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21 SAUCES OF INSPIRATION - Sally Shapiro

Sally Shapiro’s delightful mixes of disco and pop have always garnered a strong reaction from the online music community. Which is somewhat expected, this publicity shy Swede injected credibility back into disco music with the help of long time producer Johan Agebjörn.Back in 2007 her first album...

ONES TO WATCH - Los Amparito

Not much is known about this Mexican virtuoso who hails from Guadalajara, other than that José Carlos Pesina Siller goes under three pseudonyms Pesina Siller, Pepepe and his newest and greatest alias Los Amparito. Siller has been making music since 2007, but I reckon he’s only now hitting his st...

EB OFFICE FAVOURITES - February 2010

For February we will again showcase songs that have sneaked into our ears and kept us musically content. From artists who range from Johnny Cash to Cobblestone Jazz we keep our ears open to the new and old to the popular and obscure. The EB office team is: Carlos de Brito (CDB) Project Director,...

ONES TO WATCH - Elektro Guzzi

Vienna, techno and a vaguely Italian sounding name. Three geeky looking guys and bass lines so fat, they practically jump out the speakers, grab you by the throat and demand you move your hips. Something is amiss surely? According to their MySpace, Elektro Guzzi have been “challenging preconcepti...

21 SAUCES OF INSPIRATION - Das Pop

Those pesky Belgians... always so crafty with their pop music! First it was Goose, then Millionaire, and now 2 Many DJs who completely rule the airwaves. Das Pop isn't an exception, the Ghent based band channels their affection for British pop with a life affirming electro-pop sensibility.The fir...

TODAY WE LIKE: DJ Ellie D

A three year old girl rocking the turntables like a pro - DJ Ellie D is in the house! We haven’t seen anything quite like this before. Ellie’s father Michael Higgins aka DJ Lenny introduced his little daughter to electronic music while she was still in her mother’s womb. “She was rockin...

ONES TO WATCH - Drums of Death

With his unkempt shock of hair, ghostly-white face and vicious black slash of a mouth, Drums of Death is one scary musician to behold. He looks like a cross between Jason Voorhees and something from Live and Let Die. Throw in a splash of Haitian witch doctor and the ensemble couldn’t be more unne...

EB OFFICE FAVOURITES - January 2010

Welcome to our new monthly playlist where we share with you the songs that have provided the soundtrack to our last month in the office. From the latest promo releases, to cherished favourites and songs from the classic cannon, if it has been on heavy rotation at Electronic Beats, it will be on o...

ONES TO WATCH – Bullion

It’s quite uncommon that someone can take apart one of the greatest bands of all time - the Beach Boys and blend the results seamlessly with the beats of visionary producer J Dilla. Yet that’s just what English producer Bullion managed to pull off back in 2007. Hailing from Acton in Engl...

ONES TO WATCH - Emika

I will go on record and state that Emika’s ‘Drop The Other’ is the first great single of 2010. Likely to scare off competition for the coming months, this young Berliner has all the qualities to make it to the top of the heap. By November last year she had inked herself to preeminent electronic...

21 SAUCES OF INSPIRATION - Buraka Som Sistema

Portuguese quartet Buraka Som Sistema have whizzed through the last few years of their career, enjoying the fruits of their success with their debut 2008 album Black Diamond. Their infectious mix of raucous and abrasive electro have won the hearts and minds of not only the mainstream press but al...

TOUGH AT THE TOP - James Holden

James Holden is the visionary young producer who has created a personalised world of techno and electronic music via his own Border Community record label. Providing a platform for the intelligently twisted music of artists such as Nathan Fake, Luke Abbot and Fairmont, James has also released muc...

21 SAUCES OF INSPIRATION - Vitalic

French/Italian producer Vitalic was sorely missed during his four-year absence from the electro scene. Now Pascal Arbez is back with a disco-influenced album Flashmob, a familiar enthusiasm for depraved club music, and an uncompromising, abrasive electro style. We recently found out what types of...

TOUGH AT THE TOP - Modeselektor

Electronic Beats recently presented affable Berlin boys Modeselektor in Vienna and Prague, where they rocked the crowds with buoyant beats and flashy visuals and made ample use of their favourite party aid: champagne. Afterwards, Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary chatted with us about the respo...