John Dahlback

John Dahlback at Mansion Miami April 28

John Dahlbäck Talks Swedish House, Toolroom Knights and the American EDM Scene

Thanks in no small part to a certain House Mafia, Sweden is becoming synonymous with electronic dance music to the mainstream masses of the world. But if there's one artist who's truly repping his country, it's DJ-producer and label magnate John Dahlbäck. He's been pumping out his own brand of edg ... More >>

John Dahlback and Nadia Ali Do the Uhntz-Uhntz at Mansion on April 28

Sweden gets a lot of things right. Everyone knows Swedes are gorgeous. They also make awesome meatballs. And when it comes to inexpensive, DIY furniture, IKEA's got the entire house on lock. Of course, we gotta add awesome house producers to this list of Swedish shit we love. And on Saturday, Apr ... 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 >>

Top Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Parties for Tuesday, March 20

​Are you still alive? Yes? Good. Because there are still six more days of partying. God help your liver.Today marks the official start of Miami Music Week (AKA Ultra Week), so that means big parties from here on out. Still, if you are looking for something a bit more underground, head for Downtown ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012's Top Seven Artists Under 25: Avicii, Skrillex, and Five Others

​​The EDM game is tough. Before you get the big dollars, you've got to pay your dues and take a few hits. So it's no surprise most of these heavy hitters are well into their 30s or even older. But over the last couple of years, there's been a youth invasion of the scene. And suddenly, some of ... More >>

Tiesto Dedicates Club Life Album to Miami: "Clubs Are My Favorite, Crowds Are Inspiring"

​Did you know that Tiësto (AKA the Led Zepplin of EDM) considers Miami to be his second home? It's true. When the Dutch superproducer isn't slaving away in his pimped-out studio, doing the uhntz-uhntz on the sands of Ibiza, or partying with Swedish House Mafia on a plane while getting wasted, sp ... 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 >>

John Dahlback at Amnesia February 18

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 >>

Toronto EDM Sensation Sydney Blu Talks World Domination and Her New Live From Mansion Album

​It's no small feat coming up in the cut-throat international DJ game, much less if you're a woman. But Sydney Blu didn't only defy those odds by becoming one of the biggest-selling artists in EDM. She also became the veritable queen of South Beach clubland by landing herself a highly coveted resi ... More >>

Anjunabeats' Ultra Week Invasion of Ice Palace Is Only Three Days Away

​The members of Above & Beyond are no strangers to celebrating in Miami. The British trance trio made up of Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness have been throwing annual parties here for a few years now. And like previous installments, the threesome's 2010 appearance will focus o ... More >>

Anjunabeats party at Ice Palace March 24

​The members of Above & Beyond are no strangers to celebrating in Miami. The British trance trio made up of Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness have been throwing annual parties here for a few years now. And like previous installments, the threesome's 2010 appearance will focus o ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2011 Sells Out

Photo by Ian WitlenIf you don't have tickets for Ultra, you aren't going to be able to catch Deadmau5.​That's it, folks. According to Ultra Music Festival's site, tickets to this year's event are gone with 34 days left until the festival. Will more be made available? We're not sure, but we're work ... More >>

Anjunabeats Adds Gabriel & Dresden, Cosmic Gate, Super 8 & Tab, and Nine Others UPDATE

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 >>

Underworld, Duran Duran, Kaskade Added to Ultra Music Festival 2011 in Phase Two Lineup

​Early this morning, Ultra Music Festival organizers announced Phase Two of its lineup. Added to the 2011 bill are Duran Duran, Underworld, Kaskade, will.i.am, Erick Morillo (Live), Sasha (Vortek Live), Fedde Le Grand, Avicii, and The Disco Biscuits.Also confirmed is our previous announcement that ... More >>

Avicii at LIV January 8

​Early this morning, Ultra Music Festival organizers announced Phase Two of its lineup. Added to the 2011 bill are Duran Duran, Underworld, Kaskade, will.i.am, Erick Morillo (Live), Sasha (Vortek Live), Fedde Le Grand, Avicii, and The Disco Biscuits.Also confirmed is our previous announcement that ... More >>

Avicii Brings Swedish Big-Room Beats to LIV This Saturday

DJ-producer Tim Berg, AKA Avicii.​Rookie DJ-producer Tim Berg (AKA Avicii) is only 22 years old. But his resume already reads like that of a seasoned industry heavyweight. In 2008, after topping BBC Radio 1 luminary Pete Tong's Fast Trax poll, the Swedish prodigy dropped his breakthrough release " ... More >>

John Dahlbäck Plays Mansion on Saturday

​Swedish electronic dance music has, for the most part, become synonymous with the hopelessly über-commercial and stale sound of big-room players like Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso.Stockholm's John Dahlbäck, however, may very well be an exception, not just in his own work as an i ... More >>

Nonstop EDM This Weekend: Joris Voorn, Lee Burridge, Radio Slave and More

Joris Voorn is playing SET on Sunday​Clearly the action at last week's Detroit Electronic Music Festival carried over to Miami this weekend, because it's just nonstop stellar bookings Friday through Sunday at various hotspots throughout the city. Friday, June 4To start things off tonight, the ... More >>

Give Us Swedeness

Joris Voorn is playing SET on Sunday​Clearly the action at last week's Detroit Electronic Music Festival carried over to Miami this weekend, because it's just nonstop stellar bookings Friday through Sunday at various hotspots throughout the city. Friday, June 4To start things off tonight, the ... More >>

John Dahlbäck Plays Mansion on Saturday, September 19

​Swedish electronic dance music has, for the most part, become synonymous with the hopeless über-commercialism of big room players like Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso. Stockholm's John Dahlbäck, however, may very well be the exception, not just in his own work as an internationall ... More >>

Ida Engberg Plays Space this Saturday

Swedish DJ/producer Ida Engberg is one of the fastest-rising female stars in the male-studded world of techno. A resident of Stockholm's legendary Cocktail Club, her career was kicked off auspiciously in the mid-2000s and headed right to the top, where she's shared the decks with some of th ... More >>

She's Cool Without the Extra X Chromosome

Swedish DJ/producer Ida Engberg is one of the fastest-rising female stars in the male-studded world of techno. A resident of Stockholm's legendary Cocktail Club, her career was kicked off auspiciously in the mid-2000s and headed right to the top, where she's shared the decks with some of th ... More >>