It takes a while to listen through and discuss 8 mix-sets. All of the mixes submitted to our Hacienda 30 competition were of top notch quality.

All in all one winner has to be selected and the 1st place goes to Karan Luthra. A local dj hero that managed to build up a solid funky groove after just two tracks and keeps the mix alive, evor-evolving and oh so groovy and phat throughout the whole 30 minutes. With a nice creme-de-la-creme finish delivered by Karan’s very own bootleg remix of Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djiins.

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Facebook event: Hacienda 30 Malmö

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Great things come to those who wait. Jon Dasilva is one of Europes most versatile producers and Djs. His career started in the mid 80s at the legendary Fac51 Haçienda in Manchester. Since then his production has ranged from gasoline-driven techno beats on Rush Hour to deep disco collaborations with Maceo Plex on Ellum.

Jon is coming back to Malmö for The Official Hacienda 30 anniversary tour. Make sure to find the Event on Facebook  and grab the pre-sale tickets for only 80 SEK.

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Pioneer proudly drops the next generation of their main cash-cow CDJ1000. And it does sound fantastic.  Except for the regular CD-format the new deck supports a bunch of music and video formats wherever you decide to store them on a DVD, USB-stick or a SD-card. Plus a massive LCD-display for the music library browsing makes you wanna leave your CD-case at home.

I’m a bit sceptical about the Reckordbox software. After all Pioneer is a hardware company, and Dj-decks and mixers are what they are good at. But hey! Full midi-compatibility with Traktor, Serato and Ableton… Continue…

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Did you guys know that Pioneer is a japanese company started in 1937?

Well, since the drop of the first Pioneer CDJ500 back in 1994, Pioneer cd players as well as mixers have been the indusrty standard, for all the self-respecting Djs. At the moment every sophisticated club owner hosts a pair of CDJ1000 Mk3s and a DJM800 mixer.

Well some new combination of Software / Hardware solution is about to hit the market on thursday the 17th.

Are we expecting CDplayers with integrated media library or a touchscreen mixer with a bunch of cool new features? Any sponatneous … Continue…