Meltdown : Time Lapse 2008

James Zabiela remixes Ladytron!

James Zabiela has remixed Ladytron on their new remix EP called Runaway! Click here for a preview of the track before he rocks the main stage at Meltdown!

Moby - I Like to Move In Here

Dirty South launches North American Tour

Dirty South launches North American Tour: After a busy summer tour schedule, Toolroom Records’ Australian DJ/producer Dragan Roganovic better known as Dirty South is about to finish up with a North American stint. This man of the hour has a prolific remixing discography as it stands, with Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Tiesto and Roger Sanchez all getting the Dirty South treatment, among other quality artists. On top of that he’s also produced several EPs and singles, ala club anthems ‘Let It Go’ and ‘Open Your Heart’, that have received widespread support from the outset. Dirty South is now garnering further support for his addition to the highly acclaimed Toolroom Knights series, which is a carefully crafted selection of housey techno and electro dancefloor destroyers.  

http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/dirty-south-north-american-tour-dates/

DJ Dan & Donald Glaude 2x4 Preview

Remix Alert! Flo Rida - In The Ayer (Jeremy Word Remix)

Check out this new remix from Meltdown artists Jeremy Word of the Flo Rida song 'In The Ayer'. Click here for download link.

DJ Dan - Live from Burning Man Mix

Here is a live set via DJ Dan from his performance at the Burning Man festival this year. Click here for the download.

BBC Interviews' James Zabiela

Check out this interview from BBC with Meltdown artist James Zabiela :

Three years ago you were playing tunes in your bedroom and now you're a superstar DJ - how does it feel?
It's crazy, it's pretty mental. I remember getting on the bus to work and listening to my mix tapes that I'd borrowed from the record shop I was working in and thinking, I want to be doing this - I want to be making these tapes and entertaining people. 

The last three years have been like a whirlwind, it's just snowballed completely out of control. Now, I spend most of my life sat on a plane or at an airport, but it's all good and I'd never change it.

Continue reading here...

Nicholas Bennison's "Spirit Chamber" out on Monday

The first single from Nicholas Bennison's artist album, "Spirit Chamber," will be available exclusively next week through Beatport. Check him out at Meltdown on Saturday, October 25th!

Video of Dirty Souths' remix of Kinda New!

Meltdown Preparty with Bassnectar!

The official Meltdown preparty with Bassnectar is going to be free for all Meltdown ticket holders! Just show your hard ticket or Groovetickets.com ticket reciept printout to the door for the preparty on October 11th and get in totally free! Good all night.

Earlybird tickets available now for $15!

Earlybird tickets for this years Meltdown block party are available now!

General Admission : Click Here

Balcony VIP : Click Here

Early bird tickets are only $15 for a very limited time!

ReacTable in full effect at Meltdown!

DJ Dan Podcast - In Stereo Sessions

DJ Dan drops a classic mix direct from Los Angeles circa 1992! Click to check out 'In Stereo Sessions' :
Click Here

www.meltdowndallas.com launches for 2008!

www.meltdowndallas.com is up and running! 

Moby - Disco Lies

Meltdown : Ten Year Anniversary / 10.25.08

Prototype Industries proudly presents

In Association with Full Access & Disco Productions

MELTDOWN : TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY

featuring:

MOBY (DJ SET) 

JAMES ZABIELA

DIRTY SOUTH

DJ DAN & DONALD GLAUDE (SPECIAL 2X4 SET)

DAVE AUDE 

ADAM F

NICHOLAS BENNISON

JAYVON & MC XYZ

plus an all star support lineup with:

EXCEED 

RED EYE & JV 

JEREMY WORD

DJ MERRITT

TASADI 

WILLIE TRIMMER 

DJ TITAN 

KEITH P

JOHNNY FUNK 

RAYDAR & SHAOLIN 

L.A.T.E. 

LOCKLEAR 

ROYAL HIGHNUSS 

DRAGONMAN

Plus an interactive media installation featuring:

The ReacTable www.beatsmiths.org
A tangible musical surface fully interactive art and media exhibition, designed by Eric from Beatsmith's Interactive Media. 

