Astro:Dynamics has released a free EP by Bournemouth producer BNJMN under a new alias called Singing Statues.

Most trance fans will have first heard of Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren back in 2007 when Armin van Buuren opened his A State of Trance compilation with their beautiful "Light The Skies" track. Five years on, the LA-affiliated trio of Matt Cerf, Shawn Mitiska, and Jaren Cerf have had three IDMA nominations, peaked at #3 in the Dutch dance charts, collaborated with the likes of Rank 1 and Dash Berlin, and have just released their debut artist album, Give Me A Sound, which we currently have for you exclusively through Armada Music. Here we check in with the crew to get all the gritty details.

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In their first performances since 2010, the group have unveiled several new tracks from their forthcoming LP.

The German deep house producer will release his debut solo LP on Oslo in June.

The Detroit producer will play live for the first time at a Movement afterparty later this month.

Phil Blocks talks to Urban Essence about the ethos behind his new Narratives label, inspired by formative drum & bass imprint Metalheadz as much as 4AD and Warp Records.

The Brits play their favourites from 1977 to 1984. The Human League, Fad Gadget and UK Decay all feature.

Playin Me will come out on Hyperdub this July.

It is a joyous day for our intern imported from California, Sam Naff. Today (Friday, May 16th) we will pause briefly from our regular routine of demeaning tasks and hazing rituals to push him into his rite of passage as an official Beatport Live featured DJ. Sam will grace our stream starting at 3pm MST (5pm EST / 22:00 GMT) with his own blend of moombah, midtempo, dubstep, electro, and progressive house grooves. Be sure check out our Ustream page, Ustream.tv/beatport, for archived sessions of Beatport Live, including recent sets from Para One, Jimmy Edgar, Scuba, DJ Dan, and more.

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The Classic label man mixes things up for D-Edge this summer.