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Electronic Beats Festival season

Electronic Beats in 2006 was certainly a year to remember with sold-out live music events across Europe, ‘club specials’ in Berlin, Barcelona and along the Adria Coast as well as an exciting first-time presence at the Sonar Record Fair in Barcelo...

Get together at Sónar

Get together at Sónar

In case you’ve been looking for yet another reason to visit Barcelona this summer – apart from the beautiful city, party culture, and relaxed atmosphere – consider this one. From June 19 through 21, artists from all over the world are swarming th...

The perfect iPhone app for travelers

The perfect iPhone app for travelers

Tired of fumbling around strange cities with an unwieldy map or having to rely on the kindness of strangers to find anything? If so, then digital concierge Unlike Media’s new geo-locational iPhone application is for you. So far, Amsterdam, Barcel...

Skweee genre marked with documentary

Skweee genre marked with documentary

A revealing documentary about a new and unique subgenre from Scandinavia has been put together, entitled We Are Skweee. Sounding like a hybrid of 8-bit and IDM music, Skweee music was best described by Clash magazine as “Scandinavian R&B”. S...

Sónar makes pilgrimage to A Coruna

Sónar makes pilgrimage to A Coruna

Celebrated electronic festival Sónar will be replicating itself next year in the Galician town of A Coruna, during the same time as its annual Barcelona edition. The festival will be renaming itself Sónar Galicia for 2010 in commemoration of the...

Air and LCD Soundsystem headlining Sonar 2010

Air and LCD Soundsystem headlining Sonar 2010

Spanish electronic music festival Sonar has announced it’s first headliners for 2010.French lounge lizards Air and DFA’s preeminent LCD Soundsystem were handpicked to kick off the 3-day electronic music festival in Spain. As originally reported t...

Sonar, Sonar, Sonar

Sonar, Sonar, Sonar

Lots of Sonar news to update you on. First up, British hip-hop delinquent Dizzee Rascal and electro tunesmiths Chemical Brothers have been announced as two of the headline acts at the Spanish festival this June. This adds to the excitement, as we...

Barcelona street spirit

Nothing beats a city with sunshine and good graffiti, and Barcelona has plenty of both. From its ancient Gothic inner city to its harsh, post-industrial outskirts, Barcelona is a wonderland maze of inviting open wallspaces that have acted as a ma...

Electronic Beats Magazine 01/07

Electronic Beats Magazine 01/07

URBAN PLAYGROUNDout March 15, 2007› Order your copy here in our shop.INDEX:Tune inthe time is now /barometer /ones to watch: Robots in Disguise, Jamie T /a word from the wise: Chromeo /tough at the top: Ralf Kollman /nokia all dressed up / Focusb...

Frank Plant - Dealing with steel

Frank Plant - Dealing with steel

Steel is relentless, with little to no malleability. The American artist Frank Plant has learned to deal with the material’s chemical DNA amazingly well, and now forms formidable figures with it. Mr. Plant, who was recently part of a grand exhibi...

ONES TO WATCH - Culoe de Song

ONES TO WATCH - Culoe de Song

Born on South Africa’s east coast, Culoe’s musical future seemed ordained from a young age, with his family christening him Culoleth (‘Our Song’). His career began in earnest when aged 16, he started playing out in the clubs of his hometown Durba...