THE RETURN OF THE GIANT, ONLY THE GIANT JUST GOT BIGGER… MUCH BIGGER!

Armada return to the Balearic Mecca for their fifth year. Ibiza 2008 is fast approaching and trance titans. Joining Armada’s elite force, Tuesdays at Amnesia welcome a new player – ‘Contact’.
Contact will rip up the terrace each week, inviting labels like the mighty Toolroom and Yoshitoshi along for the house music ride.

It’s sole aim being to bring the most talented international DJs and producers together under one roof, thus creating a true Ibiza experience.

Armada is the one of the biggest forces in modern day dance music, boasting a back catalogue that no-one can rival, stellar artists, and is, of course, home to the No.1 DJ in the world – Armin Van Buuren. Armin topped the world’s most important DJ poll — DJmag’s Top 100 — in October last year and this impending Ibiza season is his first as ruler of the DJ roost!

On Tuesday July 1st , the international successful radio show of Armin van Buuren ‘A State Of Trance’ will be recorded live at Ibiza during a special edition of ‘Tuesdays Amnesia’.
Exclusive to Armada at Amnesia, Armin will play a massive 11 weeks out of the 14-week season, during which he’ll record a very special ‘A State of Trance’ and command an ‘Armin Only’ event
certainly two of the many highlights coming your way this summer. He’s joined by fellow heavyweight Markus Schulz, who’s vacating his Miami home for the entire season, soaking up 10 dates in Ibiza, as well as a non-stop tour of Europe.

The whole line up represents the very best in international DJ talent and includes:

Markus Schulz,
Marco V,
ATB,
Hernan Cattaneo,
Sharam (DeepDish),
Rank 1,
Matthew Dekay,
Menno De Jong,
Blake Jarrell,
John O’Callaghan,
Gareth Emery,
Glenn Morrison and many more.

On the terrace, Contact offers the perfect alternative to the main room, serving up sounds that will reach 130bpms and no more.
Mark Knight’s Toolroom, Tocadisco and Deep Dish’s YoshiToshi throw their weight behind it — creating a ‘bang on the money’ terrace vibe.

Signed up so far are:

Sharam,
Mark Knight,
Laidback Luke,
Seb Fontaine,
Tocadisco,
Matthew Dekay,
Martijn Ten Velden,
Brian Cross,
Richard Dinsdale,
Cedric Gervais,
Mar-T,
Kurd Maverick and more.

Armada and Contact at Amnesia, is the force to be reckoned with in Ibiza this summer.
When the clubbing world looks back on Ibiza 2008, we guarantee this will be the one night that shines bright above all others for the very best of reasons.

ARMADA MAIN ROOM

JULY 1ST - A STATE OF TRANCE LIVE:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
ATB
Gareth Emery
Menno De Jong
Jennifer Rene
John O’ Callaghan
DJ Shah

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Tocadisco
Julio Navaz, David Amo
Ravene Voloz

JULY 8TH:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Marco V
Matthew Dekay

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Seb Fontaine
Matthew Dekay
Mar-T

JULY 15TH:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
ATB
Glenn Morrison

Terrace:
Laidback Luke
Martijn Ten Velden
Brian Cross
Glenn Morrison

JULY 22ND:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Benny Benassi
Matthew Dekay

Terrace:
Tocadisco
Kurd Maverick
Matthew Dekay
Tony Varga

JULY 29TH:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Marco V
Blake Jarrell

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Martijn Ten Velden
Richard Dinsdale
Erick E

AUGUST 5TH:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Rank 1 LIVE
Remy

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Laidback Luke
Tocadisco

AUGUST 12TH - ARMIN VAN BUUREN 8 HOUR SET:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Seb Fontaine
Matthew Dekay
Kurd Maverick
Brian Cross

AUGUST 19TH - YOSHITOSHI:
Main Room:
Sharam (Deepdish)
Marco V
Matthew Dekay

Terrace:
Sharam (Deep Dish)
Tocadisco
Cedric Gervais
Miss Nine
Sultan

AUGUST 26TH:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
ATB
Glenn Morrison

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Tocadisco
Erick E

SEPTEMBER 2ND - YOSHITOSHI:
Main Room:
Sharam (Deep Dish)
Markus Schulz
Matthew Dekay

Terrace:
Sharam (Deep Dish)
Laidback Luke
Matthew Dekay
Cedric Gervais
Miss Nine
Sultan

SEPTEMBER 9TH:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Remy
Menno de Jong

Toolroom:
Mark Knight
Seb Fontaine
Brian Cross
Richard Dinsdale

SEPTEMBER 16TH - CLOSING PARTY:
Main Room:
Armin Van Buuren
Markus Schulz
Matthew Dekay
Blake Jarrell
Glenn Morrison
Remy

Terrace:
Tocadisco
Seb Fontaine
Martin Ten Velden
Matthew Dekay

www.armadamusic.nl

Citybeat Radio have for the second time taken that one step further. Combined with some of the best ideas used previously, they have come up with something a little bit fresher.

