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Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

Sure, Record Store Day is usually a day when indie rock enthusiasts take the spotlight. But maybe you prefer BPMs to bands. That's alright. There are still plenty of bottle-poppin' moments to look forward to this week. And the underground's in for a treat too. Get ready for some trap, tech, deep ... 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 >>

DJs Playing Basketball for Charity at WMC 2013: MANIK, Lee Foss, Matt Tolfrey, 11 Others

There will be an epic DJ battle during Winter Music Conference 2013. But this one won't be fought behind the decks. It's going down on the basketball court. Yes, the Red Blue Classic on March 19 is WMC's inaugural DJ basketball game -- a chance for enthusiasts of the sport (and Miami isn't short of ... More >>

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 >>

Crosstown Rebels' Get Lost Announces WMC 2013 Lineup: Cassy, Carl Craig, 30 Others

Last year, we here at Crossfade had a chat with Crosstown Rebels kingpin Damian Lazarus about the underground musical ethos behind his label and global party brand. "As our artists grow from strength to strength on a global scale, our sound becomes more popular," he told us. "But this was always th ... 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 >>

Six Best Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Wow, it's the weekend already? What the hell even happened these last few days? We here at Crossfade still feel kinda drunk from last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But that's just how it goes. Like they say, the best cure for a hangover is another four days full of drinking and banging be ... More >>

Lee Curtiss: "There's More Hope for Miami Than Almost Any Other EDM Scene in America"

DJ-production outfit Visionquest and its eponymous label are pretty much the biggest thing in underground EDM right now. But as the foursome told Crossfade ahead of WMC 2011, it all started with four friends from Michigan who shared a penchant for psychedelic mind expansion, esoterica, and Berlin ... More >>

Shaun Reeves and Russ Yallop at Mansion August 23

Shaun Reeves and Russ Yallop Take Kontrol at Mansion Miami on August 23

We've gotta give props to the folks at Kontrol Miami. All summer long, they've managed to run a successful underground EDM night at Mansion, the same club that purportedly kicked DJ Dennis Ferrer off the decks mid-set for not playing "commercial enough" back in February. Given the chance, the pro ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Sure, Avicci may be taking over the American Airlines Arena on Friday. But he's hardly the biggest DJ booked to play the 305 this weekend. From electronic dance music veterans to up-and-coming collectives, a plethora of world-class DJs will hit the decks around South Beach over the next few days, ... More >>

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WMC 2012: Visionquest, Maceo Plex, Joris Voorn Headline Last Resort at Villa 221

​For a few years there, Made Event's Sunday School made up a big slice of the underground house and techno pie during WMC week, especially with heavyweights like Richie Hawtin, Luciano and Seth Troxler aboard their whopping 36-hour marathon lineup. But alas, Sunday School is no more. The party we ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011's Ten Best Parties and Concerts

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Music Guide: All the Acts Announced So Far

​Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we're talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to entertain all the jetsetters. And naturally, Crossfade is k ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011's Ten Best Parties, Concerts, and Strip Shows

Via facebook.com/TamaraSkyGet your Basel happy ending with Tamara Sky, The Overthrow, and Hard 2 Leave.​Check out Crossfade's blogs on other awesome Basel week events like YACHT, Salem, James Murphy's Special Disco Version, Yelle, and GZA. It might seem like a really rad idea to spend the next fo ... More >>

Crosstown Rebels Announce Get Lost Art Basel Lineup at the Electric Pickle December 4

​If there's one WMC/Miami Music Week party that keeps locals and jetsetters buzzing year-round, it's Crosstown Rebels' Get Lost. Last March marked the party's sixth installment and third year at the Electric Pickle, a venue which has proven ideal for this marathon event, with its sunny patio sett ... More >>

Visionquest Talk Spirtual Enlightenment and the Shelborne Showcase

​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 >>

Visionquest with Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves, Seth Troxler, and others at the Shelborne Beach Resort March 25

Ultra Music Festival 2011 is more diverse than ever

Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, Shaun Reeves, and Seth Troxler Take Visionquest to the Shelborne

​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 >>

Soul Clap Talks Crate-Digging, Baby-Making, and E-Funk

Soul Clap: hungry for the vinyl​It seems like only a few years ago that the international EDM scene was in some sort of minimal techno dark age. The sounds were cool and slick and oh-so-Berlinesque, but they just weren't very fun. Fast-forward to 2011 and Boston's Soul Clap have helped kick-star ... More >>

Miami's Five Best Electronic Dance Music DJ Crews of 2010

​Although Miami's hosted WMC for decades and booked commercial DJ heavyweights at megaclubs like Space for years, it's only recently that there's been a steady influx of quality underground EDM bookings. And if 2010 was any indication, you could almost say the MIA is starting to become an electron ... More >>

Ryan Crosson Talks His Out-of-the-Ordinary Musical Influences and Playing Electric Pickle on Saturday

