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The Nu Lot Competition

November sees the launch of an exciting competition for new producers, with the chance to win a 3 single deal with a top label, inclusion on an exclusive compilation album and a host of prizes. The competition is to be judged by a panel of leading industry figures including Timo Maas, Orbital, D Ramirez, James Zabiela, Steve Mac, Meat Katie and Dylan Rhymes….

Leading UK dance imprint Lot49 has carved out an enviable reputation as a forward thinking electronic label, enjoying success within Techno, Electro, Tech-house & Breakbeat genres, now label bosses Meat Katie & Dylan Rhymes are creating an opportunity for budding new artists to gain a fast track place to success in the industry.

Over the past five years the label has released original material & remixes by the likes of Dubfire, Lutzenkirchen, AudioJack, Lee Coombs, Robbie Rivera, Marco Bailey, Vandal, Audiofly, Miles Dyson, D.Ramirez, Evil 9, Infusion, Bassbin Twins & Elite Force to name just a few. 2009 sees the doors open for new artists to try and gain a place amongst some of dance music’s leading players and to win a host of prizes at the same time via this exclusive competition to be judged by a panel of top DJ’s and producers.

To enter the competition is quite simple, just write an extraordinarily good and original piece of dance
music and submit it to the label via their dedicated dropbox (full details below).

There will be 14 finalists chosen by our resident producers (see artist page on www.lot49.co.uk).

Those chosen will then go on to the next stage – this means you are already a winner and you are guaranteed a release on Lot49 as part of the “Nu Lot” compilation and you will receive a selection of goodies from the label’s sponsors.

From here the chosen recordings will be voted on by a panel of world class DJ/Producers who will pick out ONE winner for the TOP PRIZE.

THE NU LOT COMPETITION DETAILS

TOP PRIZE

Lot49 Recordings 3 E.P. deal

KOMPLETE 6 – Native Instruments

All 10 titles from the Loopmasters ARTIST Series

All 24 titles from the Loopmasters ORIGIN Series

Soundcloud PRO Max yearly account

Ableton Live 8 software package (donated by Soundcloud)

*Also the winners EP will be mastered at the legendary Wired Masters in London by Kev Grainger who has worked with the likes of Steve Angello, Bjork, Erick Morillo, Gilles Peterson and Gary Numan to name but a few.

14 FINALISTS

Inclusion on Lot49 Recordings “Nu Lot Compilation” for release early 2010

Soundcloud PRO Light yearly account

Any 3 titles from the Loopmasters ARTIST Series (excluding Deadmau5 Xfer)

HOW TO ENTER

1) Go to www.lot49.co.uk competition page and register with your email, artist name and country

2) Submit up to three separate tracks with them clearly labelled by artist and title in the following format [Artist_title.wav] to our competition dropbox.

The competition starts Nov 1st and ends Dec 1st.

No entries submitted after this date will be eligible.

The winner will be announced on the Lot49 website on December 14th 2009.