Techcrunch.com gets hacked

Here is a sceenshot from techcrunch.com, it appears they have been hacked. No news on who is claiming responsibility. Here is a picture from their site:

Update – 1154pm. Techcrunch have changed their homepage to show ‘we’ll be back soon’

Update – 1156pm. Site keeps going down, timing out. Flashed back to previous hacker message for a few minutes incuding rapidshare.com links

Update – 1250am. Techcrunch updated their site with the following message:

Earlier tonight techcrunch.com was compromised by a security exploit.

We’re working to identify the exploit and will bring the site back online shortly.

Armand Van Helden Mix from 1993

Stumbled across this dj mix by armand van heldon from 1993. It’s a great flashback on where house music was and where it is today. The mix was titled Rise Volume 1, complete tracklisting below:

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Tracklisting:

00:00 Mood II Swing I Need Your Luv (Right Now) (Lem’s Church Mix)
03:23 MAW & Company feat. Xaviera Gold Gonna Get Back To You (Mood II Swing “Big Thick” Dub)
06:40 Sultans Of Swing Move It To The Left (3rd Level Banji Mix)
10:58 The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. It’s Gonna Be A Lovely Day (Palladium House Anthem I)
18:43 unknown unknown
22:21 Jazzy Lonely (Underground Goodie Mix)
24:50 Cajmere feat. Dajae Brighter Days (Underground Goodie Mix)
27:04 Robin S. Show Me Love (Stonebridge Club Mix)
32:56 Nightcrawlers Push The Feeling (The Dub Of Doom)
37:10 T.M.V.S. Don’t Be Shy
38:39 unknown unknown
41:22 unknown unknown
43:31 Martha Wash Carry On (Tee’s Dub)
48:23 Happyhead Digital Love Thing (Underground MK Mix)
50:23 Armand Van Helden Te-Quiero (Casa Cabesa Mix)
54:53 unknown unknown
57:44 unknown unknown
59:14 Kenny “Dope” Gonzales All I’m Askin’ (Roger S. Remix)
1:01:30 House Of Gypsies Samba
1:03:40 Frank Ski Whores In This House
1:05:07 Uncanny Alliance I Got My Education (which mix?)
1:09:58 Trey Lorenz Photograph Of Mary (MAW Dub)
1:13:06 Aly-Us Follow Me (Club Mix)
1:16:37 unknown unknown
1:18:22 Karen Pollack You Can’t Touch Me (Murk Remix)
1:21:51 Liberty City Some Lovin’
1:24:21 Coral Way Chiefs Release Myself

source – redlightmusic,com

New DJ Serato Rane 68 Mixer Announced

Earlier today Rane proudly announced its latest dj mixer for the scratch live serato hardware called the Rane 68 (or Rane sixity-eight). The four channel mixer will give djs the ability to que and mix 4 tracks at the same time with 2 computers!!! We were lucky enough to get our hands on some pictures of the new beauty, check them out below:

Here are some quick details on the new mixer:

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Support for two DJs at once.

DJ handover is easy with two USB ports. Easily switch between two laptops without interrupting the music. e.g., DJ A can be playing out channels 1 and 2, and then hand off those channels one at a time to DJ B.

Two DJs can perform in parallel on the same mixer: Two DJs connect, configure which channels they output in software, and then DJ side by-side off the same mixer. eg., DJ A can play out channels 1 and 2, and DJ B can play out channels 3 and 4 at the same time.

Two computers, two USB ports, four decks and a range of effects.

Introducing the first professional DJ mixer with two USB 2.0 High Speed ports with support for real-time connection of two computers. Two DJs can work in parallel and/or seamlessly transition from one DJ to another.

* • Two independent USB 2.0 High Speed ports, each supporting twenty-two, 32-bit floating-point audio channels at 48 kHz.
* • Real-time support for two computers.
* • Support for 2, 3 or 4 Virtual Decks on one or two computers.
* • Direct control of over 30 Scratch Live Library, Cue and Loop functions.
* • Unique FlexFx bus:
o Process a sub-mix of up to six audio channels.
o Six internal effects with seamless on-beat switching between effects.
o External analog insert support for legacy hardware effects.
o USB insert support for computer-based effects.
* • Four full-featured input channels:
o Four stereo Phono/CD inputs of Line, Phono or S/PDIF.
o Four stereo auxiliary inputs.
o Four stereo USB playback options.
* • Two mic inputs: one with phantom power and one with line-level.
* • 3-band full-cut EQ, plus new High-pass / Low-pass Filter.
* • Flexible USB recording options, record from any PGM or output.
* • Internal universal switching power supply (100-230 VAC)
* • Unit size: 14.3″H x 12″W x 4″D (36.4 cm x 30.5 cm x 10.2 cm)
* • Weight: 11.3 lb (5.2 kg)
* • Shipping Size: 7.75″H x 12.75″W x 19.25″D (19.7 cm x 32.5 cm x 49 cm)
* • Weight: 12 lb (5.5 kg)