Subject: Simon Wish

• Italoboyz (Get Physical) To Play Nocturnal Terrace Afterhours on NYE

  The Italoboyz's moniker is slightly misleading on a couple levels. First, it's slightly so, because although Marco Donato and Frederico Marton hails from Italy, the twosome have been based in London since about the turn of the millennium. Neither do they play, as one would assume, Italo disco, or even any of the brands of mainstream house that dominates their homeland's dance music scene. Rather, the pair are the latest up-and-comers on M.A.N.D.Y.'s Get Physical label, which should give trainsp

  December 18, 2008

• On The List - New Trend Alert Edition

  With the economy going way south, it seems like the nightlife industry is starting to implement new business tactics. Bottle service is surely going the way of the dinosaur, and the industry knows if it's going to survive its got to find untapped market.Enter in the downtown hipster promoters.Often relegated to the seedy downtown/Overtown nightclub scene, it seems they are now in vogue with South Beach's nightlife impresarios. Poplife hosts now at Louis on Tuesdays and Rokbar on Thursdays, while

  February 5, 2009

• Saturday: Guti Afterhours at Eden Terrace Garden

  Techno Box and the usual suspects of Miami's techno afterhours scene present Guti live at Eden Terrace Garden on Sunday dawn. This young Argentinian prodigy boasts one of the most imaginative and genre-bending sounds in contemporary house and minimal techno. A virtuosic jazz pianist with a penchant for Latin polyrhythms and melodic Salsa motifs, his productions sound something like a Fania All-Stars vinyl record chopped up in an industrial blender and re-sequenced by Richie Hawtin. Local DJs Tuk

  March 11, 2009

• WMC Preview: A Few Underground Parties

  Every year, without exception, WMC showcases the biggest commercial names in electronic dance music at Miami's myriad world-class nightclubs and posh beachside hotels. With all the hype going to the top dogs, it's easy to overlook some of the smaller gems on the Conference's highly-anticipated itinerary. A shame, considering the underrated quality of intimacy some of these more modest gatherings can provide, and the light shed on both underground and local talent. Also, with so many of the half-

  March 20, 2009

• Grand Opening of The Techno Loft at Space this Saturday Night

  A coalition of Miami's local techno talent can be found this Saturday night playing under one roof at the grand opening of the new weekly Techno Loft party at Space. This opening will double as a CD release party for local producer Simon Wish's new "Road To Berlin" record on his Sleaze Tech label. Local DJs Sabox, Dsan Powell, Mario Liberti and residents Maurizio and Danyelino will take turns on decks spinning funky minimal grooves and will keep the action going until noon the next day. The prom

  May 1, 2009

• Format: B Play at the Electric Pickle this Friday

  For those of you still aching for some ich bin Berliner tech grooves after Phonique's stellar set last week, Format: B will be in town and throwing down an exclusive live PA at the Electric Pickle on Friday night. This dynamic production duo from (where else?) Berlin have been making waves since the early 2000's with a slew of intoxicatingly catchy dancefloor bangers and their artist album "Steam Circuit" released on the Highgrade imprint last year. Format: B boast an exceptionally funky and ene

  May 27, 2009

• Format: B Play

  May 28, 2009

• Jona Plays the Electric Pickle This Friday

  Belgian producer Jona debuted in 2006 with his release of "The Learnings" EP on the prestigious Get Physical imprint and is one of the most promising young talents of the European techno scene. Originally a virtuosic guitarist with jazz/blues inclinations and a big fan of Brian Eno, he combines technical studio savvy with multi-instrumentalist songcraft to produce highly original dance cuts, such as an imaginative techno rework of Dave Brubeck's jazz classic "Take Five". Jona is currently playin

  June 17, 2009

• Jona Gets the Pickle Treatment

  June 18, 2009

• New Techno Mix by DJ Baez

  The Techno Loft at Space opened in May and has so far fulfilled its promise of indulging Miami's ever-growing taste for techno with stellar international bookings including Steve Bug, Camea and Adultnapper, plus weekly parties and afterhours by local DJs Maurizio & Danyelino, Dsan Powell, Simon Wish, and Jason Baez. A new DJ mix by Baez captures the appropriately spacey and atmospheric minimal techno sound enjoyed by Techno Loft patrons at Space every week.  Click here to download Baez'

  July 3, 2009

• Benno Blome Plays Electric Pickle Friday

  Turns out it's gonna be a full house on Friday night at the Electric Pickle with Benno Blome booked to play the upstairs room while Sunshine Jones and Pete Herbert play downstairs. Berlin-based DJ/producer and Sender label owner Blome is a veteran of that city's underground scene and a highly-regarded tastemaker for contemporary techno. His Sender parties have become a touchpoint for timeless transatlantic techno sounds and his production work has garnered equal praise, both solo and in collabor

  July 8, 2009

• Let it Blome

  July 9, 2009

• Q&A With Mathew Jonson, Playing at Electric Pickle this Friday

  ​Canadian-born producer Mathew Jonson is one of the more virtuosic and boldly innovative figures of contemporary techno. Boasting a masterful and nuanced command of electronic studio production, early breakthrough tracks like "Decompression", released on Richie Hawtin's Minus label, earned Jonson worldwide acclaim as a producer in the early 2000s, when he staked his pivotal role in the burgeoning minimal techno scene. His experimental forays into jazz and live electronic improvisation have led

  August 26, 2009