Electronic Dance Music Grooves

The genus hardcore dance music has spawned many fine species: techno, jungle, and drum 'n' bass are but a few. From these hearty strains emerged the mutations garage and 2-step, conceived in the UK and now thriving on the breeding grounds of electronic dance music everywhere. The Headstrong Grooves collection is a detailed taxonomy of garage and 2-step, a complete construction kit containing the most current beats and basslines of the day. Paint your grooves into ACID software and then adorn them with grungy synth leads, futuristic analog effects, filter sweeps, scratches, and more – the Headstrong Grooves collection has everything you need to make dance music in the garage and 2-step styles. Add a talented MC or some diva samples, and achieve complete control of the floor. Evolve your music with our Headstrong Grooves library and some ACID software!

Rediscover The Daou’s classic 1992 debut ‘Head Music’ with this newly remastered Expanded Deluxe Edition.
‘Head Music’ introduced the world to The Daou’s innovative and exotic, genre-expansive sound. Led by vocalist/lyricist Vanessa Daou and keyboardist/producer Peter Daou, the group forged their own innovative and adventurous, genre-expansive sound melding buoyant soul-funk-rock rhythms, energizing dance grooves, moody ambient electronic flourishes and sophisticated jazzy piano melodies with Vanessa’s intelligent poetic lyrics and inimitable, sultry breathy vocals.

This new course from Producertech is the first of its kind, bringing you expert tuition from professional musician Paul Kodish, the drummer from legendary bands such as Pendulum, Apollo 440 and DJ Fresh. In this comprehensive series of tutorials, Paul advises on everything from setting up and basic techniques, through to the different strokes and rhythms that create various beats. Then, there are groups of lessons that deal with individual grooves for specific types of dance music, namely HIP HOP, DRUM AND BASS, DUBSTEP and HOUSE & BREAKS. All of the grooves and variations, as well as the different basslines and leads they are played along to, are provided in audio and MIDI format, within Ableton Live, Logic and Reason sessions and also as individual files for those without a DAW. So, whether you own music software or not, you'll easily be able to precisely recreate the beats Paul plays. In addition to the module movies, DAW sessions and accompanying audio and MIDI files, there are a bunch of additional Loopmasters samples in each of the musical genres, so students have even more material to drum along to. For anyone wanting to learn to play professional standard classic dance music beats with an acoustic, electronic or hybrid drum kit, this course is for you!

Some of the most beautiful and popular Putumayo releases are included in this 6 album collection. DJ's and artists from many countries of Europe, America, Africa and Asia, blend modern musical trends with local traditional and ethnic styles and create wonderful chillout tunes proving that beautiful music has no frontiers. Enjoy a wonderful and relaxing musical journey around the world with Putumayo lounge albums.

Electro is our electronic rhythm orchestrator featuring some of the world's greatest drum machines, all packaged in an innovative beatmaker with sound design controls.

The reunited '80s new wave superstars, Berlin, return with a bold album of superb, highly danceable, and powerful new music - Transcendance! Vocalist Terri Nunn rejoins co-founders John Crawford and David Diamond for what promises to be one of the most talked about releases of the year.

„Instruments“ is an acoustic project by internationally celebrated producer/performer/composer Henrik Schwarz. He is an artist highly on request to create energetic dance music productions for Boy George, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, indie stars Ane Brun, The Foals, Omar, or jazz legends like Mark Murphy. His intense laptop performances in major clubs and at the largest international music festivals in Japan, USA, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America catapulted Schwarz into the Top Ten League of electronic music performers.

Transfuser 2 is a dynamic audio/MIDI environment for manipulating, slicing, and remixing your loops and sounds into something entirely new. With a series of real-time controls, Transfuser 2 lets you create and tweak grooves, chop up beats and phrases, time-stretch sounds, re-pitch notes, randomize sequences, and more – all on the fly.

Transfuser 2 is a dynamic audio/MIDI environment for manipulating, slicing, and remixing your loops and sounds into something entirely new. With a series of real-time controls, Transfuser 2 lets you create and tweak grooves, chop up beats and phrases, time-stretch sounds, re-pitch notes, randomize sequences, and more – all on the fly.