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Our great friend DJ Ron posts his picks for Holiday gifts. Umm yeah, well I posted it for all you last minute shoppers. I haven’t done any of my shopping. Hopefully I can sneak out of work tommorow and get a stack of Best Buy gift certs. This is what Ron posted for the DANCE MUSIC FAN…

Hot Clothing

A large portion of the price of the Tiesto Tshirt from Armani Exchange ($38 of the $48) benefits the Mercy Corps. American Mutt encourages global unity through spunky tshirts with a good message. Ferry Corsten designed some hot gear for IKY clothing in DC.

Armani Exchange – Tiesto T-Shirt
American Mutt
IKY Clothing – Ferry Corsten

Hot Artist Albums – Established Artists

MIA’s cd, co-produced by fidget house maestro Switch is great for those with an adventurous ear. Seal steps onto the dancefloor by working with Stuart Price, the producer behind Madonna’s last cd. ATB returns with another trance masterpiece.

MIA – Kala
Seal – System
ATB – Trilogy

Hot Artist Albums – New Artists

Myspace phenomenon Calvin Harris came large with this DIY electropop CD with a heavy 80s influence. The debut artist album from Jes, the voice of Motorcycle, is a great blend of electronica and rock. Ror-shak brings vocals to the drum and bass world – a welcome interpretation.

Calvin Harris – I Created Disco
Jes – Disconnect
Ror-Shak – Deep

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Here it is everybody, the new Serato Scratch Live 1.8.0 version. Update your Serato now…

Mac Users >>> CLICK HERE

PC Users >>> CLICK HERE

What’s different? >>> CLICK HERE

On a side note, I was speaking to somebody at Rane. I might get in trouble for saying this, but Serato 1.8 WITH VIDEO is scheduled to be released at NAMM 2008!!! We will be there with Roc Raida reviewing all the new products for the year. Who’s upgrading with me? I also hope it’s real stable so our computers don’t crash in the middle of our set.

When you got Christine “French Fries”. It’s a little old, but hey, what a great song.

Two articles by WIRED and Billboard Magazine have stated of a significant resurgence in Vinyl sales!!! Now I know it’s hard to believe, but I guess the niche market of audiophiles is ever increasing. I think there will always be a specific niche market that feels the need to buy a 12″ album. Especially if they’re now attaching coupons for free mp3 downloads with the Album. Now will I start buying vinyl again like I used to? Probably not because my closet is already full of crates and crates and crates…..and more crates of vinyl. I love music, but maybe I’m getting old and I can’t deal with transporting 15+ crates of vinyl whenever I move into a different apartment. How many crates DO YOU HAVE in your home?!?!

Checkout the articles here…

Wired Magazine: Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD’s Coffin

Billboard Magazine: Vinyl Gets Vital

How do they split up the royalties on this track? Or did Drama just break em off at the strip club?