Four Tet is readying the release of a 12" single this Summer and lots of festival appearances.

It looks like there's a whole new Apple TV on the horizon, one that combines the TV with internet video in ways that Apple TV never has before.

Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival went over big this weekend. Find out more and check video coverage.

One half of the New York disco/house outfit tells Development that the follow-up to their much-loved debut LP is "going to be more of a song-oriented album."

Sounds To Sample head into the German producer's sonic lair to lift the lid on how he builds his grooves, his penchant for musical drama and the limitations of limitless technology.

Photos from the Detroit Electronic Music Festival

On Friday, the FCC released seven Notices of Apparent Liability for violations of children's programming rules, proposing forfeitures (i.e. fines) of $25,000 to $70,000 per station.  Most of the violations cited were overages of the commercial limits, which restrict stations to broadcasting 10.5 minutes per hour of commercial material during childrens programming on weekends and 12 minutes per hour on weekdays.  Many of these overages were for durations of 15 seconds each.  In one case, the FCC found a Pokemon program to be a program length commercial (discussed below) where a Pokemon game card with the letters "MON" was displayed for one second in a Nintendo GameBoy commercial during the show.  In addition to overages of the commercial limits, other cited violations included failing to provide program guide publishers with information regarding the target child audience of core programs;  failing to update the public file regarding compliance; and failing to publicize the existence and location of the station's children's television programming reports, in addition to the program length commercial issue described above. 

The largest fine, for $70,000, was issued in a case where most of the violations were for "program length commercials", in which a commercial for a memorabilia website shown during a "Yu-Gi-Oh" television program contained a "very brief" reference to Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards.  A program length commercial occurs when an advertisement contains a mention of a character or product that is associated with the program in which the ad appears.  In these situations, the Commission fears that children will not be able to perceive the difference between the programming and the commercial, and thus treats the entire program as a commercial.  In so doing, the station is considered to have exceeded the commercial limits by the entire length of the program less the number of commercial minutes allowed.  This is done even if the commercial image of the character or other program-related material is fleeting.  We've written about the difference in treatment between a commercial overage and program length commercial before, and this case makes clear just how seriously the Commission considers the latter and how costly this can be to the offending station.

A number of lessons can be drawn from this latest group of FCC decisions:  First, human error is no excuse for violating the children's programming rules.  All of these violations were deemed "willful," meaning a conscious act, "irrespective of any intent to violate the law."  Second, it is no excuse that the violation originates at the network level.  Individual stations remain responsible for programming aired on their stations.  Third, an otherwise de minimus violation becomes significant if repeated on multiple occasions.    And in the case of program length commercials, there does not appear to be any de minimus exception.  Fourth, the FCC is admittedly bumping up forfeitures levied in previous renewal cycles, stating that previously issued  forfeitures of lower amounts "have not had a sufficient deterrent effect."  

While the FCC has always taken violations of children's programming rules very seriously, the Commission has now taken the additional step of increasing forfeitures above the base forfeiture amounts set forth in the Forfeiture Policy Statement as a means of deterring future violations.  Since human error is no shield from a forfeiture, TV stations and cable programmers must increase their vigilance against violations of all aspects of the children's programming rules.

Over the past couple of years, one North American DJ in particular has risen through the ranks of the dubstep elite with his unique, punishing. Canadian born Excision runs the Rottun Recordings imprint and broke through into the mainstream with his 2008 remix of Pendulum’s ‘Showdown’. Since then, Excision has had a string of Top 100 tracks on Beatport, including 'Subsonic', 'Boom', and 'Warning', and he snagged a Best Dubstep Producer nomination in the 2010 BMAs, making it the perfect time to catch up with this emerging talent from Kelowna, British Columbia.

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The Mikrowave man settles in for a seriously heady effort for the mnml ssgs blog, traversing cracked ambient, muscular techno and other such strangeness.

For our landmark 40th issue, FILTER did something we've never done before - we went sideways! To celebrate the new issue's release TODAY, we're asking you, our devoted readers, to go sideways with us for the chance to win some amazing prizes. How do you do that, you ask? 

Step 1. Pick up the new issue at your local Urban Outfitters, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Bookstar, independent music retailer, newsstand, awesome friend's house, etc. Wherever you get your FILTER fix.

