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Hear the winners of our Stacey Pullen/Black Odyssey, Art Department, Max Cooper, Lazy Rich, and Bombs Away Play contests

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It’s that awesome time again when we get to announce the newest batch of winners on Beatport Play. First up, in Stacey Pullen’s/Black Odyssey’s “Sweat” contest, is winner Loquace (aka Loic Castagnet), who scored a Point Blank Pro Producer Course, a Sounds To Sample Elements library, and an official release on Pullen’s own Blackflag Recordings label. Check out his winning submission here.

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Play winners Candyland drop a hugely diverse debut EP on Spinnin'

By Ken Taylor
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Santa Barbara producers Candyland first came onto our radar early last year when they took top honors in our Play contest featuring Bingo Players’ “Rattle,” which itself became a massive chart success for the always on-it Spinnin’ Records. Then in November Candyland scored another huge Play win with Skrillex feat. Damian Marley’s “Make It Bun Dem” remix contest. Not bad for having only started producing in 2011.

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Win gear from Native Instruments, Liine, Plugin Alliance, and lots more in this month's Play remix contests

By Beatport News Editors
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As you know, each month we present a series of awesome remix contests along with our favorite artists on Beatport Play. And today we’re proud to launch a whole new set of competitions, featuring Max Cooper, Art Department, Stacey Pullen, Bombs Away, and Lazy Rich. Read on to see what amazing prizes we have up for grabs in the weeks to come.

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Stacey Pullen re-records parts of "Sweat" for Play contest—and enlightens us on all things Blackflag

By Ken Taylor
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Second-wave Detroit techno icon and Blackflag Recordings CEO Stacey Pullen had a banner year in 2012. The itinerant DJ and producer not only put up big gigs all around the world last year—including Detroit’s always-stellar Movement Festival, where we spoke with him—but kept his Blackflag release schedule running at full tilt, with offerings from Nathan Barato, Sergio Fernandez, Tony Dee, and his own “Circus Act.”

This week, however, things got even busier for the Detroit native when he released his track “Sweat” (originally recorded under his Black Odyssey guise) and made its parts available for a new Beatport Play remix contest.

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Check out the winning remixes from our last round of Play contests, and hear what Guy Gerber has to say about the "Steady" winner

By Beatport News Editors
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Yes, it’s that time again, when the changing of the guard goes down over on Beatport Play. With a handful of new contests on their way shortly, it’s time to acknowledge the winners of our latest set of challenges from A-Trak & Zinc, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Boys Noize, PeaceTreaty, and Guy Gerber (pictured above), the latter of whom even shares a bit insight into how he chose the winning remix of his track “Steady” (spoiler alert: He was really impressed with your submissions).

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