Steve Lawler

Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

One of the perks of living in Miami are the non-stop, bottle-poppin', liquor flowin' parties on South Beach. Not only do we have celebrity-status bashes every night of the week, there's a whole whack of 'em to choose from. It's no wonder they call this place the Magic City. Just check out Crossfa ... More >>

Cafeteria Films Releases Safe Miami Mini-Documentary

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 >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Phase 3 Lineup: Tommie Sunshine, Dieselboy, Kleinenberg

With just 29 days till Downtown Miami's Bayfront Park becomes totally flooded with LED-wielding beat freaks ... Ultra Music Festival 2013 has announced its Phase 3 lineup. Among this final round of 40-plus acts: Intrepid Ultra defender Tommie Sunshine, along with Marco Bailey, Christian Smith, DJ M ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013 Phase 2 Lineup: Alesso, Eric Prydz, Snoop Dogg, Tons More

Just when you thought the party couldn't get any better, Ultra Music Festival has announced its Phase 2 lineup. So let's not bother with the formalities. Here's who's been added: Alesso, Benny Benassi, Dirty South, Dog Blood (Boys Noize & Skrillex), Eric Prydz, Fedde Le Grand, Hardwell, Loco D ... More >>

Safe Miami's Fifth-Anniversary Weekend at the Electric Pickle August 30-September 2

SAFE Miami's Fifth Anniversary Parties: Maya Jane Coles, Claude VonStroke, James Holden

SAFE Miami is turning five years old this month. Now that may mean something to you if you're a regular Crossfade reader, because we've been following the electronic dance music tastemakers and promotions veterans since the beginning. And it'll definitely mean something to you if you're a regular ... More >>

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2012: A Daily Party Guide

​Check out today's top WMC and MMW parties -- plus Crossfade's fifteen best parties. Honestly, if you're gonna survive 96 hours of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival, then your emergency EDM supply kit will need to include a gas mask, goggles, a bikini and/or bana ... More >>

Top Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Parties for Sunday, March 25

​Check out Crossfade's daily WMC and MMW party guide -- plus the fifteen best parties. The King Rat says, "This is The End." In less than 24 hours, Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival will be over. The clubs will close. The uhntz-uhntz will fade. The sticks will ... More >>

Daily party plan for WMC and Miami Music Week, March 22 to 25

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week Pool Party Guide

​Ostensibly, Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week provide thousands of very serious electronic dance music fans with an annual opportunity to meet, mingle, and discuss the current state of EDM.But c'mon, that's bullshit. The truth: Both WMC and MMW are just excuses for totally out-of-contr ... More >>

Flying Circus Miami Five-Year Celebration Lineup: Audiofly, Steve Lawler, M.A.N.D.Y, and More

Miami isn't just some metaphorical cheap beach motel where the electronic dance music industry from overseas gathers to mingle and party during WMC. No, it's also the place where some of the world's top EDM brands are actually born. Case in point: Flying Circus, the long-standing WMC party conceive ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Sold Out With 73 Days Until Start

​That's it, folks! According to its website, Ultra Music Festival 2012 is officially sold out with 73 days remaining until the first day of the festival. This breaks last year's record, when tix sold out on February 18 with a full 34 days left before the fest.Of course, Ultra's 2012 lineup, feat ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2012 Announces Lineup: Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, and 89 Others

Avicii: Ultra 2012's Saturday night headliner.​Big news, beat freaks. After months of teases, hype, and promises that it "will be bigger than last year," there's finally been a major development in the ongoing saga of Ultra Music Festival's 2012 lineup. Of course, we here at Crossfade have spe ... More >>

Steve Lawler at Wall Lounge December 28

New Year's Eve 2012: Miami's Guide to Partying Too Hard and Drinking Too Much

Photo by JipsySeize New Year's Eve!​Wanna know the truth about New Year's Eve? Well, it ain't the kickoff to a fresh, 365-day fiesta full of fun and promise. Quite the opposite -- this end-of-year holiday is your absolute last chance to overspend and overindulge before suppressing your natural ur ... More >>

Steve Lawler: "This Electro-Pop-Dance Is the Worst Music I've Ever Heard in My Whole Life"

​Meet Steve Lawler at Wall Lounge for a pre-NYE party on December 28. Check out Crossfade's full New Year's Eve 2012 guide. Dance music sucks. House music rules. Just ask British rave legend and Viva Music label boss Steve Lawler. "Dance music is not the same as house music," Lawler told Cr ... More >>

Steve Lawler Talks Raving, Ibiza, and Viva Music

​The title King of Space (as in the Ibiza dance mecca) is one of the highest accolades that an international EDM DJ can ever hope to earn. But let's face it -- being a megaclub resident doesn't necessarily give you the old-school cred that comes with having been a mover and shaker since the dawn ... More >>

Steve Lawler at Soho Studios November 5

Steve Lawler and Viva Music Rave Out at Soho Studios November 5

​If your name were "Steve Lawler," you'd probably spend Wednesday afternoon spinning for the Masters of the Universe on the deck of some Cyprian millionaire's giga yacht off the coast of Dubai. Then Thursday, you'd take the red-eye back home to collate your 1001 solid-platinum platters. And Friday ... More >>

Robbie Rivera rocks the Gansevoort

Catch him poolside Sunday, September 5.

