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The Beat Generation: How Do You Like Your Dance Music: Smart Or Stupid?
posted: June 12, 2011
“Intelligent Dance Music” or “IDM” is one of those loaded phrases that seems to commonly populate music discussion despite the fact that most people who take time to talk about music”nerds, all of them”will openly…
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The Beat Generation: 6 Great Record Labels To Watch
posted: June 5, 2011
Here at The Beat Generation we like to keep our eyes open and our fingers glued to the keyboard. That doesn’t mean just keeping a lookout for the best that electronic music has to offer…
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The Beat Generation: Mecanico – South America's Freshest Disco Export
posted: May 29, 2011
Late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda once said, “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.” And while it feels like spring hasn’t really sprung for a lot of us stateside,…
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The Beat Generation: Rap And Electronic – A Match Made In Heaven Or Hell?
posted: May 22, 2011
Here at The Beat Generation we’re consumers and lovers of many things”most of them electronically influenced. Philosophically speaking, we’re big fans of collaboration. Mashing, jamming, subverting the norms and coming together. What could be better…
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The Beat Generation: Chillwave Redux?
posted: May 15, 2011
Being a young band just starting out in the business is hard. This is a news flash to no one, and thus not the topic of this week’s Beat Generation column. But how hard must…
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The Beat Generation: Digital Rock, A Playlist
posted: May 8, 2011
Chest thumping, heart pounding, flying by the seat of your pants”these are attributes that some of the best rock and electronic music have in common. We’ve covered the rockers who like to occasionally jam on…
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