Polish-born, Detroit-reared, and Berlin-residing DJ/producer Magda (ne Magda Hojnacka) is quite often found spinning at the same events as mentor Richie Hawtin and is signed to his M_Nus (pronounced minus) label. She is also quite possibly the only DJ to have ever had both a tea mug and a T-shirt…
Most years it’s New York DJ Danny Tenaglia who performs marathon DJ sets at WMC. But this time around it’s going to be another Danny — Howells, from Hastings, England — who will rock the party for the long haul when he plays a nine-hour set at Pawn Shop Lounge…
Berlin-based DJ/producer Dixon (born Steffen Berkhahn and occasionally also known under the alias Wahoo) is best known for working with that city’s renowned record label Sonar Kollektiv, for which he compiled several singles and mix CDs (including the acclaimed Off Limits series). He will soon release the eclectic mix Body…
He has produced songs for — and become friends with — Afrika Bambaataa. He lives around the corner from Snoop Dogg. But Überzone’s Tim Wiles is not a hip-hop star by any stretch of the imagination. You won’t find him rocking the latest platinum chain. He has no entourage, unless…
We are certainly not the Oscars or the Grammys. Heaven knows there’s no budget for fancy statues — or pretty girls to stand behind the podium holding them, for that matter. But we do like to give praise where it is due, and there are lots of cool happenings set…
Some of electronic music’s most recognizable names are slated to appear at Ultra Music Festival, from Richie Hawtin and Fatboy Slim to Sasha and John Digweed. But the full lineup (available at www.ultramusicfestival.com) reveals a certain curatorial skill even beyond all of the star power, offering samples of house, techno,…
It sounds like an incredible, genre-defying jam that could only be conjured up in the wildest dream state. A week packed with parties and special events, where the collective lineup of talent features everything from classic goth-rockers the Cure to the current “King of Crunk” Lil Jon, with every conceivable…
With a Diddy-approved platinum debut album, New Joc City, and not one, but two smash hit singles (“It’s Goin’ Down” and “I Know You See It”) that have gotten more rinse than a laundromat washing machine, Atlanta rapper Yung Joc is among 2006’s greatest pop music success stories. And although…
Born in Tacoma and bred in Seattle, Donald Glaude is a Washington man through and through. He has stayed in his home state throughout a blossoming career and even though more frequent trips to California might have easily led him to go Hollywood. Glaude has long held the Pacific Northwest…
In this hyperaccelerated digital age, when old methods of musical delivery quickly become outmoded relics, Q-Burns Abstract Message (born Michael Donaldson) is bringing the eight-track back! First he remixed Lawrence Welk, a strange bedfellow to other mixes he has done for the likes of the Chemical Brothers and Meat Beat…
With its always-free admission, Laundry Bar might just be the best musical bargain to be had in pricey South Beach — well, maybe ever. This is especially true when a world-renowned jock such as DJ Sneak takes to the turntables to unleash his brand of blunted house and funk groovage…
With Usher languishing in the Broadway production of Chicago, and Michael Jackson kickin’ it in the Middle East behind a burqa or two, the tap shoes must fall to seventeen-year-old R&B ingénue Chris Brown to dance the ladies right out of their hot pants via his puppy-dog-sweet tunes and gravity-defying…
Southern hip-hop magazine Ozone recently joined powerhouse DJ collective TJ’s DJs to present the first annual Ozone Awards, hosted by Trina and David Banner. Though it was held farther up the state in O-Town, Miami made its presence known in a forceful way throughout the weekend of festivities (which included…
Let’s face it: DJ Rap knows she’s smokin’ hot, both on and off the decks. The veteran British drum ‘n’ bass mixologist/producer/actress had her confidence game all set early on in her career, when she named her own independent label Proper Talent Records. But as people have tried to force…
In less than three scant years, Matthew Dear has gone from unknown Texas-born bedroom producer to international techno heartthrob both for his boyishly handsome looks and his otherworldly music (recorded under his own name as well as pseudonyms Audion, Jabberjaw, and False for top labels like Ghostly International, Plus 8,…
Madonna live in concert can be a religious experience — especially for the performer herself. On 2004’s “Re-Invent Yourself Tour,” Madge mixed spiritual iconography of various faiths the way a DJ mashes up records, while her current “Confession Tour” finds her kickin’ back atop a giant crucifix. Alas, we don’t…
Nouvelle Vague is an imaginative and genre-bending group that has emerged from the French electronica scene, which is populated by many worthwhile acts that never see these shores. Those who think cover bands are worthless hacks with nothing to offer haven’t heard this Parisian duo (Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux)…
The Winter Music Conference and M3 Summit are a dance-music lover’s yearly dream, a paradise of sound for even the most jaded ex-clubbers. It almost takes extra resolve to not be completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of creativity that splashes over the city as artists from throughout the U.S…
The reason why the Darkness’s cock-rockin’ shtick still sounds great is that the members are truly talented musicians, as evidenced on the new album One Way Ticket to Hell … and Back. Mere amateurs will not be able to match the title track’s delicious falsetto notes, though millions will try…
Much more of a street banger than, say, “Killing Me Softly” was, “Take It Easy” marks the Fugees’ forceful return to the scene after almost a decade apart. They’ve been saving up a lot of vitriol for the rampant deception and fake thuggery in the music industry: “Souls controlling robbery/Total…
They harmonize together so beautifully they sound like brothers from another mother, but Jazze Pha and Cee-Lo are really just brothers in smooth soul funk. This is definitely for the ladies, but it swings on a dance floor well, so fellas can appreciate it. Drink in the island vibes of…
Norwegian singer Annie debuted this year with the breakthrough electro pop album Anniemal. But this mix CD — from the vaunted DJ Kicks series — is an altogether different beast from that pop effort. Annie digs Eighties postpunk groups such as Bow Wow Wow (with the classic “I Want Candy”)…
