This new blog 'Lock'Don' however, run by a lad called Don (of course) who is a part of the Venga A&R team and has seen the opportunity for an output to those aspiring artists who constantly send their music into labels hoping for that once-in-a-lifetime shot at the big time. It's different to normal blogs, trust me. For one, it's run by a large label, so the contacts and the features they can get are brilliant. For example, if you go look at it now, there's an interview with the lordy lord Lee Mortimer on how to make it in the electronic production game. And two, every month they feature a top ten on the best unsigned music the label gets sent - brilliant. Imagine how much music a label must get sent over a blog? Can't believe it hasn't been done before really.
So make sure you go check it out, Venga are a great label and the blog looks to be a brilliant one.
While I'm here then, after all that, one of the artists that has had a remix out on Venga before - the eccentric Rene Van Munster (who I had the pleasure to DJ with a few weeks ago, when he came to play the night Wonk) has sent over a few 'mash-ups' that he had created recently for his DJ sets. I don't usually like mash-ups as you probably know already, but this are works of genius. Well-known accapellas over some great techno tracks, no-one makes techno mash-ups? Probably because the idea either sounds ridiculous or as cheesy as christmas, but trust me, get these. They're great and I promise you they will go down a treat in your next set.
