win tickets for Az-tech on Friday with MAELSTROM!

3 IS THE MAJIK NUMBER…………

Yes folks, March 12th celebrates the end of Az-Tech’s third full year tearing up The Caves in Edinburgh, and what a thoroughly banging time it’s been. Since March 2007, Az-Tech has tried to push the envelope of Edinburgh clubbing to embrace a whole new dimension of late-night debauchery, bringing you the finest in DJ talent from the length and breadth of Britain and beyond, and boasting one of the best, most up-for-it and most faithful crowds in the city.

Looking back over three legendary years’ worth of artists, it was hard to pick a favourite that would bring all the perfect ingredients for this party. After much debating and happy memoirs, one special set from October 2008 stood out beyond the rest… French master of his craft and Noise Porn favourite Maelstrom’s last set at the Caves was a mind-blowing journey through more styles than you could shake a dusty vinyl at, definitely one of the freshest and most forward-thinking sets we’d heard in a long long while… Performing live, he whipped through an astounding back-catalogue of breaks, beats & bumps, flipping tunes on their heads and barely stopping to catch a breath- those still standing at the end went off the hook…

The past two years have seen Maelstrom launch his own label in his homeland, and bash out a monstrous amount of extra-high-grade tuneage. He’s taken in a tour of the southern hemisphere and is one of the busiest of the continent’s dance artists. Never one to rest on his laurels, Maelstrom has also fashioned an alternative identity for himself, playing and producing up-tempo funk worldwide under the alias of “Misterstrom”… for a sneak peak at both sides of the alter ego, check the two brand-spanking new mixes below.

Maelstrom – No Prisoners Mix 2010.mp3

Mr. Strom’s Nu-Funk Mix 2010.mp3

For discounted entry on Friday and free lifetime membership to Az-Tech, drop an email with your full name to az-techbreaks@hotmail.co.uk.

COMPETITION:

Az-Tech are giving away two guestlist places to Friday’s event especially for Noiseporn. To enter, please reply to the above email address with the subject line NOISEPORN COMP and the answer to this question:

What year did Az-Tech launch at the Caves?

Answers in by 10pm on Wednesday 10th March and we’ll notify the winner by email on Thursday. Good luck!

This entry was written by siren, posted on March 8, 2010 at 4:11 pm, filed under Competitions, Mixes, Noise Porn Nights. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Hostage

Hostage is back with another banging summer tune (it must be that 1 month of sun we get in Edinburgh). ‘I Get High’ works on a fantastic contrast between the beautiful vocal and stringed melodies and that oh so tasty Hostage bassline madness! The intro makes me reminisce over past summers with its cheeky vocal sample and dancetastic drums but this quickly escalates into a choppy dubstep rythm that forces you to hump the nearest speaker. This track is already set for big things, receiving much love from DJ Craze who included ‘I Get High’ in his top 10 tracks of August! -braaaaaaaap braaaap

Hostage – I Get High

Hostage shall be playing with Boys Noize on the 27th of August at City Nightclub, this looks to be one of the most exciting nights of the festival.

Buy your tickets now on Ticketweb because they are sure to sell out quick.

Competition Time

If you are in and about London this Friday (7th), be sure to catch Hostage playing alongside Lee Mortimer at Always Fridays at The Egg!

Here is a little mix Not Shy threw together to coincide with a competition they are holding to win tickets for this Friday. They are giving away 2 entries to the event for anyone who can name the most tracks in the mini mix.

To enter: email notshy@thisisnotarave.com with the Subject heading “I’d like some free rave please” with the tracklistings.

Not Shy – Tinar Minimix

This entry was written by Dubious, posted on August 4, 2009 at 5:36 pm, filed under Competitions, MP3, News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

win festival tickets!

Wowee, what a line-up!! Get Loaded in the Park touches down on Clapham Common on Bank Holiday Sunday 30th August. It’s a one day festival in the heart of South London and the mighty Orbital are headlining the proceedings, along with some of the biggest names on any festival line-up you’ll see this year.

Among the line-up are the awesome Fish Don’t Dance DJs (namely Dan McKie and Lloyd Chapman) and not only have they supplied us with an exclusive DJ mix especially for your listening pleasure, which we’ve linked to below, they’re also running a competition to win a pair of tickets to the event! Since they’re acting as an official ticket outlet for the festival, you can also buy tickets from them at the reduced price of £35. It’s all sounding rather appealing!

