Michael Jackson has died after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest.

His brother Jermaine Jackson said he believed the 50-year-old singer fell ill at his Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon.

He was taken to the UCLA medical centre where he was pronounced dead at 2.26pm Pacific time (10.26pm BST).

The self-styled king of pop had been due to perform 50 farewell concerts in London this summer, bowing out on an illustrious music career spanning several decades while aiming to resurrect his fortunes.

Jackson’s brother told reporters: “My brother, the legendary King of pop, passed away on Thursday June 25 at 2.26pm.

“We believe he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home, however the cause of his death is unknown until the results of the autopsy are known. The personal physician who was with him at the time attempted to resuscitated him.”

A spokesman for the Ronald Reagan UCLA medical centre added: “When he arrived at hospital at approximately 1.14pm a team of doctors including emergency physicians and cardiologists attempted to resuscitate him for a period of more than one hour, they were unsuccessful.”

TV footage showed a rescue helicopter flying the star’s body to a waiting ambulance.

A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said the robbery and homicide team was investigating Jackson’s death because of its “high profile” but warned reporters not to read anything into his team’s involvement. A post mortem examination is expected to take place, Los Angeles Coroner’s Office spokesman Fred Corral said.

Tributes have flooded in from across the UK for pop legend Michael Jackson.

London-based singer Madonna said in a statement on the BBC website: “I can’t stop crying over the sad news. I’ve always admired Michael Jackson – the world has lost one of its greats but his music will live on forever.

“My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless.”

Family friend Mark Lester described him as “a very sweet, kind and loving man”.

The former child star, who is godfather to Jackson’s children, said they first met more than 30 years ago. He said: “The last time we saw him he was in London a few weeks ago. He was absolutely fine. I can’t believe this, it’s such a shock.”

Friend and psychic Uri Geller said from his home in Sonning, Berkshire: “I’m shocked and devastated. I am hoping this is a dream I will wake up from, but it is not. Michael is dead. For him not to be around, that he’s gone, is just surreal. It cannot sink into my psyche. He was a genius.”

He said he feared it may have been the “stress” of Jackson’s planned comeback tour that killed him.

Matt Blank, from the Michael Jackson World Network fan club, told BBC News 24 he was “a bit dumbfounded and a bit shellshocked by it all”.

He added: “I find it hard to believe this could be a reality. In the past, health issues of Michael Jackson have always been rumoured. I can only imagine this is down to the amount of stress he was under to come out and perform.”

Foreign Secretary David Miliband wrote on Twitter: “Never has one soared so high and yet dived so low. RIP Michael.”

Pure Pacha Ibiza entered its 7th year in formidable fashion last week with their renowned opening party, which featured Sander Kleinenberg at the helm as new Pure Pacha resident and his special guests, Basement Jaxx.

Sander has been a regular fixture at the Balearic landmark for many years and was joint resident with Axwell last year. After years of playing Pure Pacha, hosting such an artistic show himself and generally smashing it in the club last year, it seemed only right that Sander take the reign and become involved with the music programming and creative art direction of Pure Pacha. Sander is very much involved in the look, feel and projection of Pure Pacha; casting upon his wealth of experience years, encompassing a full 360 appeal. Sander was a natural choice to the people who know the club best – here is what Danny Whittle, head honcho of Pacha Ibiza, had to say:

“Having worked with Sander for many years its fantastic that Sander will be fronting Pure Pacha this summer. He has consistently rocked Pacha every time he plays so it’s great to have that confidence in the quality of music for every Friday night this summer.

With Sander and Basement Jaxx setting the precedent for the upcoming summer, this years guests include Calvin Harris, who is the exclusive monthly resident, Justice, Cassius, Sharam, Faithless, Paul Oakenfold, Trentemoller, Mark Knight and Darren Emerson. Renaissance and Toolroom Knights will each take the reign twice during the summer, while Pacha Brazil, Sharm El Sheikh and Zouk make a special appearance at the club too.

DJs Trevor Nelson and Maxi Jazz make a triumphant comeback in the Global Room and joining them on rotation will be Andy Baxter, Mo Funk and Mucho Muchacho, who are serving the Pacha glitterati with a soundtrack of smooth grooves, soul, funk and upfront R & B.

