THE KONSORTIUM

Over 1,000 DJs on Move Radio!!!

Move Radio now has 1,000 plus DJs on its web and mobile music service. These DJs are based in countries all around the world, so if you have not become a listener yet log on to www.move-radio.com to register (its free).

iPhone App Coming for DJ Mixes - Move Radio

Move Radio will be launching its new iPhone application in Jan 2009, so listeners around the world can tap into some of the hottest DJ produced music directly on their Apple iPhones. If you are not a registered listener, please visit www.move-radio.com to sign-up.

Move Radio - DJ Powered Mobile Music

Move has launched their beta web platform at moveradionetwork. A mobile music service called Move Radio where DJ's of all genera’s can stream & host their own channels. The company just signed a global mobile distribution deal with Nokia!

Move will not only give you the ability to stream you or your DJs hottest mixes, but you can also sell music downloads, ringtones, wallpapers, tickets to concerts and club promotion directly through the a WAP and SMS application. It will also be a great channel for ongoing promotion of parties and events as you perform around the world.

Move Radio - DJ Powered Mobile Music Network

I am part of an exciting new mobile company call Move Radio and I want all of you to tell a friend, DJ or Indie Artist!

Move Radio is a new mobile music network powered by DJs from around the world. Local DJs will have the power to host their own channel .. Radio. In addition to local DJs, Move Radio will feature celebrity DJs from the world of Hip-Hop, Dance, House, Reggaeton and more. The network will be FREE to anybody with a a cell phone or WIFI enabled portable music player. Move Radio is due to launch in early 2008, so be sure to join us as founding member now. For more info check us out at www.move-radio.com. If you are a DJ and want to host your own channel, sign up at www.move-radio.com or email us at djmix@move-radio.com.

The New DJ: Sooloos combines CD sound quality and MP3 convenience

What's the point of investing in a high-end home audio system if you're going to use it for crappy-sounding MP3s? That's the premise behind the new Sooloos music server, which combines the random-access, all-in-one convenience of digital music storage with CD sound quality. Yours for the price of a secondhand Volvo, it's obviously not intended for casual listeners—though if you're the type to blow ungodly sums on amps, preamps, speakers, and cables, what's another 12 grand? And frankly, the Sooloos sounds like money: It uses FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), an uncompressed (a.k.a. "lossless") audio file format that retains fidelity as your tunes are converted from disc to hard drive. Those sweet-sounding FLAC files take up significant space—about 1,000 times more than MP3s—but the system compensates with three terabytes, or about 3,000 gigs, worth of storage, which is enough for 6,000 albums. And it's all housed in an unobtrusive, brushed-aluminum storage unit with a separate 17-inch touch-screen monitor, where you can browse and shuffle as you please. Preferably with a beer in hand. As Sooloos cocreator Rob Darling reminds us, "Everyone has a favorite memory in their life that involves alcohol, loud music, and a jukebox."

Sooloos high-fidelity music server, $12,000, sooloos.com

— Mark Ellwood, GQ

Gifts: JVC's surprisingly great new headphones

You may remember JVC as the maker of the Hyper-Bass-equipped boom box you had back in the late eighties, but the formerly mid-market electronics brand has been on a tear lately. It already makes some of the best high-def TVs and camcorders around, and now it's releasing a pair of noise-canceling headphones that rival anything from Bose or Sennheiser—for a significantly lower price. In addition to 85-percent noise reduction, the HA-NC250s monitor ambient noise levels to adjust the cancellation, and also have a patent-pending "double housing structure," which basically provides an extra layer of old-fashioned insulation in case the battery dies. (Not that that'll happen much: A single AAA battery lasts around 50 hours.) Comfort, meanwhile, is enhanced by memory-foam ear pads. And at 5.3 ounces, the folding 'phones are lighter than comparable Bose models, and these also come with a detachable four-foot cord and dual-plug adapter for use on airplanes. Hyper-Bass, unfortunately, is not included, though with the eighties making such a strong comeback everywhere else, it's only a matter of time.

JVC HA-NC250 headphones, $199.95, www.jvc.com

— Peter Suciu

Bower & Wilkins Signature Diamond Speakers

We've been finding all sorts of pricey speakers lately. The latest come from another famed industrial designer, Kenneth Grange, who has designed Parker pens, Kenwood food mixers, the Kodak Instamatic camera and the Wilkinson Sword razor. His latest project is the Bowers & Wilkins Signature Diamond limited edition speaker.
The Signature Diamond is a two-way speaker with a Kevlar midrange/bass drive unit inside a sculpted, cylindrical cabinet. It also has a marble tube-loaded tweeter with a dome of synthetic diamond to deliver high frequencies. The speakers come in a limited-edition of 1000 individually-numbered sets for £11,000.

