A lengthy two-page summary of the year that was from the Berlin-based Pitchfork correspondent charting the music and trends that made up 2009.

The Metrolux Music boss throws down a weighty hour of balmy beats and bass as a primer for his upcoming show at Süd Electronic.

San Franciscan site SF Weekly looks into the worrying trend of police closing down parties and seizures of DJ equipment in the city.

Beatportal visits the German producer's East London studio space to talk synths, success in the US and dealing with negativity.

As a neat follow-on from his recent Touring Scenes piece for us, Dumb-Unit boss Jeremy P. Caulfield reports back on his recent skiing trip to the German/Austrian Alps for the fabric blog.

Watch the video for the elusive UK producer's unreleased "Aquarium" track, with visuals by French/Polish filmmaker Piotr Kamler.

Don Melon pulls together Black Devil Disco Club, Ilija Rudman and Theo Parrish ahead of his appearance at Warm this Friday.

It's basically just a ball traversing an animated landscape... But what a lovely ball, and what a lovely landscape.

Create Digital Music points us to the news that Apple have finally given their blessing to a DJing application, namely the TouchDJ from Amidio.

A blessing or a curse? The UK broadsheet marks out the Croydon producer as a 'one to watch' with an introductory profile.

Well, in techno terms at least. The veteran Frankfurt jock tells 365 Mag why 2009 has been so musically important to him.

The influential selector tells Heads Down what made him so unique back in the '70s and '80s in this video interview.