Below you can find the confirmed Depeche Mode tour dates for “Touring the Angel” - May 2006

Thu, May 4th, 2006
Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol Stadium

Fri, May 5th, 2006
Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol Stadium

Sun, May 7th, 2006
Monterrey, Mexico - Arena

Wed, May 10th, 2006
Kansas City, MO - Starlight Amphitheater

Thu, May 11th, 2006
Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena

Sat, May 13th, 2006
Wantaugh, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheater

Sun, May 14th, 2006
Holmdel, NJ - PNC BankArts Center

Wed, May 17th, 2006
Montréal, PQ - Bell Centre

Thu, May 18th, 2006
Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre

Sat, May 20th, 2006
Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata

Sun, May 21st, 2006
Washington, DC (Bristow, VA) - Nissan Pavilion

For online concerts ordering details, visit Ticketmaster.

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King Street Sounds and Defected announce brand new hot 2006 house music mixes of Blaze feat. Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love by Freemasons, Ian Carey, Sergio Flores, DJ Takashiro, & Chocolate Puma that will be coming up in May.

In the meanwhile, you can be the first to see the video with radio edit of the Freemasons Club Remix. Done in clever animation of Blaze (that are Kevin Hedge & Josh Milan) & Barbara Tucker going out to perform the hit. The videoclip include cameos by Louie Vega & Kenny Dope, David Morales, Dennis Ferrer, Bob Sinclar, Dimitri from Paris, Sandy Rivera, Joey Negro, and others.

Click here to see the Most Precious Love (Freemasons remix) video in real video format.

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Sonar, 13th Barcelona International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, is returning from 15 to 17 June 2006. Three days and three nights in touch with the most up-to-date developments and featuring the most relevant national and international artists.

Main Djs and live acts already confirmed in the program:
CHIC feat. Nile Rodgers (US)
Dave Clarke (Skint/UK)
Digable Planets (Blue Note/US)
DJ Krush (Sony/JP)
Gilles Peterson & MC Earl Zinger (Talkin’ Loud/UK)
Goldfrapp (Mute/UK)
Infadels (World Of Sound/UK)
insen - alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto (Rasternoton/DE-JP)
Isolée (Playhouse/DE)
Jeff Mills (Axis/US)
Kenny Dope (masters at work/US)
Laurent Garnier & Bugge Wesseltoft feat. Philippe Nadaud (FCom/FR)
Liars (Mute/US)
Miss Kittin (Nobody’s Bizzness/FR)
Modeselektor (B-Pitch Control/DE)
Nightmares on Wax (Warp/UK)
One Self (Ninja Tune/UK)
Rahzel & DJ JS-One (MCA/US)
Richie Hawtin vs Ricardo Villalobos (Minus/CA-CL)
Sasha (Global Underground/UK)
Satoshi Tomiie (SAW/JP)
Señor Coconut and his Orchestra feat. Argenis Brito (Essay/CL)
Softpad (JP)
Superthriller (Mint/UK)
The MFA (B-Pitch Control/UK)
Tiga (Pias/CA)
Tucker (Oddjob/JP)

For further information: www.sonar.es

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New crossover dance single from Chicane, together with music legend Tom Jones.
Stoned in love will be released on the 24 April 2006 through Globe Records / Manifesto in 3 mixes (commercial 12′’ mix, the young punx vocal mix and vertigo vocal remix).
In support of this track release, which follows his 2000 smash hit Don’t give up (together with Bryan Adams) which reached number 1 in UK and # 8 in Australia, UK artist Chicane will be playing two exclusive live shows in Manchester (Saturday 22nd April 2006) and London (Monday 24th April).

You can listen to an mp3 preview of the original mix @ Tom Jones official website.

