“The first time I heard techno in a rave, it was like a real revolution in my mind.” So says Étienne de Crécy, French touch electro-house producer, DJ, and conceptual artist. Likewise, de Crécy’s original releases and live productions have been revolutionary to the worldwide dance music movement. In a…
How can a man be everywhere and nowhere all at once? Ask dance music professional Lazaro Casanova. He holds down several jobs. He plays club gigs every week. But “I sometimes get into these music hermit holes,” Casanova says. “I sit here and I get so caught up in work,…
A lot of kids have dreams, and we’re all told to shoot for the stars, but the unfortunate reality is a lot of us get lost along the way. Well, the Cocodrills guys must have found some magic map, because they never wavered or wandered while reaching for the sky…
There’s a great boom gathering in the distance, and it’s the impending drop of thousands of DJs descending upon our shores for the Winter Music Conference/Miami Music Week season of 2015. Doesn’t it start on Monday, March 23? Nah, it gets going the week before. How will you ever keep…
Saturday night in Miami is flashy, glitzy, glamorous, and quite often expensive. So what is a party kid to do when your wallet is low and your mood is chill? Can’t you just hit a club, have a drink, and listen to some dope tunes without going all out? Sidebar…
The first gunshot of World War I bulleted through the air in 1914, yet a hundred years later, we continue to examine it with both fascination and horror. The Wolfsonian-FIU (1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) is in fact dedicated to veterans of all wars but was founded specifically to commemorate…
UPDATE Ultra 2015 just revealed its Phase Two lineup and the fest’s set times. Remember that time when we told you about the rumor that Avicii, Afrojack, Die Antwoord, Deep Dish, Loco Dice, Röyksopp, and Kygo were going to be at Ultra Music Festival 2015? We were right. Ultra has…
Bon Iver, Jamie Foxx, Chief Keef, Hudson Mohawk, and now, Paul McCartney. That’s just a partial list of Kanye West collaborators. Ever since the Chi-Town don rapped “call him Kwah-li or Kwey-li, I put him on songs with Jay Z,” fans have known to expect left-field musical partnerships, and that’s…
Holy Ship! 2015 sails tomorrow. The January embarkation of the dance music cruise is just around the corner. (And it will uhntz-uhntz out to sea in February too.) But tonight, it’s all about that pre-party madness. The official bash pops off at Space with back-to-back headlining sets from Justin Martin,…
Wow. Much year. Many new. Miami turned a corner in 2014. The Heat may have failed to three-peat, but there’s a certain positivity in the subtropical air that can’t be denied. Even as some of our most treasured music and nightlife establishments disappear into the abyss of time, there are…
UPDATE Ultra 2015 just revealed its Phase Two lineup and the fest’s set times. There’s a rumor going around that Porter Robinson is going to be at Ultra Music Festival 2015, along with Axwell & Ingrosso, Röyksopp, Steve Angello, Loco Dice, Avicii, Die Antwoord, and dozens of others. A flyer…
Electronic music is the sound of the future, so it makes sense that one of WVUM’s longest-running weekly radio programs is Electric Kingdom Live. “Most specialty shows are focused on a specific genre, but Electric Kingdom is focused on a format,” says Kunal Chohan, 20. He currently hosts the 20-year…
We have only a few short days left before we say goodbye to 2014. It was a trying year for many of us, but it wasn’t without special moments and smiles. Let’s give it the sendoff it deserves and welcome 2015 with open eyes, minds, and hearts. There’s no better…
Miami is slowly building a name for itself as one of the great music cities in the U.S., but the 305 has been an under-the-radar favorite for decades. Pop, rap, R&B, and rock superstars come to Miami to escape the spotlight and the grind. They can get their party on…
Miami’s been a leader in the electronic dance music industry for decades. So it’s only natural for a local to have a hand in the beatification of the online streaming world. Erik Velez is a Miami guy, entirely dedicated to spreading the joy of dance throughout his city and the…
Srsly, Miami, wtf? If you lived 2014 in the 305, you definitely saw a lot of strange headlines related to music. As we put this bizarre year behind us and look toward the future, we think it’s important to reflect upon the past. And because we at Crossfade relish absurdity,…
Conjoined twins, self-loathing robots, Miami home movies, and a Jodorowsky. The Borscht Film Festival’s 9th year, which officially kicked off Wednesday, continued with a strange bang Thursday night with Space Miami at the Patricia and Phillip Front Museum of Science. It was half film screening, half boozery as Miami’s young…
Is music really “art”? What about music videos? The Pérez Art Museum Miami seems to think so. For Art Basel Miami Beach 2014, PAMM commissioned and premiered a music video from NYC production collective Future Brown for the song “Vernáculo,” featuring Maluca and directed by Rory Mulhere. The museum also…
Stop lettin’ your tape rock till it pops. There’s a new place in town to get a dose of classic hip-hop. Every Thursday, DJ YNot is taking over downtown Miami’s Therapy with Juicy, a night of real hip-hop from the edge of the golden era, played through a good sound…
We all know the entertainment industry is controlled by the Illuminati, but the problem with a secret society is, well, it’s secrecy. What if you could get inside industry minds and arm yourself with the knowledge of how to protect your art, interests, and potential wealth opportunities before the triangle…
“Lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr., said that many years ago, but we heard it recently from a 12-year-old girl. Teakahla WhiteCloud lives in Ft. Lauderdale, and in her short years, she’s become one of the world’s great…
Screw being merry. This holiday season, we’re getting very Miami, and what’s more Miami than a show with !Mayday!, Afrobeta, and Artime? The only thing that could make such an evening even more authentically 305 would be getting in for free. Well, we’re making a list and checking it twice,…
