Beatport has a new Erasure remix contest going on now and they’re giving you an opportunity to remix the track “I Lose Myself”. Contest winner get’s up to $5,000 in prizes and their remix released on Mute. All the details are after the jump!
We’re extremely pleased to announce that we, in partnership with Mute, will be showing Mute’s documentary about Depeche Mode fans “The Posters Came From The Walls” at the ‘Sounds Of The Universe – Release Party’ at Retro Music Hall in Prague on April 18th! Directed by Jeremy Deller and Nicholas Abrahams, the documentary looks at a cultural phenomenon that stretches from Mexico to Russia, from 80s East Berlin to teenagers in California today.
Mute is gearing up to release another retrospective release, detailing the career of one of electronic music’s defining bands. 30 years after the release of their debut album, ‘Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft’ Düsseldorf’s notorious DAF will release “DAS BESTE VON DAF – 20 Lieder der Deutsch Amerikanischen Freundschaft”, a new Best Of compilation album on 30th March 2009.
This weeks single of the week is the fantastic new mix of Recoil’s ‘Prey’ by David Husser. The mix is Alan’s early Xmas gift to us all, and in true audio aficionado style there’s full resolution wav available, as well as hi-res mp3 and two different lossless formats. Grab this mix TODAY – you will NOT regret it!!
Moby’s album “Last Night” has been nominated for a Grammy award in the “Best Electronic/Best Dance” Catagory.
Erasure’s testing the Best Of concept to breaking point, releasing yet another one of the kind early next year. Penned for a February 23rd release, “Total Pop! The First 40 Hits” repackages the first “Pop!” (from 1992) with all their hits since then, plus an array of news bits and pieces. Also on the cards, a new remix project. Hit the jump for more info, and the artwork!
On Nov. 3rd, everybody’s favourite label, Mute, released the BBC Radiophonic Workshop – A Retrospective. Now, for those unfamiliar with the BBC workshop, this is was arguably the birthplace of electronic music half a century ago. This retrospective album spans the entire lifetime of the workshop, with classic, extremely rare and previously unavailable sounds and music by the legendary BBC organization.