The Citybeat Experience is a Flex 3 application designed for an online radio station, integrated with Jabber/XMPP to provide multiplatform realtime user interaction, alongside streaming audio which utilizes AS3’s sound spectrum to provide entrancing visualizations.

Citybeat Radio is the first station that runs solely on the peoples requirements, They believe radio should be about what people want, not what they are forced to accept.

Quote from Fable

My station will not be over run by useless adverts, we will remain to offer the latest music, fresh events / reviews / gigs / DJS / and exclusive mixes.

We will serve our listeners needs & listen to their requirements, and we will carry on offering the very best clubbing music from around the globe.
Citybeat Radio isn’t about the money, and never will be, it’s all about the music baby

What’s Going On

Bedroom DJS competition

Bedroom DJS / DJANES go head to head global to be chosen as cream of the crop.
3 Months promotion, support and free advertising up for grabs.

Monthly Ladies Night Competition

Ladies go head to head to win 3 months of free promotion and air play at Citybeat Radio. All votes are nominated by the listeners.

1st Ladies Night Winners

DJ Mara - Romania - April 26th, 2008.
Miss Mara went head to head with Djane Nusha (Ro) and Djane Margo (Ro)

Winning set - http://rapidshare.com/files/119258309/Miss_Dj_Mara_-_Somewhere_Else_Mix.mp3

2nd  competition winner

DJ Fable - UK - May 31st, 2008.
Miss Fable went head to head with DJ Mara - (Ro)and DJ Polly - (Croatia)

Winning set

The winning set’s called Eternal Dream by DJ Fable
http://citybeatradio.org/downloads/DJ%20Fable/DJ%20Fable%20-%20Eternal%20Dream%20-%20Mid%20June%2008.mp3

3rd Competition winner

DJ Fable - UK - June 21st, 2008

Miss Fable went head to head with  DJ Virgin Helana - (Croatia) and DJ Narcissa - (Ro)

The Winning set’s called Phoria by DJ Fable

Show Downloads

http://citybeatradio.org/downloads/DJ%20Fable/dj%20fable%20-%20phoria.mp3

Third Ladies Competetion Review:

DJ Virgin Helana - Genre - Electro. Great mix, great production. quirky baselines, packed with attitude.
By the second half it looked as though Virgin Helana was going to take 1st place with breeze. She offered a tremendous electro mix, that oozed energy..

DJ Narcissa - Genre - Minimal A very smooth and well produced set, Narcissa had selected some fantastic minimal tracks..

DJ Fable - Genre - Trance Prog - Fable stepped it up almost immediately with some of the best melodic vocals, blended together with a twist of electro progressive?
Fable is known very well for taking a track and twisting it, to create another level.Very fable and Quite impressive!

Hosted by Vincent Vinyl

DJS selected for review this month

DJ Dirtee - Breaks/Jackin sessions Wednesday 9pm GMT
Down to earth London boy DJ Dirtee produces some of the best breakbeat mixes in the UK.
Artists include Plump DJS Chemical Brothers, Finger licking records etc.
His straight to the mark attitude causes a roit each and every session, but by hell does he kill the beats.

DJ Sens - Trance/Minimal - Thursdays 9pm GMT
DJ Sens is by far the most dedicated Citybeat DJ, his trance productions are beautiful, mind blowing, and very emotionally charged. This DJ has the passion, the flare to take you beyond your own emotions.
DJ Sens also selects the best of minimal, rolls it together and produces some mind melting minimal sets.

DJ Fable Friday 9pm GMT Trance/House/Electro
DJ Fable offers trance/electro/house followed by a new addition of Trancessions.
Every week she selects the best trance tracks and mix’s them into a wonderful melodic trip.

Followed by an exclusive mix from a major guest. Example : Ferry Corsten - DJ Shah
She was the first to air In Search Of Sunrise Asia 7,  2 weeks before it’s release date on the 6th of June. Fable thrives on bringing you the best first.

