As far as we can tell, there are two kinds of electronic dance music lover: (1) The kind that likes its dancefloor fare soulful and sexy; and (2) The kind that likes the dark and twisted stuff. Brooklyn-based DJ-producer Francis Harris (AKA Adultnapper) definitely caters to the latter camp. And…
Read Crossfade’s preview of this Saturday’s party with Soul Clap at the Electric Pickle. If Bostonian power duo Soul Clap are known and revered for one thing, it’s an infectious passion for old-school jams. Eli Goldstein and Charles Levine have turned ’90s music appreciation into an institution with their Yo…
Say what you will about ’80s TV shows — the one-dimensional characters and ludicrous plot devices — but they just don’t make theme songs like they used to. If you were alive and watching television in the ’80s, then you’ve most likely got the intro music to classic shows like…
Last week, we previewed tonight’s performance by Dâm-Funk at the Electric Pickle where he’ll be joined by veteran funk virtuoso Steve Arrington of Slave fame, his latest studio partner with a collaborative album to be released later this year on Stones Throw. With the duo representing funk’s old-school and new-school,…
Sydney Blu’s Live at Mansion CD release at Mansion July 16
Last month, we here at Crossfade highlighted Miami’s five best electronic music labels, including a small local imprint, So Sound Recordings, boasting some heavy duty sonic ammunition. The brainchild of DJ-producer Fabian Giannattasio (AKA Jazzy Eyewear) and one of Miami’s foremost purveyors of quality house music since 2002, So Sound’s…
Historically, Argentina has been at the forefront of high-brow music culture. It’s the birthplace of tango and a major Latin American hotbed for classical, opera, and jazz. It’s no surprise then that Argentina would also spawn the virtuosic genius of Gabriel Gutiérrez (AKA Guti), an electronic dance music producer firmly…
The Sunday Coolout is a weekly radio show hosted by local DJs Sire Esq. and Maneuvers, who you may know from their Champion Sound party.Ostensibly a jazz show, the Coolout actually offers a rich variety of contemporary music and special guest DJs.Personally, we can’t think of a better way to…
International superstar DJ-producer Robbie Rivera hardly needs an introduction. Certainly not in Miami, a city he calls home and pretty much the capital of the Latin house sound he’s helped foment since the mid ’90s. Each year during WMC, Rivera’s Juicy Beach parties at Nikki Beach summon thousands of revelers,…
Remember progressive house? With its trippy hippie whimsy, these days it’s considered the punchline to a joke by many an EDM snob. But prog reigned supreme during the ’90s, when artists like Sasha, John Digweed and Way Out West ruled the international scene. Maybe folks were less utilitarian about their…
Even if you can’t tell house from techno and you’ve never even been to a rave, you know Tiësto. That’s because he is the everyman’s EDM disc jockey. He’s the DJ that your mom plays on her iPod when she goes out jogging. He’s a household name. But that doesn’t…
Electronic dance music has splintered off into countless genres and sub-genres over the decades, almost to the point of absurdity. But if there’s one consensus among most EDM fans, whether they’re self-proclaimed house heads, techno heads, or electro heads, it’s that Morgan Geist rules the school. Maybe that’s because this…
The LINK crew has been busy all year booking some of the biggest stars on the international techno scene at venues like Space and the Electric Pickle. And earlier this month, LINK auspiciously kicked off its new Summer Sessions with world-renowned DJs Heidi and Bill Patrick at TreeHouse, a newer…
Don’t let us hear you say that Miami doesn’t have a kick-ass underground electronic music scene, because we are absolutely brimming with homegrown talent.And the best thing is that it’s still a relatively young scene. If there is this much forward-thinking creativity happening now, we can’t wait to see Miami…
Disco is back in a major way. Hotly-tipped international labels like DFA, Running Back, and Permanent Vacation are championing that exuberant vintage four-on-the-floor funk sound as more and more EDM snobs dare to cut loose and get their Saturday Night Fever on.At the forefront of this disco revival is DJ-producer…
Few labels have had a greater impact on dance music in the new millennium than DFA Records, the beloved imprint of LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. With acts like the Rapture, Hot Chip, Shit Robot, and Holy Ghost! on its all-star roster, DFA’s injected the international scene with a reinvigorating shot…
Raving, like so many other once innocent pleasures of a bygone era, has become the object of merciless mockery in our culture. But there used to be a time when raving was just honest, good un-ironic fun. And unsurprisingly, there are plenty of rave heroes, bless their souls, keeping the…
If rock ‘n’ roll was invented in America and then adopted by the Brits, who sold it back to us via the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc., then Germany did the same for deep house. Much of the EDM landscape of the last decade has been shaped by German…
If you’ve partied in Miami in the last decade, you’ve heard DJ-producer Danny Daze (AKA Daniel Gomez) throwing down at venues like Rokbar, LIV, and former downtown hangout White Room. And if you haven’t clubbed with Mr. Daze, then you will soon, because homeboy is about to blow up in…
Summer is here. And at Wynwood dance music emporium the Electric Pickle that means extended daytime hours, bigger lineups, and parties out on the patio. To kickstart its new weekly summer sessions, the Pickle is hosting a veritable musical extravaganza this Saturday with a couple of serious headliners and a…
When it comes to electronic dance music, there’s probably no greater benchmark for superior taste than BBC Radio 1. From the eminent Pete Tong’s long-standing Essential Mix to shows by esteemed tastemakers like Gilles Peterson and Annie Mac, Radio 1 has been the first to break EDM’s cutting-edge sounds for decades…
It’s no small feat coming up in the cut-throat international DJ game, much less if you’re a woman. But Sydney Blu didn’t only defy those odds by becoming one of the biggest-selling artists in EDM. She also became the veritable queen of South Beach clubland by landing herself a highly…
