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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Memorial Day weekend is upon us. And "Urban Beach Week" has officially begun. From DJ Khaled's party at Cameo to Young Jeezy's bash at King of Diamonds, there're plenty of opportunities to rub elbows with hip-hop heavyweights, primetime strippers, and porn stars this weekend. But we get it, not e ... More >>
The week of uhntz-uhntz is over. Did you have enough, Miami? We didn't think so. So pick up your serotonin-depleted head and blown eardrums off the floor where you left them after Sunday night's closing party and slip your blistered feet back into those battered dancing shoes, because Miami ... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
After spending the past three days getting wasted and shaking ass all over SoBe, uhntz-uhntz-ing around Biscayne Bay aboard the Tikki Beach, and getting pruney in the Shelborne's pool, you're fucking pooped on partying. And like EDM quirkmeister Riva Starr's mustachioed clubber baby, you're whin ... More >>
Before Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week became a spring breaker's paradise, it was all about discovering new music and artists. When did we all lose sight of that? Well, if you look close enough, you'll still find there are acts worth discovering. Just let us introduce you to Tensnak ... 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 >>
Yesterday afternoon, we here at Crossfade got word that DJ Benton Galgay's Eclectic Electric party with Möthersky and Snakehole (originally scheduled for last night) was going to be postponed till October. Why? The Electric Pickle had been suddenly (though temporarily) shut down by the City of ... More >>
Guy Gerber is that rare breed of electronic dance music producer who's always done his own thing. And "Stoppage Time," his 2004 breakthrough hit on John Digweed's Bedrock label, was a slice of epic big-room techno that became a global club anthem and continues to sell by the truckload.Today, Gerb ... More >>
Earlier this week, we previewed the upcoming Visionquest label showcase at the Shelborne this Friday. The label/production quartet of illustrious Detroit DJ-masterminds Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves, and Seth Troxler owns the international hot tip right now, having put out Benoit & ... More >>
In certain Native American tribes, the vision quest is a rite of passage by which the young undertake a personal journey alone through the wilderness and commune with the natural world, eventually discovering their destiny in dreams and shadows. For electronic music crew Visionquest -- Ryan Cro ... More >>
We guarantee guido DJ Pauly D of Jersey Shore is NOT in this guide.If you're a discerning local EDM lover, then you probably have a love-hate relationship with the month of March. On one hand, it's the best month out of the year in Miami for the sheer awesomeness of parties and bookings. On th ... More >>
Troy Pierce just enrolled in Sunday School.As if Sunday School for Degenerates wasn't already a crazy-ass concept, Made Event's decided to dial up the wonk to an an almost unsafe level. Step One: Expand the deviant dance marathon from 24 to 36 hours. Step Two: Book Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Adultnapp ... More >>
San Fran duo Gabriel & Dresden.After stocking Sunday School for Degenerates with 30 stellar DJs such as minimal mastermind Richie Hawtin and then another 10 including Guy Gerber, Heidi, and Jesse Rose, Made Event's gotten busy bringing the bang to its other Ultra week engagement, the Anjunab ... More >>
DJ-producer David Mendo.Electronic music junkies should be more than familiar with Luciano's esteemed Cadenza imprint. It's the home to such international luminaries as Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, and Guy Gerber. Another name on the label's roster: Budding tech-house sensation David Mendo, ... More >>
Last week we previewed the upcoming January 21 performance by Maceo Plex at the Electric Pickle. The acclaimed American DJ-producer is Eric Estornel, who also goes by Maetrik and Mariel Ito -- it depends on whether he's feeling dark, sci-fi, or sexy. He's been rocking the decks since the early ... More >>
Cedric Gervais returns to his old Space stomping grounds on day two of the club's closing parties.At 10 years old, Space has become the grand dame of mainland -- and perhaps all of Miami's -- nightlife. But if her age is showing, her acolytes haven't noticed. Still, even clubs need their beauty r ... More >>
"In the beginning there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And Jack boldly declared, 'Let there be house,' and house music was born." So goes the Genesis-like mythos of house music, as expounded by the legendary Chuck Roberts.Esteemed DJ/producer ... More >>
dOP is the production/performance outfit of French multi-instrumentalists Damian Van de Sande, Clement Zemstov, and Jonathan Illel, whose eclectic individual backgrounds in jazz, hip-hop and rock have contributed to an idiosyncratic brand of live electronics. The quirky trio alighted on the inter ... More >>
Wally Lopez is hands-down the most well-known DJ/remixer in the world right now representing Spain. Born and still based in Madrid, the bespectacled electro-house champion got his start in radio, first spinning dance grooves on the air at just 13 years old. Over the years, he moved throughout ... More >>
Paul Morris started the booking agency AM Only in 1995, while he was a student at the University of Florida. It was a fortuitous time, right when dance music was about to break big into this country's consciousness. As electronic sounds shifted through the rave scene and beyond, AM Only continued ... More >>
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 T ... More >>
Oooooohhh! This is the ghost of nightlife past coming to haunt your dreams of weekend debauchery. It's been a while since I've recapped all there is to do across the Magic City, but let's hope I can revive the column from the dead for what's left of 2009.If you've been vigilant you know that I've ... More >>
Techno heads looking to work their feet on Halloween night need look no further than Space, where internationally-acclaimed Israeli producer Guy Gerber will be performing along with Berlin-based DJ/producer Tom Clark. Boasting a distinctive and futuristic brand of proggy melodic tech house, with ... More >>
John Digweed is not only one of the biggest superstar DJs ever, but he's got a heart just as extra-large. The man has spun to thousands at the biggest venues and festivals in the world, but tonight he touches down at the Vagabond for a more intimate, down-to-earth event. He and Vagabond co-owner Car ... More >>
Find all the best parties taking place March 25-29.
Find all the best parties taking place March 24-29.
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One of the best things about South Florida has got to be the wide array of music available to dance to on any given night. Forget "open format," whatever that really means. Sometimes the best is music is true to its roots -- a specific genre, done up right by a DJ fully devoted to a singular cause.D ... More >>
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