TOUGH AT THE TOP - Steve Bug

Poker Flat will turn 10 years old at the start of 2009 – an impressive feat in the electronic music industry! Here Steve Bug looks back at his successes and looks forward to one big party. Let’s start with what we might know already: Poker Flat is about to release its hundreth 12” inch...

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MYSPACE OF THE MONTH - June 2008

We like the Internet and all the cool people, places and things you can find on it. It has never been easier to show your ideas and have a platform for your creations whether that’s underground Techno, street war games or just random stuff. Here for your enjoyment are a selection of cl...

ONES TO WATCH - Johnny D

If you’re a breakthrough DJ and producer there can’t be many more potent ways of realising you’re about to make it than getting booked to play a big gig abroad. Wheeling his record bag through Frankfurt’s departures lounge in March, the Eritrean-born, Mannheim-bred Johnny D walked to the check-...

A WORD FROM THE WISE - Josh Wink

A pioneer of the American rave scene in the early nineties Josh Wink is the creator of anthems like ‘Higher State of Consciousness’ and other productions which are all very much his own distinctive sound – both fresh and timeless. In this issue of Electronic Beats Wink shares the wisdom that ke...

TOUGH AT THE TOP - Renaat Vandepapeliere / R&S Records

Back in the day, R&S Records were hailed as dance music pioneers. They unleashed Detroit techno on an unsuspecting European audience and were key players in the first rave revolution. Then after more than a decade at the top, they sold out, burned out and faded from view. Now, with a new di...