Other reg DJS include :

DJ Vincent vinyl(Mixed),
DJ Just Kris (Oldskool),
DJ Fisco & Shaka (Trance prog),
Paul Rees (House),
DJ aD’e (Mixed)
DJPI (Trance),
DJ Silvah (Mixed)
Darin Epsilon (Minimal tech house),
DJ Mike Hee (House, DNB, Jungle),
DJ Ronan (Mixed)
Owen Johnston (Mixed)

Guests

Richie Hawtin
DJ Chris Burrell
DJ Paul F
DJ Sketchee
Richard Murray
Mark Devious.
Dave Allen
Deckwreckers
Mihai Popov
DJane Mara
DJane Virgin Helana
DJane Narcissa
DJ Khourshid
Andrey Forum
DJ Santa

Exclusive Guest Mixes

Ferry Corsten
DJ Shah
Armin Van Buuren
Gareth Emery
John Digweed
ATB
Tiesto
Paul Van Dyk
Robbie Rivera

Latest News This Week In Session - aD’e Presents Katie Luv
June 30, 2008

DJane Katie Luv - Tuesday 10pm GMT

DJ aD’e brings along this week yet another awesome DJ. DJane Katie Luv comes from Leeds and spins Electro / House.

A Little About Katie Luv

Katie Luv first started DJing as a ‘hobby’ 6 years ago and is now a DJ of flawless technical skills with a thirst to be at the top in the industry and has already caught the attention of people in the industry aswell as clubbers around the country. Her flare for mixing Electro, Jackin and Fidget House is second to none.

This is one of the true up and coming DJs of 2008 who is currently in big demand for her sets. Katie Luv has recently secured gigs at ’Dawn Chorus’ in Huddersfield & Leeds, ’Confession’ @ Religion in Leeds, ’Fuck the Electro in Manchester, ’Ibiza pre-party’ @ Nylon in Sheffield, ’DirtyNights’ in Scarborough and Manchester Pride 2008. This is one DJ who will be appearing at every major club in the future as well as being well sought after for her remixes.

Katie’s Influences:

Predominantly Electro & Fidget House…
Sebastien leger,
Chris lake,
Switch,
Dave spoon,
Danny freakazoid,
Adam freeland,
Mark mendes,
Silosonic,
Avenue d,
D.Ramirez,
Stylophonic,
Erick morillo,
Prodigy,
Will bailey,

http://www.myspace.com/djkatieluv

Latest Event Love Parade 2008
June 24, 2008

Highway To Love

The Love Parade 2008 in Dortmund promises to be no less fun than previous editions of the world’s biggest street party, and the date for your diaries is the 19th July. In 1989, it was first celebrated 4 months before the demolition of the Berlin Wall. The parade attracts millions of EDM fans from all across the world for a mad street rally which gathers at the center of the parade is the Siegessäule in the middle of the park, and the golden angel atop the column has become a symbol of the parade.

Anyone who wants to experience Love Parade in the middle weekend of July should be aware of the fact that it is louder and more crowded than most concerts. With its water-cooled sound systems on every truck, the parade produces an extremely loud sound floor. The parade basically lives through those trucks. The trucks usually feature local, or important, clubs and their DJs. It has become a rule that only trucks that have sponsors from a techno related field, such as clubs, labels or stores, are allowed. It costs a lot of money to equip a truck. They are usually open on top and feature dancers. Their box-systems are mounted on the side or the rear. There are two tactics to choose from: Follow a truck that features a style that you like, or have them all pass you so you can see and hear more.

One famous picture from the Love Parade is people sitting and dancing on streetlamps, trees, commercial signs, telephone booths, which gave the event’s nickname "the greatest amateur circus on earth". Not to mention it’s a street party so everyone can attend and no tickets required. This year they are blocking the East to West highway route which has a traffic flow of over 100 000 cars per day, also storming up the main arterial route through the ever growing Ruhr district which is the most densly populated area in Germany. This is an absolute first time in the history of Germany that a highway has been closed for a music and cultural event! The best music will be generated for the crowd and keep your ears open for special appearance and performance by the top international DJs and head down there to support and enjoy a fabulous time.

LIVE:
Underworld http://www.underworldlive.com
Märtini Brös & the strings of love orchestra
Dubfire
Audion
Italoboyz

DJ-Set:
Paul van Dyk
Armin van Buuren
Richie Hawtin
David Guetta
Carl Craig
WestBam
DJ Hell
M.A.N.D.Y.
Felix Kröcher
Digitalism
Anja Schneider

Link: http://www.loveparade.com

Citybeat Radio

UK based, online radio station for the Listeners / DJS / Artists and made and ran by them solely.

