SPOTIFY LAUNCHES PET PLAYLISTS – GOOFY? OR GENIUS?

We all have those friends who love their animals more than they love their humans. Spotify have picked up on this and offered their creature loving subscribers the chance to harmonise their moods with that of their furry (or scaly) friends. 

So whatever your little pal of choice, dog, cat, bird, iguana or hamster, the worlds most popular music streaming platform can now help you sync yours and your best friend’s favourite beat selections, to enjoy together.

You get to chose from one of five animals before entering its personality traits for the perfectly created list of tunes to keep your pet happy.

At the end of the animal selection process, you are asked to enter your pet's name and then upload a photo for that extra personal touch.

The playlist even includes songs with the name of your pet, which is just another stroke of genius.

We initially rolled out eyes at the idea, wondering if Spotify had finally lost the plot completely, but as we processed the idea and considered the connection between man and beast, the penny began to drop. 

One of many firsts for a very forward thinking platform.

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SPECIAL REQUEST AT BELFAST UNDERGROUND

Paul Woolford under his Special Request alias popped into Belfast Underground Records 06-02-19 and delivered the mother of all guest mixes. Featuring tracks from himself Kenny Larkin, Mall Grab, LFO and many more crammed into 45 minutes of bleeped out bliss.

This man has remained at the top of his game for many many years now and continues to drop tunes that could be described as master classes in modern, accessible electronica.

We love the man and shall hopefully be welcoming Paul back to Belfast sometime in 2020.

Special thanks to the guys at UFO / Limelight Belfast for making this possible.

https://youtu.be/ZwGtcS92B-g

SPECIAL REQUEST AT BELFAST UNDERGROUND

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Calvin Harris Has A Go At ‘Techno’

Globetrotting DJ, superstar producer and general music royalty Calvin Harris has shared the first two tracks from his new project, 'CP-1' and 'Hypnagogic. Citing Paul Woolford / Special Request as a main influence whilst speaking to Annie Mac a couple of days ago.

Speaking about his latest project, Harris said: "'Hypnagogic (I Can’t Wait)' and ‘CP-1’ are the first tracks from my new project Love Regenerator “I wanted to rediscover the way I originally began producing music 22 years ago before I ever thought about how it might be perceived by outside forces. Just pure fun and experimentation with what sounded good to me. The records are inspired by early rave, breaks, techno and house, the music I was obsessed with growing up. In fact, I’ve done everything I can to make them sound like they’ve come from a 1991 time capsule. Every synth and sound used is from that time period."

A new edition of the lead single from his second album 'Ready For The Weekend' was released in April 2019, and featured remixes from CamelPhat and Thomas Schumacher. This new Love Regenerator project has already been receiving rave reviews across the globe, as well as some scoffing from the self appointed Techno police.  

Listen to both tracks, and watch the video for 'CP-1', below. Make up your own mind. 

https://youtu.be/l0HrFo8PR8o

https://youtu.be/nnirRGsccVg

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Lyndon Stephens

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of one of the finest men in the Northern Ireland music scene, Lyndon Stephens. 

Lyndon was founder of Quiet Arch Records, Champion Sound Music and was a much loved and respected character in our local scene. 

We wish to pass on our deepest sympathies to Lyndon's wife Lisa and their family circle.

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Embezzlement Society To Launch Record Label.

One of our favourite local music producers and regular Belfast Underground DJ Embezzlement Society launches his new label on 25th January at Belfast's rapidly growing night Korova.

After going through a pretty tough year personally, Steven has pushed through, got his head down and focused on his family and the music he loves so much, the results of this hard work will be there for all to see very soon via his label 2Walk Records.

We would like to wish Steven all the very best for the future with the label, we shall be expecting some pretty major things.

Big shouts go out to Adam & The Crew at Korova for giving this guy the platform he so deserves.

Full details of the launch event can be found via the Korova Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/2529308950724111

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Cybernalia to rock Bangor once again.

The Cybernalia guys return for another night of quality house & progressive grooves at Bangor's cool Hop House venue on Saturday 16th November 2019. This time the lads are joined by one of Northern Ireland's most respected DJs Phil Sloan.

Expect a night of twisted, dirty grooves and punchy, percussive monsters.

The lads shall be joining Phil Sloan on his monthly radio show at Belfast Underground for a promo guest mix on Saturday 9th Nov from 4pm - 6pm

Cybernalia are Arkis Elwood (41) and Bryan Corr (39) from Bangor, Northern Ireland .

Both Arkis and Bryan have been involved in the Northern Irish dance scene for over 25 years ,DJing in most of the province's club since the early 1990's.

The duo began producing their own music in 2010 which ranges from house/progressive/techno through to indie. They made their production debut in 2011 on Baroque records with their first ep 'Pictures / Blind faith'. Since then they have gone on to release over 100 original tracks and remixes on labels such as stellar fountain , suffused music , sounds of juan , Baroque and the mainstay of their material with the renowned Stripped Muzik Management brand where in 2018 stripped recordings released Cybernalia's first full 16 track studio album 'Little Heroes' which went top 10 across many genres on all major platforms. Earlier this year Cybernalia independently released their latest album , a massive 50 track offering 'poisoned April' containing a full spectrum of their musical genres from chillout through to techno which can be obtained through their soundcloud page www.soundcloud.com/arkis

Lately the pair have been focusing on creating their own local events under the mantle of 'Cybernalia Presents' , concentrating in their hometown of bangor with very succesful nights in 'the rabbit rooms' and a continual booking of dates currently with 'the Hop House' . They base their events on an intimate style club night focusing on a music policy of house & techno and have recently added northern Ireland legend Phil Sloan and young local talent dj Reece Rodgers to the team as interest from a dedicated following increases as each event takes place.

Worldwide booking - arkis77@gmail.com

www.beatport.com/artist/cybernalia/245979

www.mixcloud.com/arkis-elwood/

www.soundcloud.com/arkis

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Sasha’s Fabric set brought to an abrupt halt

Clubbers from all over the world who had travelled to London's Fabric to see the legendary DJ Sasha play at the weekend were all of a sudden left in complete darkness during the middle of the progressive house godfather's set.

The sound of his banging percussive grooves which were rocking the club to its core at the time were dramatically stopped in their tracks as a power cut wiped out the entire building of its electricity. Luckily the emergency lighting was adequate to allow the patrons to leave the building safely.

In Sasha's own words..

"So gutted about the gig on Saturday fabriclondon. It felt like it was possibly going to top last years epic night. The energy in the room was just building and it felt like it was about to go right off when the power cut. Was all a bit surreal as it unfolded. I know everyone at the club tried everything go to get power back but just wasn’t meant to be. Apologies to all that made the trip to be there. I heard people had flown in from all over the place including a couple from Brazil which made it all the more frustrating and disappointing. In discussions with my friends at Fabric about how we can make it up."

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IS THIS THE TECHNO HARDCORE ELECTRO BANGER OF THE YEAR?

New kid on the Belfast techno block Hezziane stormed the world's record shelves last year with the complete acid weapon that was Acid Plate Vol 1. Belfast Underground alone sold a truckload of these quirky purple vinyl gems in-store and just kept reordering and reordering.

We are thrilled to take stock today of the brand new monster from this rising star. Find some dark hoovers, oldkool breakbeats and razer electro tinges.

LISTEN TO / PURCHASE ↓

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GRAB A COPY FROM OUR DISCOGS STORE
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ACID PLATE VOL 1 ALSO BACK IN STOCK

https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/960703042

 

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