Ah... the 90’s.  For electronic dance music this was a golden era and most of the genres finest anthems were born before the millennium cracked with a triple zero.  People were Born Slippy with their Block Rockin’ Beats while sittin’ on Little Fluffy Clouds.  You get the idea, but certainly not lost amongst the classics is Way Out West’s own divine anthem “The Gift;” a rebirth of Roberta Flack’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (Legend has it that the track spawned an eye-popping four hundred remixes!)  After three albums and many hits later the Bristol duo of Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff have returned for the next round of future hits with We Love Machine. This is their ode to class..

August 2009 sees Underworld and Apple kicking-off on three exciting new projects for fans of the band and fans of all things Apple. To celebrate the release of the full underworld back catalogue for the first time on iTunes, Underworld, in partnership with cutting edge developer iZotope, bring you an amazing iPhone iDrum application containing some of the most famous tunes from Underworld's juke box of techno classics. Featuring tracks from all Underworld's albums and including "Born Slippy", "Two Months Off" and "Cowgirl" the application allows the user to remix, re-sequence and reconstruct 12 Underworld tunes and also features a piece created by the band themselves exclusively..

Dutch live performer and producer Pascal Terstappen, better known as Applescal, recently unveiled his first full length studio album, A Slave’s Commitment.  The debut album was released on August 3rd by the esteemed German dance label Traum Schallplatten. "A Slave's Commitment" is an exciting arrangement of Applescal's musical diversity, featuring a variety of arti techno, intelligent dance music, breakbeat, and ambient.  Laurent Garnier, impressed by Applescal's debut said: "Very VERY good album. Very cinematic at some points, very musical, raw, organic with a couple of dance-floor strong numbers...... this is very GOOD!" At the tender age of 21 Applescal is making quite a name for himself in the international scene, and is gaining support from industry icons such as Pete Tong, Sasha, and Digweed.  His talent also drew the attention of  Hernan Cattaneo; he and Mart..

Jarius Miller’s debut album, Dynamic Interlude, is set to be released on Source of Gravity Aug 10th, 2009.  This masterpiece comprised of 10 orignial tracks showcases every bit of Jairus’s musical brilliance with pounding rhythms, melodic and acidic touches, and emotional soundscapes.  To accompany this album is his 60 minute mix of all the tracks so beautifully crafted together that should  not to be missed! Progressivehouse.com reviewer Chris Sterio recently caught up with Jarius Miller for an intereview to get some insight from the man himself. How did you get into house music? I was first really exposed to real house music back in the late 90's by way of the tracker "mod" scene.  This was before music filesharing had really taken off, and..

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is one of the most important electronic music conference and showcase festivals in the world.  The annual electronic music event plans to attract an audience of 80,000 music lovers and 2,000 music professionals from around the globe. The ADE will celebrate its 14th year October 21-24, 2009.  For 4 days and nights and over 40 outstanding locations throughout the beautiful city of Amsterdam,  the best line-ups with more than 700 DJs and artists will be performing from around the globe.  As the worlds biggest club festival, ADE shows you the best of what electronic music has to offer. The ADE is the ultimate platform to meet international business partners, introduce your business to an international audience and get in touch with new people, new music and new tr..

Following the success of dance4life’s first album in 2008, we are proud to announce the coming release of the second dance4life album!  Artists including: Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, Gui Boratto, Anderson Noise, D.O.N.S., John Dahlbäck, Barbara Tucker, and Chuckie have all granted the free use of their tracks in support of dance4life.  The CD release date is set for June 26th. dance4life uses the universal languages of music and dance, and the collaborations of its ambassadors to connect with young people across the globe to promote AIDS awareness. Long standing dance4life ambassador, Paul van Dyk said: “I think that it is still very important to raise awareness amongst everyone to prevent AIDS.  I've supported dance4life for many years now, and I appreciate their work a lot. For..

The biggest names in dance music will descend on Barcelona from the 3rd to 9th of August 2009 for the inaugural Barcelona Summer Week Festival.  Superstar DJs such as Tiësto, David Guetta, Layo & Bushwacka!, Erick Morillo, Armin Van Buuren, Sander Kleinenberg and Fedde Le Grand, are on the list of over 100 DJs set to play and host 250 events across the capital during the week-long fiesta. Barcelona – capital of culture and style, home to Discotheque, Eibisi, Opium Mar, Sotavento, Atlantic Club, El Chiringuito Marbella and just a short ferry stop to   Ibiza – is already one of the leading dance music destinations in Europe.  Barcelona Summer Week looks set to cement the city as the epicentre as it plays host to a stream of 250 elaborately planned parties at open-air venues, the coolest clubs and venues across the capital with pool, beach and boat..

Hernan Cattaneo is one of the brightest and most deserving stars in the dance music stratosphere.  He is beloved by millions of fans and idealized by aspiring DJs and producers throughout the world.  His amazingly successful career has taken him on international adventures multiple times with his rigorous touring schedules, but at the end of the day he is still  simply a music lover.  Hernan’s talent and humility shows his global adoration, compelling his fans across the globe to permanently reserve a special place for him in their hearts. 2009 has proven to be another extremely successful year for Hernan Cattaneo.  In early May, Renaissance Recordings released their 50th compilation; quite a triumph for the label.  To help celebrate this milestone they again requested Hernan’s mixing and producing expertise.  B..

This summer SLOK and Electronic Petz are holding a remix competition to find and greatly reward deserving artists for their talent. Alessandro Russo aka SLOK is a DJ, producer, label manager, and the manager of the Italian radio Magma, which is broadcast over 45 fm radio stations. He has released on esteemed labels such as: Baroque, Turbo, Saw, Get Physical Music. You may recognize his name from the international club hit “Lonely Child”. SLOK and Electronic Petz are asking contestants to submit their best remixes of SLOK's track, “Deegustocosmicow” (Electronic Petz). The judges are seeking tech house or related modern dance music genre remixes that are original dance floor killers! They are looking for creative and innovative artist, so feel free to be as imaginative as you like; it does not..

In an industry incredibly overwhelmed with talent, the chances of finding another artist as inspired as Charlie May are still slim.  Serving as an architect behind many of the stylistic blueprint shifts in dance music since the early days of acid house, it is safe to say that May knows a thing or two about what makes a dance floor tick.  It has been quite a journey from his first steps into the world of dance music as a starry-eyed, inspired raver attending London’s legendary Brain club nights in Soho to being the industry A-list's go-to guy for breathtaking, sonically adventurous dance music. In addition to being a highly respected producer and DJ, Charlie May is one half of the revered progressive house pioneers Spooky, and the engineer and producer of many of Sasha’s biggest singles and albums.  Since the early 90's he has consistently blazed trails of innovation, and cemented himself deep within the vivacious beating ..