Electronic Music

Fred Falke on Daft Punk's Return: "An Adrenaline Shot Into Mainstream EDM"

If any label has best harnessed the international hipster appeal of electronic music and indie rock, it's definitely been Paris's Kitsuné. Founded in 2002 as both a record and fashion label by Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki, Kitsuné seems to have been able to sustain its momentum despite the fi ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013's Lineup and Set Times

Under normal circumstances, Ultra Music Festival has pushed even the most seasoned EDM addicts to the very brink of physical and emotional collapse. But now UMF has expanded to two entire weekends (AKA six whole days), which just might turn certain (weaker) members of the Crossfade team into pathet ... More >>

Why the Corporate Takeover of EDM Was Inevitable: The Straight Bros are On Board

You're not likely to hear many heavy-handed conversations about business at Ultra Music Festival this weekend, but if you do, it will more than likely be about billionaire Robert F.X. Sillerman's plans to buy up just about everything related to electronic dance music and consolidate it all under SFX ... More >>

Carl Cox at Ultra Music Festival 2013

Steve Aoki: The Neon Punk of EDM

Once an indie darling, he has coasted to superstardom on a wave of pure showmanship.

How Russell Faibisch Built Ultra Music Festival -- and Whom He's Battled Along the Way

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Phase 2 Lineup: Alesso, Eric Prydz, Snoop Dogg, Tons More

Just when you thought the party couldn't get any better, Ultra Music Festival has announced its Phase 2 lineup. So let's not bother with the formalities. Here's who's been added: Alesso, Benny Benassi, Dirty South, Dog Blood (Boys Noize & Skrillex), Eric Prydz, Fedde Le Grand, Hardwell, Loco D ... More >>

Punisher Talks EDM, Gender Stereotypes, and Moving to Miami

PillowTalk at Villa 221 September 22

Smog Vs. Basshead at Mekka, March 22

​Last night's heaving, multi-room party thrown jointly by L.A.-based Smog and Miami-based Basshead was intense in every aspect. The volume was at 11, the revelers' energy was at 11, the level of confusion trying to get around the sprawling downtown club Mekka was at 11. (Seriously, the place is li ... More >>

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 >>

Skrillex as part of Ultra Music Festival 2012 at Bayfront Park March 23

Ten reasons not to hate Skrillex.

Ten best acts at Ultra Music Fest 2012

From legendary Germans to French superstars, we're stoked about this year's fest.

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

Richie Hawtin Added to Ultra Music Festival 2012 Lineup

​ Do you hear that uhntz-uhntz in the distance? It's been 53 days since Ultra Music Festival 2012 announced its Phase 1 lineup, "a sprawling 92-act roster that ranges from massive dance superstars Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, Kaskade, and Fedde Le Grand to electronic music legends Kraftwerk, Ne ... More >>

Steve Lawler at Wall Lounge December 28

Candyland 2011 at Revolution Live December 23

Skrillex, 12th Planet, Two Fresh, and Nadastrom at the Fillmore Miami Beach December 17

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at Bardot November 3

Good Old-Fashioned House Party

Identity Festival signals dance music's true arrival on the American scene

Identity Festival 2011: A Guide for Bros, Girls, Hip-Hoppers, Snobs, and Hipsters

​Dance music's gonna blow up! That's the kind of ecstatic chatter that's been endlessly parroted by pop commentators in 2011. However, this perception that electronic tuneage has been waiting idly on the sidelines just isn't true. Dance music crossed over a long time ago. In case you hadn't not ... More >>

Ramadanman and Zed Bias at Eve April 23

Ten Electronic Dance Music Legends We Wish Had Come to Miami in March

Aphex Twin, if you're reading this, please come to Miami!​WMC and Ultra Week have come and gone. There were mind-blowingly awesome DJ lineups and there were majorly overrated ones. Sure, March has never disappointed. But there's no denying how bloated and commercial certain chunks of the EDM in ... More >>

Richie Hawtin at Sunday School: The Lost Weekend March 25

Richie Hawtin on Sunday School, the Subtropics, and Ultra Week

​It's 2011 and after working his way up from Detroit's techno underground, Richie Hawtin is a world-class dance music institution. Of course, there are his seminal labels Plus 8 and Minus, his acclaimed Plastikman alter ego, and his hard-earned rep as a game-changing innovator in the arenas of pro ... More >>