Music: Somaya Reece

Somaya Reece's music debut single "mira mi pum pum", has 3 million spins in only 9 weeks.

She is in current collaborations with several platinum selling, billboard charting artists and producers. Most recently, she has been in studio with Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas under produced by Jon Brown, Will I Am and the rest of the team.

The intense presence of Somaya Reece induces a vivacious intellectual experience. Her versatile capabilities in the entertainment field make her one of the most gifted rising talents in the business. Journey into her official website for exclusive updates you wouldn't want to be left out on. It's all free and coming to you very soon. Stay tuned!

Interview on MusicPlusTV
Somaya Reece

How to Blow Your Bonus: A Party Spun by Tila Tequila!

There are as many stories and paths to celebrity as there are celebrities, but in just two years time, Tila Tequila has possibly become THE symbol of the cult of personality that has developed in the digital age. The 25 year old striking, sexy siren has been on the cover and/or featured in numerous magazines - such as Time, Maxim, and Rolling Stone’s “Hot Issue” - for being the most “friended” person on the social networking site MySpace.com. Cast as a phenomenal “insta-star” of sorts, she’s already racked up nearly 2 million dedicated fans, and as the popular men’s magazine Stuff said, is now the “Web’s hottest Mama”.

The phenomenon of Tila Tequila is a story of being an icon of the cultural zeitgeist where the lines of pop culture, personal technology and raw talent intertwine to yield a feisty, magnetic pop music star on the verge.

Tila’s popularity in today’s Web World is unparalleled and has helped earn the sultry Vietnamese ex-model recognition that most people would die for. But the charisma fans see in the glint of her eye, the curve of her hip and the mischief on her lips will soon be echoed as she begins to unleash her music and fulfill a dream she’s always harbored and, more importantly, is equipped to accomplish.

“People don’t know what to expect from me and, in a way, I like that,” Tila says of her music career. “They’re shocked when they hear my music.” A mix of hip-hop style, dance-club energy, and punk rock bravado, Tila’s music is unabashedly fiery, upbeat and, most importantly, fun. “I grew up listening to all types of music and have made a lot of musician friends from all sorts of genres along the way who encouraged me and helped me mold everything I like into my own sound.”

Tila now has her own fashion line, up coming show on VH1, new single with Lil Jon and continues to be a top DJ on the "Lux" party market.

Myspace: Tila Tequila
Site: Tila Tequila

Music: Mirella Castellano

Mirella Castellano was born and raised in the UK to Italian, Portuguese parents and grew up in a very musical family, her father having been a singer for all of her life and her sister following in his footsteps. Music became a big part of her life at an early age and this played a part in her discovering her goals.

Mirella has been song writing since the age of 17 and was singing through most of her teen years and early 20’s, finding herself in different bands and groups where she wrote and co-wrote songs and arranged vocals. She developed as a writer/arranger over the years and in July 2003 Mirella was signed by Universal Music Publishing, One of the largest Music publishers in the world, as a top line Songwriter. This proved to be so beneficial for Mirella as it gave her the chance to work with other international writers, and have her a platform in which to showcase her songs.

This was where her journey began, within months of signing her publishing deal; Mirella was fortunate enough to be writing with the famous song writing teams Murlyn and Cosmos (Sony atv) in Sweden where she gained much experience and knowledge. This became something she did on quite a regular basis, writing songs to be put forward for Anna Johnson (Spiderman Soundtrack), and many other European artists.

In amongst these most talented writers, Mirella’s first major project was writing with Liz McClarnon, who was previously part of Europe’s most successful girl group since the Spice Girls, ‘Atomic Kitten’.

She frequently travels between UK and Europe to write with various successful writing houses and has worked with other artists such as Lee Ryan (Blue), Andy Scott Lee, Roberta (X Factor), Ciara (Bellfire), Jordan (Katie Price) one of Europe’s most successful models, writers from Ash Howes and Martin Harrington’s team and other artists/writers signed to Universal Music Publishing in Europe and the USA along the way.

Mirella’s ambitions do not only lie with being a songwriter, she has recently finished her first fiction novel which she is hoping to have published in the near future and has just begun her second. She has been a teacher of Street Dance for the last three years at the distinguished ‘Stanmore College’ in Middlesex, England, and was also invited to Salsa her way to the semi finals of a Salsa competition in Brazil.

In the three years since her signing at Universal, she has made hundreds of contacts both in Europe and the USA and continues to be sent songs from overseas to Co-write and arrange. She currently resides in Los Angeles and is working with artists who are from the USA who are extremely close to securing record deals with major record labels.

Mirella Castellano