Digital DJing – modern day jungle

It’s a jungle out there. A jungle of different digital DJing platforms, controllers, sound cards and all.

Being a “traditional DJ” is much easier. If you play vinyl (like we all did back in the good old days) you had couple of choices, and in 99% of the cases it was a Technics turntable.

Couple of years forward, in the new millennium playing CDs got easier and Pioneer CDJ-1000 became an industry standard.

Now you can play music from your laptop with a digital DJing system, control the music with CDs, turntables or a controller. And that is just why it’s so damn complicated.

There are too many options.

Personally I think digital DJing with CD/vinyl control is just a short phase before everyone is starting to mix within the software with their dedicated controllers. The problem at the moment preventing that is that there isn’t a industry standard like in playing cd or vinyl.

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Sweden taking over the world

What do Steve Angello, Spotify, Abba, Pirate Bay, Max Martin and Marcus Schossow have in common?

They are all Swedish musical phenomenons. Some famous for their brilliant music making and some for their sharing of music, both legal and illegal.

According to the latest IFPI figures Sweden now has the world’s fastest growing music market.

The country of the blue and yellow vikings is the third biggest exporter of music around the globe.

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Chillout classics Spotify playlist

 

What music gives you that special summer feeling?

It is of course an individual thing, but for me good downtempo sounds like summer. I mean, I listen to slow beats all year long, but there still are some tracks that suits better to sun, smiling people and lazy days.

I’ve made a Spotify playlist with a bunch of tracks I would define as chillout classics. Some obvious picks, like Bent – Swollen and Moby – Porcelain, but also pieces from artists like Jon Hopkins, Røyksopp, Orbital, Air, Boards of Canada, Thievery Corporation and Sebastién Tellier. And many more, of course.

Click here to listen to the playlist “Chillout classics”.

The happiest DJ performance ever

Here’s a video that will make you smile. But it’s also a slap in the face to all those serious faces behind the decks. Loosen up and skip the cool look. This guy sure makes his crowd happy.

A big thank you to Bjørn for the tip.

Podcast 009 – Starring Thomas Sagstad

Here’s your summer soundtrack. Episode nine has pounding techno, funky house, chill beats and maestro Thomas Sagstad in the mix.

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The opener this time is a massive D’n'B track from Crooked & Camo: History of the future. From there the road is covered with warm beats across different genres. We even have a mini chillout mix for you.

Innotune resident Thomas Sagstad is back with his second featured episode. He has got a 30 minutes mix ready for you with Sagstad tracks only. Download or listen to episode nine now!

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Volcano dance music

Check out Oliver Englafjord – a new and undescribed act from Iceland. There’s not much info to find on this guy, other than the dark, slow and tight sound on a couple of YouTube clips. It’s the soundtrack of Eyjafjallajökull. And since the economy is flat out broken, this might be Icelands way of giving something back to frustrated flight passengers.

Great electronica Spotify listens

We’ve made a Spotify playlist for you. It contains a bunch of more or less new electronica albums that we think you should check out.

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The new version of Spotify with Facebook integration works quite nice. It’s easier to share your playlists and discover new music through your friends. If you’ve got Spotify, try our fresh playlist and share it with your homies.

At Innotune we feature a lot of single EDM releases through our podcast, but we also enjoy a couple of longplayers every now and then. This playlist gathers some of the most interesting albums of 2010 so far.

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March and April blog roundup

Time to do a small sum up.

If you’re up for retro EDM, check out Håkon’s post about mind.in.a.box and their album R.E.T.R.O. Ville Lope wrote about performing electronic music live. Pick up a few hints from Ville and Steve Helstrip. We’ve also posted news about a new label from Joonas Hahmo. Marcus Schossow created a sick and quite different track that he decided to give away for free to all Innotune readers. Download Tone Diary – Psykopat.

The podcast episodes of March and April gave you loads of kickin’ dance music and trance heads Airwave and Darude in the mix. No need to hesitate, just download and share now.

Podcast 008 – With guest Darude

Episode eight has got energetic trance, crazy breaks and funky house. Our special guest mixer is Darude.

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Our very own Ville Lope has remixed trance legend Tiesto, so be sure to check out “The Tube” in this episode.

We’ve also got tunes from the fresh albums of both Mr. Sam and Moguai.

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Free download: Tone Diary – Psykopat

Innotune brings you a special treat from Uncle Marcus.

This is your chance to grab a free download of Psykopat. It’s a brand new and unreleased track from Innotune resident Marcus Schossow. And yes, it sounds just as sick as the title implies.

Here’s his own words about the tune: “If you don’t feel sick, you will when you hear this. Anxiety all over.”

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