As the name of this event, and the fact that it's followed by a numeral, might suggest, the epic December party Candyland started out in the golden age of the Florida rave scene. In the Nineties, it was a guaranteed good-time on the party calendar, one of several large-scale annual events that included parties like Clash of the Titans. Amazingly, Candyland is one of the very, very few of those to have survived continuously throughout the years. And while the flyer design for this year's edition
Photo by Logan FazioCandyland 13Soho Studios, MiamiSaturday, December 27, 2008Better Than: I expected.The Review:Culture and other similar promotions groups, in an effort to shrug off the nasty mainstream perceptions of the Nineties dance scene, like to call their large-scale events music festivals. But let's be honest about Candyland 13, held this past Saturday at the cavernous Soho Studios in Wynwood. If an event has such a name followed by a numeral, takes place in a warehouse decorated in so
Few local DJs in any genre have such a scarily deep and broad knowledge of music as Alex Caso. Able to wax poetic on and dig deep into any genre from psychedelic garage nuggets, to Jamaican rocksteady, to robotic electro, Caso's consequently spun everywhere from straight-up raves to hipster hotspots. (He's also used the monikers Cookieheadz and Sad Tiger, among others). He's proved a little more elusive lately (or, selective about where he spins, or less willing to deal with scenester douchebags
photo by Ian MeyerSo you wanna be a hotshot DJ with your own hip record label? It's not as easy as you might think. But it can be done. And if you're Nick Catchdubs of Fool's Gold, it can be dynamite! New Times caught up with the ever-explosive head-spinner on the eve of another Winter Music Conference blow-out and asked him to share some of the secrets of his and A-Trak's killer success. What advice would you give to a young gun interested in launching a label? We started Fool's Gold with a rea
Next Wednesday, LIV is hosting the 10,000-LB Hamburger Tour featuring A-Trak, Rye Rye and Treasure Fingers. But before everyone shakes it to the ground at Dirty Hairy, we've been told that Rye Rye will be making an appearance at Just Add Water Sunday at Blade at the Fontainebleau. The party is free, so really you don't have much an excuse not to show up.If you don't know who Rye Rye is, you can read about her in this week's issue of the New Times. But the long story short: She's on the verge of
​In the ongoing spirit of philanthropy that seems to have taken over
Miami's dance music scene (with recent charitable events like "The
Vagabond for a Cause" with John Digweed and "Dance for a Cause"
featuring Chris Fortier at Electric Pickle) Technique Miami presents
"Get Funk'd Up" at Soho Studios on August 29, a party to benefit Help
Darfur Now. Combining live music, interactive art installations, body painting, and an elaborate light show, Get Funk'd Up
promises an unforgettable night of m
