Kiran Aditham

It's not that he's a glass-half-empty kind of guy, but Charlie Solana isn't afraid to admit that South Florida's dance scene is hurting. "It is dying," the 39-year-old DJ/producer says with a slight, knowing chuckle. "You can tell just by the clubs. Crobar went from 100 percent dance to open...

Part Ultra Fest, part Ozzfest, Global Gathering precedes this year's Winter Music Conference with a one-day, 12-hour mega-event that blurs the lines between dance and hard rock. In what promises to be one of the most peculiar outdoor fests in recent memory, metalheads, ravers, and rivetheads will gather in (somewhat)...

Even with a small window of downtime, Baby Anne still sounds busy. Via phone from her Orlando digs, Florida's best-known female DJ explains that she's not only in-between a cross-country jaunt to promote her new collaborative album with protégé Jen Lasher but that her off days are consumed with, um,...

The ornate, "home life meets night life" opulence of South Beach's Mansion has seen its fair share of DJ-led debauchery in the past two years. Now, after lending its multileveled space for parties hosted by everyone from Jay-Z to Vanity Fair, the Washington Avenue megaclub is unlocking the velvet rope...

A giant among giants in the dance scene -- literally and figuratively -- Carl Cox might just be the most renowned techno DJ in the world. Currently ranked number six on TheDJList.com (putting him in company with names like Oakenfold and Sasha), Cox has snagged DJ of the Year kudos...