Unless you’ve been hidden under a rock this week, you’ll be aware of one the biggest stories to hit electronic dance music: Burn Studios’ ambassador Plastikman – aka Richie Hawtin – is inviting music creators to remix his work unlike ever before.

The track up for remix is ‘Ask Yourself’, an ambient and minimal release that appeared on Plastikman’s album, ‘Closer’, and features in his new Plastikman 2010 live show.

From www.residentadvisor.net and www.burn-studios.com you can download the remix parts; create an original sounding piece of work, and upload back to the site.

The winning remix will incredibly appear as a digital release on the highly anticipated ‘Plastikman Arkives’ – a made-to-order box set that pulls together all 17 years of the Plastikman story so far, released on Hawtin’s iconic Minus label. It’ll feature a whole barrage of remastered albums, a new DVD; CDs of rare, unreleased, and exclusive material plus lots more. Each remix submitted will be listened to by Hawtin.

From leading audio and visual technology leader and fellow Poker client Avid (the company behind M-Audio and Pro Tools) the competition winner will receive an exclusive Avid Gift Voucher worth €2,500.

www.soundcloud.com is also partnering with Burn Studios for this competition presenting the winner with an annual Soundcloud Pro account worth €250.

Five runners up will each receive an M-Audio Torq MixLab DJ kit, an Avid Recording Studio package and a Souncloud Lite account.

This competition is open until New Year’s Eve, so what you waiting for? For entry details click here

Poker PR is the media agency representing the global music community platform, www.Burn-Studios.com. We’re thrilled the site has raised the bar yet again in its series of remix competitions as Hawtin joins fellow Burn Studios ambassadors, Cassius, and Ed Banger starlet Uffie, by offering a personal piece of production to be re-worked by Burn Studios enthusiasts.

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The wait is finally over and we can at last announce the winner of the Burn Studios Uffie Remix Competition!

After listening to an absolute shed load of tracks over the past few weeks, the Ed Banger starlet has decided that the best track was by Spain’s MIDIBOTS.

Uffie said “I really like how upbeat they made this track, makes me wants to be raving on a boat then jump in the ocean!”

Listen to the winning track right here

A worthy winner, for sure. They take home an AVID recording studio package,  a SoundCloud ProPlus account and they’ll also be on the way to meet, talk and hang with Uffie at one of her shows in the near future.

You can read more about MIDIBOTS on their MySpace, Facebook and, of course, their SoundCloud.

Five runners-up were selected as the five most played entries and, boy, these remixes took some serious hits. The Top 5 tracks were as follows:

• In fifth place was S1L3NC3 who racked up 3,607 plays on his remix
• Just one step off a Top 3 place was Lionex aka Technomaster, with 3,811 clicks of play
• In third place was labelfivebeat, of France. They managed a fairly staggering 4,027 plays
• Closely following on from labelfive beat in second place was GabrielSlick of Romania with 4068 hits
• And the most played track of all was DJ_Stef, also of Romania, with a gigantic 5,230 plays. Massive!

A huge thanks to everyone who entered the competition, and all those who supported it, including AVID, SoundCloud, everyone at Burn Studios and, naturally, Uffie… with a little bit of help from Pharrell Williams.

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Ed Banger starlet Uffie sparks the raw creative production talent of Europe’s freshest remixers as she joins forces with www.burn-studios.com to launch the second in its series of stand-out remix competitions.

Poker PR invites the global music community to remix, ‘ADD SUV’, Uffie’s chart topping track featuring Pharrell Williams.  The winning remix, chosen by Uffie, will receive:

A Complete Audio & Video Production Studio (worth €3000) from Avid, the company behind the M-Audio and Pro Tools music technology brands:

• Avid Eleven Rack guitar recording workstation (includes Pro Tools LE music creation software)
• M-Audio CX5 reference monitor speakers and SBX10 subwoofer
• Axiom Pro 49 midi controller keyboard
• M-Audio Q40 headphones
• Torq Mixlab DJ package
• Pinnacle Studio HD video editing software
• Pro Tools Mbox Mini portable recording system

A SoundCloud Pro Plus account (worth €500)

Behind the Scenes with Uffie:

• An afternoon meet with Uffie
• Accompany Uffie & crew to venue from sound check to show
• VIP access during the party

How to enter?

Head to http://j.mp/Remix-Uffie and download the remix parts. Complete your remix and upload back onto the site. Competition closes on 1 November 2010 at midday!

