The reason is simple: We just don’t have time to update the podcast on a regular basis. And a podcast needs to release episodes regularly. So it’s better to quit, then. Innotune has been a non profit project from the beginning, running on nothing but enthusiasm from our crew members.

A big thank you goes out to our dedicated regular listeners. And those stopping by for a quick fix of electronic fjord music. The 13 episodes we’ve made will still be available for streaming through Mixcloud. Maybe we’ll even add some more content there in the future. But the podcast feed ends now.

We’ll keep blogging here at innotune.net, though, so keep coming back!

Innotune resident Ville Lope in the mix.

Download an extended EDM experience. Episode 013 has got pumping breaks, Miami optimised house, nu disco and trancer Ville Lope in the mix.

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The label Kitsuné is represented with two tracks, so is Punks and Cold Busted. For the first time we bring you the same track twice in an episode: Gramatic – A Bunch of Questions, but in two very different remixes.

Toolroom is on a killing spree nowadays, with a total takeover of the Beatport top 30 in front of WMC in Miami. Mark Knights label is represented with four solid tracks.

Our trance superstar from the land of the deep woods and the thousand beautiful lakes, Ville Lope, has put together the final 30 minutes of this episode. Expect high quality finnish trance.

Download and enjoy a piece of great EDM variety. It’s what we like to call Electronic fjord music.

First part: New EDM presented by Endal
1. Gramatik – A Bunch Of Questions (80s Casual Remix) – Cold Busted
2. Mike Newman – Drop Out – Deeperfect
3. Gabriel Rocha - Drunken Russian (DJ PP Edit) – Toolroom
4. Black Raw - Eargasm (Daddy’s Groove Re-Edit) – Size
5. Michael Woods - First Aid – Diffused
6. Punks Jump Up - Blockhead (Hey Today! Re-BlockeD Mix) – Kitsune
7. BeatauCue - Dique Oh! (Eurnig & Chinon Remix) – Kitsune
8. Owen Ear - Leave Me Alone – Silk Sofa
9. Ryan Inglis - Red Alert – CDR
10. Gramatik - A Bunch Of Questions (Bobby C Sound TV Remix) – Cold Busted
11. Tensnake - Coma Cat (Mark Knight Koma Cat Remix) – Toolroom
12. EDX - Embrace – Toolroom
13. Tiesto & Mark Knight feat. Dino - Beautiful World – Toolroom
14. Stanton Warriors feat. Ruby Goe & Hollywood Holt - Get Up – Punks
15. Stanton Warriors - New York – Punks
16. Guerilla Tech feat. MC Gav Star -
Running The Party (Kid Digital Remix) – Subtribe
17. Phetsta - Disco Dog – Technique

Brilliant or insane?

Here’s a surprise.

The guys in Röyksopp put out one piece of unreleased material for free download every month. Sometimes pretty crazy stuff. But this christmas they chose to publish a cover of  ”O Holy Night” (Cantique de Noël).

I cannot decide whether this is beautiful or just totally wrong. It’s a thin line between the two.

Listen and judge for yourself.

Le Cantique de Noël by Röyksopp

To be fair – it is after all a new year and we just celebrated Christmas – I’ve also included one of their superb freebies.

“I Wanna Know” was up for grabs at SoundCloud before, but unfortunately not anymore.

I Wanna Know by Röyksopp

The other way to sample tracks is to have straight part, a loop from another track. This is particularly common, or rather used, way in house music in general.

Let me give an example. You must have heard the sickest, weirdest craziest track out there at the moment: Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand.

It’s been sampled from… well, there’s two options. It’s either a Boney M track or from german origin Nighttrain – Hallo Bimmelbahn.

I have no certain info, but it was claimed Hallo Bimmelbahn was released in 1973, while Boney M’s version was made in 1979. Sampling? Plagiarism? You decide.

The reason why I am writing this post was actually because of the Podcast Episode 012.

My ears caught the beautiful pads of one of my favorite trance tracks from mid 2000, Reflekt – Need To Be Loved. How ever the track wasn’t listed on the tracklist. I had to double check.

Compare them yourself:

It can be a coincidence. It can be because you’ve heard it back in a day and the chord progression keeps playing in your head but you can’t recall where it’s from.

There are countless of examples of sampling an/or lending melodies, hooks from other productions. This was merely an opener for conversation.

What tracks are driving you crazy in matter of sampling or ripping off?

Downtempo mix by Endal.

Time for something different. Episode 012 is a chillout only mix. One hour with both classics and brand new downtempo.

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This episode contains brand new chill from artists like Commix, Quarrel and Gramatik. But you’re also about to be served chillout classics from the likes of Jon Hopkins, Bent and Boards of Canada.

Endal, the host of the Innotune podcast, has done the selection and mixing. The result is a calming experience. Download, share and enjoy!

