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Ten Best EDM Cruises During WMC and Miami Music Week 2013

Ten Best Pool Parties During WMC and Miami Music Week 2013

Ten Best Pool Parties During Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013

Winter Music Conference used to be a whole week of industry insiders schmoozing it up and trading records, but now it's all about the pool parties. And does that really bother anyone? If so, you've probably never actually oiled up for one of these sexy things. So stop being a snob and start strippi ... More >>

Ten Best EDM Cruises During WMC and Miami Music Week 2013

Nightclubs? Boring. Music festivals? Too landlocked. Yacht parties? Now you're talking! Every year during the month of March, South Florida's private yacht rental business booms as electronic dance music fanatics flock to the region for Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week's EDM cruises. S ... More >>

Opium Group's MMW 2013 Phase Two Lineup: Richie Hawtin, Maceo Plex, Porter Robinson

And the uhntz-uhntz continues ... Last month, the Opium Group dropped its Phase One lineup for Miami Music Week 2013, revealing eight shows at four clubs: Mansion, Cameo, SET, and Mokai. Now almost exactly four weeks later, the clubbin' conglomerate has unveiled its Phase Two slate, including MMW ... More >>

Opium Group's Miami Music Week 2013 Phase One Lineup: Afrojack, Digweed, Ten Others

It's that time of year, beat freaks. The MIA is being flooded with uhntz-uhntz. And contributing to this dangerously rising tide, the Opium Group has just revealed eight shows at four clubs for Miami Music Week 2013. Oh, and that's only Phase One. From March 13 to 24, a relentless six-day stretch ... 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 >>

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

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WMC 2012: Eight Best Electronic Dance Music Cruises

When in Rome, you shuffle through the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum with a tour group. Guided by a dopey ex-pat, you learn the condensed histories of these places, take cliché family photos, and drop serious Euro coinage on overpriced gelato. When in Miami, however, you drop a hundred bucks an ... More >>

Mansion on Dennis Ferrer Incident: "We Had to Make a Call When His Set Cleared the Venue"

​Earlier this week, we told you about South Beach's Mansion kicking its headliner Dennis Ferrer off the decks mid-set for not playing "commercial enough." And then we followed up with Mr. Ferrer's remarks about the incident. Well, after much backlash and shit-talking about the nightclub from EDM ... More >>

No Sugar Added 2012 Announces Two-Day Lineup for Miami Music Week: Paul Oakenfold, Carl Craig, and 71 Others

Carl Craig says, "Get off the white stuff, beat freaks."​The United States of America is totally addicted to the white stuff. Strung out, fat, unfocused, cranky, fiending -- we are a nation of shrubby slaves to the cane, cube, and spoonful whose bodies (and minds) could never be called beach-read ... More >>

Opium Group's Miami Music Week 2012 Lineup: Dirty South, John Digweed, and More

Photo by Alex BroadwellJohn Digweed during MMW 2011.​The official start of Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week is less than a month away, and local venues are starting to reveal all the beat-wrapped goodies. One of the bigger juggernauts of the week, of course, is the Opium Group, which ... More >>

James Zabiela at the Vagabond, July 1

Photo by Camille Lamb​James Zabiela The Vagabond Friday, July 1, 2011 Better Than: A lumberjack convention. But also kinda like one, as you will find out below. It was a wet, steamy night, the kind you might think the Miami nightlife set would enjoy. But it seemed to keep the crowd thinner than ... More >>

Download Teaser Mix By James Zabiela, Playing Vagabond on Friday

​Remember progressive house? With its trippy hippie whimsy, these days it's considered the punchline to a joke by many an EDM snob. But prog reigned supreme during the '90s, when artists like Sasha, John Digweed and Way Out West ruled the international scene. Maybe folks were less utilitarian abou ... More >>

Pete Tong's Pool Party: Not a Lotta Pool, Whole Lotta Dance

Pete Tong's Pool Party With Sam Zarif, Sleepy & Boo, Nervo, Joris Voorn, Sharam, Kaskade, James Zabiela, Pete Tong, Luciano, Richie Hawtin, and Riva Starr Surfcomber Hotel Friday, March 25 Better Than: Being at Ultra. After navigating one smoky cloud of weed after another at SXSW, it was surpr ... 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 >>

