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SET Reopening for Miami Music Week 2013

"Luxury and white-glove service." That's what South Beach socialites and club wreckers alike should expect from the new SET. In early January, we here at Crossfade reported that the Opium Group club would be closing for renovations in order to become the Miami nightlife spot "where true VIPs pop c ... More >>

Flying Circus 2013 With M.A.N.F.L.Y., Tiefschwarz, Azari & III at Villa 221 March 20

Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013

Flying Circus Announces WMC 2013 Lineup: Lee Curtiss, Azari & III, Tiefschwarz, 19 Others

Now going on its sixth year, Flying Circus has emerged as one of the foremost mid-week Winter Music Conference parties. Back in 2011, Luca Saporito of UK DJ-production duo Audiofly reminisced with Crossfade about the fateful day in 2008 when he teamed up with SAFE Miami to launch the party last-mi ... More >>

Ten Best EDM Parties During Art Basel Miami Beach 2012

Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 Music Guide: Acts Announced So Far

Sure, we like to pretend the week of Art Basel Miami Beach (AKA Miami Art Week) is all about the glorified flea market happening either side of the causeway. But you just want to party. You can't afford to pay $10,000 for a bike covered in Saran Wrap and called "Untitled." But you can afford the cov ... More >>

Un_Mute Miami's Third Anniversary Parties: Mathias Kaden, Matthias Tanzmann, Martinez

There wasn't much of an underground techno scene in Miami until certain forward-thinking collectives started sprouting up at the tail end of the 2000s. One of them was Un_Mute Miami, a party brand that's become synonymous with cutting-edge electronic dance music over the last three years. "I've a ... More >>

Blond:ish to Paris Hilton and Aspiring Female DJs: "If You Want Respect, Don't DJ Topless"

Dumb blonde bimbo DJs? The EDM industry already has one Paris Hilton. Montreal's Blond:ish, on the other hand, isn't messing around. With a reputation for driving, body-jacking DJ sets, the duo exploded onto the international scene this past year with some auspicious tech-house releases on Kompakt ... More >>

Afrojack's Jacked Summer 2012 Tour at Mansion Miami, June 15

See the full 35-photo slideshow of Afrojack at Mansion. Afrojack With Shermonology, Quintino and R3hab Mansion, Miami Beach Friday, June 15, 2012 Afrojack is like the USPS. Neither rain nor sleet nor snow can stop him from bringing the heat to his home away from home. Thankfully, that happens to b ... More >>

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2012: A Daily Party Guide

​Check out today's top WMC and MMW parties -- plus Crossfade's fifteen best parties. Honestly, if you're gonna survive 96 hours of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival, then your emergency EDM supply kit will need to include a gas mask, goggles, a bikini and/or bana ... More >>

Get Physical Nacht at Treehouse March 24

Fifteen Best Parties at Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2012

​Maybe you're planning to spend the entire weekend performing glowstick tricks at Ultra Music Festival. Or enjoying the lavish amenities at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Hotel. Or bleep-bloop-ing around Biscayne Bay aboard the Biscayne Lady. But if not, you need a beat-freaking plan. In total ... More >>

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week's 15 best parties March 22 to 25

Justice at Ultra March 24

WMC 2012: M.A.N.D.E.A.R., DJ T, and Audiofly Headline Get Physical 10-Year Anniversary

​Originally the brainchild of Berlin tech-house veterans M.A.N.D.Y., Booka Shade, and DJ T, Get Physical Music has been going strong for a full decade ago now. In fact, Winter Music Conference 2012 marks the label's ten-year anniversary, as well as its return to Miami for yet another highly anti ... More >>

Flying Circus Miami Five-Year Celebration Lineup: Audiofly, Steve Lawler, M.A.N.D.Y, and More

Miami isn't just some metaphorical cheap beach motel where the electronic dance music industry from overseas gathers to mingle and party during WMC. No, it's also the place where some of the world's top EDM brands are actually born. Case in point: Flying Circus, the long-standing WMC party conceive ... More >>