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Cnet posted a review of the new mp3 player from Samsung, the Yepp YP-D1, which has an unique look strictly similar to a cellular phone. It comes with 1 or 2GB, an it features a 2 megapixel photo / video camera, an 1.8 inch color screen, an FM tuner and playback support of ASF, OGG, and WMA audio files and recording features.
It has the same size as an Ipod Nano and it is capable of 20 hours music playback / 7 hours for video.
Cnet rated it as “excellent” (8/10) and wrote: “The Samsung YP-D1 features a streamlined design and is packed with cool extras such as: onboard camera, audio recording, and video-playback capabilities. Keep in mind is limited by its 2GB maximum capacity.”
Click here to read the complete review.

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DJ Martin Landsky (Pokerflat recordings) chart (minimal house music):

01 Sleeparchive - Acd-Voice / Sleeparchive
02 Loco Dice - Carthago / Cocoon
03 John Tejada - Forced Fiction / Palette
04 Lanoiraude - Push On / Dialect
05 Jussi-Pekka - Dead Serious / Frozen North
06 Joris Voorn - Mpx 309 / Green
07 Marlow & Delhia - Movin (Tanzmann Remix) / Moon Harbour
08 We Are - Volume 5 / We Are
09 Error Error - Music (Antonelli Remix) / Italic
10 Sweet n Candy - Justin Maxwell Mix / Dumb

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Futuremusic has an article about the new hybrid cd turntables products announced by Numark, that will be available in May - June. They write: “The X2 Hybrid is the perfect combination of a vinyl turntable and a CD turntable. With its high-torque direct drive motor, aluminum platter and fully adjustable tone-arm. it behaves just like your beloved 1200, but now you can front-load a CD and utilize the same vinyl mixing mechanics. Just awesome! The HDX is one of the most advanced DJ turntables available with USB 2.0 ports, an 8X CD reader, and an onboard 80 GB hard drive that supports MP3, WMA, and WAV media formats”
To learn more about this gear, just visit futuremusic site.

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PCDJ presents a special laptop designed for mobile dj use: 00DJ. This notebook has all the professional equipment encased in secure steel case to ensure the performer dj can utilise and work without interruption using MP3s. It’s equipped with a gigaport ag soundcard, with 8 RCA outputs (24 bit digital-to-analog converters), WDM and ASIO drivers, ready to support future DTS 6.1 / 7.1 surround formats.

From PCDJ.co.uk press release: “Designed by a DJ - for a DJ! The 00DJ provides the perfect solution for the mobile DJ on the road. Portable and compact with ease of use, this stylish MP3 module will save you time & effort at your venues - without sacrificing performance.
Turn up to your next gig with style, confidence and bulletproof technology with the ‘00DJ’ professional music performance system. The 00DJ delivers a feel of quality and power that puts it in a league of its own.The ‘00DJ’ provides the perfect solution for today’s fast moving professionals. Combining ice cool styling with touch screen programming - an impressive yet secure library of MP3 files - the 00DJ will free-up your creativity and save valuable time at all of your venues. ”

For more information about this notebook: www.pcdj.co.uk

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01 Torre - Baleora / SSOH
02 Mr V and Alix Alvarez - Da Bump / Vega Records
03 Sumo - Nini (claude monnet mix) / Heya Hifi
04 Djamin - give you / Purple Music
05 Greg Kozo - What and Where / Place Blanche records
06 Son of raw - Drumstick and Light fixture / uk promo
07 Lenny Fontana & Joi Cardwell - Make it alright / Stalwart
08 Bob Sinclar feat the hard boys - Hard / Africanism
09 Georges Krantz - Din Dada -Franck boissy mix) / Chez
10 DJ Gregory - And / Faya Combo

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New mainstream release from french dj producer Bob Sinclar on his Yellow Production record label, World Hold On comes as the follow-up of the international smash hit Love Generation.
Mr Steve Edwards, that you could remember on the tracks The Sound of Violence of Cassius, provides the vocals.

Genre: Funky Vocal House/Disco/Club
Catalog: YP 219
Free Mp3 Streaming
Joachim Garraud and David Guetta Remix

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