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George FitzGerald Talks Ultra Debut: "The Lineup Is Insane, It's Humbling"

Forward-thinking EDM nerds (we here at Crossfade included) are totally geeking out about the Hotflush label's exclusive Winter Music Conference 2013 showcase at the Electric Pickle on March 23. And one of the artists we're most psyched to see is U.K. DJ/producer George FitzGerald, making his Miami d ... More >>

Renaissance of Movement

Brad Knoefler: Urban Revivalist

Paige McPherson: She's McFierce

Ellie Goulding Breaks Up With Skrillex, Announces Trip to South Beach

Continental drift is ultimately to blame for electronic dance music's latest heartbreak. Had the continents not started shifting 250 million years ago, London might've only been a short domestic flight from Los Angeles, and Skrillex would still be dating Ellie Goulding. According to The Sun, the ... More >>

Beloved Movie Review: A Sprawling Mess

Ewan Pearson on Current EDM: "I Am More Than a Little Tired of '90s House Revivalism! I Was There the First Time!"

It might not be such a stretch to describe Ewan Pearson as the Brian Eno of electronic dance music. Like Eno, Pearson is an out-of-the-box musical visionary capable of taking artists to new levels. And his studio wizardry has made him one of the UK's most in-demand remixers and producers, having w ... More >>

Giles Smith on Secretsundaze: "We've Never Been About Fads, Just Quality Timeless Music"

London has been a major electronic dance music hub since the rave boom of the late '80s. And when it comes to London house and techno parties with an authentic underground ethos, the name Secretsundaze reigns supreme. Launched by DJ-producers Giles Smith and James Priestly, the party has been going ... More >>

Go Rogue

Danell Leyva, Cuban American Gymnast, Begins Quest For Olympic Glory

Today, Miami gymnast Danell Leyva begins defense of his national championship title as the country's best gymnast as he inches closer toward his quest of becoming the first Cuban American member of the USA team at the Summer Olympics in London. This 20-year-old is a beast.He is the reigning 2011 wor ... More >>

Lazaro Casanova Releases LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibbler

Miami's Lazaro Casanova Drops LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibler on Culprit LA

Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it's thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is key. Cas ... More >>

Air London's A Night in the Air at Electric Pickle March 20

Miami's Top Five Gastropubs

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play.​The first gastropub is generally considered to have been The Eagle, in London. Michael Belben and David Eyre launched it in 1991, and it was si ... More >>

Top Five Second Saturday Art Walk Parties in Miami

​Art sucks. Get drunk. Music sucks. Dance harder. The lights are too bright. Turn them all off and let the bass drown your body till your heart rattles in your ribcage. Throw your phone against the ground, quit paying your internet bill, never trust a wireless modem, and check out these five Se ... More >>

DJ Three Waxes Poetic About Ten Dance-Floor Weapons

​You'd be hard-pressed to find a more encyclopedic guru of house and techno than Chistopher Milo AKA DJ Three. And it's no surprise, given he's one of the most highly regarded tastemakers on the underground American EDM scene. The Florida native has been commanding dancefloors since the early '90 ... More >>

Audiofly's Luca Saporito Talks Follow My Liebe, Flying Circus, and Partying in Miami

​As far as international EDM artists go, there's very little that Audiofly's Luca Saporito and Anthony Middleton haven't accomplished in their ten-year run. In fact, the London-based duo's accolades are pretty much any aspiring DJ-producer's wet dream. They own Supernature, one of the most hotly ... 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 >>

Miami's Five Best Electronic Music Labels

Behold the BassHead!​Don't let us hear you say that Miami doesn't have a kick-ass underground electronic music scene, because we are absolutely brimming with homegrown talent.And the best thing is that it's still a relatively young scene. If there is this much forward-thinking creativity happe ... More >>

Maya Jane Coles Talks Eclectic Influences, Breakthrough Success and Women in EDM

​Last week, we previewed Maya Jane Coles' American debut performance at the Electric Pickle with SAFE this Thursday. Her breakthrough hit "What They Say" was easily the most charted track of 2010 and she shows no signs of slowing down. This highly versatile and prolific young producer is dead se ... More >>

Yo Yo Yo! '90s Jam With Soul Clap at Electric Pickle Tomorrow

Soul Clap​After wearing out our '80s nostalgia on the dancefloor all through the 2000s, it's safe to say we've now collectively moved into full-blown '90s retro mode. You can hear it across clubland, where DJs everywhere have started to drop their fair share of jacking house classics from semina ... More >>

Free DJ Mix by Matt Tolfrey Playing Space Tomorrow

​British DJ-producer Matt Tolfrey has staked his place on the international EDM scene since launching his esteemed Leftroom imprint in 2005. Home to acclaimed artists like Glimpse, Inxec, and Marc Ashken, Leftroom brings a deep and forward-thinking flair to tech-house. Since Leftroom's launch, T ... More >>