To enter the comp just email gl2009comp@fishdontdance.co.uk with the subject “FDD MAILING LIST SUBSCRIPTION PLEASE” to enter the prize draw. However, be quick! You’ve only got till midnight on Tuesday 4th August, so be quick off the mark to get a chance to win this awesome prize.

To buy tickets email tickets@fishdontdance.co.uk with the subject “CHEAP GET LOADED TICKETS”.

And now for the tunes!

Fish Don’t Dance DJs Exclusive FREE TICKETS DJ Mix

Tracklisting:

1. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – We Are Rockstars (Cold Blank Remix) [CDR]
2. Dan McKie – Pala-caras [Unsigned]
3. Chris Lake – Robots [Rising]
4. Michael Jackson – Bad (Mowgli is Bad Remix) [CDR]
5. Eric Prydz – Pjanoo (Dada Life Guerilla fart 7) [CDR}
6. Paul Aspin - Shame (Lazy Rich Remix) [1980 Recordings]
7. Avicii – One Step Forward [CDR]
8. Faarsheed – Do U (Miro Remix) [1980 Recordings]
9. Zombie Nation – Forza (Fuck Offff Remix) [CDR]
10. Crazy Cousins – It’s The Funky (Dan McKie Fish Don’t Dance Dub) [Warners]

This entry was written by siren, posted on July 30, 2009 at 11:34 am, filed under Competitions, Mixes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

sno!storm dj comp

Calling all DJs north of the border! SNO!zone Glasgow proudly present their next SNO!storm event on Friday 7th August and are searching for a new crop of DJs to provide the soundtrack to this unique event. After the success of the first competition they are looking for even more entries, across more genres, to help scout out the best DJs Scotland has to offer.

Whether you’re a bedroom DJ, resident or headliner, this is your chance to get involved! All you need to do is submit a 30 minute mix of tunes, in any style, that you reckon have what it takes to lift the roof off the 200m indoor snow slope over at Xscape, Braehead. Three winners will get a 1.5hr set at the top of the slope at SNO!storm as riders take off from the rails and kickers below. They’ll also get a drinks rider, slope time vouchers and a package of goodies courtesy of Rubadub Records. Last time round the guys got a great package of T-shirts, headphones and vouchers, so it’s well worth a shot! Make sure you get your mixes in by Friday 31st July! Email your links to martin.lisle@snozoneuk.com.

BONUS:

Siren – SnoTopia Minimix.mp3

Tracklist:

1. Nick Thayer – Fabricated
2. Malente – Heatwave
3. Midfield General – Disco Sirens (Button Masher Remix)
4. Hostage – Murder Rocket
5. Stanton Warriors – Blaze (Baobinga & I.D. Remix / Stanton Warriors Edit)
6. Drop The Lime – I Love NY (Baobinga’s F*ck Up Like Woah Remix)
7. Mystery Jets – Half In Love With Elizabeth (Foamo Remix)
8. Far Too Loud – All Is Machine (Specimen A Remix)
9. The Rogue Element – Escalation
10. AC Slater – Hello (Screendeath Remix)

This entry was written by siren, posted on July 20, 2009 at 11:05 pm, filed under Competitions, Mixes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Angel Breaks

Mr. Angel Breaks is a promoter and DJ from London, and also a big fan of the blog (always nice to kick off an email with a smattering of flattery, take note you scallywags). He’s just got in touch with a whole host of news – but firstly we’ve got tickets to give away to their event this Friday featuring two of Noise Porn’s favourite artists – Baobinga and Kidda. It’s at the Westbury Bar in London and we have four pairs of tickets to give away to the event.

To enter – head to our Facebook fan page and tell us (write on the wall) why you think you deserve the tickets. Put “WE LOVE ANGELBREAKS BECAUSE” before your entry so we know what you’re chatting about

EVENT LISTING

Fri 26th June
8pm-3am
Free B4 9, £3 before 10pm / £5 after

BAOBINGA (Trouble & Bass!)
KIDDA (Skint Records)
LEATHERHEAD (Fiasco)
MR. ANGELBREAKS
AT LARGE

For a little taste of what these guys get up to at their nights you can hear them nattering away in this video shot at We Are Live @ Scala, London. Some charming words from the gang plus you get to see some crazy double-bass tomfoolery and snaps of the crowd going waaaald.