How Judging Works

Uffie will select the ultimate winning remix from the entire submission list of entries. The five runners up will be chosen, based on the top five most played remixes, so promote your track and get as many people listening as possible. As an additional prize, we are offering our star Twitter user a free SoundCloud Lite! For full terms and conditions and to find out a list eligible countries, click here:

By Nicola Freitas

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After nearly two months of the online www.burn-studios.com music community busying themselves creating remixes of the Cassius classic, ‘The Sound Of Violence’; and a further few intensive weeks spent by Cassius listening to the hundreds of remix submissions, we’re now delighted to announce the winner – Tha Trickaz!

Like Cassius, Tha Tricakz are a French duo and lifelong friends, and it was their dub-step re-rub that won in the Burn Studios debut remix competition. Tha Trickaz – aka Pho & DJ iRaize – bagged themselves thousands of Euros of Avid and SoundCloud prizes, and probably the most exclusive prize of them all – a trip to Paris to mix their remix with Cassius, followed by a release on Cassius Records.

In an exclusive statement published by Poker client www.burn-studios.com, Cassius – aka Zdar and Boombass – described Tha Trickaz remix as “Powerful dub-step” that they’d put it in their record bag, which is quite an honour for the young producers. The Burn Studios ambassadors came to this conclusion after hours of discussion, listening to mixes of trance, hip hop, dub-step, drum and bass, you name it… and after the winning remix appeared in both Zdar and Bommbass’s Top 4 shortlists.

Cassius extended their thanks to everyone who entered the competition, picking out some key remixes that caught their attention, whilst offering some insightful and personal feedback. Click here to read the full statement and for Cassius’ full list of ‘honourable mentions’.

Listen to Tha Trickaz winnig mix here, and join the Burn Studios community on Twitter to find out about more about forthcoming remix opportunities.

By Nicola Freitas

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Poker PR is pleased to be running the media launch for new jobs site, BrightonandHoveJobs.com – the only jobs board in the country to exclusively support and promote the city where it is based.

The website – designed and developed by our sister company Scribble: – is the brain child of an expert team of local, well-networked recruiters and has launched advertising over 700 jobs, many of which aren’t available anywhere else on the internet.

It’s an exciting time for the people and businesses of Sussex as BrightonandHoveJobs.com aims to create job opportunities for all; to increase local employment activity; to increase higher value jobs through a city initiative that creates better paid jobs; to make local recruiting affordable and to, ultimately, become the city’s premier job board.

It launches with founding partners, American Express, Bupa, Domestic & General, Brighton & Hove City Council, Legal & General and Brighton & Hove Albion, with a goal to ensure fluid relationships with the best and largest employers in the city.

Key features include:

• A purely Brighton based team, dedicated solely to the city of Brighton & Hove
• A national and international candidate reach
• Jobs from all sectors advertised (i.e. administration, finance, technical, sales etc)
• Full time, part time and contract opportunities advertised
• CV database of local talents looking for new opportunities
• Proactively working to reduce employers’ recruitment spend
• Proactive voice at business and council level for local employment and recruitment related topics
• Training and development services for everyone (employed or unemployed)
• CSR opportunities across the city
• Free CV filtering service (coming soon)

The key role that BrightonandHoveJobs.com will play to the local community is further solidified by the comprehensive range of other partners backing the scheme.  They include:

• Albion In The Community
• Brighton University
• Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce
• Brighton & Hove Business and Economic Forum
• Juice 107.2FM
• Sussex Enterprise

On the company’s mission statement, Site Founder Gary Peters comments:

“BrightonandHoveJobs.com has strategically partnered with the city’s very best employers and service providers to offer job seekers the best job opportunities in our great city. We will ensure that jobs are created, advertised, filled and developed on an ongoing basis meaning that both candidates and local businesses will have the very best recruitment solutions available to them on one easy to use website”.

A launch party will take place on 16th September at Pub Du Vin, Brighton where the town’s media and businesses will come together to celebrate this new venture. Please get in touch to request an invite to this event.

By Nicola Freitas

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Poker PR has been at it again with Rockhopper in their quest to discover music talent across the UK.

Along with leading music school Access To Music and education in instrument recycling, Replay; Rockhopper set up studio in the Rockhopper 1960’s airstream caravan in the Kidz Field at Glastonbury where they recorded an awe-inspiring array of young bands and artists.

