Is there a genre of music that treats their fans shittier than electronic music? I'm going to say "no", and that carries over from DJs with a God Complex down to labels that view fans as walking credit cards and basically anyone at a festival with the pitiful power of a laminated pass. I know several big name DJs who obscure all their contact info online because, as one told me, they "don't want everyone to send me their music". Srsly. Pipecock has written up his depressing account of this year's Festival Formerly Known as DEMF, and the undertone reflects just the pitiful lack of respect shown across this genre. You could write a book on it, and I think that'd book get rave reviews from everyone except the trogs at the top of the foodchain. [Infinite State Machine]

Rebirth is now on an iPhone app/toy, which is probably the best use for it. The interesting angle here is the repackaging of an older technology rather than abandoning it. [CNet]

See? People always bitched about the scene. [DJ History]

A fairly detailed homage to the 303. [No Dough Music]

Josh Wink's Ovum has reissued Aaron Carl's 2000 My House EP from the back catalog. Great track and a landmark in Aaron Carl's career.

His latest cut is on Quentin Harris' new album Sacrifice; here's a clip:

Aaron-Carl & Quentin Harris -- "Apologize" by Aaron-Carl

Here's something brand new for you to sink your teeth into. Aaron-Carl has been doing some interesting things up in Detroit, which is quickly becoming (shudder to think) a House Music town. I was a big fan of one of his previous releases in particular - "Use Me" with one of the great up-and-coming vocalists of recent years, Veronique. This isn't a great quality video but you can catch some of the power in this short vid from last year's Detroit Electronic Music Festival:

In any case, Aaron-Carl is bringing it again with this release on his Wallshaker Music, "Simply Remixes Vol 1" (here on audiojelly, more to come shortly I'm sure). In particular, I was impressed by the kind of neo-Prince funk of The Plan Remix. Here's a quick cut: