Trackitdown's One 'Fort' The Weekend - Win A Set At Sea!

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Hi Everybody,

Hope that you’ve all had a good week. I’m currently recovering from the shock of having to leave my house wearing a scarf for the first time in ages today, and as usual, as soon as I got inside the cosy confines of Trackitdown Towers, the sun has come out!

We’ve got a fantastic Facebook members-only competition for you this week, and this time around we’ve really pushed the boat out! You’ve DJed in your room, you’ve DJed in a bar, you maybe even have been lucky enough to DJ in a club on occasion... But how about a set on an old sea fort a few miles off the coast of Portsmouth, Hampshire? Well, that’s what you can win on our latest competition!

Overload are planning a massive Halloween blowout at The Fort on Saturday November 1st, and you can win a one hour DJ set in either the house, electro or hard rooms of this roadblock (well, seablock) event alongside Cally & Juice and our very own Ed Real!

To stand a chance of winning this completely unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience, simply submit a 15 minute hard, electro or house mix (either by posting a link to your Myspace Music profile, or a Yousendit link) to the discussion topic ‘Overload Competition - I Want To DJ On A Fort!’ on our Facebook Group (http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/facebookgroup). Maximum file size must be 23mb.

We ‘fort’(oh dear) that you guys would like to get involved in that one, so what are you waiting for?

In the meantime, feast your ears on this bumper harvest of heavy duty belters!

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Electro House:

Filthy Louca – All Alone – Big In Ibiza

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/house/track/710696.html

More electro house goodness from Filthy Louca on Big In Ibiza. With a top bombing old school house piano breakdown, and a wicked sampled vocal, this will lift the dancefloor when you drop this bad boy! One for the weekend definitely!

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Electronica:

Various Artists - Children Of Mu - Planet Mu

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/electronica/track/714507.html

True electronic headz know all about Planet Mu. But to the uninitiated, Luke Vibert's often crazy sometimes beautiful signings to Planet Mu sit alongside the experimentation of the likes of Aphex Twin when it comes to pushing boundaries and mashing up sounds and samples. This is a complete album feat. 26 killer cuts insanity on a new level. Challenging!

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Funky Techno:

Cark Falk – Stand Tall (Fer BR Mix) – Relatives

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/techno/track/712133.html

Carl Falk is back! After a hectic summer of gigs and touring he is back in the studio doing what he does best, making seriously phat techno! This remix comes from Fer BR and is superb! Funky with a capital F with some horn stabs and bag loads of energy - Love it!

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Minimal Techno:

Chaim – Africomania – Bpitch Control

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/tech_house_minimal/track/671288.html

Minimal madness from Chaim on BPitch control, and by jove, it is lovely. Bubbly beats, synth stabs and a relentless beat that just won't quit, and was dropped by Dennis Ferrer on his Essential Mix this weekend just gone!

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Tech House :

Mark Trophy – Ripper – Toolroom

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/tech_house_minimal/track/717079.html

Oh yes, we are loving this at TID HQ! The UK's biggest and baddest house label plays host to a full on tech house track from half of the Trophy Twins DJ outfit, Mark Trophy. Big room stuff here with a massive riff that will rock those dance floors, big-time! LARGE!

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Progressive House :

Chris MiMo Jones – MiMo (Dub Mix) – Big in Ibiza

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/house/track/717057.html

Big In Ibiza continue to serve up the goods for the house masses with this chunky and progressive little ditty from Mr Mimo Jones! Nice progressive vibes with big synth lines and some awesome tribal drum hits! Take a look at this and the 'Tech' mix for a darker affair!

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Progressive Trance :

Tritional – Lights Over Austin – Anjunabeats

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/trance/track/715048.html

Anjuna continue to deliver the goods with this awesome double header from Tritional! 'Lights Over Austin' is a progressive but uplifting number with some great strings and pads, big builds and all put together with some great production - More of this please!

