The PL0T crew kicked off the year with a real bang in January with “The Wolf + Lamb Experience” party at Electric Pickle. With no signs of slowing down, they’re back at the Pickle on Friday night with another special guest from the W + L collective, Israeli-born and Berlin-based…
Back in November we highlighted hardworking local DJ duo thenextgeneration, who you can see spinning regularly at several spots around the Beach, like Sushi Samba, Beer & Burger Joint and Hakkasan at the Fontainebleau Hotel. Mikkel Dankner a.k.a. Soulscience is one half of the duo and an accomplished producer whose…
Kitchen Party is an intimate underground dance party based on the concept that a good house party always seems to end up in the kitchen. Founded by London-based DJ Brian Monaco in 2007, KP evolved from a literal house party for an intimate group of music-lovers congregating around a kitchen…
Miami loves Justin Martin! The San Francisco-based DJ/producer and Dirtybird label co-owner burned up the dancefloors at White Room and Electric Pickle in 2009, cementing his reputation as one of the most crowd-pleasing and oft-anticipated American EDM acts we’ve hosted in recent years. Martin made his auspicious grand entrance into…
Musical Missionary has played various roles in fostering Miami’s underground dance music scene in recent years, from artist bookings and party promotions, to philanthropy through the “Dance for a Cause” parties in 2009 and the more recent “Sunday School for the Generous” DJ marathon at Electric Pickle on Januray 17,…
Two big names in the contemporary underground techno scene will be alighting on Parkwest nightclub in downtown on Friday, February 5, Brooklyn-based DJ/producers Camea and Alexi Delano. Camea Hoffman is a classically-trained musician boasting a darkly sexy and funked-up brand of minimal techno with releases charted by the likes of…
Like fellow New Yorkers Danny Tenaglia and Danny Morales, DJ Roger Sanchez has become one of the most ubiquitous names in the world of electronic dance music. He’s an icon of the jet-setting transatlantic scene stretching from the East Coast to Ibiza, where he has held residencies every summer for…
Few artists in the world of electronic dance music can take credit for the sort of self-styled signature sound that has made Mark Farina one of the most original and idiosyncratic DJ/producers of the past 20 years. He’s a house-music veteran with old ties to the scenes in Chicago, Detroit,…
The LINK crew is back for another round of techno madness at the Electric Pickle on Friday night, where they’ll be serving up a double booking featuring Marco Resmann and Tony Rohr. A veteran of the ’90s Berlin scene and prolific producer, Marco Resmann has released under the monikers Audiogain,…
There’s hardly anyone who was around in 2003 and didn’t get caught up in the pure unadulterated pleasure — guilty, or otherwise — of Benny Benassi’s mega-hit “Satisfaction”. Praised by the likes of Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez and Darren Emerson and played ad nauseum by big-room DJs and radio stations…
Young prodigy Nicolas Jaar has enjoyed unprecedented international acclaim in the last couple years through his association with the Wolf + Lamb collective and a growing body of work widely praised for its distinctive and genre-defying sound. Born in NYC and raised in Chile, Jaar found equal parts inspiration in…
Since alighting on Brooklyn’s underground dance music scene with partner Zev Eisenberg in 2001, DJ/producer Gadi Mizrahi has emerged as one of the most influential tastemakers in the wider international network of EDM labels and collectives. As a DJ and co-owner of the Wolf + Lamb imprint, he has garnered…
2009 was a big year for Wolf + Lamb, the NYC-based DJ/production duo and eponymous label responsible for some of the most exciting and imaginative new sounds in electronic dance music. From their growing cult following, centered around the infamous “Marcy Hotel” parties in Brooklyn, to their recent leap from…
Few artists in the world of electronic dance music can take credit for the sort of self-styled signature sound that has made Mark Farina one of the most original and idiosyncratic DJ/producers of the last twenty years. As a house music veteran with old ties to the Chicago, Detroit and…
The LINK crew is back at the Space Techno Loft this Saturday night with special guest Oliver Koletzki, a Berlin-based DJ/producer with releases on the esteemed Cocoon and Stil Vor Talent labels. Koletzki is a veteran of the ’90s German breakdance and hip-hop scene who delved into tech-house production in…
House music reigned supreme at Vagabond Saturdays throughout 2009, with weekly performances by such classic house luminaries as Frankie Knuckles, Little Louie Vega, Jellybean Benitez, and Jesse Saunders. So far the soulful house vibes promise to live on at the downtown hotpot in 2010, and Saturday night brings a special…
I first heard of Hamburg-based producer H.O.S.H. (a.k.a. Holger Behn) through a mind-blowing 2008 release called “Radar” — a collaboration with esteemed producer and Diynamic labelmate Stimming. This insidious little banger blends delectably nuanced and understated tribal rhythms with weird distended pitch crescendos and a smiting climatic jazz organ breakdown…
Miami’s big-room nightclubs usually go all out for New Year’s Eve celebrations by booking some of the biggest names in international dance music, and this year is no exception. Here’s the lowdown on some of the top NYE parties going down on Thursday night: Cocoon Label Party at Nocturnal’s Eden…
While still relatively unknown in the States, Portuguese DJ/producer Carlos Fauvrelle is renowned through the Iberian peninsula, a region increasingly associated with the tribal house genre (see Chus & Ceballos, Mastiksoul, etc.) Fauvrelle has been crafting his own percussive-driven brand of tech house since the early 2000s, releases of which…
It’s gonna be a fairly quiet holiday week on the local EDM front, but you can get your fill of tasty house and techno beats on Wednesday night when the Miami/LA-based record label-cum-production duo petFood throw down at Electric Pickle. petFood was formed in late 2008 by Miami natives Lazaro…
Ambivalent is the moniker of NYC-based DJ/producer Kevin McHugh, of Richie Hawtin’s prestigious Minus label. McHugh’s early production credits include a music series he developed for the multidisciplinary artistic platform Creative Time in the mid ’90s. By the mid 2000s he became associated with the Minus family after sharing the…
The Techno Loft at Space has consistently delivered the goods since launching earlier this year. It’s showcased some of the top techno talent from around the globe, with a special emphasis on the Berlin sound dominating the scene today. This Saturday continues the trend with a stellar double booking featuring…
