Having released his debut EP to immediate acclaim on Josh Wink’s Ovum label in January 2010, NYC wunderkind Chris Manik made the leap from virtual unknown to internationally celebrated “It” producer in little more than a year. MANIK has since joined the artist rosters of chic labels like Poker Flat,…
If you’re a regular of Miami’s EDM scene, then you’ve surely attended a SAFE party. They’ve been responsible for many of the top international house and techno bookings of the last several years, hosting memorable recurrent performances by the likes of Matthew Dear, Radio Slave, Damian Lazarus, M.A.N.D.Y., and Matt…
Derrick Carter at Shine at the Shelborne March 10
Last year was a big one for Miami homeboy Lazaro Casanova, and 2011 looks to be even bigger for the up-and-coming DJ-producer. Once the wunderkind of Miami’s indie dance scene when he presided over downtown’s infamous Revolver party in the late 2000s, he has since graduated to the international stage…
Manchester has been the breeding ground for Joy Division, New Order, the Smiths, Chemical Brothers, and Autechre, among many others.And David Wolstencroft (AKA Trus’Me) is another proud Mancunian. Since the late 2000s, the DJ, producer, and Prime Numbers label chief has been banging out some of the most soulful and…
If you’re a discerning local EDM lover, then you probably have a love-hate relationship with the month of March. On one hand, it’s the best month out of the year in Miami for the sheer awesomeness of parties and bookings. On the other, it also summons massive hordes of the…
After wearing out our ’80s nostalgia on the dancefloor all through the 2000s, it’s safe to say we’ve now collectively moved into full-blown ’90s retro mode. You can hear it across clubland, where DJs everywhere have started to drop their fair share of jacking house classics from seminal ’90s labels…
It’s been over three decades since the birth of house music, and Chicago house pioneer Derrick Carter has been there for the long haul. The legendary DJ-producer cut his teeth spinning in the Windy City’s seminal scene, which he still calls home. So who better to ask why Chicago was…
It’s not easy cooking up a melting pot of exotic world sounds while still nailing a savvy dancefloor-ready formula. But that’s exactly how Zombie Disco Squad operates. The forward-thinking UK production duo of Lucas Hunter and Nat Self is breaking the house music mold by crossbreeding styles as diverse as…
DJ-producer Shonky might have been the next great mathematical genius and invented the time machine or something. But instead, he followed his musical passion. Since landing on the EDM scene with a big bang in the late ’00s, the Parisian prodigy has been blowing minds and jacking bodies across the…
Various Artists Murmur Presents Nofitstate(Murmur Records)murmurrecords.com If you decide to prep for Ultra Week by listening to only one compilation album of contemporary underground house, then make it Murmur Presents Nofitstate. With almost thirty tracks spanning two discs, this record offers as robust a cross-section of sounds from the transatlantic…
Hamburg, Germany has become a serious hotbed for electronic dance music in recent years. It’s home to house and techno luminaries such as Tensake, Stimming, and Lovebirds, as well as esteemed labels like Diynamic and Liebe*Detail. Another pair of Hamburg residents, Florian Kruse and Nils Nürnberg, have been making major…
No WMC would be complete without a few yacht parties. And this March has, count them, four stellar lineups aboard the infamous Biscayne Lady.From big-room house heavyweights like Desyn Masiello to underground techno stars like Reboot, there’s a bit for everyone’s EDM taste here. The Lady sets sail in the…
Does Bob Sinclar really need an introduction? The French DJ-producer is practically the Jesus of dance music. But if you lived under a rock throughout the late 2000s and missed out on globe-spanning anthems such as “Love Generation” and “World Hold On,” our heart goes out to you. After a…
Last year marked the quarter-centennial of Miami’s Winter Music Conference. It was also the 25-year anniversary of Detroit techno, the seminal electronic dance music movement that spawned a worldwide phenomenon. And this year is another significant one for Detroit techno, as Carl Craig’s Planet E imprint, founded in 1991, enters…
Electronic music junkies should be more than familiar with Luciano’s esteemed Cadenza imprint. It’s the home to such international luminaries as Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, and Guy Gerber. Another name on the label’s roster: Budding tech-house sensation David Mendo, a prolific Spanish DJ-producer who’s been on the rise since the…
Last week we previewed the upcoming February 11 performance by French superstar DJ-producer Bob Sinclar at SET.And if you thought we were kidding about this guy being the Jesus of dance music, just wait until you get a load of this interview, where he waxes mystical about spreading the gospel…
If there was one 2010 WMC party that left peeps buzzing for the rest of the year, it was Crosstown Rebels’ now-legendary fifth installment of Get Lost at the Electric Pickle. Maybe it was the vibrant, sunny setting of the Pickle’s patio. Or the casual blend of international star DJs…
In 2010, deep house was the sound of the electronic dance music Zeitgeist, and German DJ-producer Nick Curly played no small role in bringing it to the forefront of a transatlantic scene. In just a handful of years, Curly helped put his hometown of Mannheim, Germany, on the EDM map…
As long-standing staples of the international EDM scene, German DJ-production duo Tiefschwarz have spanned the last two decades’ worth of popular sounds — from soulful deep house and gritty electro house, to dark minimal techno and back again. Perhaps it’s their adaptability and undying commitment to the cutting-edge that has…
Does Bob Sinclar really need an introduction? The French DJ-producer is practically the Jesus of dance music. But if you lived under a rock throughout the late 2000s and missed out on globe-spanning anthems like “Love Generation” and “World Hold On,” our heart goes out to you. After a Grammy…
“Techno is a music that uses imagination to develop the fantasy of what the future can be,” says Carl Craig, waxing poetic. But his sound is just as informed by the past as it is by the future. Part of Craig’s unique contribution to Detroit techno are his forays into…
