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Two friends doing what they do best - and paying homage to one of dance music’s most iconic anthems in the process. The tag team of Markus Schulz and Ferry Corsten has provided many memorable moments in 2012 thus far, with notable back to back sets in Birmingham, Buenos Aires and Las Vegas to name a few, and each occasion highlights their resurrection of Loops & Tings.

Originally released by Jens in 1993, Loops & Tings exemplified dance music’s explosion throughout Europe in the early part of that decade. The theme became even more familiar to listeners worldwide when Marco V applied his touch ten years after the original, yielding Loops & Tings relooped. Now with Markus Schulz on the verge of releasing his fourth artist album, Scream, he and Ferry Corsten conceive a fitting tribute for 2012 dancefloors.
Debuted during Ferry’s landmark 8 hour Corsten’s Countdown episode 250 broadcast from New York City, Loops & Tings has become an instant request in both DJs’ sets.  From the Electric Daisy Carnivals in Las Vegas and New York to the Godskitchen Boombox in Buenos Aires, and from Markus and Ferry’s respective Ibiza residencies at Privilege and Eden, their recreation allows the new wave of clubbers to enjoy that instantly recognisable melody, transcended from their previous generation.

The next chapter of Loops & Tings is here, and it is a welcome tribute.

Out now: http://s.beatport.com/OwPYio

Markus Schulz vs Ferry Corsten - Loops & Tings (Extended Mix)

Dear All,

I am very excited to share with you the first single from my forthcoming #EDM album on @Armadamusic. This song, a collaboration with Arty and Nadia, began several years ago in demo form when I emailed a rough track to Nadia. After several months of riffing back and forth on lyrical notes and counterpoint lines, I began the lengthy and arduous task of comping together a meaningful and poignant vocal. I often compare this process to pointillism in art. It takes an extraordinary amount of time, but in the end when it's worth it, it's well worth it.

This track then sat on my proverbial studio shelf for about 18months. During this time, one of the myriad of pieces I was composing was a 6/4 64 bpm orchestral composition that had these protracted movements of cello, vibraphone, metalaphone and handbells. It occurred to me, somewhere I think I have a vocal, in a related key and tempo / signature. I dug around on the server and bingo...dorian it was. Nadia's vocal was a near perfect fit and worked amazingly with some of the orchestral and small instrument (TBU style) orchestration.

Enter...Arty. At this time Arty and I had been talking over DM on Twitter about collaborating on a track together. I sent him both the vocal and orchestral things we'd written and he sent me back beautiful percolating and driving percussion, an incredible undulating tresillo ostinato synth line and a beautiful drop.

This part of the process began to culminate during this summer. As I was beginning to dig in to Trevor Wisharts brilliant new version of CDP. For those of you that don't know, CDP is a command based DSP programing language that calls opcodes and commands in either OSX terminal or DOS. I've been using it in both for many years but this track is the first time I've really gotten my hands dirty so to speak, on something as prominent as a vocal and Nadia's provided the perfect clay. After about 100+ hours of pure sound design, spectral blurring..distort repeating and the epic PSOW and modify brassage, you can hear the results of these sonic transformations throughout "Must be the Love", most notably at the very beginning. I for one have never heard anything like this.

More than anything, this is a beautiful and simple song that speaks directly to me, and I hope to you as well. After all, music is first and foremost a language to speak the unspoken directly from breathing life form to breathing life form.

Thanks for listening.
Always,
_BT


Must Be the Love

BT and Arty feat. Nadia Ali-Must Be The Love

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"A blend of sleek electronic rhythms, lush filmic textures and old-fashioned songwriting, 'Tri-State' is the fulfilment of any dance act's ultimate album aspiration: a padding-free, skilled, diverse long-player. In a word...brilliant. 5/5" DJ Magazine

Taken from Above & Beyond's now classic debut album "Tri-State" - released on Anjunabeats in 2006. Includes the singles "Alone Tonight", "Can't Sleep", "Air For Life" and "Good For Me".

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Release Date: 4th March 2013
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To celebrate the imminent release of "Anjunabeats Volume 10" mixed by Above & Beyond, Above & Beyond have put together an exclusive 10 minute mini-mix showcasing the sounds of the album.

Offering a snapshot of compilation's sounds, the mini-mix includes Above & Beyond's huge instrumental club track "Walter White", tracks from Norin & Rad, Andrew Bayer, Jaytech, Kyau & Albert any many more. Also included is Above & Beyond's Club Mix of "Black Room Boy" - released on Anjunabeats this Monday 25 February. 

Above & Beyond "Anjunabeats Volume 10" Mini-Mix Tracklisting: 

1. Andrew Bayer "England" 
2. Above and Beyond "Black Room Boy" [Above & Beyond Club Mix] 
3. Jaytech "Inception"
4. Above & Beyond "Walter White"
5. Norin & Rad "Aldo" 
6. Arty "Believe in Me" [Instrumental] 
7. Kyau & Albert "Glühwürchem"
8. Super8 & Tab "L.A." 
9. Ilan Bluestone "Sinai
10. Above & Beyond "Home" [Genix Remix]

Above & Beyond "Anjunabeats Volume 10" is released on Monday 4 March worldwide. For full tracklisting and info head here: http://www.anjunabeats.com/anjunabeats-volume-10-mixed-by-above-and-beyond-available-for-preorder

Anjunabeats Volume 10 Mini-mix

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A stand-out track from their recent #1 iTunes Dance Album "Anjunabeats Volume 10", Above & Beyond's "Walter White" is the trio's most recent club anthem.

Inspired by the lead character from the band's favourite TV programme, "Walter White" goes on a journey through many moods - just like the man himself.

Starting off with a powerful, progressive-meets-tech groove, "Walter White" leads into a classy melodic breakdown, before crashing into the darkness with insistent, stabbing synths.

A club monster that brings together the many sides of Above & Beyond, "Walter White" has already been tested to devastating effect in all of the Anjunabeats bosses' recent sets - including their main-stage show at the recent Ultra Festival.

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