Carl Craig at Electric Pickle February 11

IDMA 2011 Nominees Announced and Crossfade Picks the Winners

James Murphy deserves an IDMA or two.​Every year, coinciding with Winter Music Conference, the International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) recognizes those who make electronic music great. Sure, it's not exactly the Grammys or MTV's Video Music Awards. But dammit, it's a homegrown awards show and tha ... More >>

Junior Sanchez Talks New Albums and Pop Projects

​World-renowned DJ-producer Junior Sanchez hardly needs an introduction. Like his homies Erick Morillo and Harry "Choo Choo" Romero, Sanchez was bred in New Jersey's seminal '90s Latin house scene. He would cut his teeth spinning at legendary NYC hotspots like Limelight and the Shelter. As a me ... More >>

Richie Hawtin Talks Darkness, the Detroit Underground, and the Future of Plastikman

Photo by Riva Sayegh Photography​Recording under his persona Plastikman, minimal mastermid Richie Hawtin first established himself as a standard-bearer for material as much about breath as breadth. Now, seven years since the last Plastikman album and 18 years since debuting the brand, Hawtin is pr ... More >>

Richie Hawtin at Mansion November 27

Five Influential Tracks by Dieselboy, Spinning at Electric Pickle This Saturday

via twitter.com/djdieselboy​Unlike with punk rock, at the height of drum 'n' bass' near-mainstream crossover, there was never much of a debate over its country of origin. The skittering, ragga-inflected, bass-heavy electronic music was, at least at its inception, purely a product of the U.K. Singl ... More >>

UK House Legend Charles Webster Talks Three Decades of EDM and His Latest Projects

​Charles Webster's story reads like the history of transatlantic dance music itself. He was born and bred in the early-'80s electronic music boomtown of Sheffield, England, cradle to such seminal acts as the Human League and Cabaret Voltaire. He shared time in the studio with Detroit techno pio ... More >>

John Selway Talks Musical Experimentation and His Eclectic Side Projects

​NYC-based DJ, producer, label owner, and all-around renaissance man John Selway is easily the hardest-working dude in electronic dance music. Ground-breaking and career-making accolades like having co-produced the 1992 debut release by house superstars Deep Dish hardly begin to define Selway's ta ... More >>

Electric Zoo Festival: Full Final Lineup Announced

​The Electric Zoo festival, which launched just last year, is New York City's somewhat latecoming answer to Detroit's Movement Electronic Music Festival and Miami's own Ultra -- better late than never, right? 2009's successful inaugural event at Randall's Island Park in Manhattan summoned over 26, ... More >>

Give ’Em Space

Q&A with Barem, Playing at Electric Pickle Tonight

​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 cel ... More >>

Juan Atkins reflects on 25 years of Detroit techno

The 25 worst moments in dance music history

Ryan Crosson Plays Space on Saturday

​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 se ... More >>

Q&A with Marc Romboy, Playing the One Year Anniversary Block Party at Electric Pickle on Friday

​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 ... More >>

When You're 21, You're No Fun

Mushroom Jazz originator Mark Farina does Nocturnal

Mark Farina Plays Nocturnal on Saturday, January 23

​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 San Francis ... More >>

Passion Pit, Caspa Added to Ultra Music Festival 2010 Lineup UPDATE

Photo by Chrissy PiperPassion Pit​Here comes the Ultra Music Festival shuffle! You have to remember nothing is concrete even on the day of the festival (Bloc Party canceled last year at the last minute). According to an official press release from Ultra's organizers, indie-rock band Passion Pit ha ... More >>

Julius the Mad Thinker Music Video Premiere & DJ Set at Vagabond Saturday

​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 Saturda ... More >>

Get Mad!

Ultra Music Festival 2010 Phase 1 Lineup Announced UPDATE

​I rarely ever take flier handouts while walking at night around South Beach, but for some reason as I was leaving Klutch I took an Ultra flier from a guy. Honestly, the first thing I felt was exhaustion because I don't know if I can handle the fact that Winter Music Conference is already creeping ... More >>

A look at 2009 in dance music

Concert Review: Wolfgang Gartner at Mansion, December 12

Photo by Sarah TylerClick here to view more photos from this event.I went to Mansion on Saturday night in order to find out what's happened to electro house. This energetic style, blended with equal parts electro and indie dance rock, exploded on the international scene in 2006 but lost most of its ... More >>