They air 24 hours, 7 days a week. They offer the latest fresh sounds, releases, and outstanding mixes produced by international DJs.

They also promote community interaction, ie, Promoters / Artists / DJS / Labels / Listeners & Fans, by offering a shoutbox to connect and network.

Site Link www.citybeatradio.org

DJane Katie Luv - Tuesday 10pm GMT

DJ aD’e brings along this week yet another awesome DJ. DJane Katie Luv comes from Leeds and spins Electro / House.

A Little About Katie Luv

Katie Luv first started DJing as a ‘hobby’ 6 years ago and is now a DJ of flawless technical skills with a thirst to be at the top in the industry and has already caught the attention of people in the industry aswell as clubbers around the country. Her flare for mixing Electro, Jackin and Fidget House is second to none.

This is one of the true up and coming DJs of 2008 who is currently in big demand for her sets. Katie Luv has recently secured gigs at ’Dawn Chorus’ in Huddersfield & Leeds, ’Confession’ @ Religion in Leeds, ’Fuck the Electro in Manchester, ’Ibiza pre-party’ @ Nylon in Sheffield, ’DirtyNights’ in Scarborough and Manchester Pride 2008. This is one DJ who will be appearing at every major club in the future as well as being well sought after for her remixes.

Katie’s Influences:

Predominantly Electro & Fidget House….sebastien leger, chris lake, switch, dave spoon, danny freakazoid, adam freeland, mark mendes, silosonic, avenue d, D.Ramirez, stylophonic, erick morillo, prodigy, will bailey, calvertron, micky slim, herve, crookers, sinden, kid culture, dj riccio, cassette jam, marradonna, armand van helden, aquasky, laidback luke, brabe, bryan cox, digital filth, speaker junk, count of monte cristal, counterfeet…..and am constantly finding new artists!!

http://www.myspace.com/djkatieluv

Hello Everyone, firstly we welcome you to the new Citybeat Radio website. We hope you enjoy the new site and find it interesting and more fun to plunge around.

New Features

New features include News, Events, Artist releases & informations, Fresh press releases, Artist recommendations, Links, Games, Interviews,
uploads/downloads, DJ/Host Profiles and informations. & soon to come member profiles

New features will be growing on the site just as the people listeners users grow, we want to growth this site together, pointless making everything straight away because we wouldnt know what you guys will need unless we growth as we go.

Basically there is more fun packed into Citybeat Radio for your enjoyment. Enjoy it folks!

How to use the shoutbox and site

Logging into the site

firstly if you are new to the site you need to register with citybeat. To do this click Register located in the tabs bar above shoutbox (black bar pink writing) Click register and obviously register.
(tick remember me) and then wait for your email which will activate you and send you a password.(Remember to save this password)

Then visit http://citybeatradio.org/wp-login.php type your new name and password in to each box, then login.

You are now logged in to the shoutbox & site, you can chat away & you can comment on articles you read.

"I HATE THAT FLAMING PASSWORD" how do i change it?

Click settings and change it.
(Note this is where problems are arising with people not being able to login after changing, it’s your stored cache still trying to log you in auto from the last password) Were looking in to this at the moment and hope to rectify it soon.

Maybe for now it’s best to stick with the password given to you via email
OR change your password then  "log out, and re log back in, typing in your new password"

Shoutbox Options

New Features for shoutbox include flashy equaliser which can be turned on and off by clicking into your display settings and setting visualisations to OFF mode.

Change font colour is easy, look to the left of your writing pad in shoutbox you will find a small white box click to reveal many wonderful colour choices for your font click, and type away in your wonderful new colour. ( Note this doesnt save, if you close the page or wonder of on to another page, you have to re select your font colour)

Quality tab what the hell is that for?

Well not everyone has the latest PC out there and sometimes people struggle to keep streams and what not going, so if your computer is chugging lower the quality a little to suite your pc

Background Colour Options:

Not everyone has great eyesight and some will struggle to view the conversations going on in the shoutbox on a blackground, as many do on a white one, well the option is there for you to change this to suite your eyesight needs and hopefully make it easier for you to join into the conversations going on in the shoutbox.

Save

Once you have made any changes to the above options click save.

Search

Looking for something in particular to read?

type in your search and the search bar will trawl through our site to find exactly what your wanting to read. This will also grow as the site becomes packed with informations.

RSS

Latest news you can add to your news readers or igoogle and so on.

Top Bar Tabs

DJ/Hosts Tab

There profile pages, which are currently standard and need flashing up a little, but for now we have left things easy so you can get to know how to use this site simply.

