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Carl Cox, Amelie Lens, Pete Tong, More to Perform at Virtual Beirut Fundraiser
Electronic Labor Day and Beatport ReConnect have teamed up to launch the “For Beirut“ initiative as part of their efforts to raise funds to support Lebanon after a deadly explosion rocked the city on August 4th, 2020. The capital, which was already reeling from the economic pitfalls of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, has seen over $15 billion USD in material damages and the deterioration of the livelihoods of tens of thousands of individuals and families. Through the new charitable initiative, ELD and Beatport are uniting the international electronic music community to host a massive livestream on Sunday, September 13th geared towards raising funds to help rebuild Beirut. Headliners Andhim, Amelie Lens, Blond:ish, Carl Cox, Danny Howard, Dennis Ferrer, De...
Beatport Announces Two-Part Benefit Livestream for Beirut Explosion Relief Efforts
Beatport, in partnership with Nicole Moudaber, WILD Tulum, and Factory People, will be hosting two benefit livestreams with proceeds going to those affected by the catastrophic explosion in Beirut on August 4th. Entitled “Together For Beirut,” the stream is looking to raise $250,000 for those affected. Beatport and company have organized quite a stacked lineup for the first phase of “Together For Beirut,” including ANNA, Anane, Carl Cox, John Digweed, Dubfire, and many more. Host Nicole Moudaber will also be performing during both livestreams. While there’s no word on who will be performing on the second date, we can expect just as impressive as a lineup to be announced. Proceeds from the event will go straight to Impact Lebanon, which supports non-g...
Music Marketplace Beatport Restores “Hard Techno” Genre Category
Music marketplace Beatport, which touts itself as the “world’s number one destination for electronic music,” has reinstated the platform’s “Hard Techno” category. The decision to restore the category was made after gathering feedback from the hard techno community as well as prominent labels, artists, and distributors. To flesh out the genre’s page on Beatport, it will be populated with music from the site’s current “Techno (Raw/Deep/Hypnotic)” and “Techno (Peak Time/Driving/Hard)” categories. The latter is set to be repurposed under the name “Techno (Peak Time/Driving).” Moreover, the newly minted “Hard Techno” section now features its own dedicated Top 100 chart. “Many labels and artists,...
Watch Sets by Noisia, Carl Cox, Skream, Fatboy Slim, and More from VR Festival Lost Horizon
Over the weekend, fans plugged into the virtual festival Lost Horizon for a fully-interactive music event. Hosted by Beatport and the minds behind Glastonbury Festival‘s iconic “Shangri-La” experience, revelers were able to dance alongside their fellow festival-goers in full 360° using virtual reality technology. Fans were able to witness the performances using a VR headset, mobile device, or simply by watching the 2D livestream on Twitch. Those who were out and about over the holiday weekend are in luck because Beatport has uploaded a number of the festival’s performances to their YouTube channel. The videos feature complete sets alongside footage of the virtual crowd dancing and taking in the lights. Organizers brought out some of the best and brightest ...
Beatport Teams Up with HE.SHE.THEY. Collective for Pride 2020 Livestream Featuring Maya Jane Coles, More
In honor of Pride 2020, Beatport has teamed up with international collective HE.SHE.THEY. for a full-day livestream celebration that will be spotlighting the rich trove of talent from the LGBTQIA+ community. The artists featured in the Pride 2020 event represent some of dance music’s many notable and diverse contributors from the community and its intersections. Today’s streaming schedule in chronological order features SYREETA, TOM STEPHAN / SUPERCHUMBO, Jaguar, PAGANO, Sippin’ T, Kiddy Smile, Catz ‘N Dogz, DJ PAULETTE, Maya Jane Coles, Wax Wings, J. Worra, Karsten Sollors, Nina Flowers, Lauren Flax, and CALAGNA. HE.SHE.THEY. is an inclusive collective with a mission focused on promoting diversity within the dance music community. The internationally-rec...
Beatport Adds “Organic House / Downtempo” to Genre Categories
Music marketplace Beatport, which characterizes itself as the “principal source of music for DJs,” has announced the addition of a new genre category called “Organic House / Downtempo.” According to a press release issued to announce the news, the classification is dedicated to “deeper, slower, and more meditative shades of house music.” Who releases organic house music, you ask? Beatport points to artists such as Sabo, BLOND:ISH, Britta Arnold, Shawni, Bedouin, Nicola Cruz, Oliver Koletzki, Lazarusman, Namito, and M.A.N.D.Y., among many others. The slow-burning house sound has also been proliferated by many labels in recent years, including Do Not Sit On The Furniture, Sol Selectas, Crosstown Rebels, Desert Dwellers, Get Ph...
Charlotte de Witte is Livestreaming from a Medieval Castle to Celebrate Forthcoming EP
Charlotte de Witte is planning to give the Knights of the Round Table a run for their money with her next performance. In partnership with Beatport, she is returning for her second “New Form” livestream tomorrow, Thursday, June 11th to perform at the medieval Gravensteen castle in her hometown of Ghent, Belgium. The castle is one of the city’s most iconic historical landmarks, making it the perfect backdrop for the release of her forthcoming Return to Nowhere EP. “Unfortunately we’re not able to see each other right now,” de Witte said in a press release announcing the stream. “But I’m super excited to be sharing this release with you from an iconic place in my hometown. This place has always held a great meaning for me. As a kid, I used to...
Watch Thijs of Noisia Spin a Ferocious DnB Set for “Beatport ReConnect: Drum & Bass”
Earlier this month, Thijs de Vlieger of fabled Dutch electronic outfit Noisia appeared on Beatport‘s ReConnect: Drum & Bass livestream to rip a classic Noisia DJ set. Today, he took to Twitter to share the exciting news that the high-quality set has been uploaded in full. The famed Noisia trio sadly split up towards the end of 2019 and had a farewell tour planned, but it was shelved due to the impact of COVID-19. While new Noisia has been rare, fans can find solace in this hourlong set, which de Vlieger explicitly labeled as a “Noisia DJ set.” It features a slew of Noisia originals as well as many from that of their heavy-hitting drum & bass counterparts, like Alix Perez, Mefjus, and Phace, among many others. You can watch the performance in fu...
Music Against Animal Cruelty and Beatport Announce “Wild Digital” Livestream to Raise Awareness for Wildlife Conservation
Music Against Animal Cruelty (MAAC), the charity dedicated to raising awareness and funds to aid in the conservation of wildlife via music, has partnered with Beatport to bring fans a virtual music marathon this Saturday, May 16th. “Wild Digital” will give music lovers the chance to party with some killer DJs while giving back to wildlife conservation. With COVID-19 at the forefront of our minds, the rise in global consciousness is at an all-time high. It’s in dark times like these that coming together for a positive cause is most important. The “Wild Digital” stream will be hosted on Beatport’s Twitch channel and features some of the biggest names in house and techno music. Heavy-hitters like Art Department, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, Mathew Jo...
Beatsource LINK Is Offering DJs An Unmatched Catalog of Music for their Performance Software
Beatsource, the joint venture between DJcity and Beatport, just launched a game-changing product for DJs in the streaming era. Beatsource LINK is a new integration service allowing open-format DJs to harness the depth of a catalog with unmatched resources. Through Beatsource LINK, DJcity and Beatport, two of the largest digital audio retailers, will allow their music and curated playlists to be streamed by DJs directly to their personal performance software. To start, Beatsource LINK will be integrated with Pioneer’s rekordbox, but the goal is to develop additional performance integrations with similar DJ software brands in the coming months. After Beatsource LINK launched its beta version, the announcement won some early praise from A-Tra...