BLOCK PARTY EVENT AT LIZARD LOUNGE 
Voted Best Dance Club by Dallas Observer
2424 Swiss Ave. /// Dallas, Texas /// 214.826.4768
Doors open 7 pm - 4 am /// 18 & Up with ID 
Advance tickets : $20 / $25 / $30 Door tickets : $35
Balcony VIP Available
For bottle service & stage VIP email : fullaccessvip@gmail.com
Halloween costumes welcome!

ticketing:
General admission & VIP available online at : www.groovetickets.com
Tickets also available at : 
[Deep Ellum] R Type (New Location) /// 2639A Elm St. Dallas, TX 75226 /// 972.951.1562 
[South Dallas] Bill's Records/// 1317 South Lamar, Dallas, TX 75215 /// 214.421.1500
[Dallas] Dallas Retro Revolution /// 5000 Greenville Ave. Dallas TX, 75206 /// 214.365.9420
[Lower Greenville] Good Records /// 1808 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206 /// 214.752.4663
[Mock Station] Centre /// 5331 E. Mockingbird Lane Ste. 105, Dallas, TX 75206 /// 214.821.2028
[West Village] Adikt Shoes /// 3839 McKinney Ave. #140, Dallas, TX 75204 /// 214.559.6154
[Plano] Plano Retro Revolution /// 1627 N. Central , Plano TX, 75075 /// 972.881.1870
[Oak Cliff] 10 Footwear /// 332 W. Davis, Dallas, TX 75208 /// 214.946.7100
[Oak Cliff] The Soda Gallery /// 408 N. Bishop Ave, Dallas, TX 75208 /// 214.946.7632

super close lodging
Westin City Center (Walking distance to venue)
650 North Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/MeltdownDallas
866.837.4246 for reservations (Discount code : MELTDOWN)

official meltdown afterparty
INSOMNIA : 2250 Manana Drive, Dallas, TX
www.theclubhousedallas.com /// 972.869.9506
featuring Insomnia Residents:
RAYDAR / SHAOLIN / ANDY SZONTAGH
Afterparty begins when Meltdown ends at 4 am!

official meltdown preparty
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
BASSNECTAR www.bassnectar.net
GOVINDA
BEATS ANTIQUE
LEFT/RIGHT
JOHNNY FUNK
Lizard Lounge : 2424 Swiss Ave. /// Dallas, Texas /// 214.826.4768
Advance tickets at : www.groovetickets.com

online info
WEB 01 : www.meltdowndallas.com
WEB 02 : www.meltdowndallas.blogspot.com
WEB 03 : www.myspace.com/fullaccess_prototype
WEB 04 : www.thelizardlounge.com
WEB 05 : www.groovetickets.com
WEB 06 : www.thedallaspulse.net

The Wheels are in Motion!

Full Info Very Soon!!!

Meltdown Hard Tickets

Meltdown tickets are available online at www.groovetickets.com as well as the door of the show, but here are a couple other options:

R Type Records
3404 W.7th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
817.820.0990

Bill's Records (new location next to Palladium Ballroom)
1317 South Lamar
Dallas, TX 75215
214.421.1500

Countdown to Green Velvet This Saturday!

Drop the Lime Digital Beatbox Podcast

Check out our friends at Bad Brother Inc with their latest installment of the Digital Beatbox Podcast. This weeks guest is Drop The Lime.

http://www.badbrotherinc.com

Less Than Two Weeks Away!

Meltdown is right around the corner with less than two weeks ago till the party kicks off! We've confirmed our sound and lights set up and it is something so fresh you will have to see it to believe it. Very exciting stuff.

Shiny Toy Guns

Meet & Greet with George Acosta!

VIP DECK MEET AND GREET WITH GEORGE ACOSTA 

We have got something very cool lined up George Acosta fans. From 10:45 pm -11:45 pm on the outside deck upstairs, Meltdown VIP ticketholders will get a chance to meet George Acosta before he performs. Come by and say hello to one of dance music's most essential artists.