Built on a reputation for bringing together musical quality, great parties and like minded people, Pure Pacha provides you with the most upfront music, spectacular live pearformances, opulent surroundings and the most beautiful people in town. With so many areas to play in… whether it’s on the dancefloor, chilling on the terrace, grooving in the global room or celeb spotting in the VIP, Pacha caters for all palettes. You really will not get a true Ibizan experience anywhere else.

Friday Nights in Ibiza are Pure Pacha…

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….. Blur have begun their comeback at the scene of their first ever concert The Britpop heroes played for around 150 people in a goods shed at the East Anglian Railway Museum, where they launched their careers in 1988. For Saturday’s gig, their first show for nine years, they used a vintage carriage as a dressing room and played surrounded by station memorabilia. They will now go on tour, taking in headline slots at Hyde Park, Glastonbury and T in the Park.

Read the full gig review on the BBC web site :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8099146.stm

Built on a reputation for releasing some of dance music’s most significant moments in its career, Strictly Rhythm is no stranger to buzz tracks. This year the label celebrates its 20th anniversary with another such signing, one that again shows how Strictly Rhythm is continually pushing innovative house music and promoting new talent.

‘La Mezcla’ (roughly translated as ‘the big mix up’), released on Luciano’s Cadenza imprint from Switzerland, has been relentlessly hunted by DJs since featuring in numerous DJ sets at this year’s Winter Music Conference and in the last few months has grown to near mythical status.

Swiss producer Michel Cleis is the man behind the mysterious and distinctive La Mezcla, a track built on a vocal and flute sample adapted from the Colombian traditional and Afro-Latin performer Totó La Momposina.

During the six long months it took to clear the sample, La Mezcla was simmering slowly in the live DJ sets of the likes of Ricardo Villalobos and Luciano, spreading out to Dennis Ferrer, Louie Vega, Laidback Luke and Erick Morillo. Luciano especially was instrumental in the record surfacing by releasing it on his own Cadenza imprint and the ferocious bidding war that followed saw Strictly Rhythm emerge with the spoils.

Big Ibizan tune is a cliché thrown around with little regard to reality, but trust us when we say that La Mezcla is the real deal – and one of the biggest tracks of 2009.

House Master is a title which many may claim but few can justify.

House Masters is the DJ friendly compilation series now in its fifth addition. It showcases the work of the world’s most talented house music producers who through their musical achievements have earned the right to be entitled a true ‘House Master’. Previous collections have presented the works of Louie Vega, Dennis Ferrer, Sandy Rivera and Bob Sinclar.

This is a series that brings both the artists’ own productions and all their most prominent remixes together in one collection – unmixed.

This series is aimed squarely at the DJ, with some tracks being made available digitally for the first time and all presented at full length. This is a perfect tool for any DJ and a valuable addition to your music collection.

House Master No.5 had been brought to you by two of France’s most talented producers DJ Gregory and Julien Jabre.

DJ Gregory is the extraordinary, passionate and unique house music producer and DJ. He is well known as one of the pioneering original French house set that established the foundations of the scene in the early 90’s.

Now re-located to Amsterdam from Paris, his signature sound has been heavily influenced by the African, West Indian and Caribbean community that populates Paris. This influence is shared by the head of the French house pack Bob Sinclar, and together they produced the critically acclaimed ‘Africanism’ project, from which two of Gregory’s productions ‘Block Party’ and ‘Tournament d’Amour’ became international club hits.

It was the Africanism project that ultimately led him to set up his own label, Faya Combo, a well respected label which released ‘Tropical Soundclash’ and ‘Elle’, both of which became instant successes.

Julian Jabre is a producer of equal integrity, being a long time collaborator and studio partner of Gregory.

Julien originally met DJ Gregory whilst DJing on the legendary Parisian radio station Radio FG. A former DJ who now solely produces, always looks for the emotional angle when creating dance tracks. This was especially apparent for the release that first brought him notoriety in 2005, ‘Swimming Places’, a huge WMC hit at the time and arguably his biggest record to date. It was not too long before he produced more tracks with the same passion and vibe. The ‘Talking Walls EP’ featuring ‘Talking Walls’ and ‘Stagger’ firmly put him back in the collective consciousness of many DJs. 2009 has started off powerfully for Julien with release of the ‘Vicious Circle’, being included in many of the elite DJ’s tracklists, as well as his most recent production ‘Boomerang’ which will appeal to the techier DJ’s.

