@ ORANGE ROOM
Fidget house is the hippest dance style of the moment. Thanks to the blog culture ? it is also called blog-house ? this exciting mix of stuttering house beats, deep bass lines, ravey synths and close-cut vocals is on the up and up. Hottest fidgets of the moment are CROOKERS.. These Italians became chart food thanks to their remix of Kid Cudi?s ?Day ?N? Nite? after which they got permission to do something nice with songs by U2, Chemical Brothers and Moby. As a matter of fact, Crookers are also taking care of this year's I Love Techno mix CD, which is out at the end of September. More Italians at the Orange Room: THE BLOODY BEETROOTS are presenting their latest album ?Romborama?. An I Love Techno exclusive!. FAKE BLOOD, DJ Touché's alter ego, scored the crossover hit of the year with ?Mars? on Cheap Thrill Records. And this is the label of Hervé, king of the London fidget house scene, who will be spinning records under both the THE COUNT and the SINDEN moniker. The fidget virus is spreading across Europe. Hailing from France: rising stars DON RIMINI and BIRDY NAM NAM, an impressive turntable collective with roots in hip-hop, who have evolved more towards electro on their latest album, which was produced by Yuksek and Justice. BURAKA SOM SISTEMA from Portugal are flirting with kuduro (an exciting musical style from the capital of Angola, i.e. a mix of zouk and house.) One of the club hypes of the year. Belgium is represented by SOUND OF STEREO, known for their releases on Dr. Lektroluv's label.

@ GREEN ROOM
In the world of techno, another evolution seems to be looming round the bend. The familiar minimal sound is increasingly mixed with more organic sounds and different styles. DEADMAU5 aka Joel Zimmerman is the perfect and particularly successful example. He just inked a deal with EMI/Virgin. His mix of electro, techno, house, trance turned him into one of the most laureated producers at the Beatport Music Awards and one of the top dance names of the moment. PAUL KALKBRENNER has been a the craze on Ellen Allien's prominent Bpitch Control label and scored a nice radio hit with the enchanting ?Sky And Sand?. JORIS VOORN from the Netherlands takes deejaying to another level on his mix CD ?Balance 014? mixing tiny fragments of techno, deep house, disco, electronica, jazz and even folk together and next to each other, so as to create new compositions. JOHHNY D is considered the next big thing of the post-minimal techno era by connoisseurs. This year's techno institutes in the Green Room are ADAM BEYER, CHRIS LIEBING and LUKE SLATER.. Along with Lekebush and Mull, Beyer is one of the founding fathers of the Swedish techno scene and the man behind the Drumcode label, who has evolved from a hard to a more minimal sound...