And to skip straight to the meat and veg of this post – check out his latest mix, recorded at a house party somewhere near you.

1) Mixhell – Boom Da (Edu K Remix)
2) Beat Assassins – Gunclip
3) Dre Skull – I Want You (AC Slater Remix)
4) The Kills – Cheap and Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix)
5) Joe and Will Ask? – Mongozo
6) Dre Skull & Sizzla – Gone Too Far (Lee Mortimer Remix)
7) Deadmau5 – Reward is More Cheese
8) Evil Nine – Icicles feat. Seraphim (Evil Nine Graveyard Smash)
9) Stama – Drunky Kitty (Electric Soulside Remix)
10) Busy P – To Protect and Entertain (Crookers Remix)
11) Bad Boy Bill – Falling Anthem feat. Alyssa Palmer (Herve’s We Are A Beautiful Instrumental Remix)
12) Dance Area – AA 24 7 (Diplo Remix)
13) Dub Frequency – Whoop! Whoop!
14) Rockwell D – Crazy Hoe
15) Blatta & Inesha, & Gigi Barocco – Where is it? (Calvertron Remix)
16) Andrew Friendly – It’s The Weekend feat. Fast Eddie (House Vocal Mix)

Mr. Angel Breaks – Promo Mix.mp3

This entry was written by NoisePorn.com, posted on June 23, 2009 at 1:47 pm, filed under Competitions, Mixes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

orbital comp

Once again Noise Porn has come up trumps and has blagged 5 tickets to give away to our readers to see one of the most exciting dance acts in history! The night is next Friday in London Town at Jamm.

As you’ve hopefully heard, we’ve been asked to take part in the inaugural Blogwars – which sees the UK “blogerati” going head-to-head to present a DJ set from Orbital, just before they perform live at some of the biggest festivals in the world this summer (Global Gathering, Big Chill and Get Loaded)

We’ve got tickets to sell at the bargain price of £12 (they’re up to £15 on the night) and you can grab a limited number of those here

But if you’re a wiley bugger you’ll know the best way to get tickets is for free, and that’s why we’re giving four guestlist places away!

To get hold of these, just answer the following question, emailing the answer to iamnoiseporn@googlemail.com with the subject line “ORBITAL COMP.” Two correct winners will be chosen and notified by email, and you’ll get to take a mate along with you too. Cashback.

QUESTION – What is Phil Hartnoll’s brother called?

For full details of the amazing line-up, check out the Facebook event and see you all next Friday!

This entry was written by NoisePorn.com, posted on June 12, 2009 at 5:27 pm, filed under Competitions, Noise Porn Nights. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

winners

The first Noise Porn DJ competition is now over! Mixes have been uploaded from all over the world (as far away as Sydney) and over 30 DJs have leapt at the chance to enjoy a set at our 1st Birthday on Friday (details here). We can now announce the winners, although we won’t be putting their sets up for download just yet so it’s a bit of a surprise on the night!

NOISE PORN DJ COMPETITION WINNERS 2009

Mr Tea (Noizteez)

Propersoul

Ally Byers

You can catch them playing in the Speakeasy on Friday night, and if the DJs could get in touch with me on 07920 401 056, that’d be appreciated! :-)

This entry was written by NoisePorn.com, posted on May 18, 2009 at 3:00 pm, filed under Competitions. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

win ableton!

Work continues at speed over at the Mongolian Mixtape Marathon, and we’re delighted to announce that Ableton have just offered up a fantastic prize for everyone entering a mix.

Every DJ who uploads a mix for us to listen to on the way from London to Mongolia will be in with a chance of winning a copy of Ableton Live 8, worth 349 euros. That’s one more reason to enter!

Don’t worry if you’ve already uploaded a mix, you’ve already been automatically entered into the prize draw.

To get all the info about the Mixtape Marathon, and to upload your mix – head here.

This entry was written by NoisePorn.com, posted on May 11, 2009 at 3:56 pm, filed under Competitions, News. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.