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Mixcloud Xmas Bash featuring Tim Westwood

 

Join friends from the music, tech and radio industries for a night of entertaining conversation and beats.

The event will kick off with an exclusive interview and Q&A with the renowned radio presenter and DJ, Tim Westwood, to discuss his career in radio – past, present and future.

We’ll then get the party started with a DJ set by Westwood himself with warm-up courtesy of Chris Read (BBE / WhoSampled) and The Mixcloud DJ Team.

To guarantee entry RSVP here & don’t forget to include your question for Westwood.

See you there!

Mixcloud Team

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Big Chill Presents… Mixcloud and Laid Back Radio – All School Flavor (28th May)

We’re really happy to announce the next edition of our monthly night at the Big Chill House on the 28th of May. This time we invited our friends over at Laid Back Radio to celebrate the release of their All School Flavor vol. 1 Compilationhttp://ldbk.eu/compilation

Kick-starting at 5pm, this immense 12-hour party starts on Big Chill House’s roof-top sun terrace, where a BBQ and cocktail bar will be open until 10pm.

After which, the party moves inside the newly refurbished venue, where Laid Back and Mixcloud have assembled a musically interesting yet party starting line-up:

LeFtO (Brownswood Rec. / Blue Note / BE)

Simbad (Brownswood Rec. / UK / FR)

Kutmah (BrainFeeder / UK)

Eric Lau (BTS Radio / UK)

Paul Pre (Mixtape King / DE)

+ Laid back DJ’s Flow State (Trust In Dust), Wafflez & WaxDr. Kwest ft. JoBee (Live), Title (Live), Fatoosan, Mr. Critical and DJ Azer.

LeftO:

Recently named Best radio show on Gilles Peterson’s World Wide Awards and having just released the ‘Worldwide Family Vol.1′ compilation on Brownswood with fellow Worldwide Family member Simbad, Lefto has been touring the world for the last five years. Sweeping through a variety of eclectic styles, from Hip Hop to Dubstep, Lefto’s sets are the perfect balance between musical discovery and party vibes.

Simbad:

Multi-instrumentalist, DJ & producer Simbad (aka P.L. Stanislas Renouf) is all about creating great music. His incredibly wide range as a producer spans from big band jazz to heavy Jamaican dancehall reggae via bouncy hip-hop to sick broken-beat & techno. His sets are like an exotic journey, he takes you trough different landscapes and when you finally arrive at destination, not only you’ll be quite satisfied, but you might also have a brighter picture of where contemporary club music is going.

Kutmah:

Dj Kutmah is a veteran of the L.A. beats scene and a key figure in the dublab / low end theory / brainfeeder creative community. His mixes take in everything from rare Egyptian funk to even the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song and of course fresh exclusives from his friends back in Los Angeles. He’s been a revelation since his arrival in London. Having toured with Bonobo, Flying Lotus, Gonjasufi, The Gaslamp Killer and Prefuse 73 he has not only held his own but positively shined at each turn with his brooding, bass-laden eclectic sets.

Paul Pre:

German based DJ Paul Pre is probably one of the most prolific mixtape DJ’s out there (and on Mixcloud). Globally known for his monthly mixes with exciting beats roaming from the underground, he is currently taking over dance floors all over the world. We just couldn’t wait till Outlook Festival to see him in action…

Eric Lau:

Eric Lau is a London Based producer known for his work with an array of international artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Dudley Perkins, Guilty Simpson, Oddissee, Olivier Daysoul, Floating Points, Fatima and many more. His slick and edgy productions have turned the ears of Gilles Peterson and Fat City Records who released Eric Lau presents Dudley & Friends in January 2007. Tastemakers and peers like Benji B (BBC Radio 1Xtra) called Laus soulful street sounds Heavy, Phonte (of Little Brother) added that Lau is One of the illest beatmakers.

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Commercialising content?

Some of the Mixcloud team will be speaking on panels at a couple of interesting events over the next 2 weeks. Both are related to the ripe, relevant and challenging topic of monetising content online.

The first is being put on by the Radio Independents Group – a not-for-profit trade body that “represents the interests and needs of the UK’s independent radio production industry”.

On Monday 30th November, they are running an event entitled “Monetising Audio Content – the Way Forward”, in association with the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. The afternoon kicks off with an opening statement from Minister for Creative Industries, Siôn Simon, before getting stuck into some detailed discussions specifically around the BBC – current Terms of Trade and implications on revenue splits/commercialization for indie production companies, and opportunities available from the BBC Worldwide archive.

Nico from Mixcloud sits on the final panel, which talks about “the world beyond” – yes there is radio beyond the BBC! This panel addresses a topic that we at Mixcloud are particularly interested in – how to create a commercial marketplace around all this great, abundant content.

Click here to see more about this event.

Next up. The Westminster eForum on The future of content online – micropayments, digital delivery and disintermediation”. The Westminster eForum “aims to provide the premier environment for policy makers in Parliament, Whitehall and government agencies to engage with key stakeholders.”

Again this event attempts to address some of the difficult questions that we’re all asking – the changing role of the media monolith, the impact of the Internet as a distribution tool for media, how businesses are adapting to change, the role and relevance of territories in a multi-platform world, payment for content and much more.

Nikhil from Mixcloud will be on the panel that discusses “payment for content and freeconomics”. What are the business models of the future? How will they work in practice (overcoming the barriers)? How do we compete with free? And so on.

Click here for more information on this event.

Both these events are a great opportunity to air some of the key challenges of our industry in front of an audience who can influence at the highest level. Therefore we urge you to leave your thoughts, feedback, frustrations, ideas and rants in the comments section below so that we can represent the collective wisdom of our peers.

Also if you’re going to be attending either of the events and fancy sitting down for a chat, please get in touch or leave a comment below.

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