photo by Jose D. Durana wall by Reas at BarI had big hopes for yesterday evening, hoping to check out most of the downtown circuit. There was the Louie Vega WMC party at the Vagabond, the free Ed Banger party at Bar, the Smog vs. Basshead party at White Room,…
Electronic music and its surrounding industry generally exists in a separate plane from the rest of the world’s troubles. The music is, after all, most often about dancing and going out — a form of escapism. And even if things are generally going to the shitter, people are still going…
If the Shelborne day party yesterday was populist, Nikki Beach was relaxed but still pretty elite. Here, servers in billowing white pans scurried back and forth constantly with bottles of Dom P. Of course, everything at Nikki Beach is about more: More differently configured VIP arrangements than you might initially…
Dennis FerrerIf you’re lucky enough to take some vacation time or pass this all off as “work,” Winter Music Conference’s day parties are an excellent way to be totally, ridiculously indulgent and let it all hang out (literally, for some people). Anyone can party at night, but it takes the…
Cedric Gervais, Miami’s king of Space, has a lot to live up to at this year’s WMC. Last year, his moody, slow-burning jam “Mauri’s Dream” scored a nearly monthlong “essential tune of the week” nod on Pete Tong’s BBC One radio show. With that coronation, the track soon became the…
If you’re out and about today, here are some worth checking out. *The Shelborne’s DJ Mag Recession Sessions pool party, with Sharam, Steve Lawler, Dennis Ferrer, Will Saul, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, and S.O.S. Presale tickets long ago sold out, but you may be able to pay to get…
Photo by Pier Nicola D’AmicoKing Britt has never been an easy talent to pin down. The main common thread, perhaps, throughout the career of the easy-going Philadelphia artist is one of experimenting. In every genre he tackles, he’s always been a little out in left field. That’s been true from…
Think of this as a chill way to kick off the week, or, if dance music is not your thing, to get a final taste of live sounds before you go into hiding. (The latter would be kind of a shame, considering the range of genres and artists represented, including,…
Wally Lopez is hands-down the most well-known DJ/remixer in the world right now representing Spain. Born and still based in Madrid, the bespectacled electro-house champion got his start in radio, first spinning dance grooves on the air at just 13 years old. Over the years, he moved throughout the country’s…
James Zabiela is just 30 years old, but is well on his way to achieving superstar DJ status. Chalk it up to the fact that the preternaturally gifted mixer and producer already boasts almost ten years as a pro. Since his earliest days winning bedroom DJ competitions, Zabiela has continued…
Lil Jon recently sat down with TMZ for about a half-hour-long interview as part of the site’s ongoing video interview series, TMZ Live. In it, he discusses Weezy’s upcoming jail sentence, why he hasn’t worked with Justin Bieber, and why fans should stop screaming “Yeah!” and “Okay!” at him in…
The annual Radio One pool party is almost eerily absent this year, but don’t worry about getting wrapped up in brand names. All of the superstar DJ talent will be here anyways, and still helmed by the legendary Pete Tong — they’ll just be playing under the banner of “Pete’s…
Paul Morris started the booking agency AM Only in 1995, while he was a student at the University of Florida. It was a fortuitous time, right when dance music was about to break big into this country’s consciousness. As electronic sounds shifted through the rave scene and beyond, AM Only…
Cedric Gervais, Miami’s king of Space, has a lot to live up to at this year’s WMC. Last year, his moody, slow-burning jam “Mauri’s Dream” scored an “essential tune of the week” nod on Pete Tong’s BBC One radio show for almost a month running. With that coronation, the track…
photo by Sayre BermanJ.B. DunckelTo view a full slideshow of photos from the concert, click here. AirWith AMThe Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, March 13, 2010Better Than: Hair of the dog. The Review:They’re rare, but there are some live music moments so absolutely perfect, that they’re as weirdly sad as they are sublime, because…
Yes we’re already giving away tickets to the annual Get Physical night party, which, with the lineup addition of Tiefschwarz and Matthew Dear, is shaping up to be even better than last year’s. In Crossfade’s eyes, anything Get Physical touches is golden, so we’re excited about not just the label’s…
A few weeks ago, we posted about Mixed Doubles, presented by the Berlin-based booking agencies Wilde and Playkula, along with London-based labels Leftroom and murmur. It’s a daytime, tennis-themed party that goes from noon to 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, and features some top techno from people like the…
Photo by Pier Nicola D’AmicoKing Britt has released his final traditional dance music album.Back in the good old days of vinyl, it seemed like every DJ with a love of four-four beats was running around New York City with a Nervous Records bag. That little sweating cartoon guy logo was…
You wouldn’t know it by his minimal but funky robo-beats, but Parisian star Dan Ghenacia started off his DJ career enamored of deep house. Yes, he was lured to the psychedelia dark side during a year abroad in California, and brought back the soulful sounds to his native Paris, where…
CC by 2.0, via Bolshakov on FlickrAfter flirting with the mainstream in the late ’90s, when the millennium turned, drum’n’bass got a little confused. The music got darker, and harder, diverging into way too many sub-genres with ridiculous names (“drill ‘n’ bass,” anyone?) and scaring off the women. Most of…
It wouldn’t be WMC without Sunday School For Degenerates, the legendary Made Event 24-hour party that makes the most of conference’s final stretch, this year from March 27 to 28. It’s a party where you can come and go at will, and let it all hang out, bloodshot eyes, arid…
Made Event always puts on some of the biggest shebangs during Winter Music Conference — Sunday School for Degenerates, Anjunabeats’ annual do, and so on. New to the crew’s lineup this year, though, is a one-off featuring Dutch trance megastar Ferry Corsten, who headlines his own Once Upon a Night party…
