Once you get the name, then you’ll understand the method behind the dance-hit factory known as Funky Green Dogs. Producers/DJs Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon are easing into evening at an Ocean Drive coffee shop fresh off the heels of another Winter Music Conference and the news that their latest…
Friday, March 8 • Peter Rauhofer takes to the decks for Tropical Fever at Level, 1235 Washington Ave. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $60 in advance; $70 at the door. Call 305-532-1525. Saturday, March 9 • Fire Island favorite Susan Morabito wakes up the early morning with Revelation…
Peter Rauhofer is navigating traffic in New York City. His cell phone call is cut through by car horns and incomprehensible static, which only makes his thick Austrian accent that much more difficult to decipher. But for the 2000 Grammy winner (remixer of the year, non-classical), it’s what he does…
Edgar V. seems taken aback. Amid the quiet hum of the AC unit at the offices of Billboardlive, he’s obviously surprised by the question of whether he’s chosen not to pursue a more visible career as a global-circuit DJ. “I want to,” he says emphatically. “The opportunities just haven’t been…
Nasdaq is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about dance music, but Sharam Tayebi — partner with Ali Shirazinia in the Iranian-born, Washington, D.C.-based DJ duo Deep Dish — recently told DJ magazine of his ambition to list their record label, Yoshitoshi, on the stock…
The diva anthems at crobar this Sunday may be kept to the legal minimum. Monthly resident Victor Calderone is in desperate need of a change. The superstar DJ has spun nearly every gay-circuit bash nationwide and quickened the pulse of New York’s underground diva-house vibe. The remixer to the stars…
The Politics of Dancing. For DJ Paul van Dyk that’s both an album title and the catch phrase of a scene at a crossroads. Since crashing the industry nearly a decade ago, the German native has become an international sensation in electronic music. His name draws sell-out crowds in clubs…
It’s a lonely hour, one promoters dread. Billboardlive is empty save for bartenders wiping down bottles and tonight’s first-up DJ prepping the sound system with not-ready-for-prime-time records. But Jeffrey Sanker, a promoter who draws up to 25,000 for his major DJ events, knows the club will soon be packed for…
What’s house music about? Arguably the first form of electronic dance music to rise from the ashes of disco, pure house is hard to find these days, save for too-brief sets by originators like Derrick Carter and Frankie Knuckles. Yet Christopher Lawrence and Judge Jules still summon ghosts of the…
What is it with polls and Miami? From bogging down presidential elections to the hapless Hurricanes, Miami seems forever jinxed when it comes to votes. And the latest DJ mag Top 100 poll is no exception. No less than nineteen DJs living in the United States were selected for the…
Anyone who thought September 11 and the spiraling recession that followed would put a damper on Miami nightlife underestimated clubland’s tenacity. “The beautiful thing about Miami is it can be anything you want it to be,” says Louis Canales, as he takes a sip from his rum and Coke before…
When Miami superclub Space first took to representing its sound on CD, it delivered a trance-heavy salvo by DJ Edgar V. called Trancemissions. Since that release the club has undergone major renovations, and its latest release, The House Sessions (Bliss Records), still includes the progressive trance sound, this time courtesy…
A few hours before the annual Power 96 (WPOW-FM 96.5) blowout at the American Airlines Arena, DJ Eddie Mix eases down among the empty seats and adjusts his backward baseball cap. As music director for “the most listened-to station in South Florida,” Eddie lives up to his name by mixing…
Yeah, mate, think I’ve had enough of this heat,” says Dave Ralph without preamble as he strolls into a South Beach coffee shop on a recent summer evening. Wearing sandals, days-old facial scruff, and a white T-shirt depicting the Berlin airlift, the DJ announces that by the time this article…
He may be from Manhattan’s Upper West Side, but few DJs have become more synonymous with Miami than David Padilla. His seasoned sound has been the driving force behind not only his lengthy South Beach residency runs but also the ReMix Party, a roving bash now in its fourth month…
Hey, faggot!” The visitor from New York stopped dead in his tracks. An incredulous look crossed his face as he turned toward Washington Avenue. He eyed an SUV speeding down the strip, pumping out DMX and full of do-rag-wearing boys out for a joy ride. “Man, I’ve never been called…
We come alive after our nine-to-five.” That is the creed of moneyman Mel Cheren and impresario Michael Brodi, the nightlife visionaries who in the late Seventies opened what may be the most heralded club in history. “We come alive after our nine-to-five” was the mantra of New York City’s Paradise…
This Friday Level will open its doors for a night benefiting Jungle Habitat, and who better to spin the event that will save the orangutan than the dance remix duo that has been saving divas in the club wilderness: Thunderpuss. The Billboard-topping team of DJs Chris Cox and Barry Harris…
The British are coming. And this time they’re cooking. Every so often our U.K. cousins get bored with the fog and rain and pot pies and decide to bake in the sunny American pantry. And so comes Gods Kitchen, landing on Miami’s shores for a residency at Shadow Lounge the…
Three nights in Miami in the heat of June. Three DJs descend on clubland. Paul Van Dyk, David Waxman, and Timo Maas represent the history of trance, spinning out the vibe’s chronology on their turntables. Police cordon off sections of NE Eleventh Street, and traffic snarls to a stoplight standstill…
So, who’s the DJ?” asks the tourist, her hands juggling two lit cigarettes, a green drink, and a disposable camera. She hands one cigarette to her friend and puts her thumb on the camera’s trigger, poised to capture the next big thing, or the current thing — or anything. Below…
Three records spin simultaneously. Promoters, friends, and unfamiliar faces clamor for attention. Below the DJ booth, a hungry crowd of hundreds impatiently awaits the next track. If you don’t have Attention Deficit Disorder, you’ll get it quickly. Luckily DJ Tracy Young has learned to use ADD to her advantage. “You…
