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Monday, April 6, 2020

Beatport and SiriusXM Join Forces For “Pitch Control: Powered by Beatport”


DJ Drew. (Source: DJ Drew)

Beatport and SiriusXM have partnered on “Pitch Control: Powered by Beatport,” a new weekly radio show airing on Sundays at 11 PM EST on their electronic music channel, BPM. The show debuted this Sunday, April 5, hosted by Beatsource Dance Curator Andrew “DJ Drew” Ortiz. DJ Drew has 20 years of experience programming dance radio at KIIS FM in Los Angeles, making him an ideal host.

DJ Drew’s collaborators for this program include Beatport’s Berlin-based curation team, led by Raphael Pujol, Edwin “DJ Phenom” Paredes, who serves as a Program Director at SiriusXM for Pitbull’s Globalization and BPM channels, SiriusXM’s Vice President of EDM programming, Geronimo, and Program Director, Rida Naser. Tracks will also be selected by taking into account real-time activity on Beatport LINK, the streaming service that’s fully integrated with DJ software and hardware. It allows for songs being played by DJs around the world to be immediately known to the Beatport curation team.

“We are thrilled to enter into this music and broadcasting partnership with SiriusXM, one of the leading music destinations here in the US,” Beatport CEO Robb McDaniels said. “So many U.S.-based electronic music fans are thirsty for the best underground electronic music tracks that will likely be the next big dance floor hits. Our world-class curation team and Beatsource’s expert staff are the perfect combination to deliver the goods on a weekly basis.”

Tune into the show Sundays at 11 PM EST on SiriusXM’s BPM channel.

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Sunday, April 5, 2020

DJ Kwest In The Mix With DJcity’s ‘New and Notable’ Tracks Of The Week

Southern California’s DJ Kwest highlights DJcity’s favorite tracks of the week in his New & Notable routine.

You can catch DJ Kwest Saturday nights at 10 PM PST/1 AM EST on Pitbull’s Globalization on Sirius XM and Monday through Saturday on Riverside, CA’s KGGI, 99.1 FM.

Tracklist:

1. Karol G & Anuel AA – Follow
2. Drake – Toosie Slide
3. Famous Dex ft. Rich The Kid & Tyga – What I Like
4. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You – SH8K Remix

Watch Kwest’s routine above.

Follow DJ Kwest on Facebook, Instagram, Mixcloud, and Twitter.

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Friday, April 3, 2020

New and Notable Tracks: Apr. 3

SH8K

SH8K
SH8K. (Source: Facebook)

Drake – Toosie Slide
The Canadian megastar returns with a TikTok ready single that is already going viral.

Karol G & Anuel AA – Follow
Reggaeton’s power couple release a new Latin song as their fourth collaboration together.

Famous Dex ft. Rich The Kid & Tyga – What I Like
Chicago’s turn-up aficionado enlists two multi-platinum rappers to deliver a club bop.

Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You – SH8K Remix
The San Diego-based producer delivers a bass house spin of Stardust’s 1998 dance classic.

Featured on DJcity earlier this week:

– Akon – Smack That – ETX & Fresco Remix

DJcity’s weekly picks are selected by Kidd Spin. To receive them via email, click here.

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Friday, April 3, 2020

Watch K-Fry’s ‘Bedroom Sessions’ Routine

Philadelphia’s K-Fry has dropped a clever routine for DJcityTV’s Bedroom Sessions. In the three-minute performance, he highlights his skills with wordplay, beat-matching, and creative open-format song selections.

K-Fry reps the City of Brotherly Love with a genre-blending style that keeps him booked up the East Coast, from Atlantic City to New York.

Tracklist:

1. BrainDeaD – Spread Out
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop – D’Maduro Remix
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
4. Diddy & Mase – Mo Money, Mo Problems
5. Mase ft. Puff Daddy – Feel So Good
6. Inner Circle – Bad Boys – Major Lazer & Gianni Marino Remix
7. P. Diddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry – Bad Boy For Life
8. 50 Cent – Wanksta
9. Rubi Rose – Hit Yo Dance – KidCutUp Acap Intro
10. Bobby Shmurda – Hot N****a – (Instrumental)
11. Snoop Dogg – Gin & Juice – Acapella

Follow K-Fry on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Got what it takes to be featured on the next “Bedroom Sessions” episode? Send a sample video to brs@djcity.com.

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Friday, April 3, 2020

Philadelphia’s DJ Ryno Raises $10,000 for Meals for Health Care Workers


DJ Ryno. (Source: Instagram)

Like many DJs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Philadelphia-based DJ Ryan “Ryno” O’Connell has been left with much more free time than usual. However, he’s gone above and beyond hosting live streaming DJ sets to pass the time.

Ryno has raised nearly $10,000 for his “Fuel for the Frontline” crusade, delivering meals from local restaurants to COVID-19 emergency service providers in the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey areas. Simultaneously wanting to aid both health care workers and small businesses alike, he has created an impressive chain of supply and demand that is bolstering two essential service industries impacted by the virus.

O’Connell told Newsweek that ten days ago he was “sitting [around] with idle time and idle hands,” and had “heard from a few close friends who are nurses about the difficulties of ordering food in between patients.” At first, O’Connell was handling deliveries by himself. Now, the restaurants themselves are delivering or allowing nurses to pick up food on their way to work. This practice limits the number of people touching it, effectively reducing the risk of infection.

O’Connell supplemented his initial donations to GoFundMe by partnering with Vesper Dayclub, a Philadelphia establishment. Last weekend he had a fellow DJ, Nico Oso, live stream a DJ set at the venue while he ran deliveries. For every meal sold during the set, the club would donate two to O’Connell’s campaign. This pledge resulted in an extra $800 of proceeds, totaling 80 meals.

At present, O’Connell’s campaign feeds an average of 20 people per $200 in donations raised. In just one week, the campaign has tallied over 30 deliveries of $200-plus worth of food to nearly 30 different emergency service providers in the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey areas. O’Connell told Newsweek, “food is going out as fast as we get the money, and the amount of messages I’ve received from the nurses is super heartwarming. I want to keep it going as long as we can.”

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

‘TBT Hits’ for April 2

Ciara


Ciara

Check out this week’s edition of Beatsource’s TBT Hits list:

Big Pun – Still Not A Player (Remix)
A bouncy beat, catchy verses, and a smooth hook made this a classic and one of Pun’s biggest tracks.

Ciara – Goodies
This hit single launched Ciara’s career and always brings life to the party.

The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes – Don’t Cha
First sang by Tori Alamaze and made famous by The Pussycat Dolls, “Don’t Cha” is an energetic hit.

Kid Cudi – Day ‘N’ Night (Crookers Remix)
Crookers helped this track become a Top 40 hit and a dance floor mainstay.

Don Omar – Dile
A classic reggaeton anthem that blends well with new reggaeton and keeps the dance floor moving.

Bob & Marcia – To Be Young Gifted and Black
Reggae singers Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths cover Nina Simone’s 1970 soul classic.

DJcity‘s subscription service focuses on new music, especially exclusive remixes, bootlegs, and edits. Beatsource, however, offers millions of new and old tracks, as well as hundreds of playlists for DJs. To highlight its extensive catalog of classics, Beatsource launched the weekly series TBT Hits. The list is compiled by Beatsource curators DJ Drew, DJ Majestik, DJames, and DC.

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