​Like homeboys 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 '00s. Born and raised in Metro Detroit, Crosson absorbed the native sounds of s ... 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 >>

Seth Troxler Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​Few DJs in the international EDM underground have enjoyed as much hype in the last couple years as Seth Troxler. As part of a growing contingent of Detroit-raised expatriate artists living and working in Berlin -- including Ryan Crosson and Shaun Reeves -- Troxler has straddled the two techno ... 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 >>

WMC 2010: Q&A with Seth Troxler, Playing Electric Pickle, Ice Palace and More

​DJ/producer Seth Troxler has to be one of the most archetypal characters in contemporary EDM. Born and bred in the Detroit techno scene, schooled by the scene veterans and absorbing all the sounds he could get his hands on at the record shop/DJ hub where he worked as a teen, then cutting his teet ... More >>

WMC 2010: Mixed Doubles Party Changes Venue

​A few weeks ago, we posted about Mixed Doubles, presented by the Berlin-based booking agencies Wilde and Playkula, along with London-based labels Leftroom and murmur. It's a daytime, tennis-themed party that goes from noon to 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, and features some top techno from people ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

WMC 2010: Mixed Doubles Daytime Party at Electric Pickle

​Electric Pickle must have some serious staff rotations lined up for WMC, because its daily roster doesn't leave a whole lot of room for sleep. (See, for instance, the 14-hour Crosstown Rebels Get Lost gig, which lasts from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 27).Here's another daytime gig, this o ... More >>

WMC 2010: Crosstown Rebels Get Lost Five-Year Anniversary

​Sure, all the big Crosstown Rebels stars were just here for the Rebel Rave tour at Space this past Saturday. A WMC stop, though, with a Crosstown Rebels Get Lost party, is an absolute requirement. (Besides, sounds like some fans, and even DJs, weren't too thrilled about how the night at Space we ... More >>

Maayan Nidam Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​The PL0T crew kicked off the year with a real bang in January with "The Wolf Lamb Experience" party at Electric Pickle. With no signs of slowing down, they're back at the Pickle on Friday night with another special guest from the W L collective, Israeli-born and Berlin-based DJ/producer Maaya ... More >>

Q&A with Gadi Mizrahi (Wolf Lamb) Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

​Since alighting on Brooklyn's underground dance music scene with partner Zev Eisenberg in 2001, DJ/producer Gadi Mizrahi has emerged as one of the most influential tastemakers in the wider international network of EDM labels and collectives. As a DJ and co-owner of the Wolf Lamb imprint, he has ... More >>

PL0T Presents The Wolf Lamb Experience at Electric Pickle on Friday

​2009 was a big year for Wolf Lamb, the NYC-based DJ/production duo and eponymous label responsible for some of the most exciting and imaginative new sounds in electronic dance music. From their growing cult following, centered around the infamous "Marcy Hotel" parties in Brooklyn, to their rece ... More >>

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 >>

Wolf Lamb and No Regular Play at Electric Pickle on Friday

​Few contemporary dance music labels, even by underground vanguardist standards, can take credit for the sort of daringly forward-thinking and wildly imaginative flavors that have come to distinguish Wolf Lamb Music in recent years. Founded by the eponymous DJ duo of Zev Eisenberg and Gadi Mizra ... More >>

New EP by Alexi Delano and Alejandro Sab Out Today

​Crossfade has been following Miami-based DJ/producer Alejandro Sab for a while now, considering his PL0T parties and international artist bookings have been a veritable cornerstone of our local underground EDM scene for the last couple years. At least once a month since 2007 PL0T has made us priv ... More >>

New Microhouse Mix by DJ Mansur

With a penchant for the more soulful and emotionally compelling sounds of the dance underground, PL0T resident DJ Mansur continues to mark Miami's downtown minimal scene with discerning taste and cultivation. When he's not opening for the likes of Justin Martin, Seth Troxler, and Lee Curtiss, Mansur ... More >>

The Pickle Will Thump

Seth Troxler and Lee Curtiss Play the Electric Pickle this Friday

The PL0T folks are doing it again this Friday night with a double booking of DJ sets by Seth Troxler and Lee Curtiss at the Electric Pickle. Troxler and Curtiss are part of a new generation of young Detroit-bred DJ/producers who took their underground dance music sensibilities across the Atlanti ... More >>

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Circa 28 Gets Electrified

Jose D. DuranCirca 28's former home to become the Electric Pickle.The sudden closure of Circa 28 late last year came as a shock to us. However, after the bar parted ways with Sweat Records' Lolo Reskin, Circa's Saturday nights were never really the same. By the end, Safe promoter Diego Martinelli ca ... More >>

PL0T Presents Tony Rohr Live at White Room This Friday

The peeps from PL0T were pretty busy in 2008 providing Fridays at the White Room with a classy selection of hot international techno acts. There were intimate performances by Lee Curtiss, Seth Troxler, and Bill Patrick, among others. And there was that sleek visual ambiance courtesy of the multimedi ... More >>