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Electronic and Latin Music Collide in Deorro’s Exclusive Playlist for Beatsource’s “VIP Crates” Series
Since kicking off its “VIP Crates” series in early January 2021, Beatsource, a digital music platform designed for open-format DJs, has become a trusted source of playlists. Their latest comes from dance music veteran Deorro, who curated a diverse and radiant selection of tracks at the intersection and electronic and Latin music. On the electronic music side, the famed “Five Hours” producer included a few songs from his EDM contemporaries, including MORTEN (“Beautiful Heartbeat” with Frida Sundemo) and KSHMR and KARRA (“The World We Left Behind”). However, Deorro leans heavily into Latin music for the majority of the playlist, a move that should not be considered surprising after he confirmed his new direction back in May ...
Beatsource to Offer Fully-Licensed DJ Edits in New Deal With Empire, Create Music
The company notes it is also in talks with major labels to offer their catalogs as fully approved and licensed DJ edits by April. Beatsource, the joint venture between Beatport and DJ City that services open-format DJs, has signed deals with independent distributors Empire and Create Music Group to create fully licensed DJ edits of some of the most popular tracks in their respective catalogs, it was announced today. The exclusive edits will be available beginning on Feb. 15 via Beatsource LINK, the streaming service launched by the company early last year. Under the agreements, Empire and Create Music have assembled extended edits of hits by artists including Fat Joe, Rich The Kid, Busta Rhymes, Anderson .Paak, Robin Thicke, DJ Chose, Funkmaster Flex, Tory Lanez and the Insomniac Records c...
Beatsource Launches “VIP Crates” Playlist Series
Beatsource, the music platform for open-format DJs from DJcity and Beatport, has called upon some of the most prominent DJs in the industry to kick off its “VIP Crates” playlist series. The series is designed to give DJs insight into what’s being played by the industry’s top tastemakers worldwide, and has been launched with an impressive roster of artists. Lil Jon, ZHU, Major Lazer‘s Walshy Fire, DJ Amen, Craig David, and many more have curated playlists showcasing what’s being played in their DJ sets at the moment. “The groundswell of support we’ve received from these enormously successful artists and DJs wanting to be a part of our initial rollout of VIP Crates has been amazing,” said Edwin “DJ Phenom” Paredes, Chief C...
Beatsource LINK Is Offering DJs An Unmatched Catalog of Music for their Performance Software
Beatsource, the joint venture between DJcity and Beatport, just launched a game-changing product for DJs in the streaming era. Beatsource LINK is a new integration service allowing open-format DJs to harness the depth of a catalog with unmatched resources. Through Beatsource LINK, DJcity and Beatport, two of the largest digital audio retailers, will allow their music and curated playlists to be streamed by DJs directly to their personal performance software. To start, Beatsource LINK will be integrated with Pioneer’s rekordbox, but the goal is to develop additional performance integrations with similar DJ software brands in the coming months. After Beatsource LINK launched its beta version, the announcement won some early praise from A-Tra...
