Robbie Rivera

Juicy Beach 2013, With Robbie Rivera, Bob Sinclar, Cosmic Gate at Nikki Beach March 21

Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week 2013

LIV Miami's WMC and MMW 2013 Lineup: Steve Angello, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, Six Other Parties

In just about a week, Miami will be transformed overnight into the only place worth being for true EDM fans. We'll be overrun with wide-eyed travelers seeking beats, bass, and some girl named Molly, who is apparently friends with everyone. But even as true insanity is unleashed all over town, some ... More >>

Robbie Rivera Makes Juicy Beach 2013 Juicier Than Ever

Winter Music Conference is a rich tradition that, despite the ignorance of some younger rave fans, has been going strong for 28 years. Over the decades, it's evolved quite a lot, and now the party has eclipsed the "conference" atmosphere of old. Robbie Rivera remembers how it used to be, but he als ... 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 >>

Shelborne's WMC 2013 Pool Parties: Murk, Erick Morillo, Victor Calderone, and Others

Beware the Ides of March. No, not because someone's planning to stab you in the back a la Brutus. But rather because this year's Winter Music Conference kicks off on March 15, meaning you only have about three weeks of fake tanning sessions, CrossFit classes, and detoxing left until you're rolling ... 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 >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach 2013 Phase Two Lineup: Mord Fustang, Hot Mouth, 16 Others

Two weeks ago, Robbie Rivera kicked off the beat-freaking season by revealing the nine-act Phase One lineup for Juicy Beach 2013. The roster was already loaded with Mr. Rivera, Bob Sinclar, Cosmic Gate ... But the Juicy crew still promised more "all star talent to be announced in the coming weeks." ... More >>

Last Resort Announces WMC 2013 Lineup: Maceo Plex, Tale of Us, Soul Clap, 17 Others

With Made Event's longstanding Sunday School party going kaput before Winter Music Conference 2012, revelers were deprived of a properly epic closing party. But then SAFE Miami, Embrace Miami, and Liaison Artists came to the rescue with their first annual installment of Last Resort at Villa 221, th ... 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 >>

Sydney Blu, Boris, and Darude's Predictions for Epicness Aboard Groove Cruise 2013

"What happens on the ship stays on the ship!" Those are the rules of Groove Cruise, according to founder Jason Beukema. And today, for the ninth straight year, electronic dance music fanatics and so-called "exotic destination experience junkies" will be sailing out to sea in pursuit of EDM epicn ... 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 >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach 2013 Phase One Lineup: Bob Sinclar, Cosmic Gate, Six Others

The beat-freaking season has officially begun ... Today, Robbie Rivera revealed the nine-act Phase One lineup for Juicy Beach, his annual Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week throwdown on the sweaty 'n' sexy sands of South Beach. Uhntz-uhntz-ing into Nikki Beach Miami on March 21, Robbie w ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

Another day, another hustle. But stay pimpin', playa. 'Cause the light at the end of the tunnel swiftly approaches. You've been getting your grind on, but this city will provide you with appropriate after-school activities to help forget all that serious business and corporate blah-blah. This wee ... More >>

Oscar G Drops New Beats Solo Album Today

When talking about Miami house, Murk is a name that reigns supreme. The seminal DJ-production duo of Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon not only put Miami on the house music map in the early '90s, but they also cut some of the biggest house classics, period. But what is Miami house? Does the 305 house ... More >>

Six Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. You probably don't recognize the name. But General Seguín is the reason you'll tape a felt mustache to your clean-shaven face and inadvertently offend 66 percent of the Hispanic population in the United States on Saturday. Without his leadership, the Mexican arm ... More >>

Top Winter Music Conference 2012 Parties For Friday, March 16

​It's finally here! Winter Music Conference starts today. And while the big, splashy parties don't really get going until next week, there are still plenty good reasons why you should start your electro rendezvous today.Word to wise, if you are heading to South Beach car pool or cab it, we're hear ... More >>

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week pool party guide, March 17 to 23

South Beach's eight best Presidents' Day parties, February 16 to 18

Eight Best Presidents Day Weekend Club Parties on South Beach

​Of all federal holidays, the third Monday in February is often welcomed with very little fanfare. With the exception of a month-long celebration in Alexandria, Virginia, and the annual George Fest in Eustis, Florida, Presidents' Day has become a cheap excuse for auto dealers to offer "zero down a ... More >>

Five Classic Robbie Rivera Dance Megahits for His Declaration Celebration Bash

​International superstar DJ-producer Robbie Rivera hardly needs an introduction. Certainly not in Miami, a city he calls home and pretty much the capital of the Latin house sound he's helped foment since the mid '90s. Each year during WMC, Rivera's Juicy Beach parties at Nikki Beach summon thousan ... More >>