Questlove's Christmas on South Beach: The Roots Drummer Drops 2011's Best DJ Set

​Maybe you spent Christmas night digesting the pig and/or turkey you'd been scarfing down all day. But we spent it dancing off our 20 meals to Questlove's DJ set at Wall Lounge. Nowadays, even your mom knows about Questlove, thanks to Jimmy Fallon. Yet somehow, the drummer and producer manages to ... More >>

M.A.N.D.Y.'s Philipp Jung Talks Getting Physical at Treehouse This Sunday

Photo by Lars BorgesM.A.N.D.Y.'s Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung.​In the last decade, M.A.N.D.Y.'s Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung have seen monstrous success with their productions and performances -- not to mention the inception of their record label, Get Physical. Even the newbies to the elec ... More >>

University of Miami Disciplines Student Group Protesting Overtown Project for Writing With Chalk on Sidewalk

​The University of Miami is constructing a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art Life Science and Technology Park in the heart of the historically impoverished Overtown neighborhood near downtown Miami. But the project has been wrought with controversy. Neighborhood activists claim the project, bu ... More >>

All Aboard the Biscayne Lady! Meet your yacht party skipper Captain James Cho

​Behind Bayside Marketplace's Hard Rock Café, the Biscayne Lady enjoys a mid-afternoon hosing under the hot Florida sun. As cold water trickles down her sleek frame, we board the vessel to meet the ship's captain and Biscayne Bay legend, James Cho. Since joining the Biscayne Lady team, Cho h ... More >>

Listed and SAFE Bring Radio Slave, Matt Tolfrey, and Others to Hotel Victor March 25

DJ-producer Dan Ghenacia headlines Listed Plays It Safe​If you're a regular of Miami's EDM scene, then you've surely attended a SAFE party. They've been responsible for many of the top international house and techno bookings of the last several years, hosting memorable recurrent performances b ... More >>

Miami Music Guide and Party Listings for Ultra Music Festival 2011

​The Ultra Music Festival isn't just a concert. It's now a week-long electronic and alternative musical free-for-all featuring the world's best talent and over 150,000 fans. Sure, the big show is sold out. But in the Miami nightlife universe, the many satellite parties orbiting the main event may ... More >>

All Aboard, Beat Freaks! Four WMC and Ultra Week Yacht Cruises

M.A.N.D.Y. headlines Get Physical Yacht Party.​No WMC would be complete without a few yacht parties. And this March has, count them, four stellar lineups aboard the infamous Biscayne Lady.From big-room house heavyweights like Desyn Masiello to underground techno stars like Reboot, there's a bi ... More >>

Art Basel's best bands and DJs

Get Physical's Siopis Talks Grandmaster Flash, Newfound Success, and Future Plans

​Perhaps you haven't heard of German DJ-producer Jannis Siopis yet. But if you're a genuine EDM lover, then you already know Berlin's Get Physical label, and Siopis has recently emerged as one of their most promising new artists. A classically-trained musician who dropped the clarinet lessons in ... More >>

M.A.N.D.Y. and Get Physical Work It Out at Art Basel December 2

Get Physical label guy and M.A.N.D.Y. member Philipp Jung.​It's time to work it out, bitches. Slip on your sleeveless hoodies and bike shorts, suck some Red Bull, and stretch like a cheerleader 'cause Get Physical label guy and M.A.N.D.Y. member Philipp Jung is back for Basel 2010. You can defini ... More >>

Get Physical Label Releases Eighth Anniversary Compilation

​Since first launching in 2002, the Berlin-based Get Physical imprint has emerged as a global touchpoint for some of the most critically-acclaimed electronic dance music of the new millennium. Forged by the creative alliance of famed producers Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y. and DJ T as a launching pad fo ... More >>

DJ Supersede Broadens His Reach with Lincoln Road Records

Nick Morrison and Supersede, AKA the Miami Ski Team.​At 26-years-old, Andrew Beckwith, AKA DJ Supersede, has a career most local DJs would be envious of. He spins at some of South Florida's most popular nightclubs; he was selected by you, the reader, as Best Club DJ for last year's Best of Miami; ... More >>