Pete Tong Talks Two Decades in the Game and the Future of Dance Music

​Few individuals have had as lasting an impact on electronic dance music as legendary British DJ Pete Tong. An early proponent of house, he has been one of the most highly regarded tastemakers in the world for a quarter-century now. This March, Tong comes to town for his annual Surfcomber po ... More >>

Pete Tong's Pool Party at the Surfcomber Hotel March 25

Opium Group's Ultra Week Lineup: David Guetta, Bob Sinclar, Calvin Harris, and Others

David Guetta does Opium.​When we polled you, the reader, about what to call the week of events happening around Ultra, 67 percent of you decided Ultra Week would be the best moniker. For Google's sake, we sort of agree with you, even if the name carries connotations of Ultra's dominance.The Opium ... 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 >>

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Nic Fanciulli Returns to Miami on July 25

via facebook.com/nicfanciulli​Like buddy James Zabiela, British super DJ Nic Fanciulli was, from the upstart, something of an upstart wunderkind. Growing up in Kent, some 30 miles outside of London, Fanciulli was, by just age 16, DJing around town. And just four years later, he would launch the by ... More >>

Pete's Pool Party

WMC 2010 Wednesday Recap: DJ Mag Recession Sessions 2 at the Shelborne

Dennis FerrerIf you're lucky enough to take some vacation time or pass this all off as "work," Winter Music Conference's day parties are an excellent way to be totally, ridiculously indulgent and let it all hang out (literally, for some people). Anyone can party at night, but it takes the truly dedi ... More >>

WMC 2010: Some Day Parties To Check Out Today, Wednesday, March 24

​If you're out and about today, here are some worth checking out. *The Shelborne's DJ Mag Recession Sessions pool party, with Sharam, Steve Lawler, Dennis Ferrer, Will Saul, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, and S.O.S. Presale tickets long ago sold out, but you may be able to pay to ... More >>

WMC 2010: Q&A With James Zabiela, Playing Three Pool Parties and His Own Yacht Party

​James Zabiela is just 30 years old, but is well on his way to achieving superstar DJ status. Chalk it up to the fact that the preternaturally gifted mixer and producer already boasts almost ten years as a pro. Since his earliest days winning bedroom DJ competitions, Zabiela has continued to devel ... More >>

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WMC 2010: Pete's Pool Party, March 26

​The annual Radio One pool party is almost eerily absent this year, but don't worry about getting wrapped up in brand names. All of the superstar DJ talent will be here anyways, and still helmed by the legendary Pete Tong -- they'll just be playing under the banner of "Pete's Pool Party." It's jus ... 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 >>

WMC 2010: James Zabiela at the Shelborne and the Gansevoort

via the William Morris Agency​One One, James Zabiela's beloved collaboration with Nic Fanciulli, is long done. But Zabiela, the flaxen-maned, one-time-wunderkind, is doing more than fine as a solo star. Only 30 years old, but already a pro for the last 10 years, each year sees him developing his t ... More >>

James Zabiela is Spinning Out of Control

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James Zabiela Spins at Mansion This Saturday

via myspace.com/jameszabielaInitially catching a break as an opening DJ for progressive figurehead Sasha, U.K. DJ/producer James Zabiela funneled an interest in acid house's tightly pitched trills and the instant editing potential of the Pioneer CDJ decks into a blissfully slick sound that's both sc ... More >>

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 25-29.

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 24-29.

Shelborne Announces WMC Opening Pool Party With David Guetta ... For $10!

The scaling back of this past Art Basel Miami Beach was noticeable, with fewer freebies and lower-key events. So it's safe to assume that the final big event of the "season," Winter Music Conference, is going to look a little different overall this year, too. It's doubtful that megawatt DJs wil ... More >>

Completely NOT Basel-Related: Nic Fanciulli at Mansion Dec. 6

Yes, while everyone else is running around in a pseudo-art-related frenzy, there are a few big events this week that are absolutely NOT related to Art Basel. It seems almost anticlimactic to talk about them, though, with all the big-deal one-off events going on. Still, here's something for the frequ ... More >>

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