Clive Henry Talks the EDM Underground and His New Crosstown Rebels Record

​Few artists out there embody the spirit of the EDM underground as much as British DJ-producer Clive Henry. As one half of seminal production duo Peace Division, he helped define '90s tech house. And as a long-standing resident of the infamous Circo Loco afterhours party at DC10 club in Ibiza, he ... More >>

MIA Ranked One of the Worst Airports to Be Stranded At in The World

​There's nothing fun about being stranded in an airport. If you're traveling, there's usually somewhere you really, really want to get to, and trying to make yourself comfortable for hours at a time in those uncomfortable airport chairs can make for a miserable time. TripExtras.com asked more than ... More >>

Big Pimpin' at Gusman

Two Fat Ladies: Recipe For Lobster with Latkas

Yesterday we highlighted the Two Fat Ladies: Full Thottle cookbook that was first published in 1998 by the irrepressible Brits. Today we offer a recipe from the book for Lobster with Latkas -- one of Clarissa's offerings. "I have an unlimited passion for lobsters which I do very well with, thanks to ... More >>

Two Fat Ladies: Full Throttle

"Let's eat what God gave us." - Jennifer Paterson"Never trust a thin cook." - Clarissa Dickson WrightTwo Fat Ladies was my favorite cooking show of all time, which is probably why my wife bought copies of two of their books for me while she was in London. Full Throttle was the third cookbook by thes ... More >>

Dyed Soundorom Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​French DJ/producer Dyed Soundorom is one of the hottest properties of hip Parisian tech-house label Freak n'Chic, home to a slew of international favorites like Jamie Jones, Shonky, and Chris Carrier. Originally a club kid and promoter in the late-90s and early-'00s Parisian house music scen ... More >>

Matt Tolfrey

Matt Tolfrey Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

​British DJ, producer, and A&R man Matt Tolfrey has staked his place in the international electronic dance music scene since first launching the esteemed Leftroom imprint in 2005. Home to acclaimed emerging artists like Glimpse, Inxec, and Marc Ashken, Leftroom encapsulates the sounds of a new ... More >>

Q&A with Mark Henning, Playing Electric Pickle with Heron on Friday

​In just a few years, DJ/producer Mark Henning has managed to rise from mere hobbyist -- juggling his fledgling musical pursuits and a full-time corporate job -- to internationally acclaimed touring artist. And it's all been by sheer virtue of his talent and uncompromising work ethic.Henning's mus ... More >>

ZUMA at EPIC Debuts May 24

ZUMA, London's enormously popular "authentic, nontraditional Japanese" restaurant, has announced May 24th as its official opening date at the EPIC Hotel & Residences in downtown Miami. German chef Rainer Becker created ZUMA based on the informal Japanese dining style called Izakaya as well as on ... More >>

Celebrity Chef Curtis Stone: Interview, Part One

Chef Stone: an Aussie with American spirit​Maybe you've never eaten his food, but now that Curtis Stone has managed to hang on for seven Celebrity Apprentice episodes, much of America hungers for whatever he's willing to cook up. This Aussie chef known as much for his talent as his spiked, blonde ... More >>

Apparently 140 Characters Is Enough

How do you sum up your day in 140 characters on Twitter? At the 140 Character Conference in New York Tuesday and Wednesday, live, ten-minute speakers spread out from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Luckily, there were no mentions of what anyone was eating or how much someone loves Justin Bieber. Everything Twitte ... More >>

Miami International Film Festival 2010 goes for the little guy

Simon Baker

London's Zuma and NY's Shake Shack to Arrive in Miami 2010

New York's Shake Shack arrives to Miami at 1111 Lincoln Road in 2010.​After facing success in London, Hong Kong, Istanbul and then Dubai, where does a contemporary Japanese restaurant go to continue on it's golden culinary path? Why Miami, of course! At least that's the way German chef Rainer Beck ... More >>

Q&A with DJ Ralph Lawson of 2020Soundsystem, Playing LIV on Saturday

​In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. The musical brainchild of Leeds-based DJ and esteemed 20 ... More >>

Mike Jack, Back Whether You Like It or Not

A Tribute to Midwest Punk Rock

New Conrad Miami Executive Chef Jonathan McCann Holds "Taste Above All Else" for Re-Launch of Atrio Restaurant & Wine Bar

Conrad MiamiNew logo, new menu and concept​Conrad Miami is no longer chefless. Executive Chef Jonathan McCann fills the four month void at its signature restaurant Atrio, since Michael Gilligan exited in the spring to join the W Hotel South Beach. McCann now oversees the Brickell luxury hotel's in ... More >>

Get Desyn

Old Wives' Tale

Black Tide

They Just Wanna Dance

Masterful Thai

Fit For a Moghul

Treat the maharajah in you to a good old-fashioned Indian feast

The Beef on Tainted Bovine

Mad cow disease, part 3

Here Comes the Neighborhood