1) Republik release RPK-001 (our first release) is out. It was done by yours truly. What started off as a remix of EDM staple “Blue” by LaTour, ended up being a sci-fi, tech house, cheeky sorta track titled “A Place Full of Nowhere”. It has nothing to do with Blue, but took on it’s own life after about 4 hours of work.

2) Republik has reached a Distribution deal with long time electronic music powerhouse Intergroove in Germany. We are happy to have struck a deal with them which will allow all Republik releases to be available in just about every major dance music digital retailer in the world. Including Bleep.com, Beatport.com, 7digital.com, Dancetracksdigitital.com, Itunes, and more.

3) On July 14′th Republik will have our official launch party here in our hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. Location and special guest DJ’s will be announced at a future date, but you really want to set this date aside now. Don’t say we didn’t give you plenty of notice.

We wanted to keep true to the ideas behind Republik so we turned the job our logo design over to the Internet community. One stood out from the rest, so here it is. Thanks to N4TW1K for the wonderful work.

The contest can be found here.

http://99designs.com/contests/35509

DJ Magazine has selected Republik founder Inertia’s mix as one of their 5 favorites in the Next Generation DJ Competition by Letsmix.com.  With nearly 2000 entries into the contest so far, DJ Magazine posted the news sometime earlier this week. Here’s the link

http://djmag.com/news/detail/2064

Quite an honor indeed. But we still need your help to ensure that the mix maintains a high enough average rating to make it through to the final round of 100. So please go to the web page and give it a vote of 5 stars and help keep that rating up there in the top 100.

http://www.letsmix.com/mix/21350/old_school_rave_anthems_vol_i

With the advent of new technology, the old model for the way record labels are run is quickly becoming obsolete, while a perfect storm brews in the background. That perfect storm is bringing to the end user vast quantities of new music, with very little in the area of quality control.

Republik aims to bridge that gap by bringing quality control back into the equation, while at the same time helping to support the promising new artists of the future. For the music listener, this means no more sorting through hundreds of new artists before you find someone you like.

And for the true music lovers, the ones who like the find the needle in the haystack, good news! You’re the CEO of the label.

Stay tuned as we set off to change everything you know about the record business.

Republik Records
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For our first podcast, we present a 60 minute mix of recent Progressive House and Trance. Our primary goal here is to test the functionality of our podcasting tools. Please let us know how it’s working!

Here’s the tracklist. Enjoy!

Opus III – “Halcyon” (Tom Middleton MIx)
Tom Neville & Stafford Brothers – “Come My Way” (Jerome Isma-Ae Dub)
Komytea – “Professional Killers” (Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman Mix)
Joint Operations Centre – “Cramped” (Original Mix)
KD Smith & Marc Tall – “Hoipolloi” (Wippenberg Remix)
Jochen Miller – “Brace Yourself” (Extended Mix)
Way Out West – “The Fall” (Richard Durrand Remix)
Tom Colontonio – “Inspirari Melodia” (George Acosta Remix)
T.O.M and Melvin Spix – “Velocity” (FRONT mix)
Jon O’Callaghan Feat Sarah Howells – “Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix)

Republik label head Inertia has qualified for round 2 of the “Next Generation DJ” competition sponsored by Letsmix.com, Pioneer, and others. Unlike most of the entries, which featured current hits and trends, Inertia went for the old school vibe by laying down a mix of classic rave anthems from the early 90’s. A calculated risk that seems to have (at least initially) paid off. But being one of the first 25 DJ’s to qualify out of a field of over 1200 entries, was only the first step. Next up is to keep a high enough overall rating to finish in the top 100 of all qualifying mixes, after which the top 100 will need to complete a NEW mix with a theme to be determined by the official judging panel.

Help him make the top 100 by voting 5 stars for his mix on the letsmix.com website here:

http://www.letsmix.com/mix/21350/old_school_rave_anthems_vol_i

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