Talk about smooth…
6. Beauty On Water (Original Mix) – Gaspard De La Vega & Jenius – Perplex. It’s the synths again, though this time around they’re a bit more in your face.
7. Nuit Blanche (Original Mix) – Jay Sustain – BWG Records. Just this man’s opinion, but Nuit Blanche is the best track from BWG I’ve heard in a long time. Definitely give it a listen.
8. Cochlea (From Karaoke To Stardom Remix) – Kleinschmager Audio – Dekadent Schallplatten. Dekadent is a new label to RV and a welcomed addition. What a great release.
9. Wallpaper (Original Mix) – SQL – Microtonal Records. SQL has been seeing a good deal of action on the blog and in the shop. Not at all surprising…
10. Rat (Original Mix) – Michele Faneschi – Travel Records. I wasn’t familiar with Travel Records until I heard Rat. They’re on the Radar.
I hope all of you dance music lovers are enjoying the holidays! It’s hard to believe another year and another decade are winding to a close. Since we’ve got the holiday spirit here at RV, we’re offering a 25% Discount on All Orders in the RV shop for the next few days! This is our last sale of the year, and we don’t have any more sales planned for the near future…so don’t miss out!
To take advantage of our 25%-off Holiday sale, you simply need to enter the promo code HOHOHO when you checkout. You can use the code as many times as you want to receive a 25% discount on every order you place from now through noon Eastern Time (i.e. 5:00pm GMT) on Tuesday, December 29th. The HOHOHO code is valid for purchases of all items, so you can stock up on quality tracks and sample packs in the next few days.
We hope you find some great holiday tunes and that you enjoy the 25% savings.
Eddie B
For years now, I’ve been fascinated with the history of dance music. I’ve spent a fair amount of time reading articles and books and watching documentaries on the subject. I recently came across an interesting documentary called, History of House Music, and I figured it would be good to share. The video is broken up into 15 parts on YouTube, and I’ve provided all of the parts for you in this post. If you have time, checkout the full documentary. I think you’ll enjoy it 
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This episode of the Resonant Vibes podcast is from veteran house and techno producer Angel Alanis.
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Angel’s been producing tracks since 1997 under many monikers including the names A2, Kasper Weiss and Miguel Wihn, so the chances are that you might have heard something by him, even if you don’t know who he is.
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His broad range of styles ranging from house and filtered disco workouts to tribal house, tech-house and minimal have helped him secure remixes and collaborations with top-tier artists including Felix Da Housecat, DJ Rush, Colette, Sinead O’Connor, Greenskeepers, Julia Fordham, Robbie Rivera and Pole Folder.
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In 1999 Alanis released his debut album The Subconscious State of Techno and followed it up with the release of his hit Do You Like the Way You Feel When You Shake which was also the inaugural release for his imprint A-Squared Muzik. In 2004 he found himself ranked in BPM Magazine’s Top 100 DJ List after producing DJ Colette’s Dancestar Award winning song: Feelin’ Hypnotized, which later went on to be heavily licensed commercially for compilations and appeared in the film Devil Wears Prada and in a Motorola advertisement. (The full post, podcast subscribe info and download links are after the jump.) (more…)
The RV Network has been live now for over 8 months, and I think it’s slowly but surely turning into wonderful resource for the dance music community. As a true lover of dance music, I can say I’ve gotten countless hours of enjoyment from the music in our Network, particularly the mixes. At this point, we’ve accumulated some phenomenal sets – across all of the sub-genres of electronic music.
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As I sit here enjoying our Network mixes (hour after hour), I sometimes find myself wondering what mixes you’re enjoying the most. Of course, I can look at the download stats to see what’s popular, but that doesn’t really tell the whole story. So, I figured I’d write this post to ask you outright…
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In your opinion, what is the best mix in the RV Network?
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I’d like to hear back from you on this one. If you take a few minutes to share your favorites as a comment to this blog post, I’ll give you a free track
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To get the conversation started, I will actually share my ten favorite mixes from the Network. Some of my picks are old (mixes that bonded with over the years); others are more recent.
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1. Adam Beyer’s Essential Mix – If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you’ve probably heard me rave about this mix. This is one of Eddie B’s all-time favorites! You can read my detailed thoughts about it here.
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2. John Digweed Live at Homelands – Another incredible mix! Words can’t do justice to the tightness. I’ve written about this mix before in a separate blog post.
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3. Jon Gaiser at 10 Days Off – Jon Gaiser is a seriously underrated DJ in my opinion, and this is a perfectly done mix. Some of the other M_Nus crew members, like Magda or Troy Pierce, seem to be much more visible, but Gaiser gets it done.
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We’ve had our hands more than full at RV over the past weeks, and these posts have been somewhat skimpy as a result. This week, I carved out the time to put the mix together. I think it’s nice to be able to listen to the music as the post is being read. Granted, it probably shouldn’t take 30 minutes to read it, but that’s what tabs are for. And speaking of the mix, I could have carved out a little more time to do it, so you’ll have to forgive a few less than smooth transitions.