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Tech Trance :

Orjan – Soulflayer – Intuition Recordings

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/trance/track/713143.html

Orjan returns to the Intuition label after the huge success of his last single 'Prison Break. More tech trance vibes here with driving rhythms, tough percussion and a massively uplifting breakdown! Give this a listen and see what you think, we like!

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Happy Hardcore:

Kieran M ft Liam - Wonderwall - Rock The Vibe

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/hardcore/track/713224.html

OK so this is probably going to be the biggest happy hardcore tune of the year and you need to be on this right away. From the title you can guess exactly what's going down. Anthem.

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Hard House:

Beatplayer & Kristine Blond - Loveshy (Andy Whitby & Klubfiller Remix) - 3Beat Red

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/hard_dance/track/712318.html

According to Andy Whitby himself this is his biggest remix to date and we simply can't argue! Pure hard house euphoria that matches Andy's club energy with the production talent of another big gun on TID - Klubfiller. Absolutely massive vocal track that's got the best elements of bounce, scouse and hard trance that's a treat for your feet.

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Hard Trance:

Iridium & The Colonel - We Carry The Future - High Drive Recordings

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/hard_dance/track/711420.html

Iridium is always well received on TID and we expect you to gobble this one up with equal measure! Big fat trance riffs and a classic spoken vocal to centre the whole production. Solid as a rock.

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Hard Style:

BK & Alex Kidd – Poison - Riot! Recordings

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/hard_dance/track/711431.html

Hard Dance Awards DJ of the Year collaborates with the man who literally always wins Producer of the Year! Inspired by The Prodigy but featuring some great vocals from Alex's in house vocalist. One of the highlights from his sets at all the major festivals this summer and destined to be yours too!

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Hard Dance:

BK - Noise Machine - Riot! Recordings

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/hard_dance/track/711435.html

Awesome highlight from today's triple header from Riot! Sounds like Electro Slut and last year's killer collaboration with Lee Haslam which is one of the biggest sellers on the label to date. The scene needs more of these low down deep outings and this should be in your CD wallet straight away!

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Jump Up:

Chase & Status ft Plan B - Pieces - Ram Records

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/707435.html

For the uninitiated, Plan B is one of the biggest UK hip hop artists from recent times and this is a seminal collaboration. Very much like a beefed up Pendulum hit, Pieces has that metal energy with drum and bass production which just blows raves apart. We simply can't wait to hear the rest of the album due in Oct but this will do for now. Brilliant!

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Liquid:

Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar (Brookes Brothers Remix) - Data
http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/699708.html

Here's a treat! Current Pete Tong and Annie Mac favourites Brookes Brothers get their mitts on a superb remix of Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar and turn it into a lush and epic six minutes of sick drum and bass! Pure party vibes through and through that's a secret weapon for any jungle brother (or sister!).

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Techstep:

Break - Combination Style - Metalheadz

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/684468.html

Did we already mention just how mega this Metalheadz album is? Just listen to this track from the new big dog Break - they're all as good as this! Own this now and get with the programme junglists!

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Dubstep:

Chase & Status - Eastern Jam - Ram Records

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/707437.html

Massive Radio One support on this dubstep outing from the mighty Chase & Status! A taste of the diversity to come from their album which is due in a matter of weeks. One of the key tracks from the Maida Vale session they did for Radio One and such a heavy beast it's getting props from the world of DnB and the heavyweights on the dubstep scene too.

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Breaks:

Janette Slack – Around The Block – AIR

http://ivibes.trackitdown.net/genre/breaks/track/716870.html

The legend that is Janette Slack delivers a tasty 2 tracker on the mighty Air Recordings! 'Around The Block' is a little more laid back than 'Take It' but don't let that 'laid back' phrase put you off as this is superb! Please take a look at both of these and show some respect, damn it!

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Hope you enjoy that lovingly-selected batch of aural delights, and if you fancy going along to see Grooverider next Saturday (October 11th) at Koko, simply email your order receipt to grooverider@trackitdown.net before Monday, and your name will go into the hat to win a pair of VIP tickets to the event! Best of luck!

Have a great weekend out there, and remember, if you can’t be good, be safe!

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