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Nicole Moudaber on the EDM Ritual: "Dancing Is the Oldest Form of Expression"

Nicole Moudaber is a veritable cultural force, a fearless revolutionary. She was organizing the very first electronic dance music parties that the Lebanese capital of Beirut saw in the years following its horrific civil war. It was a dangerous time for anyone, let alone a woman pushing a Western m ... More >>

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Ultra 2013: Disclosure Shows America Can Love Dance Music That Isn't Dumb

One of the great but frustrating things about Ultra Music Festival is it continually books interesting rising acts for its live stage while scheduling them in its earliest slots. This meant that yesterday, the second day of the second weekend, one-man electro-pop band Robert Delong and house revival ... More >>

Hotflush Miami, With Scuba, Eric Prydz, George Fitzgerald, Dusky at Electric Pickle March 23

Hotflush WMC 2013 Lineup: Scuba, George FitzGerald, Dusky, and More

EDM is a new music genre. And Skrillex invented bass music. Yeah, maybe if you're a clueless American Gen Z glowstick raver. Because in the U.K., everyone and his grandmother knows electronic dance music has been going strong for more than three decades. Music historians even have a name for it: t ... More >>

Beyonce Announces Mrs. Carter Show World Tour 2013, Coming to Miami on July 10

Bey is back. After a publicity tour touting her hot post-Blue Ivy bod on the covers of dudely mags like GQ (and despite scandalizing America by lip-syncing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Obama's inauguration), Beyonce made her big return last night at Super Bowl XLVII. She rocked a supertight, swe ... More >>

Ellie Goulding Talks Giving Up School, Crying Fans and Ultra Music Fest

London's hot soprano crooner Ellie Goulding found a lot of success with her debut album, Lights, especially Stateside with her single by the same name. But that kind of multiplatinum, worldwide success doesn't come easy. To thrive like Ellie, an artist must approach their career with tons of determ ... More >>

Jimpster Talks Breakdancing, UK Rave, and Freerange Records

The deep house genre label gets stamped on releases a little too liberally these days by producers and imprints jumping aboard the bandwagon of its current commercial popularity. But so many records saturating the market lack the substance and soul that characterizes the authentic classic deep hous ... More >>

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Blond:ish to Paris Hilton and Aspiring Female DJs: "If You Want Respect, Don't DJ Topless"

Dumb blonde bimbo DJs? The EDM industry already has one Paris Hilton. Montreal's Blond:ish, on the other hand, isn't messing around. With a reputation for driving, body-jacking DJ sets, the duo exploded onto the international scene this past year with some auspicious tech-house releases on Kompakt ... More >>

Amirali on New Crosstown Rebels Album: "I'm Letting the Listener Take a Peek at My Soul"

Beyond all the hype, there's a reason the UK's Crosstown Rebels is currently the most lauded underground electronic dance music label in the world -- number one on Resident Advisor's prestigious poll. The label takes chances on artists of substance, with authentic voices and stories to tell -- timel ... More >>

Horse Meat Disco at Electric Pickle: Five Reasons to Love the Queer Disco Party, Even If You're Straight

Any disco music lover has probably heard of Horse Meat Disco, the London collective made up by promoters and DJs James Hillard, Severino, Luke Howard and Jim Stanton. Together they go around the world reintroducing audiences to the somewhat forgotten genre. What started at London's Eagle nightclub h ... More >>

Around The World in 80 Plates: A Cooking Show That's Not Really About Cooking

In the cable television equivalent of a librarian turning into a call girl, Bravo television has reinvented itself. It used to be the channel for quality television centered on the performing arts, now it's a channel filled with people who need their meds refilled (or the dosage upped). Top Chef con ... More >>

Mr. C to America: "Hijack the EDM Scene Back from Europe!"

If the EDM industry handed out high ranks for badassery and length of time spent on the battlefield, like they do in the military, Mr. C (AKA Richard West) would surely be a general by now. Yes, this UK rave veteran has pretty much been through it all. West got his start MCing in the late '80s semi ... More >>

WMC 2012: Laura Jones, Matt Tolfrey and MANIK Headline Air London at Electric Pickle

We probably don't need to tell you that the Brits rule electronic dance music. London, specifically, has been an EDM capital for decades, and the scene doesn't ever seem to stop flourishing there. Artist collective and label Air London, for example, has become synonymous with top-notch underground ... More >>

Jacuzzi Boys Headed to Europe for 26-City Tour

​Admittedly, we were nervous about Jacuzzi Boys' upcoming European tour. But we quickly changed our tone when Hardly Art assured us it'd be a land-based trek. Phew, what a relief. European tours can be a real bummer. Shitty guides recklessly leading you into dangerously shallow waters, shoddy sa ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: London's Pies and Pubs (A Recap)

The Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain feeling like "ten ponds of s**t in a five pound bag".​In a meeting last week, someone mentioned that Anthony Bourdain might have "jumped the shark." That Bourdain has turned into a one-note singer -- go to a city, snark about it, get drunk, sop up hangover with g ... More >>

Six Career Phases of the Incredible Transforming Mr. C, Playing Treehouse Sunday

​Few artists on the international EDM scene have undergone as many career permutations as UK veteran Richard West, AKA Mr. C. The guy is a veritable chameleon. And over the course of three decades, he's shifted gears numerous times.Today, Mr. C remains a force to be reckoned with. You can catch hi ... More >>

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Zuma Imports Award-Winning Mixologist From London Venue

