After a nearly 7 year stint between albums, legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack are set to release their highly anticipated 5th studio album Heligoland tomorrow! To celebrate, I’ve got 2 awesome giveaways! One of them is a sick remix by Gui Boratto of the first single “Paradise Circus” featuring Hope Sandoval, y’all enjoy it below. & the 2nd giveaway, is a bundle that includes a copy of Heligoland on CD & this special UK import t-shirt. Unfortunately I only have one bundle, if you want it…follow me on twitter & re-tweet this message (just copy & paste): RT @welikeitindie win the new @MassiveAttackUK album & free shirt! Enter to win here: http://bit.ly/912TA9

Contest will run until 8 pm CST on Friday (02.12). Winning entry will get a notification from me via twitter, so make sure you follow me!

Thanks to my friends over at The Culture of Me for the cool contest idea.

“Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto remix)” | download

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P.S. If you missed the new video for “Splitting The Atom” go here. You can also view 4 of the eventual 7 films online via Twitter, check it out here.

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November sees the launch of an exciting competition for new producers, with the chance to win a 3 single deal with a top label, inclusion on an exclusive compilation album & a host of prizes. The competition is to be judged by a panel of leading industry figures including Timo Maas, Orbital, D Ramirez, James Zabiela, Steve Mac, Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes… Leading UK dance imprint Lot49 has carved out an enviable reputation as a forward thinking electronic label, enjoying success within Techno, Electro, Tech-house & Breakbeat genres, now label bosses Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes are creating an opportunity for budding new artists to gain a fast track place to success in the industry. To enter the competition is quite simple, just write an extraordinarily good & original piece of dance music & submit it to the label via their dedicated dropbox (full details below). There will be 14 finalists chosen by their resident producers. Those chosen will then go on to the next stage – this means you are already a winner & you are guaranteed a release on Lot49 as part of the “New Lot” compilation & you will receive a selection of goodies from the label’s sponsors. From here the chosen recordings will be voted on by a panel of world class DJ/Producers who will pick out ONE winner for the TOP PRIZE.

Top Prize:

Lot49 Recordings 3 E.P. deal
KOMPLETE 6 – Native Instruments
All 10 titles from the Loopmasters ARTIST Series
All 24 titles from the Loopmasters ORIGIN Series
Soundcloud PRO Max yearly account
Ableton Live 8 software package (donated by Soundcloud)

*Also the winners EP will be mastered at the legendary Wired Masters in London by Kev Grainger who has worked with the likes of Steve Angello, Bjork, Erick Morillo, Gilles Peterson & Gary Numan to name but a few.

The 14 Finalists:

Inclusion on Lot49 Recordings “New Lot Compilation” for release early 2010
Soundcloud PRO Light yearly account
Any 3 titles from the Loopmasters ARTIST Series (excluding Deadmau5 Xfer)

How to enter:

1) Go to www.lot49.co.uk competition page & register with your email, artist name & country.
2) Submit up to 3 separate tracks with them clearly labeled by artist & title in the following format [Artist_title.wav] to their Soundcloud dropbox.

The competition ends Dec 1st & the winner will be announced on December 14th.

Lee Combs – “Control” | download

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It’s that time again, when The Fader & the American Museum of Natural History team up to put on a super jamtastic dance party in NYC. This Friday (11.13) they’re bringing DJ Rupture, Matt Shadetek, Jahdah Blakkamore, Maluca, & Sonido Martines, so it’ll certainly be sweaty.

Tickets are $25, but I have a pair to give away, shoot me an email, you might get lucky.

Time: 9p till 1a, 21+

DJ/Rapture & Matt Shadetek – “Track 20″ | download

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Maluca – “El Tigeraso (Sabbo Remix)” | download

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Los Destellos – “Elsa (Sonido Martines Remix feat. Fefe)” | download

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Popskarr is a hot new collaboration emerging from South Africa consisting of Belgium born singer IAmWaves & South African DJ/Producer Lapse.

Now Lapse used to be a regular here with some banging remixes. Apparently he got tired of them & took some time off to create something a bit more… soul? Anyway, enjoy their debut single + a remix by another “regular”, the one & only Mr. Vega.

“Tonight” | download

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“Tonight (Mr. Vega remix)” | download

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P.S. remix contest right HERE.

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