Chillout mix by Endal
1. Commix – Japanese Electonix (Instra:Mental Moog Remix)
2. Braak – Peace And Percussion
3. DJ Ezaascul – Dreams
4. Quarrel – Dedicated
5. Jon Hopkins – Second Sense
6. Bent – As You Fall
7. UDM Project – Fuse On
8. Spirit Catcher – One Way Express
9. Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy
10. 80s Casual – Fiesta
11. Gramatik – I Really Do Believe
12. Laird & John Pickett – Ohhhh Ma Ma Ma
13. The Blueboy – Remember Me
14. Nightmares on Wax – You Wish
15. Joe T Vanelli – Play With Vanelli Feat. Csilla (Tool Pad)
16. Shed – STP2
17. Nick Warren – In Search Of Silver (Ambient Mix)
18. Gary B – Stronger Love
19. Random Rab – The Desert Flux
20. Bonobo & Andeya Triana – Eyesdown
21. Colman Brothers – Another Brother
22. Trentemøller – Take Me Into Your Skin
23. Westlake – Simple Things
24. Dark Captain Light Captain – Questions (Hatchback’s Multiple Choice Dub)

At a young age, trance music was a fresh breath of air in a rock and pop world. It was breaking the “rules” of music and was raised by persons such as Astral Projection, Dance 2 Trance, Orbital, Oliver Lieb and Sven Väth. Trance music was breaking grounds at a age when it still was wearing diapers – just like the people who listened to it eventually needed after subcombing to the chemical usage.

Trance music quickly grew up, but experienced a troublesome time. It was struggling to find its place in this world and trailed a lot of paths trying to find itself. Hard trance, progressive trance, baleric trance, club trance (?) was some of the ways trance tried to find it´s path. Trance even joined dance music, and after this trance never was the same again.

The last few years trance music has been in a care home being taken care of by technically skilled doctors and nurses. We would like to tribute some of these by names. Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, Andy Moor, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz, Trance.nu, Audiojelly, Anjunabeats, Armada, Lost Language. You will all be remembered for the good effort of trying to breathe life back into trance. We´re sorry that it didn´t have a better ending, but there was no way back for trance music after the severe exploitation of greedy djs.

Even though trance music has walked in the walley of the dead, and now are among the likes as happy hardcore, hard dance, Scatman Joe, Rednex and Aaron Carter – There is light. There still is House, Electronica, Dub Step, Drum & Bass, Chill-Out and other genres that has the ability to adapt to times. We honor these genres today in the light of the death of trance.

R.I.P. Trance music. You had it coming for a long time.

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Update: In case you’re in denial, here’s a graph showing the evolution of Google searches for Trance vs the evolution of searches in the category “Electronica & Dance Music”:

To promote the DJ Hero 2 game, Tiesto has teamed up with Activision to create what is suppose to be the first music video ever created with nothing but video game footage.

Tiesto has made two exclusive tracks for Dj Hero 2, and according to Mixmag ‘Speed Trail’ has been a regular on his lates tour as well, together with his own game character flashing on the big screen. So why not make a music video out of it?

We have written about trance in video games before, but this has to be the exact opposite.

Super8 & Tab mixing for Innotune.

Enjoy 66 minutes filled with nasty house, smooth electronica, melodic breakbeat and a great trance mix from Super8 & Tab.

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This is another episode with the unique Innotune variety of electronic music. We’re stretching from the breakbeats of Subtribe to the slick house of Toolroom and the quality electronica of Ninja Tune.

The Finnish duo Super8 & Tab have mixed for us this time. They are ready with their debut album ‘Empire‘ on Anjunabeats, but have been a highly visible part of the trance family for a long time. They are known for quality trance releases and two Anjunabeats Worldwide mix compilations.

Episode 011 also contains tracks from established artists like Faithless, Andy Duguid, Eskmo and Mark Reeve. But we also play a downtempo track from the unsigned artist Indigo78. Download or listen now!

Remember, if you like the tracks we’ve selected – you’re free to buy them from the links below or in the enhanced podcast.

First half: Selected EDM presented by Endal
1. Faithless – Sun To Me (Mark Knight Remix) – Toolroom
2. Mark Reeve – Evening Dinner (Vocal Mix) – Seamless
3. Justin Martin & Ardalan – Mr. Spock – Dirtybird
4. Junior Sanchez, Harry Romero & Alexander Technique feat. Shawnee Taylor – Where You Are (Steve Angello Remix) – Size
5. Wolfgang Gartner & Deadmau5 – Animal Rights – Mau5trap
6. Andy Duguid feat. Leah – Don’t Belong (Rasmus Faber Club Mix) – Black Hole
7. BT & Andrew Bayer – The Emergency (Marcus Schossow Remix) – Black Hole
8. Eskmo – Cloudlight – Ninja Tune
9. Way Out West – The Fall (Beetseekers Remix) – CDR
10. Ways & Means feat. Susie Ledge - Drowning (B-Boy Tronik Remix) – Subtribe
11. Baymont Bross - Real Time – Mofo
12. Indigo78 – Untitled pulse – CDR

Second half: Super8 & Tab DJ mix
13. Super8 & Tab – Eternal Sequence (Original Mix)
14. Super8 & Tab feat. Jan Burton – Empire (Kyau & Albert Remix)
15. Sneijder – Away From Here (Arty Remix)
16. 7 Skies – Sushi (Original Mix)
17. Markus Schulz feat. Justine Suissa – Perception (Super8 & Tab Remix)

008: Way Out West

The Innotune podcast is one year old!