Games

We have selected a few games to keep you occupied throughout your time on Citybeat, so if the shoutbox is a little quiet why not click a game and play.

Timetable

Obviously shows you a timetable of what DJ/Host is on and when. These changes quite alot so always make sure you check back regular to see the changes made.

Downloads

The download section is a previous tab we had on the older site and all regulars are fully aware of how to use this. But for those of you who are new to the site will not know. Trust me it’s very easy, want to download a track? click on folders to find a track or mix you’d like to download, click the file and hey presto it’s downloading.

If your a dj who would like to share a mix with us.

firstly email us at info@citybeatradio.org and then if given permission to share your mix or track, you can click the upload tab and upload your mix from your pc. MP3 format is always preferred.

People can also share track they enjoy by clicking the upload tab and selecting a track from there computers. Be warned that each track will be checked and any track that hasn’t been released for at least a month will be removed. This is down to respecting artists, they have to make there money and if we all share tracks before people buy them they get no credits. What’s the point in that?

Let’s be fair to all artists and do things correctly. Anyone ignoring this rule will be instantly banned from the site with no warnings.

Citybeat Radio tab

Takes you back to the front page

Player thumbnails

You may notice thumbnails of your players, media player, winamp, itunes etc
Well if you want to go of the site but still stay tuned and don’t particulary want to keep the site open then click a player and it will open in your player for you.

Logging In Problems:

We are fully aware that many of you seem to be having login problems, so we just want to let you know that this matter is being dealt with straight away, so don’t loose patience and no hair pulling please this will be solved very very soon.
(For now, we have explained how to get through this problem above, under "I HATE THIS PASSWORD, how do i change it") Topic above.

Tips:

When viewing around the site it is best to right click and open in new window, (right click open new window on any articles, posts, games, tabs and so on.)

Otherwise you will find the pages will navigate you around the site as expected, but it will also log you out of the shoutbox, causing the music to stop, whilst your checking the rest of the site out

Please remember this tip!

Well folks thats all the information i believe you will need to understand and get to know Citybeat Radio, the rest is a piece of *— okay i’ll keep it clean but you get my point.

Okay, Have fun and bring your friends

Any questions or support needed, feel free to contact us here info@citybeatradio.org

Best Wishes
Citybeat Radio

Congratulations to all the lady contestants of the evening. It was a thoroughly enjoyed night. With some outstanding mixing qualitys and styles.

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The Prodigy return to Poland

Polish fans will be pleased to hear that The Prodigy are returning East as the latest addition to Coke Live in Krakow. This annual event takes place over two days in August with The Prodigy headlining on 23rd.

For more info and tickets visit: www.livefestival.pl and www.alterart.pl

The Prodigy Feature On Independents Day 08

The Prodigy feature on a new compilation album celebrating independent music released on July 4th. The featured Prodigy track is their version of The Special’s Ghost Town (ON YouTube ). You can read about the album at the official website.

Independents Day 08

The Prodigy Announce Summer Breeze 2008
The Prodigy will headline the first ever Summer Breeze festival in South Korea on August 7th. The new event will bring together interntional rock and alternative acts including Lost Prophets, Panic At The Disco, One Republic & New Found Glory. It will be held on Aug 7-8 at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul .

For more info and tickets click: http://www.summerbreeze.co.kr

Prodigy to headline Jersey Live 08

So here it is, the final festival in the Prodigy’s summer shows, the band will celebrate with a trip to the Channel Islands to headline the boutique indie / dance festival ‘Jersey Live’ on Sunday Aug 31st. In good company on the main stage the line up includes The Go Team, Black Kids and Crystal Castles, with Kissy Sell Out headlining the Dance Arena.

For full details and to buy tickets visit: http://www.jerseylive.org.uk

Birmingham Club Show

The 2nd club show at the Rainbow Warehouse in Birmingham on Saturday was amazing. The atmosphere was incredible - the venue had a suitably underground vibe and the audience of Prodigy fans danced all night. We’ll be adding photos in coming days, but please feel free to upload your photos to the band’s Facebook page. Alternatively you can upload them onto Flickr and tag them "Prodigy_clubshow" and we will do a keyword search.

The setlist for Saturday’s show:

INTRO
WORLDS ON FIRE
BREATHE
THEIR LAW
BEAT 55
SPITFIRE
WARRIORS DANCE
FIRESTARTER
ACTION RADAR LINK
UNSTOPPABLE
VOODOO PEOPLE
POISON
DIESEL POWER
SMACK MY BITCH UP
OUT OF SPACE
DEAD KEN BEATS