A great place to find new music is in the Beatport charts. Unlike some download providers, I really respect what Beatport does and how. They have the best exclusives from my favorite labels and feature some really great artists. I get regular emails from them (most of which I wish I hadn’t), but a recent one came through with the subject “Best of DJ Charts, All Time Edition”, and I couldn’t help but take a peek. I have only been really interested in dance music for a little less than two years, and was not familiar with most of the chart’s regulars. The name that frequently came up, however, was Dubfire. After a bit of research, I’ve come to figure that he’s an incredibly well respected techno and minimal producer, a strain of music I rarely touch. Now he might be the Tiesto of techno, and I just don’t know it, but so far I’ve heard some pretty bangin’ tunes. Going back to that “All Time” list, the No. 1 was a Dubfire remix, of a Radio Slave song called “Grindhouse”. I still have yet to figure out why it’s the best song of all DJ time, but it at least adds a bit of spice to my pathetic techno collection.

Radio Slave – Grindhouse (Dubfire’s ‘Terror Planet’ Remix)

Beatport also offers the almost always shitty “Artist Recommendations”, until someone like Boys Noize throws some tunes at you which surprise. Now I’ve always been a fan of Siriusmo, but sometimes he simply outdoes himself. Check out the title track from his new EP, “The Uninvited Guest”, which grinds through a wacky and hypnotic techno groove similar to Mr. Oizo. If you don’t have this EP, GIT IT ASAP. I can’t wait to write my best of 09′ list just to slot “High Together” in some sort of top spot.

Siriusmo – The Uninvited Guest

posted » July 9th, 2009 by MacGregor
tagged » Beatport . boysnoize . dubfire . mroizo . radioslave . siriusmo . tiesto