For those of you tragically not in attendance that night, legendary UK DJ Greg Wilson made his highly anticipated WMC debut (in fact his Miami debut altogether) at Electric Pickle on Wednesday, March 24, schooling us all on the authentic disc jockey artform. Beyond simply reinstating the definition of what…
Aquabooty is Miami’s longest-standing and most esteemed house music party and since 2000 they’ve remained a bastion of uncompromising musical quality and unpretentious good vibes running against the prevailing current of commercial nightlife in this city. Having hosted some of the most memorable and intimate WMC house music parties in…
DJ/producer Seth Troxler has to be one of the most archetypal characters in contemporary EDM. Born and bred in the Detroit techno scene, schooled by the scene veterans and absorbing all the sounds he could get his hands on at the record shop/DJ hub where he worked as a teen,…
Few figures in the international dance music scene can wear the title of legend as aptly as Greg Wilson. The British DJ boasts a career spanning three decades, going back to the birth of house and his early days as a DJ at Manchester’s seminal club The Hacienda, and he…
DJ/producer Mauricio Barembuem a.k.a. Barem has been Argentina’s number one techno export since alighting on the international scene in the mid 2000s. Having caught the ear of minimal techno magnate Richie Hawtin in 2006, Barem signed to his prestigious Minus label and remains one of its most celebrated artists in…
With so much buzz surrounding Conference and all the stellar international artists passing through next week it’s easy to lose sight of our local talent. But this Saturday night marks the return of DJ Inbal and Baby Sean’s beloved Retox (formerly of Wednesday nights at Blue) after a couple months’…
With every imaginable type of iPhone app out there these days, from drunk texting apps, to X-rated vibrator apps (no joke) it’s hardly surprising that even our beloved annual Winter Music Conference would get its own app. The folks at Nightlyfe.com have announced the launch of their WMC Mobile Guide…
Greek-Swedish DJ/producer Steve Angello has become one of the most recognizable names in commercial EDM since the mid 2000s, with big international hits like his jacked-up rendition of the über-soulful “Show Me Love” by Robin S, a track exemplifying his glitzy disco diva-vocalized big-room house productions. His massive international notoriety…
Like homies and Visionquest partners Seth Troxler and Lee Curtiss, DJ/producer Ryan Crosson is part of a new breed of Detroit-bred artists who have staked their place in Berlin’s underground EDM scene since the late 2000s. Born and raised in Metro Detroit, Crosson absorbed the native sounds of second-wave Detroit…
DJ Brad Strickland, or Strickly B, as Miami clubland knows him, has been making his mark on the East Coast EDM scene for well over a decade now. He was spicing up Miami nightlife with soulful melodic tunage long before deep house made a comeback and has played no small…
When Detroit native DJ Justin Ryan moved to Miami last year he didn’t know anyone involved in the local EDM scene, so he got proactive. Seeking to connect with other local artist while establishing a structured outlet for his own productions, Ryan launched Miami Dance Party, a website featuring regular…
Soultech Wednesdays is back and South Beach finally has a proper techno night again. DJ Andres Amadeus will be reviving the deep tech sessions that once made Skybar at the Shore Club the only reason to hit the Beach on a weeknight, from now on at 12 nightclub on Washington…
Say what you will about the commercial trappings of the “Swedish House Mafia”, but they currently rule the international dance music mainstream, so whatever they’re doing, they’re doing right. Although with that said, who are we kidding? Everyone knows that the recipe for commercial success in the world of electronic…
It’s taken a while for women to really step up to the plate as DJs and producers in what is an otherwise male-dominated sausage fest of an international EDM scene. More and more of the ladies have been making their mark in the last decade, though, and few have enjoyed…
In this era of dime-a-dozen indie electro-pop duos, one contemporary act stands apart from the rest for sheer substance, stylistic originality and emotional rapport, and that’s Ontario, Canada’s Junior Boys. Crooner/co-producer Jeremy Greenspan and partner Matt Didemus first began their collaboration in the early 2000s, the fruit of which were…
For going on two decades, German DJ/producer Marc Romboy has established himself as one of the preeminent figures of electronic dance music through a rare combination of innovative vision and heartfelt reverence for the classic forms. A childhood fascination with synthesized sounds, via the likes of Kraftwerk, got Romboy hooked…
International techno giant Mathew Jonson is back in Miami on Saturday to play at the Space Techno Loft, and be advised that this will be a party of epic proportions. Canadian-born/Berlin-based producer Jonson heads the esteemed Wagon Repair label and is one of the more virtuosic and boldly innovative figures…
DJ/producer Martin Landsky is the quintessential Berlin techno artist, his work embodying that Teutonic icy minimalism infused with warm Afro-soul that has made German-bred electronic dance music the sound of the international zeitgeist. A veteran of the ’80s breakdance scene in Hamburg with an early interest in funk and other…
The impromptu Sunday afternoon sessions at Electric Pickle are becoming Miami clubland’s number one guilty pleasure, and PL0T’s Valentine’s Day throwdown this Sunday is just too good to pass up. Esteemed DJ/producer and Wagon Repair label head Konrad Black will be reloading last year’s “Black Valentine’s” party and congregating Miami’s…
Finally the moment all of you South Beach club rats have been waiting for: The Opium Group has released its official 2010 WMC lineup. With its vast real estate of glitzy big-room venues, including clubs Mansion, Louis, SET, and Cameo, the Beach’s ubiquitous nightlife conglomerate is responsible for booking most…
Since opening its doors a year ago, the Electric Pickle has emerged as a bastion of quality underground music in a city otherwise tyrannized by commercial and ostentatious nightlife. With weekly bookings showcasing some of the top contemporary EDM talent from around the world in a refreshingly inclusive and intimate…
Two big names in the contemporary underground techno scene converge on Parkwest nightclub in downtown Miami this Friday: Brooklyn-based DJ/producers Camea and Alexi Delano. Camea Hoffman is a classically trained musician boasting a darkly sexy and funked-up minimal techno whose releases have been spun by the likes of Richie Hawtin,…