Step 2. Grab your camera and get creative with a "sideways" inspiration - whether this means you take a photo of yourself reading the issue while lying horizontal on the couch or in the street (watch out for traffic please), photo-bombing friends' sideways glances at your Memorial Day BBQ, overtaking your local FILTER supplier with countless issues stacked sideways around the stores, etc. Anything you want!

Step 3. Become a fan at facebook.com/FILTERmagazine and upload your photo to the page.

Step 4. Rejoice for you are done. / Repeat as many times as you like.

One grand prize winner will not only get their winning photo published in the next issue, but will also win a copy of issue 40 signed by cover stars, Broken Social Scene, a 1-year subscription to FILTER, and a new outfit from our friends at Dickies. Two runners-up will receive a copy of the new issue signed by Broken Social Scene. Winners will be chosen by FILTER staff based on creativity, so don't be afraid to think outside the box.

You have two weeks to craft your photos with a deadline of Friday, June 11, so get creative and get on it! Remember you MUST be a fan of FILTER on Facebook and submit your photos there to be considered!
 

Pick up FILTER 40 “Broken Social Scene: The Revolving Kingdom” in stores TODAY!

Only last month, we wrote about the proposal of a consulting engineer for an across the board power increase for AM stations so that they could overcome the effects of interference from all the electromagnetic devices now existing in our modern world that, while making our lives easier, interferes with the signal of AM stations, particularly in urban environments.  In what seems like record time, the FCC today sent the proponent of that change a letter declining to pursue the proposal.  The FCC's Media Bureau sent Richard Arsenault, the engineer who made the proposal, a letter stating that, after review, the staff decided that the proposal would increase AM interference, in contradiction to the attempts by the FCC to reduce interference on the AM band.  Thus, the proposal was dismissed.

When we first wrote about this proposal, we expressed skepticism about how likely such a move was to get buy in from all of the potentially affected parties, including neighboring countries.  Nevertheless, we are surprised at the speed of the FCC's denial of this proposal, and its reliance on an almost 20 year old proceeding which took some initial steps to try to reduce AM interference, but which has essentially been inactive for many years.  AM stations are suffering in many places in the country, and the interference identified by Mr Arsenault is real.  We hope that, while the FCC has denied this particular remedy, it will continue to look at means to address AM issues.  One proposal still out there - moving AM to a rededicated TV channel 5 or 6.  Over time, we will see if that proposal, on which the FCC has already received public comment, has any traction at the FCC.

Well, now…what do you know? It’s your Friday Five!

Rainy day music. This is the sample source for J Dilla’s production of Pharcyde’s “Runnin’” btw.

Flavor.

Whoa.

Lowrider soul. What can I say…I’m Latino.

Top Latino soul.

This week’s bonus beat:

That’s it for this week. Have a great weekend! www.djvinnie.net

Stockholm, Sweden (May 28, 2010) – Propellerhead Software today announced it has started beta testing for Reason 5 and Record 1.5. This is the company’s biggest overhaul to its Record - Reason application family so far, introducing new instruments, effects, sequencing and more for composing, beatmaking, loop-mangling, vocal treatment, songwriting and music production.

For our latest competition, we present something a little bit different. In celebration of their newest release--Soneec, Lauer & Canard's 'The Making of You', featuring the legendary Chicago vocalist Robert Owens--Seamless Recordings is looking for a new DJ to represent the label. To enter, just record a DJ mix of no more than 30 minutes; the only requirement is that it must include 'The Making of You'. The winner of the competition will be flown out to Ibiza to play alongside Boy George and Robert Owens himself at the new, ultra-cool Sands Beach Club on September 8; afterwards, he or she will head back to the renowned Hotel Es Vive to play an exclusive after-party set. As though that weren't enough, the winner gets to mix his or her own compilation from the Seamless catalogue, to be made available exclusively on Beatport. To enter the competition, which is open to all DJs, bedroom to stadium, simply incorporate one of the mixes of the track, 'The Making of You' by Soneec, Lauer and Canard feat. Robert Owens, into a 30-minute DJ mix at (192bps mp3 quality) and deliver the mix to the Seamless SoundCloud account using the dropbox function. The file name of the mix must include the entrants' DJ name, and contestants should email graham@seamlessrecordings.com with the file name, full tracklisting, and full contact details including name, email, address, contact phone number, and date of birth. Read on for complete rules and guidelines; submissions close on August 2, 2010, so it's time to start putting together that setlist!

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