If you hadn’t heard of m.O.N.R.O.E., AKA Jordan Postrel, yet, it was only a matter of time, because this local Miami DJ-producer is blowing up in a big way this year. Auspicious collaborations with DV8 label boss Daniel Dubb put Postrel on the international tech-house radar in 2014. And most recently,…
There’s very little Erol Alkan hasn’t done during his odd two decades in the music game. As a DJ, he’s garnered some of the international dance music industry’s top accolades, including Mixmag’s prestigious DJ of the Year award in 2006. As an A&R visionary, he’s broken cutting-edge new electronic artists…
DJ-producers Zip Stolk and Tom Waist may as well be time-warp Chicago homeboys, considering their keen grasp of the jacking classic house sound. But in fact, they hail from present-day Amsterdam. As Homework, the pair has taken the international scene by storm since 2010 with a series of delectably deep…
Dutch DJ-producer Joris Voorn blew up on an international level in 2010, thanks in no small part to the exuberant tech-house remix of Nalin & Kane’s “Beachball,” which he broke during that year’s Miami Music Week. Fast-forward to 2015 and Voorn is returning to Miami not only as one of…
“My brain is weird,” Darren Foreman tells New Times when prompted to explain his uncanny gift for sound. Internationally renowned as Beardyman, the 32-year-old Londoner seems to possess the auditory equivalent of photographic memory. Not only can he tap into a seemingly endless mental database, from the precise timbre of…
A full decade after Dirtybird’s very first record, it’s easy to forget how drab and somber electronic dance music culture was during the 2000s. Cold, soulless minimal techno served by po-faced DJs was still the order of the day for a scene that took itself way too seriously and had…
It’s been one hell of a meteoric rise for Eats Everything, AKA Daniel Pearce, since 2011’s explosive “Entrance Song” catapulted the UK DJ-producer to the top of the international charts, landing him DJ Mag’s prestigious annual Best Breakthrough Producer award. Hardly a flash in the pan, Pearce has continued going…
Back in 2013, Jason Baez was New Times’ pick for Miami’s Best DJ on the strength of his powers as a selector. By all accounts, he was one of the most popular and in-demand on the local underground house and techno scene. But while he already had a couple of…
Paradise Garage. As DJ Joey Llanos explained to New Times yesterday: “It was a sanctuary where people of all backgrounds, races, colors, creeds or sexual orientation were accepted on the the dance floor as one. They all came there for one purpose, and that was to hear the greatest sound…
Larry Levan and NYC’s seminal Paradise Garage nightclub are now the stuff of legend — a source of nostalgia for a bygone golden era of dance music culture, even among the younger generation that never got to experience it. But an invaluable oral history of that time and place endures…
Gen-Y locals may remember former Miami resident Adrian Michna from his time with the Secret Frequency Crew, whose “Miami Eyes” 12-inch from 2003 became something of an underground hit in our city’s hippest dance clubs. Of course, as DJ Egg Foo Young, Michna also released straight-up Miami breakdance records with…
With a whopping two decades’ worth of releases and a progressive retro-futurist sound blending elements of disco, house, techno, and electro, Sébastien Léger has cemented his reputation as a real producer’s producer. And despite his fair share of international dance hits over the years, Léger remains firmly rooted in the…
Nick Warren has been a working DJ since around the time Avicii was learning how to hold a baby rattle. And as one-half of pioneering production duo Way Out West, he helped forge the sound of U.K. progressive house, blissing out the entire rave generation with transcendent chart-topping dance hits…
With hotly tipped sonic envelope pushers like David August, Adriatique and Stimming on its roster, it’s no surprise Hamburg’s Diynamic Music would emerge as one of this decade’s most esteemed labels among discerning international house and techno lovers. At the label’s helm since first launching in 2006 is DJ-producer Mladen…
With something like 50 records released this year alone, including original cuts and remixes on top labels like Defected, Poker Flat, and his own Maya Records, Joeski’s certainly as prolific as dance music producers get. And the real kicker? This NYC underground legend has been doing it for close to…
The German capital of Berlin still sets the tone for underground electronic dance music on the wider global scene. And celebrated DJ-producer and Poker Flat Recordings boss Steve Bug has been at the helm of Berlin house and techno for two decades now. With 15 years’ worth of formidable chart-topping…
Marco Carola’s clubland reputation most certainly precedes him. Over the course of a career spanning two decades, the Italian-born DJ-producer and label magnate has become a global dance institution. His driving, groove-laden signature sets have made Carola one of the most in-demand selectors on the international scene, particularly in the…
Upon first listen, many people assume that James Blake is black. And when they do set eyes on the 26-year-old white Englishman singing, they’re taken aback. “He’s like a white Erykah Badu,” one smitten YouTube user commented on a video clip of Blake’s 2013 live performance on the Late Show…
Mobilee Records will be celebrating its first ten-year run soon, and so far, it has been a formidable one indeed. Cofounded by Berlin DJ-producer and longstanding radio show host Anja Schneider in 2005, the label has managed to position itself at the helm of the international underground house and techno…
From Daft Punk to David Guetta, there’s no denying that the French have dominated global dance music since the ’90s. But aside from the aforementioned commercial stars, Paris is also home to a rich underground house music scene. Take Franck Roger. Inspired by the enduring Chicago house legacy, the prolific…
Last week, we here at Crossfade spoke with Caribou ahead of his highly anticipated upcoming live show at downtown Miami’s Grand Central, and he had nothing but praise for Jessy Lanza, his opening act on the current tour and a collaborator on his new album. Of course, the critical acclaim…
DJs are a dime a dozen these days. Thanks to the ubiquity of user-friendly DJ software and digital music, everyone and their grandmother can call themselves a DJ as long as they own a laptop. So what makes a masterclass DJ? In the case of celebrated Scottish record slinger and…