WMC 2010 Better Late Than Never Saturday Recap: Get Physical's Varsity Workout at Charcoal Studios (With Photos and Video)

photo by Nicole CussellThe evening's headliners had interesting choices in headgear.​To view a full slideshow from this event, click here. Saturday, I took a day of rest and hibernated rather than try to hit up any day parties. I knew I was going to get sweaty as hell at Get Physical's annual ... More >>

Get Physical

WMC 2010: Tiefschwarz, Damian Lazarus, Matthew Dear Added to Get Physical Night Party Lineup, Ticket Giveaway

Tiefschwarz​Local promoter Diego Martinelli called us Monday to tell us he felt the Get Physical party lineup needed some extra oomph. So what's a promoter to do? Add more mega-wattage to an already awesome DJ lineup, of course.Added is the brother DJ duo out of Berlin Tiefschwarz who are already ... More >>

WMC 2010: Win Free Tickets to Get Physical's Beach Party, March 25 at the Gansevoort South

​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' ... More >>

WMC 2010: James Zabiela, Steve Angello at Beatport Beach Party March 26-28

James Zabiela taking over the sands of South Beach.​Here we almost thought online music store Beatport was going to entirely pull out of this year's Winter Music Conference, but it seems at the last minute they've managed to put something together. Definitely on the smaller scale than last year, B ... More >>

Dancing, Drugs, and Fine Dining

WMC 2010: Get Physical Party with M.A.N.D.Y., DJ Hell at Charcoal Studios, March 27

M.A.N.D.Y.​As we reported back in January, this year's Get Physical party is scheduled to take place at Charcoal Studios on March 27 during Winter Music Conference. The only act we could confirm then was M.A.N.D.Y., but now we've been made aware of the full lineup of artists taking over the Wynwoo ... More >>

An unlikely pairing of Victor Calderone and M.A.N.D.Y. at Club Space

WMC 2010: Annual Get Physical Party Will Happen at Charcoal Studios, March 27

via physical-music.comM.A.N.D.Y.​Last night, I hit up the official Get Physical label site while looking for some info on Philipp Jung of M.A.N.D.Y.'s upcoming DJ gig at Space on the 23rd. On a lark, I decided to hit the little "Miami" tab on the label's tour dates page, and lo and behold.... M.A. ... More >>

Nightlife Review: Ghostly International 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 5

Michna played relatively early in the evening.​Ghostly International 10 Year Anniversary PartyWhite Room, MiamiSaturday, December 5, 2009Better than: Any record label party this side of WMC.Despite the unfavorable weather most of Saturday, things cleared up enough for Miami to enjoy partying ... More >>

A guide to the major music events during Art Basel Miami Beach

L.A.'s Droog Play Electric Pickle on Friday

​When Andrei Osyka, Brett Griffin, and Justin Sloe first met in the Los Angeles dance music scene at the turn of the millennium, little could they have known that their newly forged creative partnership would comprise one of the West Coast's hippest EDM collectives by the end of the decade. As DJ ... More >>

DJ T

Get Physical With DJ T at Electric Pickle on Thanksgiving Eve

Proof that music journalists are sometimes good for something, Thomas Koch, a.k.a. DJ T, made his true mark in the industry by founding Groove magazine some 20 years ago. With Koch at the helm as editor and publisher, it quickly became the bible in his native Germany for everything related to electr ... More >>

Ghostly International 10 Year Anniversary Party at White Room on Art Basel Weekend

AudionA heads up to Miami's downtown cognoscenti: Michigan's esteemed Ghostly International label will be celebrating 10 years of forward-thinking music and subculture at White Room on Saturday, December 5. Founded in 1999 by DJ Sam Valenti, Ghostly has become one of the most highly-acclaimed intern ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Ipek

The Turkish-German culture clasher does White Room.

Spin For Us

Justice Coming to Mansion December 4

Justice​Yes, you read it correctly. Just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, Mansion is bringing French electrohouse duo Justice to Miami Friday, December 4.The pair haven't really played a proper club set since Winter Music Conference 2007 when they spun at the Fixed/Ed Banger party at Studio A. T ... More >>

Heidi

Get Physical with Booka Shade

German electrohouse superproducers rock out live.

The Italoboyz

Head Spins: Jenna Vicious

A tech-house hottie leaves Miami blind-sided.