Today, September 16th, we celebrate the one year anniversary of our podcast. A year ago Marcus Schossow was the first artist to headline an episode of the Innotune podcast.

Here’s the highlights – in our own opinion.

In episode 003 we had the honor to feature the legendary producers Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren, aka Way Out West. Their mix is consisting of their own tracks only, with both old classics and material from their latest album “We Love Machine”.

005: Thomas Sagstad

For episode 005, resident DJ Thomas Sagstad was behind the decks. Enjoy the pumping house in the second half, as well as 30 minutes with Innotune selections in the beginning.

Innotune episode 008 had finnish trancer Darude in the mix. Listen or download this piece of fine EDM if you have’nt already.

And now, let’s have a look into the glass ball.

Who do you want to hear in the Innotune podcast in the future? Which DJ’s should we ask to be our guest mixers?

We want suggestions for interesting picks. Talents or established artists. But please make your wishes realistic.

008: Darude

Leave your suggestion in the comment field below.

Dubstep from Tony Anthem and Axl Ender.

Download a packed hour with loads of dubstep, drum’n'bass, house and trance.

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Endal is your host, and guests of the episode is Tony Anthem & Axl Ender.

Episode ten is quite special. Here’s why: It’s record breaking. We have never before fitted in 28 tracks into one episode. It contains the very first dubstep guest mix. And we’ve reached the big ten.

The brilliant French label Kitsuné is represented with two tracks. Listeners will also be able to check out new beats from Steve Angello, Pete Tong & Dave Spoon, Stanislav Beta and Eriq Johnson.

Tony Anthem & Axl Ender are two Norwegians with one unified dubstep mind. They have many successful releases behind them, and quite a lot of these will be thrown in your face throughout their guest mix. You’ve never heard anything like this before in the Innotune podcast.

Download now or listen online. And don’t be shy to share this piece of electronic fjord music.

First half: Selected EDM presented by Endal
1. Two Door Cinema Club -
Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) – Kitsuné
2. Pete Tong & Dave Spoon – Muchness – Size
3. Eriq Jonson – Should I Like This (Avo Remix) – Dandy Kid Records
4. Steve Angello – Knas – Size
5. Wolfgang Gartner & Mark Knight – Conscindo – Toolroom
6. Viani & Menini feat Neni C. – You Don’t Love Me – LoudBit
7. Florrie – Call 911 (Fred Falke Remix) – Kitsuné
8. Dub Foundation – Cosmic Ray – Worldwide Audio
9. Technicolor & Komatic – Daydreamer – Technique
10. Die + Interface feat. William Cartwright -
Bright Lights (Rockers Mix) – Toolroom
11. Alex Rize – When Time Was A Spiral – Silk Sofa
12. Feeltz pres. Johan Vilborg – Summit (Mehilove Remix) – Dangerbox
13. Stanislav Beta Feat Jules – Will I Ever – Captured

Second half: Tony Anthem & Axl Ender guest mix
14. Bad Monkey Mafia & F Troop -
Bar Knuckle (Tony Anthem & Axl Ender Remix) – Bad Monkey Records
15. Bad Monkey Mafia ft Darry Dee & Harry Shotta -
Move Down (Mindflow Remix) – Bad Monkey Records
16. Tony Anthem & Axl Ender – Grimey Forthcoming – Dub Monkey Records
17. Tony Anthem & Axl Ender – Instinct Forthcoming – Rottun Records
18. Excision & Datsik – Boom (Skism Remix) – Rottun Records
19. Future Prophecies – Dreadlock (Tony Anthem & Axl Ender Remix)
20. Boy Kid Cloud -  Flavour – Dandy Kid Records
21. Pendulum – Set Me On Fire – Warner Bros
22. Nero – Innocence – MTA Records
23. Doctor P – Sweet Shop – Circus Records
24. Tony Anthem & Axl Ender – Pressure (Breaks mix) – Pure Filth Records
25. Bad Monkey Mafia -
Fire Bun (Tony Anthem & Axl Ender Remix) – Bad Monkey Records
26.Tony Anthem & Axl Ender – Mammoth Phunk – Pure Filth Records
27.Tony Anthem & Axl Ender – Defination Of A gangster – Pure Filth Records
28. Tony Anthem & Axl Ender ft Darry Dee – Life – Rat/Sludge Records