Nonstop EDM This Weekend: Joris Voorn, Lee Burridge, Radio Slave and More

Joris Voorn is playing SET on Sunday​Clearly the action at last week's Detroit Electronic Music Festival carried over to Miami this weekend, because it's just nonstop stellar bookings Friday through Sunday at various hotspots throughout the city. Friday, June 4To start things off tonight, the ... More >>

WMC Thursday Night Recap: Candy Ravers at Cinema, Ed Banger Party at Bar, and Nothing at Space

photo by Jose D. Durana wall by Reas at Bar​I had big hopes for yesterday evening, hoping to check out most of the downtown circuit. There was the Louie Vega WMC party at the Vagabond, the free Ed Banger party at Bar, the Smog vs. Basshead party at White Room, Steve Lawler's Viva party on the Spac ... More >>

Pete's Pool Party

Steve Lawler

WMC 2010 Wednesday Recap: DJ Mag Recession Sessions 2 at the Shelborne

Dennis FerrerIf you're lucky enough to take some vacation time or pass this all off as "work," Winter Music Conference's day parties are an excellent way to be totally, ridiculously indulgent and let it all hang out (literally, for some people). Anyone can party at night, but it takes the truly dedi ... More >>

WMC 2010: Some Day Parties To Check Out Today, Wednesday, March 24

​If you're out and about today, here are some worth checking out. *The Shelborne's DJ Mag Recession Sessions pool party, with Sharam, Steve Lawler, Dennis Ferrer, Will Saul, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Nic Fanciulli, and S.O.S. Presale tickets long ago sold out, but you may be able to pay to ... More >>

WMC 2010: Pete's Pool Party, March 26

​The annual Radio One pool party is almost eerily absent this year, but don't worry about getting wrapped up in brand names. All of the superstar DJ talent will be here anyways, and still helmed by the legendary Pete Tong -- they'll just be playing under the banner of "Pete's Pool Party." It's jus ... More >>

Q&A With Steve Lawler, Spinning at Gryphon Tonight

With his Lights Out parties and releases, British super-DJ Steve Lawler ruled dance floors with a sound that lived up to that name. It was thumping, dark, and almost fiercely inward-looking -- it was no surprise, really, that Lawler cited Depeche Mode and the Doors  as influences. But just as t ... More >>

Steve Lawler Plays Gryphon Thursday

​Legendary British DJ/producer Stave Lawler will be playing at Gryphon Nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this Thursday night. A child of the '90s UK rave scene, Lawler got his start organizing some of the infamous M42 Motorway illegal parties as a teenager, before getting his bi ... More >>

Ida Engberg Plays Space this Saturday

Swedish DJ/producer Ida Engberg is one of the fastest-rising female stars in the male-studded world of techno. A resident of Stockholm's legendary Cocktail Club, her career was kicked off auspiciously in the mid-2000s and headed right to the top, where she's shared the decks with some of th ... More >>

She's Cool Without the Extra X Chromosome

Mad Skrews Got Beats

Mad Skrews is a Miami-bred, internationally renowned producer and musical entrepreneur who uses the Internet to spread his productions, make money, and make a name for himself. He has produced for local bad bitch Trina and true founder of crunk, Pastor Troy. I caught up with him by e-mail. Here's w ... More >>

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 25-29.

WMC Preview: Steve Lawler's Annual Lights Out Party Moved to Nocturnal

This year marks the eighth edition of Steve Lawler's annual Lights Out WMC party, one of conference's most popular and bullshit-free parties. This year, the event was originally set to take place at Kore, on Washington Avenue -- but it's now been moved to Nocturnal. The warehouse-like downtown space ... More >>

Recession Partying

Tightening your belt? These topnotch parties are cheap!

Winter Music Conference Event Listings

Find all the best parties taking place March 24-29.

Must-See Acts on Ultra's Lineup

Full Ultra Music Festival Lineup Revealed

So in addition to yesterday's news of the unexplainable choice of booking the Black Eyed Peas for next month's Ultra Music Festival, the final phase of the lineup has been announced. Notable additions include Rinton, Rye Rye, Surkin, Para One and Shiny Toy Guns to Day 1, and MSTRKRFT, BT Laptop Symp ... More >>

Shelborne Announces WMC Opening Pool Party With David Guetta ... For $10!

The scaling back of this past Art Basel Miami Beach was noticeable, with fewer freebies and lower-key events. So it's safe to assume that the final big event of the "season," Winter Music Conference, is going to look a little different overall this year, too. It's doubtful that megawatt DJs wil ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival Announces Phase Two of Its Lineup

Ultra Music Festival released the second phase of its lineup, and while the biggest names in the list offer no big surprises, a number of other, smaller acts added to the bill demonstrate more of the festival's forward-thinking approach this year. So here are the titans who will play (again): Paul ... More >>

The Shelborne Announces Its Heavyweight WMC Lineup

I know, I know, WMC talk already -- yikes, we just celebrated the new year. But if you've got any interest in WMC then you know that the Shelborne always grabs absolutely stellar lineups who play legendary parties. If you like big-room house music, you've already been to some of these, and you alrea ... More >>

Second Phase of Ultra Line-up Announced

Ultra Music Festival releases first phase of lineup...

2006: The Year the Superstar DJ Died

Dinosaurs rule the dance floors no more

Sound Plus Vision

UK house DJ Steve Lawler brings his multimedia extravaganza to the Magic City

Rock of Ages

A conversation with DJ, producer, and label owner John Digweed

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