NYC DJ/producer Harry “Choo Choo” Romero has gained renown since the mid-1990s with releases on various house labels -including Erick Morillo’s Subliminal Records- and a reputation for funky uplifting club sets that blend soulful house, US garage, and Latin rhythms. Among various side projects and collaborations, his original production work…
DJ Lopera, part of Miami’s expat Colombian techno mafia, first got exposed to electronic dance music as a student in Germany, which makes it no surprise that he’s a great proponent of the minimal sound. Having gained massive popularity in the early 2000’s as a resident DJ in some of…
Ft. Lauderdale-based record label Teggno has announced the release of its first artist compilation this month. Teggno was founded in 2007 by Lance Blaise a.k.a. Tattoo Detectives with the goal of putting out “quality techno music for the 21st century” and has so far gained support from some of the…
Frankie Knuckles is hardly a man who needs introduction. The legendary DJ/producer is a pivotal figure in the history of house music, having begun his stellar career alongside Larry Levan in NYC and as resident DJ at the Warehouse in ’70s Chicago, back when house music was still an experimental…
True house music aficionados (myself included) who attended the Electric Pickle’s WMC parties in March got a superlative taste of the new venue’s quality underground deep house bookings and are doubtlessly hungry for more. With its intimate space, dark sultry ambiance, and rapturously superior sound system, the Pickle is an…
Basshead Productions is celebrating its 8th year anniversary at Black Sheep Bar this Friday with a night of bass-heavy sounds, including an exclusive performance by American drum & bass legend Dieselboy. This best-selling Brooklyn-based producer was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top…
StimmingReflections(Dynamic Music)In an electronic music era over-saturated with dilettante bedroom producers and prosaic cookie-cutter dance tracks, Martin Stimming stands as a bold innovator with a musicianship and sound uniquely his own. A relative newcomer to the international minimal scene, this Hamburg resident has been gaining steady praise since 2007 with…
Last we heard of Steve Angello he was getting into beef with Paris Hilton over her irrational request for hip-hop during a WMC DJ set. The man stood his ground and even got smacked by her security muscleheads in the process, and for this he gets props. Angello is back…
Looks like Miami’s late-night techno scene took no time at all in bouncing back after the week of hardcore WMC partying. Pornograph Events will be throwing down at Electric Pickle this Thursday night with Marco Donato –one half of Italoboyz, those minimal rascals who pleased audiences at this year’s Get…
Hamburg-based producer Stimming has been making waves in the elite minimal community with a series of highly distinctive and phenomenally funky releases on his hometown’s Diynamic label. Both a trained classical musician and certified audio engineer, his mind-boggling productions defy the stereotypes of techno and the very parameters of dance…
For those of you unfamiliar with dubstep, its sound first originated in London in the early 2000’s and is a close relative of both UK garage and drum ‘n’ bass. Rooted in the sparse yet effects-laden production stylings of dub reggae, one of dubstep’s best qualities is its versatility in…
Every year, without exception, WMC showcases the biggest commercial names in electronic dance music at Miami’s myriad world-class nightclubs and posh beachside hotels. With all the hype going to the top dogs, it’s easy to overlook some of the smaller gems on the Conference’s highly-anticipated itinerary. A shame, considering the…
EDM Productions and Gooshie House (from House 101 Sundays) will be hosting the 5th annual Locals Only! show at Black Sheep Bar on Sunday, March 22. This special pre-Conference gathering will feature a dozen-plus local DJs in an impressive 15-hour spinning marathon, and includes an exclusive live performance by soulful…
GutiEden Terrace Garden at NocturnalSunday, March 15th, 2009Better than: all of the crap commercial Latin house clogging Miami’s ears. With its latest slew of notable underground techno bookings, Eden Terrace Garden at Nocturnal has garnered lots of press, so I figured I should take a crack at reviewing at…
Techno Box and the usual suspects of Miami’s techno afterhours scene present Guti live at Eden Terrace Garden on Sunday dawn. This young Argentinian prodigy boasts one of the most imaginative and genre-bending sounds in contemporary house and minimal techno. A virtuosic jazz pianist with a penchant for Latin polyrhythms…
DJs E360 and Miss Nikki have combined musical forces under the Twisted Elegance moniker since early 2008, making them the first male/female DJ duo out of South Florida. With residencies at Nocturnal and 330 Lounge, various remix projects in the works, and their first EP due for release in fall…
It appears that the Berlinophile techno generation now has its very own Quadrophenia in the form of a new film called “Berlin Calling.” Starring real life EDM producer Paul Kalkbrenner, the movie is a moral tragicomedy of sorts about a successful Berlin DJ (metaphorically named DJ Ikarus) who succumbs to…
Friday’s installment of PL0T at White Room presents Spanish minimal techno producer Damián Schwartz live, along with locals Basti and Sabox on decks. At 26, Schwartz has already established himself as a key player in the European minimal scene, with various releases on his own Mupa label, and garnered praise…
Portuguese DJ/producer Fernando Figueira a.k.a. MastikSoul will be rocking the new Eden Terrace Garden at Nocturnal this Friday night. With a career spanning almost two decades and a signature sound strongly rooted in African percussive rhythms, Figueira is a pioneer of the tribal Latin house Miamians so adore. Nothing like…
Musical Missionary has a pretty spectacular double-booking lined up at undergound EDM haven Black Sheep Bar this Friday night. The critically-acclaimed native Floridian DJ/producer Chris Fortier will be throwing down his singular brand of minimal techno with dark progressive underpinnings. Fortier has had an illustrious DJ career since the early…
Pornograph Events is celebrating 3 years of underground nightlife this Sunday dawn at the new Eden Terrace Garden in North Miami. Locals Nova, Dsan Powell and Tuki Romero will be spinning in support of LA-based minimal DJ/producer Amber Reyn. Originally from New York, Miss Reyn was first introduced to the…
This week’s installment of Soultech at Skybar presents Berlin-based Polish techno producer/DJ Martin Czubala. Not your run-of-the-mill minimal techy, Czubala comes from an extensive background in classical music, having performed in over 300 European concerts in the early ’90s before delving into EDM production. While grounded in minimal house and…
