As many of you know our friend Sonia Akow is in desperate need of your help. Sonia is suffering from leukemia which is a form of cancer – A stem cell transplant could save her life, but a match is URGENTLY needed. To help raise the desperately needed funds, Btz aka Sneaker and The Dryer will do doing a 24hr live set on NSB Radio.

The Broadcast will start Weds. May 22nd 2013 at 8am EST (1pm UTC) and will finish Thursday May 23rd 2013 at 8am EST. Pop into the Chat Room to show some support!

MAKE A DONATION HERE

Point Blank is a London hive for electronic music and Djing. Voted ‘Best Music Production and DJ School’ by DJ Mag, whether you are looking for online courses or hands on tuition in their state-of-the-art Hoxton studios…..you want it they’ve got it! More information here!

Lee Rous from the mighty Plump DJs joined them for a chat in the Friday Forum Live with Point Blank Course Advisor David Reid . The Plump duo are set to perform at the Noisily Festival at the end of the month. Tune in for a preview of their juicy new tune ‘Super Imploder’ coming soon…

Meat Katie head honcho of Lot49 and tech-funk guru, is excited to offer you the opportunity to remix his BIG track ‘I Was There’.

Download the parts by clicking the title below:
Meat Katie Remix Competition.

Once your remix is finished, simply upload it to Soundcloud or another audio hosting site and then post your link on this thread on producertech.com

The winning track, chosen by the man himself wins an array of a awesome prizes including a Novation Launchkey Controller Keyboard, plus 2 Producertech Courses and 5 Loopmasters Sample Packs of your liking! Not to mention, the track will potentially be released on Lot49 later in the year. How cool is that?

The prizes for second, third and fourth places are 1 Producertech Course and 1 Loopmasters sample pack of your choice.

Good luck!

Bombstrikes are pleased to announce their first ever compilation! Not only one of the label bosses but also one of the scenes biggest stars Mooqee mixes it up like only he can. Showcasing some of the labels highlights as well as his own chosen favorites and a classic or two along the way this lovingly mixed 25 track party starter isn’t tied to any genre …. just two words: BASS FUNK! Check out a sneak preview on the Soundcloud player above! Available as unmixed tracks and continuous DJ Mix.

BUY HERE FROM JUNO DOWNLOAD

To celebrate this momentous occasion, the
Bombstrikes crew are giving away a drop dead funky t-shirt. A choice of 3 designs, all you have to do to enter is tweet us at @LSM_UK

DEADLINE: Monday 6th May

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As a lot of you know, our friend Sonia from Push Promotions is suffering from Leukemia and is in desperate need of a donor. On 28th March 2013, a tonne of awesome Djs got together to raise money for the cause by doing what they do best – playing top class beats to an audience partying hard! Krafty Kuts, A-Skillz, Shy-FX, MJ Cole, Ben & Lex and many more smashed it, making it a night to remember!

The appeal is for people aged 16-30 to spare 20 minutes to register as a donor. You can do so here – all that’s needed is a spit! www.anthonynolan.org Due to Sonia being mixed race people of mixed heritage are desperately needed in particular any / all of these communities: Chinese, black Caribbean Indian & white British. Come forward and register to give Sonia and other like her a greater chance of life.

Our good friend Jack over at Funk & Filth recently threw himself out of a plane at 15,000 feet to help raise funds for Parkinson’s UK – a great registered charity that does lots of work educating people on Parkinson’s, supporting those diagnosed and conducting groundbreaking research into treatments and an eventual cure. Here’s how he got on:

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR JACK’S SKYDIVE FOR PARKINSON’S UK!

The soundtrack to the video is yet another free and filthy hands in the air masterpiece from Breakspoll award winning REL1. Download below!

Still bound to the bedroom? Still mixin’ in the kitchen? Well now’s your chance to make it as a professional DJ! Burn Studios are looking for up and coming DJs and giving them the credentials they need to take on the world.

By entering selected DJs will have the chance to rub shoulders with the megastars at the International Music Summit, participate in workshops run by the likes of Fatboy Slim, Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Steve Lawler at the burn studios residency bootcamp and sample the best of Ibiza’s night life! At the end of bootcamp, three DJs will be awarded summer-long residencies at Ibiza’s most prestigious clubs.

To enter simply upload a 15:00 to 20:00 minute mix via Mixcloud.

For full info :
CLICK HERE

Show our very own editor Fifties some support by playing her entry below – comment, <3, tweet and share the love!

Burn studios residency by Fifties on Mixcloud

We have a tasty, exclusive, free download for you all this week from Infidelity Recordings. To celebrate the release of Blak Twang ft. Congo Natty Rebel MC -’Rebel Emcee’ we have this dark moody track which has great flourishes of dark tek D&B reminiscent of early virus records fused with the modern touches you would expect to find on shogun audio. This label has great promise and with a first release with so huge, the only way is up. For the free track ‘Mindstate – Dystopia’ simply enter your email address at the bottom of the post…

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