Bad Brother Inc Podcast - Digital Beatbox

Download full mixsets from Meltdown artists. Bad Brother Inc's podcast is in full effect. Click to download the Digital Beatbox:

www.badbrotherinc.com/

Richard Vission at Lizard Lounge

Video of Richard Vission from the last time DJed at Lizard Lounge with Bad Boy Bill 

George Acosta : The DJ Times Interview

http://www.djtimes.com/issues/features_current.htm 

Beginning with a Late-Night Boat Ride, George Acosta’s Journey to the Top of the U.S. DJ Class Has Shown Uncommon Drive

Miami—Think you can find a success story from the DJ realm that’s more compelling than George Acosta’s? Good luck.

This past August at El Hotel Pacha in Ibiza, after he accepted his plaque for winning DJ Times’ second annual America’s Best DJ vote, Acosta celebrated, then quietly revealed his life history. Sure, he had finished another chapter in a goal-oriented career, his professional dedication and entrepreneurial spirit paying off in hardware and lasting accolades. But the eventful journey was worth noting because, at that moment, Acosta knew better than anyone how his globetrotting life and career were things he could never take for granted.

Long before he won industry awards or produced any hit records, before he regularly played the world’s top clubs or thrived as a teen DJ/promoter in a then-gritty Miami Beach, Acosta was a little boy living in Castro’s Cuba. Dissatisfied with the state of affairs on the island nation, Acosta’s parents were determined by the late 1970s to leave their homeland. But, because Cuba’s restrictive government was less than fond of granting exit permits to its citizens, the Acostas made their own break and hopped a speedboat in the middle of the night. One-hundred-and-six miles later, young George—just 5-years-old at the time—woke up in the United States with a new set of possibilities.

As another Cuban exile in Miami, Acosta assimilated fairly easily and DJing played a big part. He rose from a middle-school mobile to an entrepreneurial teen—he even had a radio mixshow while in high school. He organized and DJed wildly successful warehouse parties and gained notice from Miami Beach’s elite club promoters. Like many of the most successful DJs, he had become adept with the music and the hustle.

A defining moment came when preparing for a Miami Beach rave. Challenged by the notion of sharing the bill with Josh Wink, who was riding high with a succession of club hits like “Higher State of Consciousness,” Acosta created a special track for the event. It was “Set U Free.” Fronted by the late Nadine Renée and released on Strictly Rhythm in 1995 under the moniker Planet Soul, the trancey breakbeat track went onto sell 1.2 million copies worldwide.

Since then, he’s further embraced the trance sound and released a slew of tracks and mix comps—including 2007’s double-CD A State of Mind (Moist). He continues to travel the world and build on his substantial fanbase, which supported him enormously in the America’s Best DJ vote. Still, he remains eager to push himself artistically and, to that end, he recently enrolled in SAE Institute, an audio engineering school with a campus in North Miami Beach. As Winter Music Conference neared, we caught up with our America’s Best DJ winner to relive moments of his life, both triumphant and harrowing.

Drop the Lime Discobelle.net Mix

Drop the Lime Discobelle.net Mix: http://www.zshare.net/audio/469601104633d8/  

Track by track breakdown here: http://www.discobelle.net/2007/11/16/mixin-it-up-drop-the-lime/

Green Velvet in the mix! Download link here

Here is a dj mix from the legend Green Velvet to freak your speakers: 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=85HRSVNN

Dave Aude on Talk Soup

Richard Vission Remixes Prince!

Check out Richard Vission's remix of Prince's classic hit 'Controversy'
Audio is up now on his site at http://www.richardvission.com/

Richard will be performing at Meltdown on June 28th!

Once Upon an Evite

Green Velvet - La La Land Video

DnB artist SPIRIT (Metalheadz, Renegade Hardware) Added to Meltdown Lineup!