Each day, one group was chosen to make the short list of a fantastic competition and now these bands need your help to win some life changing prizes:

• A place to Access To Music Summer Band Factory
• ProTools Recording Software
• Pinnacle Studio HD Video Editing Software
• A Rockhopper Four Song EP Deal

All we’re asking is for you to vote for your favourite in the bespoke Facebook Application designed and developed by Poker PR. By doing this, you could help springboard the stars of tomorrow into dizzy new heights! The poll closes Monday at 9am, so click here to place your vote now!

By Nicola Freitas

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Poker PR is thrilled to have bagged the online music promotion for Phonetic Recording’s debut Ibiza compilation – Phonetic Ibiza 2010 mixed by Leigh Devlin and label boss, hit producer, award winning A&R man and DJ Rob Roar, respectively.

Despite Phonetic having more number 1 hit records in Ibiza than any other label, this is their first compilation.  Due for digital release on 26th July and physical release on 8th August the album boasts over 17 world exclusives and a sharp track selection from scene leaders Axwell, Deadmau5, Michael Gray, Paul Harris (Dirty Vegas), Dave Seaman, and Martijn ten Velden.

Phonetic Ibiza gets its own launch party on Sunday 8th August at Sands, Playa den Bossa, Ibiza – just opposite Space – where Rob Roar and a collection of superstar guests from the Phonetic  label will appear.

The two disc Night and Day Compilation is another feather in Phonetic’s already impressive cap.  That said, with someone as instrumental to the house scene as Rob Roar at the helm, it was never going to be anything else…

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Our official iPhone application for dj producers Riley & Durrant is finally live on the Apple App Store. It is available to download for FREE here and comes with an EXCLUSIVE 30 minute ‘Summer Mix’ which can only be listened to through their app!

The app boasts a wide range of features for fans to connect to their favourite DJ duo including:

• All their latest news, social media including Facebook and Twitter (both tweets & mentions)
• Photo gallery where you can view all the latest photos from Riley & Durrant’s nights
• Video gallery where you can watch videos of their releases as well as tips and tricks from the studio
• Music streaming where you can listen to some of their latest tracks and remixes with a direct link to buy them straight away from the iTunes store
• Catch up on their award winning radio shows from Galaxy FM
• Events listings so you can keep track of where they are playing next so you never miss a show.

“I’m over the moon with the App it’s gone way beyond our expectations and looks absolutely BRILLIANT.” Says

Andi Durrant

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Live from the IMS Conference in sunny Ibiza we’ve just officially announced the launch of a cutting edge creative community platform – Burn Studios.

Supported by leading producers and brought to fruition by Burn energy drink Burn Studios will be a global destination where professionals and raw talent can come together to share musical brilliance, have access to authentic state-of-the-art music making tools, link into support of tailored mentoring sessions by some of the biggest names in electronic music and connect creatively with peers through a cloud-based digital platform.

International producers Richie Hawtin -and  Cassius  have agreed to become Ambassadors for the platform, making Burn Studios the hottest property available to anyone with a desire in up-front music making.

Cassius is also creating the IMS Ibiza 2010 anthem which will then be remixed by Arthur Baker. When finished anyone can download the parts to create their own remix. The winning remixer will have their track released on Cassius’ label.

So far it looks like the concept is going down well. 85.7% of the audience here at the IMS said they would be up to join the mentoring part of the programme and 68.9% agreed that cloud technology will have a significant impact on music. As such we would really appreciate your thoughts and feedback. Come and speak to us or contact us through Twitter@pokerpr or leave a comment and tell us what you think.

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To celebrate the release of Azuli’s 10^th Miami album, the long-running independent house label is offering a track from the forthcoming album, for absolutely nothing!

As always, the album predicts what the biggest tunes to come out of the Miami Winter Music Conference will be, and this free track is a taster of what’s in store.

Download your free MP3 of DONS remix of ‘Ghetto Star’ by MWSC now http://j.mp/Azuli-Free-Download and let us know what you think. This track is the opener on CD2 and sets the tone for the remainder of the album; upfront, underground, and very danceable.

Like what you hear? Pre-order your copy now http://j.mp/Album-Order-Amazon Release date: 1^st March.

To keep up to date with all Azuli releases and events, become a fan on Facebook http://j.mp/Azuli_Facebook to get exclusive announcements as and when they happen.

By Nicola Freitas

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