{"id":1277,"date":"2014-10-13T11:25:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T15:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glacialcommunications.com\/news\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2014-11-02T21:13:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T01:13:06","slug":"new-beat-compilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glacialcommunications.com\/news\/2014\/10\/new-beat-compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Beat Compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a recent New Beat-heavy DJ set at the inaugural IN TRAINING<\/a> event, I’ve taken an even deeper dive into one of my favorite subgenres of dance music. So much that in the last week or so, the notion of putting out a compilation of modern takes on Belgium’s chief export from 1987-1989 crept into my head.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, on social media, I broached the topic, with requisite plausible deniability:
\n“Anyone want to submit tracks for a faux New Beat compilation? Asking for a friend.”<\/p>\n

The response was better than expected. Folks wanted to do it. It’s on.<\/p>\n

Here are the rules\/specifics:
\n1) It should sound like Belgian New Beat. Consult this video<\/a> or this mixtape<\/a> if you’re not sure what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n

2) Deadline? It would be amazing to have this as an online\/maybe-limited-CDR companion piece to my impending 12″(more on that soon), but that might be cutting things close- tracks would have to be to me by November 1st. We’ll start with that and go from there if it slips. Maybe there will be a Volume II if submissions keep coming in. Also, the deadline is almost three weeks away- Morton Sherman and Bellucci<\/a> would have made a dozen tracks in that much time- I think folks can manage one…
\nUPDATE<\/strong>: Deadline extended to November 8th.<\/p>\n

3) Like any good New Beat release, pseudonyms outside of your usual moniker are highly suggested, but not required.<\/p>\n

4) Technical details: submissions should be a link to something hosted elsewhere (dropbox, google drive, whatever), and should be in WAV format(44kHz\/16 bit is fine, better is better). Aim for a -3 dB peak, so I can do some minor mastering stuff to keep all the tracks consistent. Send submissions to glacialcommunications@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

5) Legalese: You retain all IP rights to your track submissions, and I’m not really intending to make any money from this- it’ll probably be free on Bandcamp and a nominal charge if I do a small run of CDRs.<\/p>\n

As you can see, the Fantasy Commandos are already working on their track:<\/p>\n

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It begins. #NewBeat #Belgium #compilation<\/p>\n

View on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n