Dance

R.I.P. Donna Summer

Posted by on May 17, 2012 at 10:12 am

Donna Summer who was known as the Queen of Disco for the past four decades passed today of cancer at age 63. Summer’s music survived the disco backlash and became a respected part of American culture. “Hot Stuff,” “Bad Girls,” “Last Dance” and “I Feel Love” left the club and entered the mainstream. “She Works [...]

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R.I.P. Belita Woods

Posted by on May 16, 2012 at 10:11 am

Belita Woods who was singer with Brainstorm and the P-Funk All Stars passed on Monday at the age of 63. Woods is the voice that made Brainstorm’s “Lovin’ Is Really My Game,” “This Must Be Heaven” and “We’re On Our Way Home” classic tunes when R&B radio still existed. “Hot For You” was sampled by [...]

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Fresh Music Fest 2012 adds Jody Watley To The Lineup

Posted by on May 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm

FRESH MUSIC FEST “Your Lifestyle Plugged In…Live!” Kicks off summer with a party at Toronto’s Air Canada Center, June 9th, 7PM. FRESH MUSIC FEST features POP, R&B, and Hip Hop Royalty. Tickets on sale now! Keith Baker, Co-founder of FMF says, “We wanted to bring the best to Toronto.” Taking center stage, performances by American [...]

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Ayah & Slakah The Beatchild-Keep Up

Posted by on April 9, 2012 at 4:53 pm

Keep Up by Ayah and Slakah Are…. Ayah and Slakah The Beatchild posted this dance-oriented track today for sale on their Bandcamp page.

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Dawn Richard-Bombs

Posted by on March 29, 2012 at 8:57 pm

“Bombs” is the first single from Dawn Richard’s Armor On EP.

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De La Soul/First Serve-Must B The Music ( 2&4 Remix)

Posted by on March 28, 2012 at 7:41 am

French Producers 2&4 have remixed First Serve’s “Must B The Music” and turned it into thinned-out audio cheese for the masses. The full project comes out April 2nd.

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V Squared Labs Takes ULTRA Music Festival Stage by Storm

Posted by on March 19, 2012 at 10:47 am

(Los Angeles, CA. March 19, 2012) Audio visual pioneer V Squared Labs (vquaredlabs.com) and founder Vello Virkhaus will be lighting up the main stage of this year’s ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL (ULTRA), the world’s premiere electronic music event, starting Friday, March 23- Sunday, March 25, 2012, at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. This year, ULTRA is [...]

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Daojia – Riego Street (Scan 7 remix)

Posted by on March 19, 2012 at 9:12 am

Detroit techno stalwarts, Scan 7, have remixed “Riego Street” from Scottish dance producer Daojia. It’s their first remix in 5 years and available for pre-order from the UK’s Red Eye Records.

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Diplo-Express Yourself Feat. Nicky Da B

Posted by on March 13, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Diplo took a trip to New Orleans and decided to present some of the regions Bounce music. “Express Yourself” with Nicky Da B is from his EP that comes out in May.

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Throwback: Kamar-I Need You (Big Bad Dub)

Posted by on March 11, 2012 at 1:41 pm

Kamar is one of the many aliases of New Jersey house music producer/DJ Kerri Chandler. He is one of the people to lay the foundation of deep house starting out in 1990 with the track “Drink On Me” under the name Teule and “Get It Off” under the Three Generations moniker. That year also produced [...]

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