Check out this groove I've been working on.
I'm using parts of Elvis Costello rendition of "Butcher" after seeing him perform it on some TV show. In the original post I mentioned a 2nd version and which I uploaded to my Soundcloud profile a while ago but now finally added it to this post as well. Comments welcome!

Dear Deeper Shades family,

I am very proud to announce the birth of my son Mattias Alexander Behrenroth. On Friday, April 10th at 7.56am my beautiful wife Kathy gave birth to our perfect little boy weighing 8lbs. 4oz. and 53cm tall.

We are extremly happy and proud and consider this the happiest day of our lives. I am sure you'll hear some of his cries on future Deeper Shades of House shows :)

The picture shows him about one hour old after he got cleaned up, weighed and everything else. Look at his hair. What a stylish little man.

The proud parents,
Lars & Kathy Behrenroth

Rees Urban from Chicago's 5 Magazine called me sometime in early January for a fairly comprehensive interview. His edited version was printed in the February edition and since beginning of March the 5 Magazine website features the four page 'director's cut' of our interview.
Rees did a great job covering my musical and DJ background, my move to the US, views about DJing and House Music, the Deeper Shades of House radio show, XM Radio, the Deeper Shades Recordings label and much more.

If you're ever in Chicago make sure to grab a copy of this free House Music magazine. 5 Magazine can be found at boutiques, cafes, and stores around Chicago. I also suggest you follow @Chicagourban and @5Magazine on Twitter for some interesting updates.

House classic "Follow Me" could soon become the theme song for an internet phenomenon that has reached the news and is gaining more and more users each day. Microblogging platform Twitter let's you create status updates - limited to 140 characters - to let the world know what you are up to. Receiving these updates is easy, too. Just create your own Twitter account and start following.

You might have seen Twitter updates for my personal account @LarsLB in the right column of this site. Recently I have created a new Twitter account @DeeperShades for posting Deeper Shades of House & Deeper Shades Recordings news, freebies, links to Deep House mixes and much more.

follow @DeeperShades on Twitter

Are you on Twitter?
Please post your own Twitter account in the comments so I can find more Deep House lovers to follow.

This is straight up for the old school heads.
UK DJ Nicky Dungeons compiled a best of mix and video featuring many Acid House classics from 1988 / 1989. Some of the tracks were hits in clubs all over the world, others were pretty particular for the UK scene.
Even though I was never lucky enough to check out any of the UK raves back then, I remember the clothes, the dances & the songs from a few parties I got to check out in Germany. I tried to play some Acid House in my hometown back then but that didn't stick. Cuxhaven is just way too small to be cool :)

You can check out the full tracklist of this mash up and links to Nicky Dungeons in the extended.

"Reactivity 5" - Daniel Stefanik (Official Music Video)
from the forthcoming album "REACTIVITY! on Statik Entertainment

Wow. This just left me speechless and my mouth wide open in awe.
Carl Craig worked with pianist Francesco Tristano to arrange his compositions for a classical orchestra. The result is stunning and 1h 7min and 45sec long.
This concert was recorded on October 18th 2008 at Cité de la Musique in Paris, France. You can read a more extensive review on Grandcrew.com.

Red Bull Music Academy interviews have been the bomb since they started and the new one with Moritz Von Oswald is highly recommended.

If you dig Basic Channel Records, Maurizio, and Rhythm & Sound, you need to watch the entire interview and learn. Moritz Von Oswald is not only half of the beforementioned phenomenons but also used to be the drummer of the german new wave and avantgarde band 'Palais Schaumburg' (check Gruenes Winkelkanu to get an idea about the level of weirdness - I love it).

related links:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Moritz+von+Oswald
http://www.basicchannel.com