Its Essential ATFC

Defected and Toolroom Records regular ATFC has been on fire lately, mixing three Defected compilations last year, working in plenty of remixes, and already talking about his 2010 productions.

It appears this veteran house producer is riding the crest of this wave of success, as we find him dishing out a ‘floor-filling marriage of gritty electro and vocal house in this Essential Mix.

Recently crowned Beatportal house artist of the year, ATFC showcases exactly why he earned that title in this week’s offerings, with tracks from Bob Sinclar, Masters At Work, Bart B More and Mark Knight all whipped up in two hours of big room sound.

Click here to listen to ATFC’s Essential Mix on Radio 1 (only active until 7th February).

ATFC Essential Mix Playlist...

Fischerspooner emerge the Entertainment

Warren Fisher and Casey Spooner, Fischerspooner are back yet again with their third full-length titled Entertainment.

After their Odyssey album flopped commercially, the duo were dropped from EMI and now reside on the more independently minded Lo Recordings, who will release Entertainment later in the year. The forthcoming album features both of the singles that they put out on the Kitsuné label last year, alongside eight brand new tracks.

As you may expect, 'Entertainment' still has that electro-clash sound that they helped bring into the limelight, but their music seems much more polished this time around. This may be due to Jeff Saltzman (who has previously produced acts like The Killers and Black Keys) is on knob twiddling duties, whilst Steve Stein (AKA Steinski) also helps out on some aspects of the sound design..

Coachella 2009 Here We Come!

The lineup for Coachella 2009 has been announced and it's awesome! Headlining Friday, April 17 is Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Fraz Ferdinad, Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Crystal Castles, Felix de Housecat, Steve Aoki and We Are Scientists just to name a few.

Saturday, April 18 we have The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, Band of Horses, MSTRKRFT, Henry Rollins, Crookers, the Bloody Beetroots, Electric Touch and of course many more.

Sunday, April 19 Coachella is blessed with The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lupe Fiasco, Peter Bjorn, Roni Size, Christopher Lawerence, The Kills and many more.

Coachella 09 also see's a ticket layaway plan come into the mix. Festival goers now have the option to purchase 3-day festival tickets and onsite camping tickets on a payment plan. 3 day passes will set you back a hefty $269.00 + $3 charity + service fees. For this years single day passes you'll have to shell out a little over $100.

..And don't worry, we'll be giving away tickets to this one so stay wired for more info on that to come.

See the full lineup after the jump..

Phil and Paul are back?

Classic house outfit Orbital have announced several extra reunion shows across the UK. The band is scheduled to perform at two major festivals as well as playing at two 'Orbital only' bashes. Are we witnessing the resurrection of legends here?

Orbital's members Phil and Paul Hartnoll say that acts such as Klaxons and Pendulum rekindled their love for 'ravey' stuff. This news will..

Ultra Records have just released the official video for Deadmau5 and Kaskade’s ‘Move For Me’ hit from last summer - the single was the first track to be taken from Kaskade’s studio album ‘Strobelight Seduction’.

It’s certaainly unusual for a record label to release a video for a track seven months after the album was released but presumably ‘Move For Me’ is gaining mainstream popularity, at least enough to garner a polished MTV friendly video.

Watch the video after the jump..

Redesign DEMF

Detroit Electronic Music Festival is calling all designers to compete for the 2008 event campaign. Admittedly last year's event graphic's were hardly anything to write home about so this year they have taken a different approach and are depending on the widely talented artists out their to have their work featured for this years event.

That's not the only perk. If your design wins you also get a prize of 5K and VIP passes for you and your friends to the event. The Detroit's Electronic Music Festival is scheduled to take place on May 23rd through May 25th. Entries are being accepted from local designers and the requirements are extensive so may sure you stick it through and complete it thoroughly.

No Love.. Parade

There will be no Love Parade this year. The event, which was to be held in the German city of Bochum, has been cancelled due to, yup... again, local issues. It's not exactly the first time the organisation is encountering such obstacles...

After 2006's edition, the once legendary event was forced to relocate from Berlin to Dortmund, attracting over 1,6 million ravers at its 2007 event. The Love Parade was supposed to be held again this year after a long running history of political issues, but the city of Bochum has announced that it is unable to cope with the expected amount of visitors. As a result, the Love Parade organisation has decided to blow the whole event off rather than to look for an alternative location. A spokesman has announced that there will be a Love Parade in 2010.

Win Sasha's Mixer

A recent news update on DJSasha.com announced a special Invol2ver Mixer giveaway. Sasha is giving away his Pioneer DJM-800 Invol2ver mixer used on his Invol2ver tour. The mixer was skinned by Style Flip with Invol2ver artwork and is personally signed by Sasha.

This one of a kind mixer can be yours! All you have to do to enter to win is sign up for Sasha’s email and text message newsletter here. Entries will be accepted through 16 February 2009 and the winner will be announced via www.djsasha.com on 23 February 2009. Enter today!

Check out photos of the mixer here.

Get lost in the flow

Music production gear Native Instrument have announced the release of their very own integral production tool titled Maschine. The software is said include a number of features that make beat creation and arrangement 'more immediate and tactile than ever before'.

The system incorporates a sampler and an advanced software sequencer with an integrated performance controller and is to be used in computer-based studio setups. The controller has been designed to make it feel like a real-life instrument, incorporating 16 illuminating pressure-sensitive drum pads, eight rotary encoders and a very user-friendly interface that lets you access the many functions without going through endless sub menus. Next to that, the hardware is compatible with any other MIDI-based instrument thanks to an included MIDI mapping application and support of the MCU protocol for sophisticated DAW control...