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The place = Bali + The venue = KuDeTa + The Year = 2010 + The Season = Summer + The Sunset = Bliss + The music = Voodoo + The setup = 1 iMac + 1 Keyboard + 1 Mixer + 2 CD players + 2 turntables and The view from the DJ Box =

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As soon as the Musical Director Billy Tymoszuk confirms the exact date, we will let you know. The scene is set.

Due to technological advancement and technological failure, the launch date for websites has been changed. Apple have ditched the PPC based operating system and adobe CS5 is not being released until April 2010. Having lost lots of data already it would be a waste of time to re-write code and launch websites merely to replace them in a few months time - so the websites relating to the independent labels and the digital download site will be designed using the new iMac operating system and the new adobe CS5 software which leads to a launch date in the summer of 2010 to ensure the site works for future technology rather than the old.

These websites will promote independent artists worldwide and to those who are patiently waiting, please accept our sincere apologies and remember time flies and the wait will be worth it. For those that can not wait, you can always do it yourself or sell your soul to a major label and they will do it all for you - at a price - it's all about choice.

Better Privacy is an excellent add on for the firefox browser and if you are not using it yet then maybe it's time to start. Blocking or clearing cookies is no longer enough. LSO cookies will not show up as cookies and they remain hidden in your system folder, tracking your history etc. Having discovered and installed the add on and then immediately quitting firefox to test it, Better Privacy found and removed 231 LSO cookies that have been tracking the system for months and months. If you would like to get rid of these invasive and potentially malicious cookies, go get the add on and see how many LSO cookies you already have and use it to get rid of them.

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Universal Music have just about killed off Deezer now with their new Geographic IP restrictions and unless you live in France and well within the borders, it's game over. In search of new streaming sites that have playable tracks, two good websites are worth checking over and it's so simple to create an account if you like what you see. If you are in the UK try out we7 and internationally there's grooveshark. Neither of these websites have the style that Deezer had a few months ago before the majors went in for the kill but at least they do have playable content. Grooveshark hosts 22 million tracks and we7 plays host to around 3.5 million which is far more than Deezer can offer anymore.

Some say the MOBO Awards take a strange kind of racist approach to music. That's a discussion that will continue but this years results have already been concluded. Best UK Act N-Dubz Best Newcomer JLS Best Song 'Beat Again', JLS Best Album 'Uncle B', N-Dubz Best DJ Trevor Nelson Best Hip Hop Chipmunk Best R&B Keri Hilson Best International Beyonce Best Video 'Single Ladies', Beyonce Best Reggae Sean Paul Best Jazz Yolanda Brown Best Gospel Victizzle Best African Act Nneka BeMOBO Award War Child Lifetime Achievement Award Michael Jackson.

This is wild ! Marshall Mathers is set on a course to win a massive court battle with Apple and the Universal Music Group. Once again, the superpower labels and companies have been breaking the rules which they themselves have been instrumental in passing as copyright laws to protect themselves but dismiss when the tables are turned. Apple and Universal Music have illegally made millions of $'s from on-line distribution and sales of Eminem's music.

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YouTube's much needed improved design options are now at the beta stage, try them out for yourself to see the difference and help them with feedback if you get any problems using the new features and layouts

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It's huge, it's massive and all the major headline acts will be there as usual. Tickets always sell out fast so if you want to enjoy the festival experience in the scorching summer sunshine in the south of little england next year, book you tickets as soon as you can . . . click this to reserve or buy

The places - Kerbcrawler, Leeds. Matter, London. Arches, Glasgow. Honeyclub, Brighton. The Loft, Maidstone. Stealth, Nottingham. O2 Academy, Oxford. The Picture House, Edinburgh and Glam, Cardiff. Dates and times may change so for more info keep checking the mixmag website 

It's due out October 11 2009 with 3 CD's of which 2 are running mixes. You can pre-order copies and there are a limited number of copies being pressed on vinyl, some signed. For more information check out the recent posts on-line at www.johndigweed.com