Get Wet With Robbie Rivera, David Tort, and Cedric Gervais at Summer Splash Music Festival

Robbie Rivera is Juicy.​Ever since the days of the pirates, the Florida Keys have given humanity one of the finest geographies on Earth for getting fucked up, dancing, and running naked on the sand bar. For the next three days, you can do it all to a techno beat because the Summer Splash is tak ... 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 >>

Las Vegas Nightlife Superior to Miami's, Says Las Vegas Weekly

Welcome to Las Vegas, the supposed EDM capital of the United States.​Maybe it's the heat that has Las Vegas Weekly's Sarah Gianetto claiming that Las Vegas' nightlife scene is vastly superior to Miami's.Excuse us. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, sweet baby Jesus. We haven't read something that fun ... More >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach 2011 With Joachim Garraud, Tommy Lee, Sydney Blu, and Others

Party with Robbie Rivera and the Juicy Beach freaks.​If you choose to party with Robbie Rivera and the Juicy Beach freaks, be prepared to wake up drunk and blistered with a fistful of sand in your pants, an uncut Key lime in your mouth, and absolutely no memory of the last 17 hours. Kicking off ... More >>

Glow Out

Robbie Rivera rocks the Gansevoort

Catch him poolside Sunday, September 5.

Head Spins: DJ Oren Nizri (New Mix Inside!)

​Tel Aviv has become something of a breeding ground for world class beat-keepers. Whether it comes from the psy-trance sweep of Infected Mushroom, or the minimal tech-house of Miami transplant DJ Lee Or, Israel's second city is now a hotbed of beatitude. And no wonder -- OUT magazine called T ... More >>

WMC 2010: Q&A With Wally Lopez, Playing Mynt, Nikki Beach, Space, and the Surfcomber

​​Wally Lopez is hands-down the most well-known DJ/remixer in the world right now representing Spain. Born and still based in Madrid, the bespectacled electro-house champion got his start in radio, first spinning dance grooves on the air at just 13 years old. Over the years, he moved throughout ... More >>

Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach party offers some lineup curveballs

What quarter-century crisis? WMC celebrates its 25th birthday bigger and better than ever

WMC 2010: One Night Only at Karu & Y, March 26

​Paul Morris started the booking agency AM Only in 1995, while he was a student at the University of Florida. It was a fortuitous time, right when dance music was about to break big into this country's consciousness. As electronic sounds shifted through the rave scene and beyond, AM Only continued ... More >>

WMC 2010: Nervous Records Party, Plus Oscar G. and King Britt Dates

Photo by Pier Nicola D'AmicoKing Britt has released his final traditional dance music album.Back in the good old days of vinyl, it seemed like every DJ with a love of four-four beats was running around New York City with a Nervous Records bag. That little sweating cartoon guy logo was ubiquitous in ... More >>

Robbie Rivera

WMC 2010: Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach Returning to Nikki Beach March 25

​If there is one party that never fails to attract the masses during Winter Music Conference, it's Juicy Beach. The event, spearheaded by house DJ/producer Robbie Rivera, takes over Nikki Beach (1 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach) for over 16 hours of non-stop partying , and this year it will be no differ ... More >>

The New Year's Eve EDM Lowdown

Miami's big-room nightclubs usually go all out for New Year's Eve celebrations by booking some of the biggest names in international dance music, and this year is no exception. Here's the lowdown on some of the top NYE parties going down on Thursday night: ​Cocoon Label Party at Nocturnal's Eden T ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ David Solano

A house-kicking Colombiano.

Head Spins: DJ Billy Paul

Bringing the world to South Beach and beyond.

Head Spins: DJ Billy Paul

On any given Thursday evening at the Palms Hotel on South Beach, you'll find an intimate confab of hipsters swaying to a decidedly worldly beat. The party's called Sip and Spa, and, as the name implies, it's as heavy on the cocktails as it is on the massage. Actually, there may be even more imbibing ... More >>

On the List - Heir to the Throne, DJ Mom Jeans and Stealth

Earlier this week, we wrote how Opium Group's newest lounge Louis is opening this weekend. Well according to our sources, it's a maybe. Why? Not sure, but the anticipation is killing us. Work faster Opium Group! Still, there is plenty to check out this weekend and look for our special On the List ... More >>

Winter Music Conference

Everything you ever, ever wanted to know about the spin event of the century.

Set List: David Guetta

Robbie Rivera

Juicy Music Vol. 1 Star 69

Booty Mover

Armand Pena will play hip-hop for you, but he really likes house music, okay?

Turn for the Verse

Veteran Miami DJ Robbie Rivera scratches out a living as dance track innovator

WMC Events

Listings, listings, listings

Blow Up or Bust

Sound Records and SFP Records angle for the industry's attention with three important showcases

Rotations

Understandable Smooth

Billy Paul Williams lives for South Beach