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As the founder of Tek-Know? -- a local cabal of producers, DJs, and promoters, who worship at the altar of underground techno -- Swetz incessantly dreams up schemes to sell obscure, uncompromising sounds to fellow Clevelanders. Swetz is, in a way, the Rust Belt's Tony Wilson.

Other than a few well-known bands, Egyptian night life depends mainly on DJs. A few clubs in Cairo have live entertainment on their programmes. But the rest use the right combination of music and disk jockey to draw in the crowd

If somebody threw '70s disco, Nintendo, '80s synths and a white boy from Scotland together, then they would have Calvin Harris. Imagine The Faint but more carefree and all around stoked-on-the-moment. At only 23 he has released his first full-length CD "I Created Disco." The album isn't breaking the mold; it reinforces the mold in some of the best ways. He has taken good aspects of electronic dance music and added funny lyrics that would put even the worst negative nancy into a good mood.

Greetings music lovers and dancers, I certainly hope this finds you enjoying your day. In the tradition of Love Parade with a month to go fast approaching, San Francisco will welcome an amazing dance experience that brings together beautiful people from everywhere! The energy and dynamics this parade and festival creates is dance music coming to life in its purest form.

Pacemaker, a handheld DJ unit that packs a considerable punch - sufficient to make it realistic to play a whole DJ with no external units.

Line, the creators of FL Studio, have entered the DJ software market with 'Deckadance' which boasts some features that, if work, would make this the ultimate DJ mixing application.

The Chemical Brother’s upcoming US tour will be sponsored by Microsoft in an effort to get electronic music fans amped about the Zune digital media player. It won’t work.

On October 16th, 2007, DJ Tiesto will drop In Search of Sunrise 6, his latest compilation capturing the best music as inspired by the club epicenter known as Ibiza.

When the news surfaced in May, it seemed like a hoax. A Dutch DJ named Tiësto, ran the announcement, would be playing a solo show here in August–not at Celebrities or the Commodore Ballroom, but at GM Place. Ten years after the rave scene's demise, there hardly seem to be enough people to fill a nightclub for this kind of show, much less a full-size arena. Surely, after all these years, dance music is dead–or is it?

The record boss behind bands including New Order and Happy Mondays, died yesterday. Tony Wilson, regarded as the man who put Manchester on the map for its music and vibrant nightlife, died of a heart attack, although he had been suffering from cancer. He was 57.

It looks like the long, litigious saga of AllofMP3 is about to take yet another turn, with the company is now promising to resume its music download service following a recent Russian court ruling in its favor.

Daft Punk will soon be playing in your house. On Nov. 20, the French electronic duo will document their sensory- overloading live tour with the release of 'Daft Punk Alive 2007,' a CD that captures the booty-shaking show that quickly became one of the year's must-see concert events.

According to Gizmodo, Trekstor has renamed their "iBeat Blaxx" mp3 player to just "Blaxx".

A series of bomb threats triggered an emergency evacuation of the Winnipeg's Convention Centre early Friday morning, where an estimated 500 fans had gathered to watch Tiesto put on a late-night concert.

It was Ibiza in New York; Paul van Dyk, king of the climatic dance genre known as trance, proves with his 5th year performing at Central Park that trance is alive and well!

Former Haçienda resident DJ Mike Pickering, the icon of the early-90s 'Madchester' acid house movement, and Radio 1 resident Pete Tong celebrated Tony Wilson this week with a two-hour Essential Mix special on UK's BBC Radio 1.

Over the past half year we have seen arguably the most significant change in the online music industry since Apple launched their iTunes store in 2003. Following Steve Jobs’ open letter clarifying Apple’s position on digital rights management (DRM) in Februrary, major record companies have begun providing their music online free of piracy protection mechanisms.

Here's one that the carefree kiddos are sure to hate. Hamilton Electronics has unveiled a wired set of headphones dubbed Guardian, which put an interesting twist on limiting the volume that one hears.

Like the teenage girl that has a crush on the lead slimy douche bag of a boy band, Industry Boy too had an infatuation in my youth - Paul Oakenfold. I used to sit on the train on the way to school slowly caressing my penis through my trousers whilst listening to Oakey’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes and his Global Underground mix CDs.

Trekstor, the makers of the vibez, is set to release the i.beat blaxx, basically a rebranded M-Cody M30, the new digital media player features 1.3-inch 160 x 128 resolution display, MP3 / WMA / OGG / WAV / SMV file support, a built-in FM tuner, line-in port, a rechargeable Li-ion, and USB connectivity.

British house DJ Sasha has launched his own record label as an outlet for his own exclusive productions. Emfire is the result of a collaborative effort with his studio friends Charlie May, Duncan Forbes and Barry Jamieson aka COMA, a pseudonym that also is the name of the first release.

Electro icon Felix Da Housecat assumes a new alias, Virgo Blaktro, for his third album. 'Virgo Blaktro and the Movie Disco' is out in October.

Is there a band better suited to the 8-bit treatment than Kraftwerk? It’s hard to imagine one. The German electronic trio’s spacey, dread-infested synthscapes have been influencing DJs and other electronica-minded musicians for over 30 years, since Kraftwerk debuted in 1970. On the album 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk, 15 classic Kraftwerk tracks are reinterpreted by “some of the 8-bit scene’s best innovators.” It’s a match made in beep/boop heaven.

Big beat pioneer Fatboy Slim dusts off his seventies reggae, soul and funk collection for the latest volume in the 'Late Night Tales' series.

Montreal, Canada has a reputation for being one of the world's infamous party capitals. The cities French infused scene is driven by a large population of young people that enjoy partying hard until the wee hours of the morning on any given night. Vital to the development of Montreal's modern clubbing scene is DJ / Producer Sultan.