Archives for 2011

Around the world in 80 labels: !Organism – Yan Stricker

Our tour of the planet’s most exciting imprints takes us to Switzerland, where one of Europe’s foremost purveyors of techno tinged with melody and electro edges offers words of wisdom on standing out from the crowd amid a sea of stiff competition. Say no more.

Win tickets to the DMC UK DJ Final at Scala!

  Its competition crazy here at Plain and Simple at the moment, not only are we giving away a pair of tickets to SPECTRUM, and to Layo and Bushwacka, and to the amazing SIRUP NATION FESTIVAL IN CROATIA..but now we’re also offering a pair of tickets to the UK DMC final at Scala…dont say we […]

Dub Pistols RE-HASH – new remix album out now.

Hot of the heels of their critically acclaimed forth album ‘Rum & Coke’, Dub Pistols and friends return for ‘Re-Hash’. A thrilling and eclectic release, in which some of the most intriguing producers today remix some classic Pistols tracks from their last three releases re-Hash is a timely reminder of the consistency and quality of […]

Robert Hood ‘Omega Alive’

Detroit’s original minimal techno pioneer returns with a reworking of last year’s LP, Omega. James Ruskin provides a tasty remix, and the rest of the music is Robert Hood live and unedited, delivering more stripped toughness than many naked muscle men can handle.

This wk… Win: Sirup fest tkts, Shake it w/Magda tkts, Music production courses + Podcasts + Music reviews + the Top 5 Events this wkend!

In the blog this week: News: Eastern Electrics announce lineup, John Digweed unveils Mixcloud promo Competitions: Win: Tickets to Sirup Festival in Croatia, Ableton Live 8, EDM, Logic Pro 9 AND Mixing & Mastering Course worth £399 each w/Garnish School of Sound,  Shake it! w/Layo & Bushwacka & Magda tickets,  Spectrum tickets + More Podcasts: Nima […]

Win Tickets to Sirup Nation Festival @ at Fort Punta Christo in Croatia!!

An extraordinary fortress on the wonderful Adriatic coast with a delicious portion of electronic dance music…that’s SIRUP NATION After a few flamboyant summer seasons partying the hell out of various hot spots on the Croatian Adriatic coast and testifying the upcoming festival rush, we plunge this summer with a new adventure and a new brand…SIRUP […]

Win Tickets to see Magda alongside Layo & Bushwacka @ Shake It!

This competition is now CLOSED The lucky winners of the tickets are: Oliver Kelly, Catarina Velosa, Tilda Lundstrom and Arvid Lundstrom… Congrats! Shake it! have given Plain & Simple 2 pairs of tickets to give away to you lucky lot! To enter and win this competition please send your names to: melissa@plainandsimple.tv as always Terry the […]

Competition call for potential production heroes

Burn Studios, a new online platform that allows file sharing for music production via the miracle of cloud computing launches a competition that could see you, him, her, or anyone else land a slot in the studio collaborating with the man like Sasha.

John Digweed unveils exclusive Mixcloud promo

The Bedrock boss releases a minimix of tracks from disc one of his new Structures 2 triple boxset, featuring ambient remixes of Jy J, King Unique & Anthony Pappa, Robert Babicz, Marco Bailey, Nick Warren, and many more. Click for more information, as per usual.

Preview: First line-up announcement for eastern electrics August 2011

London’s renowned eastern electrics bonanza is always a good party, and this August at Great Suffolk Street Warehouse the ee crew do it again, bringing in some fresh new names and packing three rooms with some of the most exciting, emerging, and breaking sounds of the underground. Three times a year eastern electrics converges on […]