This package is a collection of twenty of their best works. Essential to have in your DJ collection.

Released June 29th 09.

As familiar as the seasons, a Summer is not deemed to have fully arrived until the first opening parties of Ibiza’s legendary nightclubs have kicked off in typical hedonistic glory. Still 20 years on and clubbers from all parts of the world see the white isle as their spiritual summer home for dance music.

Cr2 Records, and owner Mark Brown, can proudly claim to have played their own part in making Ibiza that magical place for so many people. As one of the leading independent dance music labels in the UK, they are respected worldwide for their broad roster of talent old and new and cutting edge A&R.

Think back to tracks such as ‘The Rub’ by Kurd Maverick, Fedde Le Grand ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’, Federico Franchi ‘Cream’, Ito & Star ‘Sudoko Kid’ and one of Ibiza’s most played tunes in 2008 ‘Hulk’ by DJ Wady & Patrick M.

Cr2 released their first Ibiza LIVE & DIRECT compilation in 2008, and it still remains in the Top 50 dance album charts in Denmark, France & Sweden, and Top 10 in Spain & Portugal. In the UK, the album made it into the Top 3 of the dance album chart on it’s release last June, sitting firmly alongside established brands such as Defected and Azuli.

Such success in it’s first year is testament to the high regard for the label, the strong branding…and most importantly, fantastic selection of unreleased and classic tracks featured on the album.

Ibiza LIVE & DIRECT 2009 follows a very similar format; CD1-Day kicks off with the Mark Brown & Adam Shaw remake of David Morales’ classic Ibiza anthem from ’98 ‘Needin U’, and features the massive ‘Cyan’ by Arno Cost and Cr2’s latest signing, the dutch sensation that is DJ Chuckie.

CD2-Night showcases the darker, techier releases forthcoming on the label from artists such as Tapesh, Paolo Mojo, Danny Freakazoid & Stu Hirst, and CD3 once again features a mix of classic tracks from the catalogue over the last 5 years.

Expertly selected and mixed by Mark Brown, and all for a quarter of the price of a vodka limon @ Pacha, Enjoy!

FOr More Info please check out http://www.cr2records.co.uk/promoPlayer/Cr2IbizaHouseCD2009

Originally set up in 1994, Christian Smith’s Tronic label holds a special place in techno circles. A leading force in shaping a less purist techno sound Tronic was amongst the first labels to embrace sounds from house and techno and to create records that DJ’s from both scenes would play; and now in 2009 Tronic is making a very welcome return with a series of exceptional releases.

2009 has already proved to be a landmark year for Psycatron. Having been a mainstay of the techno scene in Northern Ireland for the last seven years via residencies at the legendary Shine and latterly Stiff Kitten, Psycatron’s profile is about to move to the next level with a string of high profile releases on some of the world’s best respected labels.

Carl Craig’s Guilty Pleasure off shoot label, the uber-underground Simple Records and Fergie’s impressive Rekluse imprint have all hosted Psycatron productions that have gained serious attention from tastemakers such as Sasha, Carl Cox, John Digweed and Dubfire. Now Tronic are proud to unveil what we think is the biggest release of the lot.

Directions is a soon-to-be-techno-anthem. Built around an instantly memorable vocal hook this is a genuine big room tune for the summer. Pitched to a chugging groove and mounted on a low, throbbing bassline, no time is wasted in introducing the looped vocal hook that builds and drops towards a sprawling, crowd-pleaser of a breakdown.

Backing up the package is the equally impressive Tipping Point. Appearing in two versions, the 3am Front Left Speaker Mix is a shimmering, bass-heavy fusion of old school techno riffs and soaring strings while the Delusions Of 315 mix has a percussive, drawn out brooding vibe, twisting out the monster bassline with distorted effects.

Psycatron

A. Directions

B. Tipping Point (3am Front Left Speaker Mix)

Bonus Digital Track – Tipping Point (Delusions of 315 Mix)

(Tronic) TR40

12” Vinyl & Digital

Release – 29.06.09