Given the homogeneity of Miami’s EDM scene — as much as we love house and techno, even we need an occasional rest from that four-on-the-floor beat — it’s exciting to get the type of booking that’s truly pushing the sonic envelope. Thanks to the small but burgeoning local dubstep/bass scene…
American DJ/producer Ian Carey’s longstanding career and massive commercial accolades speak for themselves. Carey enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame from the very start, when his 1993 debut release “Rise” (as one-half of production duo Soul Providers) took the US and Europe by storm, achieving Gold certification in the UK.It…
With the countless expatriate artists that have flocked to the EDM capital of Berlin in the last decade, it’s actually rare to find a real Berliner among them. But acclaimed DJ/producer Sascha Funke was indeed born and raised in East Berlin when electronic music was a just a faint rumor…
In the early ’50s, visionary electronic music pioneer Dr. Robert Moog and his Moog Music company would forever change the landscape of popular music by developing the first music synthesizers. Early on, Moog’s technology would be championed by a few select experimental musicians, mainly ’70s prog rockers like Keith Emerson…
The weekend has two stellar bookings in store for Miami’s techno heads: Tony Rohr at the Electric Pickle on Friday night and Alexi Delano at Space on Saturday. Brooklyn-based producer Tony Rohr boasts releases on esteemed labels like Cocoon, Clink, and Weave, and delivers a hard-hitting, industrial-tinged brand of techno live…
In 1992 the city of Los Angeles was besieged by thousands of rioters lashing out angrily against the verdict of the racially-charged Rodney King case. 15 years later, Southern Californian DJ/producers Daniel LeDisko and Jon Pegnato would, with no shortage of irony, dub themselves L.A. Riots in homage of this…
Washington, D.C.’s Grammy Award-winning production duo Deep Dish enjoyed unparalleled international success during its late-’90s and early-’00s heyday. Much of the pair’s universal appeal could be attributed to the healthy stylistic balance between Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia’s edgier experimental flair and Sharam Tayebi’s hit-making pop sensibility. It was a special combination…
Swedish electronic dance music has, for the most part, become synonymous with the hopelessly über-commercial and stale sound of big-room players like Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso.Stockholm’s John Dahlbäck, however, may very well be an exception, not just in his own work as an internationally-acclaimed DJ/producer, but as owner…
As the dubstep phenomenon continues to blow up stateside (in Miami it’s been eagerly taken up as a formidable 21st-century successor to Miami bass) it’s easy to forget the genre’s geo-specific roots. But dubstep can be traced all the way back to a very precise point of origin: the London…
The story of DJ Bad Boy Bill (born William Renkosik) reads like the story of house music itself, and namely how this once geo-specific Chicagoan music subculture disseminated itself across the greater American and international cultures to become the mainstream phenomenon it is today. Schooled in the Chicago house boom…
The Electric Zoo festival, which launched just last year, is New York City’s somewhat latecoming answer to Detroit’s Movement Electronic Music Festival and Miami’s own Ultra — better late than never, right? 2009’s successful inaugural event at Randall’s Island Park in Manhattan summoned over 26,000 concertgoers and 50 international acts…
French DJ/producer Dyed Soundorom is one of the hottest properties of hip Parisian tech-house label Freak n’Chic, home to a slew of international favorites like Jamie Jones, Shonky, and Chris Carrier. Originally a club kid and promoter in the late-90s and early-’00s Parisian house music scene, Soundorom made a natural progression…
Given its stellar lineup, we couldn’t pass up a shout out to the Novitech Recordings launch party scheduled at the Clevelander on Friday, July 9. The event will be headlined by internationally acclaimed artists Steve Duda and Deepchild. Novitech is a new digital-only label, the brainchild of two emerging like-minded…
Washington, D.C.’s Grammy Award-winning production duo Deep Dish enjoyed unparalleled international success during their late-’90s and early-’00s heyday. Much of the pair’s universal appeal could be attributed to the healthy stylistic balance between Ali “Dubfire” Shirazinia’s edgier experimental flair and Sharam Tayebi’s hit-making pop sensibility. It was a special combination which…
Hip-house meets techno this Friday when DJs Rich Medina and Konrad Black take over the Electric Pickle for a night of eclectic dance grooves. With a decades-long career firmly rooted in the Philly and New York City underground scenes, Rich Medina is a veritable renaissance man of hip culture, juggling the…
With its swank beach resort setting, colorful cast of partygoers, and sultry soundtrack, Sunday’s IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party at the Doubletree Surfcomber South Beach Miami Hotel is the hallmark Fourth of July event for South Beach club rats. This year, the party’s organizers have booked Armin Van Buuren and…
“In the beginning there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And Jack boldly declared, ‘Let there be house,’ and house music was born.” So goes the Genesis-like mythos of house music, as expounded by the legendary Chuck Roberts.Esteemed DJ/producer…
Fourth of July has become synonymous for many a South Beach club rat with the annual IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party at the Surfcomber Hotel. Now on its 6th installment, IndepenDANCE has showcased a variety of local and international DJ favorites in the past, including Space regular Victor Calderone and…
“In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And Jack boldly declared ‘Let There Be House,’ and house music was born.” So goes the Genesis-like mythos of house music, as expounded by talking head Chuck Roberts, and…
With our usual focus on the house and techno end of things going on at the Electric Pickle, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the Wynwood hotspot has also become one of Miami’s premiere live music venues, showcasing a regular variety of local and international bands. Past bookings, including…
Since first launching in the summer of 2007, SoundCloud has emerged as one of the most innovative and popular online audio distribution platforms in the world, giving the MySpace artist network a run for its money. By allowing sound files to be distributed via widgets and apps, and pretty much…
Miami’s premier mega-club Space just turned ten years old last month (that’s about a hundred in nightclub years) and still shows no signs of slowing down — certainly not on Saturday nights, which have become synonymous with world-class techno bookings. This Saturday brings two high-profile international talents to the venue,…