1. Promised Land (NTFO Remix) – Moonbeam – Beef Records. What a stellar release. The remixes are all unique and range from around 122 to 130 BPM. Each of these would fit into so many sets…
2. Hafenstrasse (Original Mix) – Gorge & Nick Curly – Systematic. This baby is funky.
3. This Feeling (Steve Bug Remix) – Ribn – Mild Pitch. It’s probably no surprise that Steve Bug is cranking out some quality music.
4. Human League (Original Mix) – Sendos Fuera – Tokyo Red Recordings. I’m clearly hooked on this label. I haven’t gone back to count how many of their tracks have been featured in these posts, but looking at all the releases from Tokyo Red, I saw lots of familiar covers. Great track!
5. Quantum Physics (Original Mix) – Gavin Herlihy – Resopal Schallware. Ahh, Resopal Schallware. Just weird enough to walk the line between interesting and ridiculous.
6. Drama Society (Almodrama) – Drama Society, Vladislav Delay – Drama Society. This is the first release on Drama Society. Good start.
7. Deconstructed (Original Mix) – Alex & Filip – Mirabilis Records. Mirabilis is another label that continues to put out consistently good music. The latest from Alex & Filip is no exception. Deconstructed builds and builds and could destroy a dancefloor.
8. Get Up And Lie (Original Mix) – Brwn Shoes – My Little Dog. A track from My Little Dog almost made the list last week, but this week, Get Up and Lie was an easy choice.
9. Backroom (Original Mix) – Deepchild – Trapez. As if I needed another reason to love Trapez… Also, there’s a track on this release called Death Panel My Ass Ms Palin.
10. It is L8 (Original Mix) – LeRon & Yves Eaux – Little Mountain Recordings. Yep.
It’s the holiday season, so we’ve got some extra goodies for you…
From today through the end of December, we will be giving away Limited Edition Prints showing our RV 2.0 launch theme: “Get it. Share it. Feel it.” (See the images above for a preview of the prints.) There are only 25 of these special prints. Each one is numbered and subtly bears the RV 2.0 logo and launch slogan at the bottom. The dimensions of the prints are 18″ x 30″, and they’re all on acid-free museum-grade archive paper, a top-quality stock. The image was created by Bill Green, an artist known for his award-winning illustrations and designs, most notably his show posters for the nationally popular Lebowski Fest. The layout and actual design of the prints were done by our own Sam Gracie who, along with Bill Green, earned an award for the print from the Louisville Graphic Design Association.
To be eligible to win one of these limited edition prints, you just need to place an order for $25 or more by December 31st. Each day, we will review all of the orders for $25 or more and randomly select one winner! This is your chance to win a piece of art that (we think) captures the spirit of dance music, which is what RV is all about. Of course, we can’t fully describe that spirit…that feeling you get when you’re part of a crowd and there’s a positive shared energy in the air…when the DJ’s sounds (vibes) are emanating from the speakers and resonating with you at a core level…if you love dance music, then you know the spirit we’re talking about, and you can see it in these prints.
To check out four larger views of the print, see below… (more…)
I’m proud to announce that Resonant Vibes will donate 10% of our site’s net profits for the second half of December to the charity, “Music for Africa.” ‘Tis the holiday season, and it’s the perfect time for us to do something to help make the world a better place!
We selected the Music for Africa charity after doing some research. Given the nature of our business, we thought it would be most fitting for us to support a music-oriented cause. Music for Africa was founded by a guitarist named Tom Toomey in 1999 after he saw a young South African boy “playing guitar” on an empty oil can with a piece of wood nailed onto it. Tom was touched deeply by this incident and decided to take action after learning that South African schools provided no musical education in their curricula.
With the help of caring local people, Tom started an independent music school at Lehlake in Phokwane (The Lehlake Music Project). The school continues to be funded by Music for Africa, which in turn has been supported by caring individuals, primarily in the UK.
The Lehlake Music Project now provides musical instruction to roughly 150 students in South Africa. These students have the opportunity to learn classical and electric guitar, keyboard, and drums, and they do not pay any tuition. Music for Africa also gives each student an instrument for learning purposes, which they are able take home.
Since 2004, Music for Africa has entered over 100 students for Grade Exams with the Trinity College of Music (in London). An examiner from the UK comes to South Africa every year to administer these exams. In 2006-7, three Music for Africa students won bronze medal awards from the Trinity College of Music by earning the highest marks in Grade 1 Classical guitar. The College only awards 50 bronze medals worldwide each year, so this is an incredible achievement!
If you’re interested in learning more about Music for Africa or if you want to make a direct donation, you can visit their website at musicforafrica.org.uk.
When we present our donation, we may suggest that they add turntables to their instrument repertoire
Eddie B
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