Music

It used to be that half the fun of Le Baron’s pop-up nightclub during Art Basel Miami Beach was figuring out where it would be taking place. But the Parisian party spot isn’t even trying anymore, as it plops down at the Delano’s Florida Room for a third year in…

You can hate him all you want, but David Guetta is a superstar. He stays away from the kind of high-brow EDM that music lovers fawn over, instead delivering house music for the mainstream music consumer. He’s also won a Grammy and found massive success as the producer for Black…

If we could live in any other city in the world besides Miami, it’d probably be Berlin. But while we wait on that work visa, we’ll have to settle for a popular German dance party. Broken Hearts Club Berlin started as a monthly event where “DJs, musicians, artists, and music…

Clubland can be a wasteland. But former Dazed & Confused music editor, current Crosstown Rebels label exec, and minimal DJ-producer Damian Lazarus is a natural-born opponent of mediocrity, unearned hype, and cash-bloated trash. For the last ten years, he’s worked endlessly to improve the state of electronic music, helping to…

Cuban-born DJ and producer Lazaro Casanova hardly needs an introduction among Miami’s EDM cognoscenti. Many of you remember him from his days as the resident DJ at Revolver, the infamous, long-standing party that put downtown Miami hipster nightlife on the map. After Revolver’s seven-year run, Casanova spent some time touring North America with MSTRKRFT…

At 47 years old, Paul Oakenfold’s resume is pretty impressive. He’s almost won Grammys. He’s hung around with Madonna and U2. He’s done DJ sets while perched atop the Great Wall of China. But you know what’s even more impressive? His hair. Long, luxuriant, and shimmering with the blondest of…

Electro-alternative pop beats and female rap vocals aren’t normally lumped together. But for the better part of five years, Philadelphia’s Amanda Blank has effortlessly combined the two worlds in her hipster-approved dance music. In 2006, the 20-something party girl was featured on Spank Rock’s “Bump,” and generated indie-alt blog buzz…

Recording under his persona Plastikman, minimal mastermid Richie Hawtin first established himself as a standard-bearer for material as much about breath as breadth. Now, seven years since the last Plastikman album and 18 years since debuting the brand, Hawtin is prepping the Arkives, a comprehensive, limited-edition set including remastered, rare,…

Since you never even leave the house during daylight hours, there’s zero chance you’ll make it anywhere near Art Basel’s actual exhibition sites. Your personal plan: Rubbing shoulders (and maybe other body parts) with the artsy elite at a series of afterdark affairs. It all sounds a little dirty. But…

Performing under his own name, Canadian-born, Berlin-based Richie Hawtin has navigated the space between DJ and recording artist for two decades, constructing epic swaths of spatial microedits and spartan percussion, bringing it to fields, forests, black box art spaces, and mega-clubs all around the world. Starting out in Windsor, Ontario,…

Richie Hawtin at Mansion November 27