My friends at Traxsource just rebuilt their entire website from the ground up in HTML 5 and I'm really enjoying it. Nice updates, sleek design and intuitive navigation.

You can now "FOLLOW" labels and artists through the new profile pages and be immediately updated when said artists or labels make new music available. This way you have all your favorites in one view.

To "FOLLOW" Deeper Shades Recordings, simply visit the Deeper Shades Recordings label page on Traxsource.com, login and click the "FOLLOW" button as shown below.

There are many other new features for you to explore, for instance you can now create your own DJ Top 10.
Get started by heading over to the Traxsource blog and dive into this post to learn more.

Wow, wow, wow. I just came across this highly inspiring live video by Bulgarian producer KiNK, creating a track pretty much on the fly with a simple but super effective set up.
Deeper Shades of House fans know how I feel about KiNK's music and watching this makes my hands sweaty and my heart beat faster. It is another example that as a producer you "just" need to know what tools you're working with, study them inside and out, and you can create amazing tunes.

Check out the video right below.

From the YouTube description:

When I was a kid, I used to create loops on records by sticking tape on the grooves. Recently I found this one and one of the loops inspired me for a live jam. I plugged the turntable into MFB Synth II (the blue box) so I can filter the vinyl. I made a beat with MFB 522 (the red box) and I beatmatched the record to the beats by hand, as the pitch control of this turntable is very limited. In order to get richer sound, I plugged the instruments through a portable Mackie mixer with FMR - RNLA compressor on the inserts and Electro-Harmonix Memory Man with Hazari on the Aux.

As a long time fan I was super excited to see that German DVD magazine "Slices" did a feature on classic producer and house legend Romanthony. Find out about his production ethics, the silence after his collaboration with Daft Punk on "One More Time" and hear a short acoustic version of "The Wanderer".

Check out the video right below.

The dance music portal Resident Advisor's "Real Scenes" feature series potraits the dance music scene in different cities worldwide. After Bristol, Detroit, Berlin and Paris, RA just released "Real Scenes: Johannesburg".

Interviews with Black Motion, Kid Fonque, Jullian Gomes (of Deeper Shades Recordings' "G.Family"), Oskido, Shimza, Black Coffee, Culoe De Song and more describe the status of House Music in SA as well as their appreciation for the city and its scene.