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Ever dreamed of an affordable electronic music production school with hands on instruction from some of the Australia’s foremost electronic music producers? That dream is now a reality, with the Electronic Music Academy launching in Melbourne. This new school offers very affordable rates and classes in Logic, Ableton and Instrumental fields with names like Jamie Stevens (Infusion), Child, Thankyou City, Opiuo, Steve Ward and more,...

Search giant Google has just launched its latest entry into the social networking arena, titled Google+. You’d have to be hiding under a rock lately to not have heard about it, especially if you’re a Google user, with the new +1 buttons appearing on your browser whether you’ve connected to the new network or not. We’ve added some +1 integration to our website already, but we thought you might like to keep up with...

Open Records’ resident VJ and webmaster Grigori (better known as VDMO Kstati) certainly is a busy boy. His gig schedule makes superstar DJs look like slackers, doing his thing alongside the biggest in the business every weekend in some best venues and events in the country from the whole gamut of the electronic music spectrum. VJs don’t often get the credit that DJs and producers do, yet play an equally important role in making...

Google has unveiled its snazzy new social media experiment the Google+ Project and we must say we quite like what it offers. It’s pretty similar to Facebook in its presentation, but the devil is in the detail – and we think the Circles feature is a great way to make sure you’re sharing the right content with the right people. We’ve implemented the Google+ button across our site (a small version of the one pictured...

We reported a little while back that Beatport had launched its BETA test for a new version of the world’s most popular dance music download site. After about a month of a closed BETA where only select users could get inside, they have finally swung open its doors to the general public to give it a whirl as well. We’ve been on it since the BETA opened and personally we think the new website is pretty cool, with a nice modern...