Linkage: September 12, 2007

- TAPE has an exclusive live set from Modeselektor. It features their 2006 collaboration with Ninjaman along with a few cuts from their new album Happy Birthday! (out this week on BPitch Control).

- Beatport announced the upcoming launch of Beatsource.com. Launching winter 2008, Beatsource will focus on high-quality urban and hip-hop music content. Track prices will range from USD $1.49 to $2.49 based on the music’s exclusivity and release date.

- Pitchfork gives Music 6.8 out of 10. "The review has split the music community, with many decrying Pitchfork's lukewarm reception of music as a contrarian move designed to propel the publication's tastemaker status."

- Berlin's Berghain and Panorama Bar's resident DJ's will premiere an exclusive Resident Night at Cielo in NYC on September 13th, 2007 featuring Marcel Dettmann. Also performing is Spectral Sound's resident DJ, Ryan Elliott. More info here.

- The new Krill.Minima (a.k.a. Martin Juhls) album Urlaub Auf Balkonien is now available for free download (192kbps MP3) from the ever-satisfying Thinner netlabel.

- Peter Hook talks to Billboard about his post-New Order plans. "With the demise of New Order, I was happy to just not play for a while but now I'm missing it. And I want to get into it as soon as possible," Hook says.