Lesley Elliott​Zuma welcomes the addition of new bar manager Theo Von Ungern-Sternberg, an import from the restaurant's London outpost. Awarded top three of the 2011 UK National Pernod Absinthe Competition and the Snow Leopard Cup in 2008, he believes in his craft and apparently is really good at ... More >>

French Tech House Sensation Okain Makes Miami Debut at Electric Pickle This Friday

​When confronted with the phrase French electronic dance music, you probably think of Daft Punk's glossy stadium house or brash punky indie electro by the likes of Justice. But recently, les français have also emerged as formidable proponents of underground tech house, thanks to hot labels like F ... More >>

Death On The Balcony's Paul Hargreaves Talks Disco, Success, and the Magicbag Label

Death On The Balcony​We here at Crossfade pride ourselves on breaking new international talent ahead of their debut Miami performances. And UK disco-house sensations Death On The Balcony are one act we've been following closely all year in anticipation of its first apperance this side of the pond. ... More >>

Caligula Brings the Wobble for The Corruption Mixtape

​The wobbly bass line is just as important to dupstep as analog sounds were to French electro-house. So you can't fault Caligula, the local dynamic duo of Obi Tawil and Mike Larson, for always featuring it prominently. However, with The Rise EP, which was released in March, Tawil and Larson ... More >>

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Scuba Talks Eclectic Projects and Hotflush Showcase at Electric Pickle This Saturday

Scuba​Recent years have marked the resurgence of the broken beat in electronic dance music. (Not that breaks ever went away, but they did stay on the fringe for a good decade.) Now, with the rise of dubstep and '90s UK garage/two-step nostalgia, producers across the international scene are breakin ... More >>

Bar's Diverse WMC Lineup Includes Dubstep, Palmbomen, Dino Felipe, and Barbecue

Jason LeivaExhibition by Eric Elms at BarBar is like an everybody-knows-your-name-art-gallery where you can buy beer and booze. But they never seem to have PBR for some reason. ​And for a fairly compact watering hole located on the edge of Overtown, the place has hosted a string of impressive mus ... More >>

Zombie Disco Squad Brings Baile Funk and Baltimore Club to the Electric Pickle

​It's not easy cooking up a melting pot of exotic world sounds while still nailing a savvy dancefloor-ready formula. But that's exactly how Zombie Disco Squad operates. The forward-thinking UK production duo of Lucas Hunter and Nat Self is breaking the house music mold by crossbreeding styles as ... More >>

Air London Showcase Headlined By Simon Baker, Matt Tolfrey, Glimpse, and Others March 22

Simon Baker Headlines Air London Showcase​Now preparing its third annual WMC installment, Brit label-cum-artist collective Air London will be landing in Miami on March 22 with another stellar international lineup. Last year's sold-out showcase at the Electric Pickle boasted a hefty array of i ... More >>

ANR Push Back the U.S. Release of Stay Kids for the Second Time

Don't run across the pond, pretty pink hologram horse!​Over here at Crossfade, we have a soft spot for local band releases. So when ANR told us they were pushing the release of Stay Kids back from October to November, we were a little sad. But we waited, somewhat patiently. Now November's come and ... More >>

Caribou Talks Handsome Dick Manitoba, New Album Swim, and Living in London

​Originally, Canadian indie guy Dan Snaith called himself Manitoba. He recorded a whole batch of eclectic electro-poppy stuff, sent it out into the world, and started gaining cred with brainy music fans. But then proto-punker Handsome Dick Manitoba (real name Richard Blum) crawled out of a black ... More >>

Blog Watch: Shake Shack Fries, London Eats and Salad at School

via The Genuine Kitchen​It's been a little quiet in the blogosphere lately but here's what you missed last week.Phyllis Wheatley Elementary students enjoy a tasty salad at The Genuine KitchenEat It, Miami likes The ForgeThe French Fry Fairy reviews the fries at Shake ShackGagit sums up his best ea ... More >>

Daz-I-Kue of Bugz in the Attic Headlines Champion Sound Anniversary Tonight at Electric Pickle

​Broken beat may not be the newest electronic flavor of the month any more, but the individual members of that scene's biggest collective name, London's Bugz in the Attic Crew, have continued to put out quality choons. The brightest star to rise from that collective seems to be Daz-I-Kue, who's re ... More >>

Q&A with Matt Tolfrey, Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

​On Monday we previewed the upcoming Friday night performance by Matt Tolfrey at Electric Pickle and with the date nearing, it's already clear that this is one booking highly anticipated by the local EDM cognoscenti. The talented British DJ/producer and Leftroom label owner has taken the London un ... More >>

Iranian Hipsters

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Electric Pickle One-Year Anniversary Block Party

Pan American Art Projects showcases Magnus Sigurdarson and Paul Stoppi's wild romp through London in "Operation Beefeater"

Shock and Awe

The Other Hammertime

Balans has good food, cocktails, and ambiance but lacks character

Wednesday Blog Watch: Off the Radar Looks Across the Pond, Derick G. Does Amsterdam

via the305.comThe305 is relaunching its print magazine!​*Off the Radar is pretty much the only locally based blog that keeps up with all the international bloggy MP3 stuff, while providing some decent writing that explains why the hell we should care. You won't find too much coverage of the local ... More >>

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Con Kid

Jimmy Sabatino, self-described child of the Mafia, displayed a prodigious talent for confidence games even as a teenager. If he hadn't threatened to kill President Clinton, he'd probably be scamming today.

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