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Drum & Bass has been added to Summer Meltdown! We are proud to announce the addition of:

SPIRIT Inneractive, Metalheadz, Renegade Hardware; UK
http://www.myspace.com/inneractivespirit 

MAC USERS : Get a countdown widget for your dashboard!

 MAC USERS : Get a countdown widet for your dashboard. Must be using OSX 10.4 or higher for the widget to work.

Download here : http://www.meltdowndallas.com/MeltdownCountdown.zip

www.MeltdownDallas.com Launches!!!

FULL MELTDOWN WEBSITE NOW UP!

www.meltdowndallas.com

George Acosta /// DJ Times Best DJ

DJ Times announces Top 100

http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/dj-times-announces-top-100/

Green Velvet - Shake & Pop Video

MELTDOWN : SUMMER EDITION // June 28th, 2008

Prototype Industries presents

In Association with Full Access & Disco

MELTDOWN : SUMMER EDITION

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Dallas, TX

featuring

GREEN VELVET Relief, Chicago

www.myspace.com/greenvelvet  

GEORGE ACOSTA DJ Times Tour /// Ultra, Miami

www.georgeacosta.com

RICHARD VISSION Solmatic, Thrive, Los Angeles

www.richardvission.com

DAVE AUDÉ Audacious, Los Angeles

www.daveaude.com

JEREMY DAWSON of SHINY TOY GUNS Universal, Los Angeles

www.shinytoyguns.com

DROP THE LIME Trouble & Bass, Mad Decent, Brooklyn

www.dropthelime.com

RANDALL JONES Balance, Houston

www.myntmusic.com

plus local support from

MERRTITT

RED EYE

JEREMY WORD

WILLIE TRIMMER

DJ TITAN

JOHNNY FUNK & DJ COOLEY

FABIAN BATES & PERJ

JAYSON GOLD

BABY RUTHLESS

DJ REBEL

DJ MALI

Details

LIZARD LOUNGE Outdoors under the Stars

Voted Best Dance Club by The Dallas Observer

2424 Swiss Ave /// Dallas, Texas /// 214-826-4768

Doors open 8 pm - 4 am /// 18 & Up With ID

Tickets On Sale Now: 

General Admission : Click Here

Balcony VIP : Click Here

Tickets also available at : 

Bills Records : 214.421.1500

R Type Records : 817.820.0990

Meltdown Invades the Digital Beatbox Podcast! 

Check out full guest mixes from Meltdown artists on the Bad Brother Inc here: 

itpc://rss.mac.com/badbrotherinc/iWeb/Bad%20Brother%20Inc./Digital%20Beatbox/rss.xml

Official Meltdown Afterparty Afterparty begins when Meltdown ends!

EDEN AFTERHOURS Inside Jaguar's

2151 Manana (off I-35) /// Dallas, TX/// 972.869.GOLD

www.jaguarsgold.net /// www.myspace.com/EDENdallas

Travel Options

www.orbitz.com

www.southwest.com

www.aa.com

www.greyhound.com

Lodging Options Close to Venue

Adam’s Mark /// 214.922.8000

Hotel Indigo /// 214.939.3639

Hyatt Regency /// 214.651.1234 

Magnolia Hotel /// 214.915.6500

Renaissance Hotel /// 214.631.2222

westin City Center /// 214.979.9000

Wyndham Anatole /// 214.761.7500 

WEB01: www.meltdowndallas.com

WEB02: www.meltdowndallas.blogspot.com

WEB03: www.myspace.com/fullacess_prototype

WEB04: www.prototype-industries.net

WEB05: www.thelizardlounge.com

Get door to door directions to Meltdown

Directions to Meltdown: 

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Video Collage Preview

Early-bird tickets now on sale!

Early-bird tickets are now on sale for Meltdown : Summer Edition!

General Admission: Click Here

VIP Tickets : Click Here

Meltdown : Summer Edition 2008

Full Meltdown : Summer Edition coming soon! This blog will be updated on a daily basis with show info, lineup, artist info, ticket giveaways, artist features and a ton of other shit! Check back for updates...